Dance of Death (Album)
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Studio album by 
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Publication |
September 8, 2003 |
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January - February 2003 |
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CD, DVD-Audio, LP |
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Title (number) |
11 |
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running time |
67:59 |
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Steve Harris, Kevin Shirley |
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Studio (s) |
Sarm West Studios, London (England) |
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Dance of Death (English for: " Dance of Death ") is the 13th studio album by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden . The album was released on September 8, 2003 via EMI .
background
For the first time, the drummer Nicko McBrain took part in the songwriting. Together with Bruce Dickinson and Adrian Smith he wrote the song New Frontier . All keyboards were recorded by Steve Harris . With Journeyman , Dance of Death contains the first purely acoustic song in the band's history.
The cover was designed by David Patchett. Patchett was best known for his covers for the band Cathedral . The first draft showed Eddie as the Grim Reaper with four monks in the background. To add some pizzazz to the cover, Rod Smallwood, the band's manager, hired an ironmaiden.com employee to work out the characters around Eddie. The design was returned to Patchett. Since he was not satisfied with the result, he asked not to be mentioned in the booklet. When the cover hit the internet, many fans thought the band was trying to prank them. The cover artwork caused controversy among Maiden fans.
Track list
- Wildest Dreams (Steve Harris, Adrian Smith) - 3:52
- Rainmaker (Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris, Dave Murray) - 3:48
- No More Lies (Steve Harris) - 7:22
- Montségur (Bruce Dickinson, Janick Gers, Steve Harris) - 5:50
- Dance of Death (Janick Gers, Steve Harris) - 8:36
- Gates of Tomorrow (Bruce Dickinson, Janick Gers, Steve Harris) - 5:12
- New Frontier (Bruce Dickinson, Nicko McBrain, Adrian Smith) - 5:04
- Paschendale (Steve Harris, Adrian Smith) - 8:28
- Face in the Sand (Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris, Adrian Smith) - 6:31
- Age of Innocence (Steve Harris, Dave Murray) - 6:10
- Journeyman (Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris, Adrian Smith) - 7:07
Song information
- Wildest Dreams was featured on the "Gimme Ed ... 'Til I'm Dead" tour even before the album was released. The song begins with counting by Nicko McBrain .
- Montségur is about the Cathars who lived in Montségur .
- Dance of Death is about the mysterious voodoo rites in the Everglades .
- New Frontier is the only song so far that was co-written by Nicko McBrain. The text is about cloning .
- Paschendale is about a battle during World War I that took place in Passendale . The text tells from the perspective of a dying soldier.
- Age of Innocence is about a criminal case. In 1999, Norfolk farmer Tony Martin allegedly killed a 16-year-old boy with a shotgun and injured another. The two boys tried to break into his house.
success
Dance of Death reached number 2 in the album charts in Great Britain and Germany, although it remained in the top 100 in Germany for eight weeks. In the USA, the album reached a maximum of 19th place. In 2005, the band received a gold record for the album in Germany .
The singles were also partially successful, so the band had a top 10 hit in Great Britain with Wildest Dreams , which came in 6th, and Rainmaker reached 13th. In Germany, however, the singles were less successful, with Wildest Dreams during five weeks in the top 100 at maximum place 27 and Rainmaker took place 36 in eight weeks.
Single releases
With Wildest Dreams , Rainmaker and No More Lies , three singles were released.
Wildest Dreams
Wildest Dreams was released on 7-inch , maxi-CD and DVD single.
Track list of the maxi CD
- Wildest Dreams - 3:49
- Pass the Jam - 8:20 am
- Blood Brothers (Orchestral Mix) - 7:10
The orchestral mix by Blood Brothers is missing on the 7-inch version . The DVD single contains the video for the title track and two audio-only “rock mixes”, one from Blood Brothers and one from The Nomad . The DVD also contains two minutes of exclusive material in the form of interview scenes and the making-of of the album. The first single was also the most successful. In Germany it climbed to number 27 in the charts, in England it even reached number 6. The single had the top position in Hungary, Norway and Portugal.
Rainmaker
The follow-up single was also released in three different versions.
Track list of the maxi CD
- Rainmaker - 3:48
- Dance Of Death (Orchestral Version) - 8:37
- More Tea Vicar - 4:40
The 7-inch version lacks the unreleased song More Tea Vicar . The DVD single again contains the video for the title track and two live songs (audio-only). As a bonus, there is a making-of for the music video on the DVD.
No More Lies - Dance of Death Souvenir EP
No More Lies was released as an EP in a box with a sweatband as a gimmick.
- No More Lies - 7:21
- Paschendale (Orchestral Version) - 8:27
- Journeyman (Electric Version) - 7:06
- Age of Innocence ... How Old? ( Hidden track )
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://maidenfans.com/2004/who39s-behind-the-dance-of-death-artwork-
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from January 26, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Chart tracking ( memento of the original from March 14, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. for Dance of Death at musicline.de
- ↑ Iron Maiden Singles ( Memento of the original from February 22, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at music-line.de
- ↑ Discography on MusicMight ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
