A Matter of Life and Death
Iron Maiden
A Matter of Life and Death
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
| 1 |
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A Different World | 4:17 | 2,596 | ||
| 2 |
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These Colours Don't Run full track | 6:52 | 72,862 | ||
| 3 |
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Brighter Than a Thousand Suns full track | 8:45 | 75,656 | ||
| 4 |
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The Pilgrim full track | 5:06 | 73,482 | ||
| 5 |
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The Longest Day full track | 7:48 | 68,763 | ||
| 6 |
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Out of the Shadows full track | 5:36 | 67,925 | ||
| 7 |
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The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg full track | 7:22 | 55,652 | ||
| 8 |
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For the Greater Good of God full track | 9:25 | 67,323 | ||
| 9 |
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Lord of Light full track | 7:23 | 59,834 | ||
| 10 |
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The Legacy full track | 9:24 | 57,247 |
About this album
A Matter of Life and Death is the 14th studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was released on 25 August 2006 in Italy and in Finland, 28 August worldwide, and 5 September 2006 in the United States, Canada and Japan. It is the first heavy metal album to debut at #4 in India, and made it to #2 in the Indian charts. It is also one of the few rock/metal albums to go platinum in India. It is the first album in Iron Maiden’s almost 30 year career to enter the U.S. Billboard charts in the top 10, and has seen significant chart success in many other countries.
While the album is not a concept album, war and religion are recurring themes in the lyrics throughout the album, as well as in the album’s artwork. The title “A Matter of Life and Death” is also linked with the war theme, as it titles a 1946 movie whose primary character is a WWII Royal Air Force pilot.
The band, still consisting of the same lineup as their previous two studio albums (making it the second most stable lineup; see Powerslave), started to write the songs near the end of 2005 after their hugely successful appearances in the U.S. and Europe. By the end of the year, the songs were done and they started rehearsing at Sarm West Studios in London.
At 72 minutes, A Matter of Life and Death is the band’s longest album to date (exceeding 1995’s The X Factor by approximately one minute) and its average song length (7:12) also makes it the longest Iron Maiden album by song average.
While the album is not a concept album, war and religion are recurring themes in the lyrics throughout the album, as well as in the album’s artwork. The title “A Matter of Life and Death” is also linked with the war theme, as it titles a 1946 movie whose primary character is a WWII Royal Air Force pilot.
The band, still consisting of the same lineup as their previous two studio albums (making it the second most stable lineup; see Powerslave), started to write the songs near the end of 2005 after their hugely successful appearances in the U.S. and Europe. By the end of the year, the songs were done and they started rehearsing at Sarm West Studios in London.
At 72 minutes, A Matter of Life and Death is the band’s longest album to date (exceeding 1995’s The X Factor by approximately one minute) and its average song length (7:12) also makes it the longest Iron Maiden album by song average.
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Shouts
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ihavesoldout wrote:
sux
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MaidenSlayer wrote:
The Pilgrim is my favorite here.
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FreeSlave93 wrote:
serious and genius album.
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meister333 wrote:
Best Maiden album since SSOASS and one of the best metal albums of the decade. Best Songs: The Legacy, Lord of Light, For the Greater Good of God, The Pilgrim.
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Razor745 wrote:
I agree. This is the most Progressive album by Maiden, it still has most elements of traditional Heavy Metal though. This album has some of the best lyrics Maiden have ever written. I love this album, I've been listening to it for months. You never get bored of Prog Metal!
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InsomniacAttack wrote:
I love the step towards more progressive metal they've taken with this album. *_* It's also a very deep album, lyrically.
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Stormwatch1986 wrote:
Powerslave man kicks but i like them all i been a fan since Killers album but number of the beast was the one that got me hooked on these guys
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Taggueg wrote:
I don´t have hear Dance of Death yet but this album rocks better than I thought. I like it
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AlisAmanka wrote:
boring album. but Out of the shadows is good. Dance of Death better than this album.
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Siberiandreamer wrote:
This would've been better if the songs were shortened because sometimes they just go on for the sake of it. Shame and the weakest album since Bruce came back.
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meddelhed wrote:
No.
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HighwayStar125 wrote:
Maiden's best album.
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zim389 wrote:
This rekindled my love for Maiden and was for a while my favourite album by them... which is odd since I usually don't denote "favorites" when it comes to music. But I always considered this Nicko's album, his drumming is very loose and energetic. I believe he recorded without a click track... though this is just a theory.
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Emetty wrote:
the biggest one.
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AdrianMustaine wrote:
"a" different world?
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Razor745 wrote:
I kinda agree with HighwayStar125. Lyrically. it is the best Maiden album next to The X Factor. I can't choose Maiden's best album, they're all fuckin' great but this is just too good to ignore it. I've listened to all Maiden albums and currently I'm enjoying this album the most.
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settlehead wrote:
What? FOTD is crap
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SIXX6SIXX wrote:
cool album, but not as good as their 80's classicas, and Fear Of The Dark
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MATI9630 wrote:
Wrong, soundaddict, you've mistaken this page for "Shogun - Trivium". That's shit.
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soundaddict wrote:
shit
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