Somewhere in Time

And what's interesting about this era of Maiden is, I think on the Peace of Mind, they start recording down in the Bahamas.

Peace of Mind and Power of Slave and Somewhere in Time all have a much lighter bottom and still great, but that like big oomph underneath is kind of gone that Killers and Number of the Beast have.

And I don't know if that's because they weren't recording in England anymore, but yeah, just something changed.

This album was like the pinnacle.

Uh, I think just those three.

I do wanna get Somewhere in Time.

I for sure wanna get Seventh Son of a Seventh Son.

Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

I mean, yeah, Somewhere in Time has a couple of good songs, and Seventh, you know, whatever.

There's, there's some good songs.

Tho- those five albums.

It had a garage rock cover of Mr. Pharmacist and also the track R.O.D.

In 1986, Iron Maiden released their sixth studio album called Somewhere in Time.

It hit number 11 on the Billboard Albums Chart, number three in the UK, and it had the songs Wasted Years and Stranger in a Strange Land.

In 1986, New Order released their fourth studio album called Brotherhood.

G'day everyone and welcome to this week's episode of Music From A Lifetime, the podcast where I offer you new thoughts on old albums and an old person's thoughts on new albums.

On today's episode, I'm going to take a look at an album, Somewhere In Time by Iron Maiden, the band's sixth studio album, released on September 29, 1986.

Ignition! Thank you.

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Indeed, Judas Priest had utilised them on their Turbo album released six months earlier.

Still, the news that the band was considering using guitar synths after years of insisting that was never on their agenda when it came to their music did make some sections of the fanbase and the critics nervous for what was to come.

All of this combined to create an air of expectation for the release of Iron Maiden's sixth studio album, one that the pressure and greatness of the five albums and already legendary live album meant that living up to those expectations was going to be a massive task for the album titled Somewhere in Time.

MUSIC It's funny looking back on the kind of things some metal bands said they would never do.

Number four.

Perfect album, in my opinion, is Iron Maiden, Somewhere in Time.

It's my favorite Maiden album.

It's my favorite Maiden artwork.

Unskippable album, in my opinion.

My favorite one to listen to of all the Maiden albums.

There's some close seconds, such as Peace of Mind and Seven Sun, but I always go back to Somewhere in Time.

Rock and roll.

On and on, you know.

They have themed albums about Blade Runner, you know, Somewhere in Time.

Yep.

It's just like, so if you like fantasy fiction and, um, fan- uh, uh, science fiction or history, Maiden is your band.

years.

Two off of the self-titled, three from Killers, three from Number of the Beast, one from Peace of Mind, four from Power Slave, one from Somewhere in Time, two from Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, zero from No Prayer for the Dying, one from Fear of the Dark, no songs from The X Factor through Senjutsu.

Let's see, 17 songs.

Guys, Steve, thoughts.

I like this.

There you go.

Yeah, I stayed away from Somewhere in Time because they hit that pretty hard on the last tour.

I was going to put Heaven Can Wait in there, but that was on the last tour, too.

They skipped over, I mean, they did do The Trooper 'cause they have to.

Peace of Mind and Somewhere in Time were not as represented.

But, uh, the oldest song was Fear of the Dark, which now is, like, you know, a stadium song for them, so.

Yeah, it's a big sing-along.

So there's eight songs.

Let's go to Somewhere in Time, Matt.

I like Caught Somewhere in Time, Wasted Years, Sea of Madness.

I'll tell you what.

You named too many.