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Fear Of The Dark by Iron Maiden
5,747,426 plays (324,419 listeners)
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
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Be Quick Or Be Dead | 3:24 | 202,902 | ||
| 2 |
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From Here To Eternity | 3:38 | 116,313 | ||
| 3 |
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Afraid To Shoot Strangers | 6:56 | 149,885 | ||
| 4 |
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Fear Is The Key | 5:36 | 97,920 | ||
| 5 |
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Childhood's End | 4:41 | 96,070 | ||
| 6 |
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Wasting Love | 5:51 | 150,023 | ||
| 7 |
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The Fugitive | 4:54 | 90,205 | ||
| 8 |
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Chains Of Misery | 3:37 | 90,591 | ||
| 9 |
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The Apparation | 3:55 | 886 | ||
| 10 |
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Judas Be My Guide | 3:09 | 97,767 | ||
| 11 |
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Weekend Warrior | 5:40 | 86,087 | ||
| 12 |
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Fear Of The Dark | 7:17 | 356,002 |
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About this album
Fear of the Dark is the ninth studio album released by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It topped the UK albums chart. Released on 11 May 1992, it was the final studio album to feature Bruce Dickinson as lead vocalist who left the band following the album’s support tour to pursue a solo career. He was succeeded by Blaze Bayley, formerly of Wolfsbane, for two studio albums until Dickinson returned to Iron Maiden for the 2000 release of Brave New World.
History:
The album cover of Fear of the Dark was the first Iron Maiden album cover not to be designed by artist Derek Riggs. In an interview with MTV, Bruce Dickinson said they had asked three different artists to design a cover, and they then picked the best one. Melvyn Grant’s illustration was chosen over the one Riggs submitted. Melvyn Grant has since drawn two more album covers for Iron Maiden, and the cover for their single “The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg” makes him the second most-used artist for Eddie after Riggs.
The album’s musical style showed some experimentation with “Be Quick or Be Dead”, a speed metal song released as the album’s first single, and “Wasting Love”, the group’s sole power ballad. The Gulf War track “Afraid to Shoot Strangers” was the band’s most political song since “2 Minutes to Midnight”. The album featured first time songwriting credits for Janick Gers and featured more keyboard work than the previous album.
History:
The album cover of Fear of the Dark was the first Iron Maiden album cover not to be designed by artist Derek Riggs. In an interview with MTV, Bruce Dickinson said they had asked three different artists to design a cover, and they then picked the best one. Melvyn Grant’s illustration was chosen over the one Riggs submitted. Melvyn Grant has since drawn two more album covers for Iron Maiden, and the cover for their single “The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg” makes him the second most-used artist for Eddie after Riggs.
The album’s musical style showed some experimentation with “Be Quick or Be Dead”, a speed metal song released as the album’s first single, and “Wasting Love”, the group’s sole power ballad. The Gulf War track “Afraid to Shoot Strangers” was the band’s most political song since “2 Minutes to Midnight”. The album featured first time songwriting credits for Janick Gers and featured more keyboard work than the previous album.
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Shouts
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IronPenguin wrote:
Still this is one of the top listened Maiden albums on last.fm. Probably because the title track is on virtually every compilation and live album. I actually rate a lot of the other tracks, this was a very relevant album when released in 1992.
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MrRafaelBCK wrote:
I can attest that this is a shitty album to start your Iron Maiden collection from. Still, the title track and a few others are awesome.
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wasp-man wrote:
Track 1,2,3,5,7,12 are strong!
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wasp-man wrote:
7,5/10
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maidenmetal1 wrote:
Not bad, nothing special at the same time (except for Fear Of The Dark and Afraid To Shoot Strangers of course). Still, one of their worst
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fretless11 wrote:
So bad album, few really outstanding tracks but rest...meh... ;)
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Pantelika wrote:
Inconsistent record [459684165464611]
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noo_dog wrote:
Reading through a few pages of the shoutbox, I think it's interesting that there's a general consensus that this album is 'inconsistent, with some good tracks and some filler', but almost everyone's particular choices for good and bad tracks are different
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nodicenate wrote:
Inconsistent record, but tracks 1, 3, and 12 are definitely highlights. The band had definitely started to lose their way a bit on No Prayer and this one.
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morokocyk wrote:
fear of the duck...
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jehf-rock wrote:
fear of the darkkkkkkk um dos hinos do iron maiden e do metal é claro.
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MikeySchenker wrote:
Indeed, keeps them from hearing straight
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ArcTheseus wrote:
some people have shit in their ears.
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MikeySchenker wrote:
Not their finest hour. And somehow Bruce's voice annoys me here sometimes. Bit raspy, guess it was a good thing to leave Maiden after this. Nowadays he sings far better, guess the inspiration was fading somewhat!? The better one of the two albums in the 90'ties with Bruce, but too much looking for chart succes with this one it seems. Though some songs grew out to be favourites of mine nevertheless.
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levan86 wrote:
Fuck metal scum))))
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Geisteswaffe wrote:
Very underrated this album!
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Tobbessen wrote:
weak album? LOL
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mathpeal wrote:
Hard.
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Odiously_ wrote:
Title track, Judas Be My Guide and Wasting Love are all in my top 15 but the rest I can't stand. Well, maybe Weekend Warrior...
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Brook54 wrote:
bruceys voice sounds fucking awesome in this album
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