Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

	Track	Duration	Listeners
1	Moonchild (1998 Digital Remaster)	5:39	56
2	Infinite Dreams (1998 Digital Remaster)	6:07	53
3	Can I Play With Madness (1998 Digital Remaster)	3:31	155
4	The Evil That Men Do (1998 Digital Remaster)	4:34	239
5	Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (1998 Digital Remaster)	9:51	66
6	The Prophecy (1998 Digital Remaster)	5:04	45
7	The Clairvoyant (1998 Digital Remaster)	4:26	49
8	Only The Good Die Young (1998 Digital Remaster)	4:39	43

About this album

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is a concept album by heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released in 1988 as the band’s seventh studio album on EMI in Europe and its sister label Capitol Records in the US (it was re-released by Sanctuary/Columbia Records in the US in 2002).

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son was the last Iron Maiden album to feature guitarist Adrian Smith until the album Brave New World in 2000 (he did write a song that Bruce Dickinson finished for the next album, No Prayer For The Dying, titled “Hooks in You”, a loose tie-in to the Charlotte the Harlot saga).

At least four of the album’s songs (“Infinite Dreams”, “Seventh Son of a Seventh Son”, “The Prophecy” and “The Clairvoyant”) can be directly related to a main lyrical storyline inspired by the folklore concept.

Lyrically, the album centers around some main philosophical ideas: morality (good and evil), mysticism, prophetic vision, reincarnation and afterlife. Almost all the album includes direct or indirect references to questions regarding to these concepts and poetically refers the answers.

Stylistically, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son develops the sounds first heard on Somewhere in Time (1986), and continues the band’s lyrical exploration of topics related to mysticism, power, and the occult.

The album debuted at #1 in UK charts (The only since The Number of the Beast) as well as #12 in the U.S, while the singles “Can I Play with Madness”, “The Evil That Men Do”, “The Clairvoyant (live)” and “Infinite Dreams (live)” reached #3, #5, #6 and #6 positions, respectively. It is the last Iron Maiden album to go platinum in the USA.

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SonnyBurnett88 wrote:
last month

Seventh Son and Somewhere In Time are definitely among the best albums in the history of music. That stuff should be taught in schools... For real (3)

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MaidenSlayer wrote:
last month

This is their most catchy album.

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Matseb2611 wrote:
last month

f*cking epic album, but "can i play with madness" sucks [2]

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TuncleOm wrote:
last month

f*cking epic album, but "can i play with madness" sucks

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Killed-By-Death wrote:
last month

Somewhere in TIme and Seventh Son are the best Maiden albums from the 80's and the first Dickinson-era!

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BFD31095 wrote:
October 2009

v Fuck you, this is their best album.

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meister333 wrote:
October 2009

I think this album is slightly overrated. Lots of people say that this is the best Maiden album, I disagree. [2]

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WiJoCo wrote:
October 2009

The album's storyline is based on the book "Seventh Son" by Orson Scott Card.

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Killerdwarf wrote:
October 2009

Best Maiden-Album ever

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super_ruben09 wrote:
October 2009

Can I Play With Madness? is a cool song, but doesn't really seem to fit.

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klusik wrote:
October 2009

Hey, don't you anybody know, how many Seventh sons were sold? I cannot find that inforamtikon ;) ;)

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David_J1973 wrote:
October 2009

My favorite Iron Maiden album, and I own all of them. One of those rare albums where I enjoy every single song on the album.

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thejackyl wrote:
September 2009

fuck you, Can I Play With Madness is great!

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ilovemusix wrote:
September 2009

BEST IM ALBUM WITH Number of the beast

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Global_Carnage wrote:
September 2009

Fuck you Iron Maiden for ruining this musical masterpiece with that boring filler track that is "Can I Play With Madness?". The rest is so damn awesome that listening to that track has become impossible for me. At least Powerslave has no filler.

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Mirsset wrote:
September 2009

overrated album. dont kill me please.

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Killed-By-Death wrote:
September 2009

Seventh Son and Somewhere In Time are definitely among the best albums in the history of music. That stuff should be taught in schools... For real (2)

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Killed-By-Death wrote:
September 2009

Maidens second best album from the 80´s after Somewhere in Time in my opinion . And The Prophecy is one of Maidens finest!

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WiJoCo wrote:
September 2009

I try not to preach that whole "best"/"worst" elitist crap that so many do, because it's ALL a matter of opinion. This is, however, one of my favorites to listen to. I acknowledge that favorite doesn't equal "best". I love Nicko's drumwork on this one, and I think Bruce has kind of a menacing tone throughout it, even when he's singing beautifuly and melodicly, which fits the storyline.

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Razor745 wrote:
August 2009

I think this album is slightly overrated. Lots of people say that this is the best Maiden album, I disagree.

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