Piece Of Mind 2015

THE BAND: Bruce Dickinson- Vocals (Amazing vocalist with a unique voice) Steve Harris- Bass (Arguably the best heavy metal bassist around) Adrian Smith- Lead/Rhythm Guitars (Great melodic, bluesy solos) Dave Murray- Lead/Rhythm Guitars (Great shredding solos) Nicko McBrain- Drums (Awesome drummer) THE TRACKS:The album contains literature quotes, songs about famous books/movies fusioned in great heavy metal sound.Masterfully produce and mixed by Martin Birch -Where Eagles Dare:Repeats the story of the same-titled Clint Eastwood movie.The song starts out with a pulse-like, emotional beat, and is followed by a heavy and catchy (although predictable) riff.The drumms sound amazing -Revelations:This song starts out with a hymnal passage of some sort.Is an atmospheric song, that manages to be both dark and beautiful. Bruce's performance here is amazing. -Flight of Icarus:The most emotional song of the album,that was so good that people that are not into metal at all tend to like it very much.The pre-chorus/chorus kind of runs together in an awesome display of underlying bass -Die With Your Boots On: This song is probably the one that suffers the least from the hard-rock guitar.Good lyrics,amazing drums, the vocals(Harris and Smith do some nice backup, by the way)are among the best,and even the guitar is unique in this amazing song. -The Trooper:This is one of my favorite Iron Maiden songs ever.The call-to-arms opening riff and the galloping bass lines fit so well with the lyrics of a soldier's futile battle that it brings shivers to my spine almost every time. -Still Life:Is one of the songs that most benefits from double guitars.The chorus are simple, but don't deny the power this song holds over your ears! -Quest For Fire:The most anachronistic song of the disc.The voice of Dickinson reaches the high notes of all the album. -Sun and Steel:Other great song,incorporate some galloping rhythms into it, which is always a plus for me. -To Tame a Land:In the grand tradition of epic closers.It's based off of the book "Dune," which I haven't read. But the theme is evident in that Egyptian scale also found in the band's title track to "Powerslave," so you'll get a feeling for it. ****FINAL NOTES***: I BUY THE "RAW POWER" IMPORTED VERSION CD FOR ONLY $4 BUCKS,WITH THE SELLER "BIG BOX BARGAIN",THATS WHY I LIKE TO BUY IN AMAZON.

This is a great album and one of my favorite albums, it rock's from start to finish, a must have.

El disco llegó rápido y en perfectas condiciones. Iron Maiden después de darnos uno de los mejores discos del Heavy Metal cargaban muchas expectativas en sus espaldas de que su siguiente álbum fuera igual de bueno o mucho mejor que el anterior, y así fue, al siguiente año sacaría Piece of Mind, un álbum que alzaría más a la bestia. El disco abre con Where Eagles Dare con esa genial batería al inicio, esto para presentar al nuevo baterista Nicko McBrain que no decepciona; Still Life me encanta con su sonido tranquilo y misterioso, un sello de las canciones que compone Murray; Quest for Fire y Sun and Steel con los tremendos coros de Bruce y To Tame a Land que aunque no es de las mejores canciones de larga duración de Maiden sigue siendo muy buena. Y The Trooper es una obra de arte, te transmite a la perfección la adrenalina de la guerra, el bajo de Steve Harris es hermoso en esta canción, para mí emula el galopar de un caballo, muy acorde a lo que habla la canción; Bruce la da toda cantando, dando la sensación de un soldado gritando en su última batalla, no por nada creo que es la canción más conocida de todo Iron Maiden. El sonido es igual de bueno que The Number of the Beast, y las letras también, con historias fantasticas, de mitologia, de libros y sucesos reales. Pero en lo que más destaca este album es la atmósfera, me encanta que el sonido de cada canción transmita su propia aventura y hace que formes parte de ella también, Where Eagles Dare con esa misión en las montañas, Flight of Icarus una épica aventura griega, Die With Your Boots On y The Trooper la adrenalina de echar bala en guerras, Revelations y Still Life con misterio e intriga, Quest for Fire una travesía en la prehistoria, Sun and Steel viviendo la vida de un samurai y To Tame a Land la historia de Dune. Puede que Piece of Mind no sea el disco más complejo o más revolucionario de Iron Maiden, pero es mi favorito y al que más le tengo aprecio por hacerme conocer a esta legendaria banda.

Iron Maiden's best album in my opinion.

I really like having this CD downloaded to my phone on Amazon Music. I can listen to it whenever I have my phone, and the Amazon Music App.

Excelente

This, of course is the first Iron Maiden album featuring the "classic" lineup of Steve, Dave, Adrian, Bruce and Nicko. For that reason alone, Piece of Mind is worth owning, although of the four albums this lineup did this is the weakest in my opinion. But I have to say that this albums good moments are really, really good. The track arrangement is, in my opinion, a little goofy; they start off with "Where Eagles Dare", which gets the album galloping along, only to follow it with "Revelations." It's a great song, but it stalls the album's momentum. But that's only temporary, from "Flight of Icarus" through "The Trooper" the album just rolls right along. Okay, now for the really bad part. Three words: "Quest for Fire." This is easily the cheesiest song in the entire Maiden catalog (as I recall, the film of the same name is also pretty bad). If you want the whole catalog, well, you gotta buy this one anyway. But, at least for tracks 2-5, it's worth having.

I have 3 pressings of this vinyl: a clean original from 1983, a new copy of the older remastering, and the 2015 remastering released on vinyl in 2025. I compared these 3 versions on a $9000 stereo. The older remastering is flawed by having the vocals on side 2 skewed off to the right very badly. Don't buy that one! The 2015 remastering released on vinyl in 2025 sounds absolutely fantastic. Steve Harris's bass is brought out in the mix in a welcome and improved way. Wonderful. Then I played the original from 1983. The 1983 pressing does not have a good a sound quality as the 2015 remastering. The sound is more in-your-face, not in a good way. No doubt about it: the 2015 remastering released in 2025 is definitely the best sounding vinyl release of Piece of Mind!

Vinyl arrived in perfect condition, quiet balanced mix, very happy. One of Iron Maiden's best albums for sure.

Very good Iron Maiden album

Magnifique Album d'Iron Maiden, groupe musical dont la réputation n'est plus à faire.

Pure excellence a great album.

Excelente calidad del producto, precio justo