Iron Maiden - artworks with Eddie

Kalata

Kalata

Out of the Silent Planet
Curious fact about NPFTD album cover:

The first cover that does not follow the continuity of previous album covers, as Eddie no longer exhibits either his POM or SIT parts of the look - this idea was completely abandoned by the band after that.

Speaking of NPFTD album, I think ''Run Silent Run Deep'' would have made a great single artwork (and song too... the classic gallop and memorable chorus). Eddie as a submarine fighter (inside view)! LOTB game, it's your turn!
 
The_7th_one

The_7th_one

Ancient Mariner
Kalata said:
Curious fact about NPFTD album cover:

The first cover that does not follow the continuity of previous album covers, as Eddie no longer exhibits either his POM or SIT parts of the look - this idea was completely abandoned by the band after that.

Speaking of NPFTD album, I think ''Run Silent Run Deep'' would have made a great single artwork (and song too... the classic gallop and memorable chorus). Eddie as a submarine fighter (inside view)! LOTB game, it's your turn!
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Kalata:
First of all, you can write two long paragraphs but you cannot write No Prayer for the Dying?
About the artwork, yep it looks that the band wanted a new begining for the second decade . As the musical direction, the art direction also goes wrong ( maybe the idea to rescue Eddie from the grave again was a Rod or Steve wrong decisions…)
I really like Eddie here but the bring your daughter artwork was a very ugly Eddie as Hallowed be thy name live a few years later.
 
Kalata

Kalata

Out of the Silent Planet
The_7th_one said:
Kalata:
First of all, you can write two long paragraphs but you cannot write No Prayer for the Dying?
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This is just nitpicking. Why?
The_7th_one said:
About the artwork, yep it looks that the band wanted a new begining for the second decade . As the musical direction, the art direction also goes wrong ( maybe the idea to rescue Eddie from the grave again was a Rod or Steve wrong decisions…)
I really like Eddie here but the bring your daughter artwork was a very ugly Eddie as Hallowed be thy name live a few years later.
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The biggest problem of the cover is that they used the same idea from one of their most iconic albums and covers. They indeed wanted a new direction for Eddie in the 90's, but this started with FOTD cover. Rod said in an interview that they couldn't come up with a good idea together, so at the last minute they went with a very basic one. But that was because of the name of the album -

with:

''The Assassin'' (too similar to Killers)
''Fates Warning'' (could have been a really interesting cover)
''Run Silent Run Deep''
or even ''Tailgunner'' (similar to ''Aces High'', I guess)

it would have been better. Of course, the title of the album is perfect for it.

About ''Bring Your Daughter... To The Salughter'' and ''Hallowed Be Thy Name'' live single Eddies, I can't agree.
 
The_7th_one

The_7th_one

Ancient Mariner
Kalata said:
This is just nitpicking. Why?
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It’s just that I don’t know what’s the song or album you’re referring sometimes with all these acronyms. It’s annoying to me and more than once I stopped reading because of that. And it’s just a matter to write a few words more. Just that.
 
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