The Final Frontier

This article covers the Iron Maiden music album. For Keel's music album, see The Final Frontier (Keel album) . For the film, see Star Trek V: On the Edge of the Universe .

The Final Frontier
Studio album by
Publication (s)	August 13, 2010
Label (s)	EMI , universal
Format (s)	CD , LP
Genre (s)	Heavy metal
Title (number)	10
running time	76:34
occupation	Singing : Bruce Dickinson Guitar : Dave Murray Guitar : Adrian Smith Guitar : Janick Gers Electric bass : Steve Harris Drums : Nicko McBrain
production	Kevin Shirley
chronology A Matter of Life and Death (2006) The Final Frontier Maiden England '88 (2013)

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

The Final Frontier   DE 1 08/27/2010 (12 weeks)   AT 1 08/27/2010 (8 weeks)   CH 1 08/29/2010 (11 weeks)   UK 1 08/28/2010 (6 weeks)   US 4th 04.09.2010 (8 weeks)

The Final Frontier ( Engl. For " The Final Frontier ") is the 15th studio album of British heavy metal - band Iron Maiden . It was released on August 13, 2010 in Europe and on August 17, 2010 in North America. The album was again produced by Kevin Shirley and co-produced by Steve Harris . The lyrics mostly deal with topics from science fiction . The average running time of the pieces was almost eight minutes, the longest in the band's history up to this point. The cover artwork was done by Melvyn Grant , who was also responsible for the artwork for Fear of the Dark , Virtual XI and Death on the Road .

Emergence

After the tour activities ended in 2009, the band members withdrew to work separately on ideas for new songs. In November and December 2009 the musicians got together for a three-week songwriting session in Paris , while most of the new material was being created. After the turn of the year 2009/2010, the band went to Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas to rehearse the songs and then start recording. During this time, other songs were created, including a. The Alchemist as well as most of the lyrics. After about two weeks, the basic tracks for all instruments and vocals were recorded. After the guitar tracks were overdubbed , the final mix began at The Cave studio in Los Angeles . There took Bruce Dickinson on the last vocal passages, because he had not yet written the lyrics in the Bahamas finished part. Overall, Iron Maiden finished work on the album a month earlier than planned.

Track list

1. Satellite 15 ... The Final Frontier (Steve Harris, Adrian Smith) - 8:40
2. El Dorado (Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris, Adrian Smith) - 6:48
3. Mother of Mercy (Steve Harris, Adrian Smith) - 5:20
4. Coming Home (Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris, Adrian Smith) - 5:52
5. The Alchemist (Bruce Dickinson, Janick Gers, Steve Harris) - 4:28
6. Isle of Avalon (Steve Harris, Adrian Smith) - 9:06
7. Starblind (Bruce Dickinson, Steve Harris, Adrian Smith) - 7:48
8. The Talisman (Janick Gers, Steve Harris) - 9:03
9. The Man Who Would Be King (Steve Harris, Dave Murray) - 8:28
10. When the Wild Wind Blows (Steve Harris) - 11:00

success

The album reached number one in the album charts in 23 countries in its first week of release . In Germany , the band entered the album charts at number one on August 24, 2010 .

Reviews

Allmusic's Eduardo Rivadavia notes that Iron Maiden is closer to the artistic legacy of their triumphant 2000 reunion with the album than with the two previous albums . The band shows that they have understood how to give all fans what they want and expect. Yan Vogel from laut.de sees the album "somewhere between self-reference and innovation as well as cliché and trademark". Although all the tracks came up with “cool ideas”, some of them had musical lengths. The online magazine whiskey-soda.de characterizes the music as "great melancholy melodies in a framework of classic metal and progressive rock, loosened up by old-school riff rock" that get better every time you listen. Robert Fröwein from the Austrian online magazine stormbringer.at takes a critical view of the album and describes it as a "lukewarm infusion of the significantly stronger, more meaningful predecessor", the album is not good enough for the "greatest metal band on the planet".

literature

• Philippe Lageat: Frankenstein has to live . Interview with Iron Maiden. In: Rock Hard . No. 280 , September 2010, p. 26-28 .

Web links

• The Final Frontier at Allmusic (English)
• The Final Frontier at laut.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Chart placements:
   • The Final Frontier in the German album charts on OfficialCharts.de
   • The Final Frontier in the Austrian charts on AustrianCharts.at
   • The Final Frontier in the Swiss charts on Hitparade.ch
   • The Final Frontier in the Official UK Charts (English)
   • The Final Frontier on the US Billboard 200 chart
2. ↑ Karen Bliss: Iron Maiden Reveal Artwork for 'The Final Frontier'. noisecreep.com, June 9, 2010, accessed September 3, 2010 . 
3. ↑ Philip: Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier. (No longer available online.) Whiskey-soda.de, archived from the original on August 20, 2010 ; Retrieved September 3, 2010 . 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.  
4. ^ Robert Fröwein: Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier. stormbringer.at, accessed on September 3, 2010 .