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Luckily, I have both the U.S. and Japanese versions of the album — 13 tracks, including “Ghost of Cain.” I have no idea how it ended up in a music store in my country (and many years ago, too). Pure coincidence and luck, I guess. And sadly, the The Chemical Wedding version I have includes only “Real World” and not “Return of the King,” which is a total bloody shame.
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Edit: I just logged into my local music store’s website and found the last remaining CD copy of The Chemical Wedding — the edition with all three bonus tracks. Return of the King, here I come! What a coincidence. Ordered!
 
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Azas said:
Luckily, I have both the U.S. and Japanese versions of the album — 13 tracks, including “Ghost of Cain.” I have no idea how it ended up in a music store in my country (and many years ago, too). Pure coincidence and luck, I guess. And sadly, the The Chemical Wedding version I have includes only “Real World” and not “Return of the King,” which is a total bloody shame.
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Edit: I just logged into my local music store’s website and found the last remaining CD copy of The Chemical Wedding — the edition with all three bonus tracks. Return of the King, here I come! What a coincidence. Ordered!
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That’s a good find! Return of the King is one of the few songs I ever bought on iTunes back in the day. I have the best of Bruce so I already have Real World. I don’t care too much for Confeos.
 
Ascendingthethrone said:
That’s a good find! Return of the King is one of the few songs I ever bought on iTunes back in the day. I have the best of Bruce so I already have Real World. I don’t care too much for Confeos.
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I have a Return of the King on the Japanese edition of The Chemical Wedding. Bought it online back in the day. It is a cracking song!
 
“Road to Hell” and “Return of the King” - the reunion-era Iron Maiden albums really feel starved for that kind of short, punchy track. I can’t believe Steve Harris keeps neglecting those compact bangers. After all, he wrote “Wrathchild,” “Run to the Hills,” “The Trooper,” “Aces High,” and “Futureal.”

To me, it feels almost criminal. It’s like after the reunion he permanently switched into a “Maiden-ized Rush mode” or something. Or… maybe he’s been constantly trying to write a new “Fear of the Dark.”

I’m pretty sure that somewhere in his idea vaults he has plenty of great material for shorter, punchy songs. But because those ideas are buried among so many others-and because of his current focus on long epics-those potential bangers never get fully developed or brought to life. Aargh!
 
Azas said:
“Road to Hell” and “Return of the King” - the reunion-era Iron Maiden albums really feel starved for that kind of short, punchy track. I can’t believe Steve Harris keeps neglecting those compact bangers. After all, he wrote “Wrathchild,” “Run to the Hills,” “The Trooper,” “Aces High,” and “Futureal.”

To me, it feels almost criminal. It’s like after the reunion he permanently switched into a “Maiden-ized Rush mode” or something. Or… maybe he’s been constantly trying to write a new “Fear of the Dark.”

I’m pretty sure that somewhere in his idea vaults he has plenty of great material for shorter, punchy songs. But because those ideas are buried among so many others-and because of his current focus on long epics-those potential bangers never get fully developed or brought to life. Aargh!
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Personally I think the fan base would have had the same complaints if Maiden had gone down the short songs route. At some point, like the epics, they would all start to sound the same. After all, there are only so many riffs and chords progressions (especially in the keys Maiden stick with) that you can write. Especially when it is coming from the same group of people.
 
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