Piece of Mind
Iron Maiden
Piece of Mind
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
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Where Eagles Dare full track | 6:10 | 104,807 | ||
| 2 |
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Revelations full track | 5:59 | 93,542 | ||
| 3 |
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Flight of Icarus full track | 3:50 | 142,268 | ||
| 4 |
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Die With Your Boots On full track | 5:11 | 85,303 | ||
| 5 |
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The Trooper full track | 4:11 | 272,977 | ||
| 6 |
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Still Life full track | 4:52 | 65,026 | ||
| 7 |
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Quest for Fire full track | 3:40 | 60,148 | ||
| 8 |
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Sun and Steel full track | 3:25 | 59,039 | ||
| 9 |
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To Tame a Land full track | 7:23 | 58,142 |
About this album
Piece of Mind is the fourth studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was originally released in 1983 (see 1983 in music) on EMI, and on Capitol in the US; it was reissued later on Sanctuary/Columbia Records. It was the first album to feature drummer Nicko McBrain, who had recently left the Paris-based band Trust.
“The Trooper” remains as one of the most popular songs in the band’s history, and has been included in the set list of all of the band’s concert tours since the album’s release. During the Blaze Bayley era, it was used as the closing song for the lineup’s tours.
Two songs were covered for the 2008 tribute album Maiden Heaven: A Tribute to Iron Maiden; they were “The Trooper” and “To Tame a Land”.
History
Lyrically, the album reflected the group’s interest in books and film. For example, “To Tame a Land” is based on Frank Herbert’s novel Dune. “The Trooper” is inspired by Tennyson’s Charge of the Light Brigade. “Still Life” is inspired by fantasy/horror writer Clark Ashton Smith’s pre-World War II short story Genius Loci. Other inspirations include “Where Eagles Dare”, a film, and a novel by Alistair MacLean; “Quest for Fire”, based on the film by Jean-Jacques Annaud; the writer G. K. Chesterton who is quoted at the beginning of “Revelations”. More exotic influences include Greek mythology, albeit slightly altered for “Flight of Icarus”, and samurai legend Miyamoto Musashi (“Sun and Steel”). Aleister Crowley influenced a good piece of the remaining lyrics of “Revelations,” which was written by Dickinson.
“The Trooper” remains as one of the most popular songs in the band’s history, and has been included in the set list of all of the band’s concert tours since the album’s release. During the Blaze Bayley era, it was used as the closing song for the lineup’s tours.
Two songs were covered for the 2008 tribute album Maiden Heaven: A Tribute to Iron Maiden; they were “The Trooper” and “To Tame a Land”.
History
Lyrically, the album reflected the group’s interest in books and film. For example, “To Tame a Land” is based on Frank Herbert’s novel Dune. “The Trooper” is inspired by Tennyson’s Charge of the Light Brigade. “Still Life” is inspired by fantasy/horror writer Clark Ashton Smith’s pre-World War II short story Genius Loci. Other inspirations include “Where Eagles Dare”, a film, and a novel by Alistair MacLean; “Quest for Fire”, based on the film by Jean-Jacques Annaud; the writer G. K. Chesterton who is quoted at the beginning of “Revelations”. More exotic influences include Greek mythology, albeit slightly altered for “Flight of Icarus”, and samurai legend Miyamoto Musashi (“Sun and Steel”). Aleister Crowley influenced a good piece of the remaining lyrics of “Revelations,” which was written by Dickinson.
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Shouts
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bohemiotx wrote:
Excellent history of Peace of Mind! Thanks dude.
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Nubyara wrote:
Die With Your Boots On, Where Eagles Dare <3
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meister333 wrote:
Another Maiden masterpiece. Best Songs: Where Eagles Dare, Revelations, To Tame a Land
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spartainiamaaan wrote:
yeah i duno the trooper doesnt really do it for me. i dont mind it but revelations and flight of icarus are sooo much better
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TheCh0sen0ne wrote:
To Tame a land best song on this album
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AlisAmanka wrote:
Revelations, The trooper <3
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Tosselitoss wrote:
"This is my all time favorite Maiden album. WED is the most incredible album opener of any heavy metal album in history, IMHO." I wouldn't know about that, but it sure is the best Maiden album-opener of any record. The short drum intro let's you know exactly what to expect from the song. The drumming overall is spectacular. This album in general is arguably one of Maidens' best by the way. Sure there are some mediocre songs like Sun and Steel, Quest for Fire (the lyrics to this one is laughable) and Die With Your Boots on (which is so much better live) but the better tracks are mindblowing. This is the Maiden album of choice if you don't want any ballads or moody, relaxed songs but just 100% straightforward headbanging metal.
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MadlukeLCM wrote:
Awesome song!
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Razor745 wrote:
I prefer this to Powerslave.
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jammindude wrote:
This is my all time favorite Maiden album. WED is the most incredible album opener of any heavy metal album in history, IMHO. The intsrumental section in that song sets me airguitaring every time. This is IM's masterpiece!
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Maz1982 wrote:
One of the best albums ever. Not a single bad track IMO. Where Eagles Dare, To Tame a Land, Still Life... Incredible.
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Razor745 wrote:
Heh, Edhead22 is right. No Maiden song is "bad". But The Trooper and Quest For Fire are the least good songs on this album in my opinion. This is one of my favourite albums of the 80's, next to Somewhere In Time and their debut.
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Razor745 wrote:
My favourite Maiden album. The Trooper is one of the worst songs here... Still Life and To Tame A Land are awesome!
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alxsm03 wrote:
a melhor banda de heavy metal poooo uruu
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TheIncognitoGuy wrote:
Damnit i forgot who great this album is. Should listen more to classic maiden stuff.
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JaymZ__10 wrote:
Amazing. Love all of these songs...
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Barcida wrote:
Es un Exito
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FreakinSweet86 wrote:
NOTB, POM and PS are the Golden Three, if anyone wants to get into Maiden, listen to these three albums.
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kingnightmare wrote:
greatest band ever
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Metality wrote:
Great album. <3
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