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Powerslave | 
| Artist: Iron Maiden
Label: EMI
Category: Music
List Price: £13.99
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Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 4912
Format: Enhanced
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 724349692008
EAN: 0724349692008
ASIN: B0000251VZ
Release Date: September 14, 1998
Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours
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| Tracks:
| • | Aces High | | • | Minutes To Midnight | | • | Losfer Words (Big 'Orra) | | • | Flash Of The Blade | | • | Duellists | | • | Back In The Village | | • | Powerslave | | • | Rime Of The Ancient Mariner | | • | 2 Minutes To Midnight | | • | Aces High |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
It's way too easy to write off Iron Maiden as the preserve of maladjusted boys with fluffy, budding moustaches, stuck in the murk of the British 1980s. They were preposterous, they were anachronistic--in utterly appropriate ISpinal Tap/i terms--and their growth rate could not even be charted. But they really do rock, which, as ever, lets them off the hook. Besides which, IPowerslave/i is arguably the best Maiden album precisely because it's so bombastic and lugubrious; it achieves its effect with bludgeoning tactics. Obsessively fast and brutal riffing, interminable repetition and lyrics so epic and gruesome they're irresistible ("The body bags and little rags of children torn in two/And the jellied brains of those who remain, to put the finger right on you"). Grand and absurd, it's also pretty brilliant. I--Taylor Parkes/i
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 Majestic. November 21, 2002
Dr Nick (Sheffield, S Yorks United Kingdom)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
Maiden were on top of the world when they released this platter, and remained there for at least 3 more albums before the slide began (curse Seattle.............just kidding!).pIt's all been said really - from the opening dual guitar intro to Aces High (one of the best Maiden choruses ever?)through the fantastic riff to 2 Minutes, via the twin guitarwork on The Duelists, the wonderfully complex riff to Back In The Village (or the return of The Prisoner), the mysterious theme and awesome instrumental section of Powerslave, all dwarfed by the huge Rime of the Ancient Mariner, this album is a wild ride.pVery good production, although I would have liked a bit more bottom end (my taste only), the boys are the best at what they do, and this was one of their finest moments.pBUY!!!
Fantastic! November 3, 2001
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
When I bought this album, following a friends advice, I had great expectation. These expectations were fulfilled and exceeded. Songs like Aces High, The Duellists and Powerslave leave you breathless with admiration. brSteve Harris' bass-work here is amazing. His distinct sound and technique is unbelievable, almost to good to be true with alot of hammering and melodic outbursts and occasional powerchords through out the whole album. Not to mention his solo in The Rime Of The Ancient Mariner, which gives the song an admosphere beyond comparison. brMaiden's trademark, the great guitar lick, is very well displayed on Powerslave and some of the... well, most of the riffs, really, are incredibly melodic. brAnother thing Maiden does better than most other bands is the drumming. Nicko McBrain has a great technique of making drum-riffs like guitarists make their riffs, it's beyond description. Along with Metallica's Lars Ulrich he is probably one of the best drummers in Metal. brLast, but definently not least, there is Bruce Dickinson's high pitched voice completes the Maiden-sound. He reaches highs impossible for most singers and puts his heart into the singing giving the lyrics an unbelieveble feel.brAll in all a great album, with all you need to satisfy your thirst for metal. A must for all metal-heads.
Wow! What can I say?...Sheer brilliance on a disc! January 28, 2002
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
Ranking way up there with the likes of Judas Priest and Black Sabbath, Maiden rock with the best of them, in fact they are my personal favourite. But, as well as being a classical example of a heavy metal group, Iron Maiden are also story tellers. They have the most narrative lyrics EVER in rock music.brThe album Powerslave is far from an exception. brFrom the opening track Aces High, about a WW2 air-raid, to the almighty grinding sounds of the title track, Bruce Dickinson's bunch have done it again- produced a unique and awe-inspiring work of art.brAlso, the last track, the 9+ minute Rime of the Ancient Mariner is Steve Harris's finest epic to date. Fans who have heard and enjoyed Hallowed Be Thy Name (The Number of the Beast), and Alexander The Great (Somewhere in Time) both by Harris, will bearly be able to keep their jaws off the floor! Rime of the Ancient Mariner is an enthralling journey through the Mariner's eyes, with two quotes from Samuel Taylor Coleridge.brAlso, track 3, entitled Losfer Words (Big 'Orra) is one of the finest instrumentals you are ever likely to listen to, again, written by Steve Harris. It is good to both chill out to or jump around to!brThe bottom line is this: if you're a Maiden fan, you album collection isn't in anyway shape or form complete without this little gem! BUY IT!!
Iron Maiden's finest hour to date July 11, 2004
15 out of 18 found this review helpful
Although all of Iron Maiden's early to mid-1980s work was their finest period as a whole, it arguably reached its peak on this, 1984's Powerslave. Opening up with the simply brilliant double of 'Aces High' and 'Two Minutes To Midnight', two of the best songs the band has ever written, things do not drop in quality from then on in. Every song on here is a Maiden classic, but for me at least, the best of a very good bunch is the epic closing track 'Rime Of The Ancient Mariner', based as it is on Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem of the same name. It's 13 and a half minutes of sheer Metal brilliance and to this day remains my favourite Iron Maiden song. If you consider yourself any kind of a fan of Metal you'll probably already own this album, and if you don't you should buy it as soon as you can.
SLAVING THE WORLD April 12, 2000
diego_f_pivoz@hotmail.com (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
With two highly succesful albums (The number of the Beast and Piece of Mind) and a live show of growing intensity and ferocity, Iron Maiden was the best band of this golden period of Heavy Metal. And while Japan and Europe had already hailed them as the new kings of metal, this album was the one that rocketed the band to superstardom in America. But that didn't happen because the music was softer or the lyrics were catchier, it happened because this is AGAIN one of the finest albums of MAIDEN. The opening track is just the beginning of all. Aces High is a perfect opener, with its twisting guitar riffs and drum rythms. Then comes what could easily be the most famous Maiden song: Two minutes to midnight. Written by the Smith-Dickinson tandem, everything is first class in here: the killer guitar riff, the driving pace, the smart lyrics, the vocal performance. In a recent poll was voted one of the ten best songs in the history of the band. It's followed by an instrumental called Losfer Words who has an egyptian kind of feel. The next three songs although were overlooked in it's time are great and any other band would had die to have them in their repertoire. But the other two gems on this record are the last ones. Powerslave another classic Dickinson's song, the one that gives the title to the album and also the Tour, is not only about Egyptian pharaons but is suitable for any human being who has ever have some power in his hand. The other gem is an epic 14 minute rendition of the Samuel Taylor Coleridge poem Rime of the Ancient Mariner. This is in my opinion the best song that Mr. Harris ever wrote. The challenging rythms, the dueling guitar riffs, the changing moods are all top notch. And the vocal performance of Dickinson is incredible, just listen carefully after the mid slow passage when he sings about the curse of the mariner and the rising attack that crowns the coming of the rain. Brilliant. Timeless. Iron Maiden conquered America and the world fell on its knees praising the metal kings. A monstruous world tour followed it. Hundreds of Thousands of kids all around the world who were growing up found it more interesting than Madonna or Culture Club. Now's your turn. Find it why.
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