Rock in Rio (album)
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| Rock in Rio | ||
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| Live album by Iron Maiden | ||
| Released | March 25, 2002 | |
| Recorded | January 19, 2001 | |
| Genre | Heavy Metal | |
| Length | 1:56:00 | |
| Label | EMI (U.K.) Portrait/Columbia (U.S.) |
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| Producer(s) | Kevin Shirley | |
| Iron Maiden chronology | ||
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| Brave New World (2000) |
Rock in Rio (2002) |
Edward the Great (2002) |
Rock in Rio is a live album recorded during Iron Maiden's 2001 headlining performance at the Rock in Rio festival. Here they faced their largest ever crowd - 250,000 people - and with the relatively recent return of lead singer Bruce Dickinson and guitarist Adrian Smith to the band, they recorded their fifth live album. It features many of their best known tracks, including studio-quality examples of the eponymous "Iron Maiden" and "Run to the Hills" coupled with some of their "comeback" tracks, including "The Wicker Man" and "Brave New World." Also some less popular songs were performed, notable are Bruce Dickinson's versions of the Blaze Bayley songs "Sign of the Cross" and "The Clansman". They were not Bayley's most famous songs (those being "Man on the Edge" and "Futureal") and this may be partly why Dickinson performed them.
Generally regarded as the best live Iron Maiden album, any songs not from the Brave New World album had previously only included Dave Murray and either Janick Gers or Adrian Smith on guitars - this album features all three guitarists (previously the only Iron Maiden song to feature this 'extra guitar' treatment was a bonus version of "Wrathchild" on the Ed Hunter compilation). Most notable change as a result of this is in The Trooper which features both guitarists performing the solo at the same time. With the introduction to Janick Gers, many of Smith's solos were taken over by Gers himself. This may have been a bad move; during "Hallowed Be Thy Name," Gers played his solo at a much higher speed, to the great dislike of the fans.
Contents |
[edit] Track Listing
[edit] Disc 1
- "Intro" – 1:55
- "The Wicker Man" – 4:41
- "Ghost of the Navigator " – 6:48
- "Brave New World" – 6:06
- "Wrathchild" – 3:25
- "2 Minutes to Midnight" – 6:26
- "Blood Brothers" – 7:15
- "Sign of the Cross" – 10:49
- "The Mercenary" – 4:42
- "The Trooper" – 4:34
[edit] Disc 2
- "Dream of Mirrors" – 9:38
- "The Clansman" – 9:19
- "The Evil That Men Do" – 4:40
- "Fear of the Dark" – 7:40
- "Iron Maiden" – 5:51
- "The Number of the Beast" – 5:00
- "Hallowed Be Thy Name" – 7:23
- "Sanctuary" – 5:17
- "Run to the Hills" – 4:52
[edit] Credits
- Bruce Dickinson - vocals
- Dave Murray - guitar
- Janick Gers - guitar
- Adrian Smith - guitar, backing vocals
- Steve Harris - bass guitar, backing vocals
- Nicko McBrain - drums
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