Killers
Iron Maiden
Killers
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
| 1 |
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The Ides of March full track | 1:45 | 72,124 | ||
| 2 |
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Wrathchild full track | 3:05 | 132,605 | ||
| 3 |
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Murders in the Rue Morgue full track | 4:18 | 71,493 | ||
| 4 |
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Another Life full track | 3:22 | 63,902 | ||
| 5 |
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Genghis Khan full track | 3:08 | 59,057 | ||
| 6 |
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Innocent Exile full track | 3:53 | 56,301 | ||
| 7 |
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Killers full track | 5:00 | 82,361 | ||
| 8 |
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Prodigal Son full track | 6:11 | 53,773 | ||
| 9 |
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Purgatory full track | 3:19 | 59,588 | ||
| 10 |
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Twilight Zone full track | 2:32 | 35,242 | ||
| 11 |
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Drifter full track | 4:48 | 54,530 |
About this album
Killers is the second album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on February 2, 1981 in the UK, and June, 1981 in the US. The album was the first of their albums to feature guitarist Adrian Smith, and the last to feature vocalist Paul Di’Anno, who was fired from the band mid-tour due to problems with alcohol and cocaine. This was also the first album produced by veteran producer Martin Birch who went on to produce their next eight albums before retiring after Fear of the Dark in 1992.
Being the most popular song on the album, “Wrathchild” has been on the set lists of nearly all of the band’s concert tours. The song was covered in 2005 by the female tribute The Iron Maidens on their 2007 album Route 666 and again in 2008 by Gallows on the tribute CD Maiden Heaven: A Tribute to Iron Maiden released by Kerrang! magazine.
The song was also featured in the Playstation 2 game Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks The 80s.
The album is an unusual one in that it features two instrumentals and was written almost exclusively by Steve Harris with only minor assistance from the rest of the band. Only the title track and “Twilight Zone” received additional writing credits. All of the songs, with the exception of “Murders in the Rue Morgue” and “Prodigal Son,” were written before the release of their debut album (they could not fit all of them on one album, and the songs were later re-recorded anyway to feature Adrian Smith); an early version of “Wrathchild” was featured on the Metal for Muthas compilation.
Being the most popular song on the album, “Wrathchild” has been on the set lists of nearly all of the band’s concert tours. The song was covered in 2005 by the female tribute The Iron Maidens on their 2007 album Route 666 and again in 2008 by Gallows on the tribute CD Maiden Heaven: A Tribute to Iron Maiden released by Kerrang! magazine.
The song was also featured in the Playstation 2 game Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks The 80s.
The album is an unusual one in that it features two instrumentals and was written almost exclusively by Steve Harris with only minor assistance from the rest of the band. Only the title track and “Twilight Zone” received additional writing credits. All of the songs, with the exception of “Murders in the Rue Morgue” and “Prodigal Son,” were written before the release of their debut album (they could not fit all of them on one album, and the songs were later re-recorded anyway to feature Adrian Smith); an early version of “Wrathchild” was featured on the Metal for Muthas compilation.
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Shouts
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mortytoad wrote:
Gotta agree with most. Di'anno owns. Best album they ever did, omho.
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ashleyrobb wrote:
i like this. the earlier sound.
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hassyfed wrote:
dianno totally owns bruce
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Khymen wrote:
Prodigal Son doesn't fit? Really? I think it's a great song. But okay that's your opinion. Cheers mate, up the irons! And to all the others, up the irons! Cheers dudes and dudetes! Maiden Rules!
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Naathiw wrote:
Too Much Love For This Album
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dacha_31 wrote:
I think that Prodigal Son doesn't fit at all, but great album nonetheless. ;)
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AlisAmanka wrote:
i like this this album very much.
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maxcasanova wrote:
Their best! How I wish Maiden could do a reunion tour with Paul. And a new album with him!
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radiopork wrote:
my revolution!
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DragonReborn wrote:
in my opinion one of maidens weakest. but still a good album, i like Murders in the Rue Morgue and Wrathchild for example.
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jammindude wrote:
Not as strong as the debut, but I do agree that this is an underrated classic. MitRM, IE, AL, Purgatory, TZ, Drifter....all amazing songs. I think this album just gets overshadowed by getting sandwiched between IM and NotB.
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jackalow wrote:
Why isn't this more popular? Such an amazing album.
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Naathiw wrote:
I Agree , Best Of Iron
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blackadder wrote:
yes, Maiden's best album
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kosher_carnage wrote:
quality stuff
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Makuse wrote:
i saw Paul live a week ago or so it was soooooo awesome he played the first two maiden albums
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weba89 wrote:
great album!
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zelosity wrote:
it's kinda classic to me. great album! <3
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Dunlop122 wrote:
i agreee the song is amazing tooooo
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RounderII wrote:
Maidens best album
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