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Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son by Iron Maiden
4,259,642 plays (319,538 listeners)
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
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Moonchild | 5:40 | 120,276 | ||
| 2 |
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Infinite Dreams | 6:09 | 135,170 | ||
| 3 |
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Can I Play With Madness | 3:31 | 268,055 | ||
| 4 |
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The Evil That Men Do | 4:34 | 253,367 | ||
| 5 |
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Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son | 9:54 | 113,138 | ||
| 6 |
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The Prophecy | 5:06 | 97,578 | ||
| 7 |
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The Clairvoyant | 4:27 | 187,673 | ||
| 8 |
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Only The Good Die Young | 4:41 | 104,016 |
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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.
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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whiteravenmetal wrote:
Masterpiece. [5]
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daydream_set wrote:
Masterpiece. [4]
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HeafyD wrote:
Masterpiece. [3]
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maidenmetal1 wrote:
Masterpiece. [2]
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Tarkus10 wrote:
Masterpiece.
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fretless11 wrote:
Instant classic, every track is great, concept is great, songwriting is great, playing fabulous, melodys, everything...no weak spot!!!! ;)
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crispolly wrote:
one of the greatest albums ever recorded [4]
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netherdracon wrote:
one of the greatest albums ever recorded [3] Edit: THE greatest album ever recorded
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MartaaaPop wrote:
one of the greatest albums ever recorded [3]
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CleitonMoura wrote:
One of the best I've ever heard
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Romulus666 wrote:
one of the greatest albums ever recorded [2]
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phili321 wrote:
one of the greatest albums ever recorded
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SilverBarron wrote:
My favourite Maiden album!
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johnnyal1979 wrote:
Simply the Best Album! \m/
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MikeySchenker wrote:
Goddamn, some real fantatics here when it comes to this album. Almost a religious cult. Anyway, gave the album another spin after some years, still doesn´t grab me. Still believe this is weakest album from the eighties...
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Mr_Scarier wrote:
the best
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sdm660 wrote:
Just doesn't get better than this!
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SoggyCrackers wrote:
@DarkEpitaph No. All of it. 3 and 4 included.
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line_genrou wrote:
this album gives me eargasms everytime
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DarkEpitaph wrote:
This album (except track 3 & 4) is mindblowing! Bruce sounds better than ever on this one
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