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| The Number of the Beast | 
 enlarge | Artist: Iron Maiden
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $17.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (276 reviews)
Sales Rank: 3278
Format: Enhanced, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 696998621022
UPC: 696998621022
EAN: 0696998621022
ASIN: B000063CP6
Release Date: March 26, 2002
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| Tracks:
| • | Invaders | | • | Children of the Damned | | • | The Prisoner | | • | 22 Acacia Avenue | | • | The Number of the Beast | | • | Run to the Hills | | • | Gangland - Iron Maiden, Smith, Adrian | | • | Total Eclipse - Iron Maiden, Burr, Clive | | • | Hallowed Be Thy Name |
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Media Type: CD
Artist: IRON MAIDEN
Title: NUMBER OF THE BEAST
Street Release Date: 03/26/2002
Domestic
Genre: HEAVY METAL
Amazon.com
Throughout the 1980s, a damning generalization held true: British metal was essentially working man's food, loosely descended from biker-meets and Northern pubs; whereas, in the States, it was an outgrowth of stadium rock, which traditionally subordinated substance to spectacle. Plug-ugly and cartoonishly morbid, Iron Maiden were typical of the Brit effort, since they effectively emphasized a driving, no-nonsense approach to the music. Among metal aficionados, this album ranks as one of the defining moments of the entire genre. Of the nine songs here--including Maiden classics like "Run to the Hills" and the title track--only "Gangland" falls flat, though it's immediately overshadowed by "Hallowed Be Thy Name," acknowledged by many as this band's apotheosis. --Andrew McGuire
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 horrible band November 2, 2008
0 out of 4 found this review helpful
they sucked in the 80's and they still suck. i have no idea why iron maiden is or ever was famous. pretty sad when the backstreet boys are a heavier band than you... his voice sounds like bea arthur trying to sing....
 a great devolpement in the maiden coming to power August 7, 2008
this cd has the blending of old gaurd to new in many forms the second lp with addrian smith inwhich he show some more chops and growth and with new singer bruce dickenson he seems to be in pauls shadow but definitly shining on his own on the next lp he will show great growth and become the voice of iron maiden.after this trasition they with have devloped the madin niche of music.this is one of the first vital must have in the next 10 years.
 The textbook definition of "Heavy Metal" July 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In recent years heavy metal has splintered into so many subgenres its hard to fathom. Some--like Thrash and Progressive Metal are wonderful, and others like grindcore aren't so hot. This CD comes from a time when Heavy Metal was just that--Heavy Metal. These songs all rock like hell, shamelessly ignoring the bland concepts of popular 80s cock rock that prevailed in 1982. The title track is probably the best metal anthem ever concieved, inescapably catchy and immensely driving and brutal. But Maiden manages to vary up their palate without ever losing their classic Anthemic metal approach on this, the more progressive subdued "Hallowed Be thy Name" with its thought provoking lyrics and the melodic "The Prisoner" show how capable Maiden was at contriving vicarious Metal without ever going "pussy or soft." If you find modern music dull, boring and commercial, check this out, you'll be glad you did
Wow, I didn't know Spinal Tap was a real band. July 15, 2008
1 out of 19 found this review helpful
In all honesty, I don't see how it's possible to take these guys seriously. The first I ever heard them was when we were playing music in a class and this guy put them on and said, "Hey, check this out, it's really bad 80's hair metal," and he put on Run To The Hills. "Run to the hills, run for your lives!" declared in fantastic high register harmonies blared out at me, along with predictable metal riffs (and they have three guitarists now, I hear!), and incessant drumming. To add to that, I asked him for the album afterwards and I literally laughed out loud when I saw the cover. Come on people! Have you looked at that cover? It's like.... it's like everything that's wrong with pretentious metal embodied, without any music even!
And I'm not a metal hater, either. I own my fair share of Black Sabbath, Led Zep, Metallica, Nirvana, etc. But, for the most part, those bands managed to trim the bombastic excesses down to a minimum, a feat that Iron Maiden (they have three guitarists!) apparently can't manage. I've seen footage of their concerts, and they even do the Spinal Tap thing with all of the guitarists going up to the center of the stage and making those stupid faces that Jack Black joked about in School of Rock. Now, I don't care if you go down and click the "No" down there, or if you comment and say "You have no idea what you're talking about, Iron Maiden is the greatest metal band in existence." Obviously, given the wealth of five-star reviews here, these pages are patrolled by die-hard Maiden fans waiting to strike down any naysayers. But for the love of metal, read both negative and positive reviews before buying something that has the introductory (spoken word, people!) passage that says:
"Woe to You Oh Earth and Sea
for the Devil sends the beast with wrath
because he knows the time is short
Let him who hath understanding
reckon the number of the beast."
Spinal Tap couldn't have said it better themselves.
One of their best July 2, 2008
This song features a number of strong songs - Children of the Damned, The Prisoner, Number of the Beast, Hallowed be thy Name, Run to the Hills and a few fillers such as Invaders, 22 Acacia Avenue, Gangland. In general I think the title track is pretty special, it has a raw energy to it very rarely replicated. Hallowed be thy name is special for the opposite reason, its a complex, long brooding song.
This also introduced Iron Maiden to the true metal scene, before this they were part of the "New Wave of British Heavy Metal" a lot of which was also influenced by punk and also by what was happening in the US (Iggy Pop, MC5 etc). In fact Paul Dianno their first singer really had more in common with a non-metal scene. For those interested in checking out other early Bruce Dickinson, you might want to try to get a copy of some Sampson, although most of it is pretty crap (from memory there is a song called "Hard Times" and another song called "Vice Versa" which were ok).
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