Iron Maiden – A Real Dead One
1993 Capitol Records
3 Stars
Live albums are usually hit or miss and on this album I think Iron Maiden missed. It’s not bad it just is not really special. The songs were not recorded from one show and they faked the crowd noise to run the songs together as if it were one concert. A lot of the hits are here and they are played well but just don’t have that wow factor that makes you want to play it a million times on your stereo when the studio versions of this are far better.
Iron Maiden have released a lot of live albums at least ten so far although A Real Dead One has been combined with A Real Live One to give us A Real Live Dead One. The best thing about this live album is the album artwork and the awesome Iron Maiden Family Tree poster that is included.
I don’t suggest this album unless you are an Iron Maiden completist and have to have everything. I do however suggest getting their first live album Live After Death.
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For some reason Maiden just went nuts with Live albums and Greatest hits around this time, kind of weird and cheesy
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't doubt that a lot of it was the record companies doing but there is just way too many live and greatest hits stuff out there for them.
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