Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast (1982) (320 Kbps)

Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast (1982)



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1."Invaders" (Harris) ? 3:23
2."Children of the Damned" (Harris) ? 4:34
3."The Prisoner" (Smith, Harris) ? 6:02
4."22 Acacia Avenue" (Smith, Harris) ? 6:36
5."The Number of the Beast" (Harris) ? 4:50
6."Run to the Hills" (Harris) ? 3:52
7."Gangland" (Smith, Burr) ? 3:47
8."Total Eclipse" (Murray, Harris, Burr) ? 4:25
9."Hallowed Be Thy Name" (Harris) ? 7:10

The Number of the Beast is the third studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The album was released on March 29, 1982 through EMI. This was the debut of vocalist Bruce in Iron Maiden. Number of the Beast has been cited as one of the most influential heavy metal albums of all-time, and is widely acknowledged as one of the best and most iconic albums of the genre.

The Number of the Beast also cemented Iron Maiden as one of "the biggest metal bands on the planet".

Of all the songs in the album, "The Number of the Beast", "Run to the Hills" and "Hallowed Be Thy Name" remain on the set lists of nearly all of the band's concert tours, with the latter two often used to close a show. All three songs have been released as singles in various forms.

The Beast on the Road was the tour supporting the album.

The Number of the Beast marked Bruce 's debut with the band. Though the recording process was successful, it was plagued with bizarre events - during the making of the album, record producer Martin Birch had been in an accident and crashed his car into one driven by a "religious nutter" on a rainy Sunday evening. When he got his car back from the mechanic the bill came back in the exact amount of ?666.66. Birch, "terrified", demanded the bill be rounded up to ?667. Also, the title track reached number 18 in the UK charts - the sum of three sixes. Other stories about various strange occurrences at the recording studio have circulated, such as equipment randomly breaking down and lights turning off and on by themselves.

Since this album (and its tour, Beast on the Road), "The Beast" has become something of a nickname for the band and possibly Eddie, as suggested by albums such as Best of the Beast (which featured a 'best of Eddie' mural on the cover), Beast over Hammersmith, and the DVD Visions of the Beast.

This album is the only one to feature songwriting by drummer Clive Burr. This is one of several reasons why the album was so different from previous ones other than the obvious change in lead singer. It was the first album with writing by Adrian Smith (see below track listing for details), and the first to feature writing by the 'new' Steve Harris (his older style had been written for different musicians, and in a different time) - the entire writing system was different. However, it is one of the few albums not to feature a Dave Murray song, and the first album not to feature an instrumental.

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