This is why SOMEWHERE IN TIME is so (un)important | Iron Maiden Reaction

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Iron Maiden's Somewhere in Time is the band's most overlooked from the 1980s. It is the least played album from the golden era on the live shows, and is often absolutely ignored by the band on tour. Yet, Somewhere in Time was the band's most financially successful album to date, and helped Iron Maiden cement their status as the lead band of NWOBHM.
And so, as a part of our new Up the Irons Series, let's take a look at some of the most interesting facts about Iron Maiden's Somewhere in Time, discuss why it might be so overlooked, and hopefully answer the question of wether this album became a turning point in the band's discography.
00:00 - Intro
00:49 - Demands of time
02:21 - The new order
05:42 - Artwork
06:32 - Almost there
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time Tracklist:
Side one
1. Caught Somewhere in Time
2. Wasted Years
3. Sea of Madness
4. Heaven Can Wait
Side two
5. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
6. Stranger in a Strange Land
7. Deja-Vu
8. Alexander the Great
Iron Maiden - Somewhere in Time 1995 reissue bonus disc Tracklist:
1. Reach Out
2. Juanita
3. Sheriff of Huddersfield
4. That Girl
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@MetalPilgrim 2 года назад

*What is your favourite song from Somewhere in Time and why?*

@AndBassForAll1 2 года назад

Just like you I prefer the Harris ones: Caught, The Loneliness, Alexander the Great, so epic! But each song is great. Your channel is very interesting btw!

@classicgamer3538 2 года назад

Alexander the great..it's just so epic

@Surfer-iv4qs 2 года назад

Somewhere in Time is the best album ever !!! 😊 Why ? 🤔 No on has recorded anything better yet ! I've been waiting for over 30 years - I wish there was something better. Maybe someday it will be made ? - somewhere in time ... 😊

@peroskarstorholm4196 2 года назад

Loneliness of the long distance runner. By a mile or more.

@hmonster1XL 2 года назад

Wasted Years - First song I heard from the album. Heaven Can Wait & Stranger in a strange land - both rock and fit the “theme” of the album. Alexander the Great - best educational song EVER!!🤘

@ruinsoftruth 2 года назад

"The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" is a criminally underrated Maiden song

@Briff100 2 года назад

Agreed!

@skeletor2868 2 года назад

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner is actually my favourite Maiden song, and always has been ever since I was a baby

@houseatlanticmusicofficial7204 2 года назад

This song has been my favorite Iron Maiden song since I first heard it!!!

@marioarnaldo1078 2 года назад

Criminally...why they dont Sing It at live...or the entire album? In despite of amolad arghhhhhh

@albru2356 2 года назад

A lot of songs of IM are underrated. Viceversa absolutely boring The Number of the beast - ist classic...

@TheAverageDrummer 2 года назад

When I hear Wasted Years it takes me back to a better time. This whole album is a masterpiece.

@SamPlaysBass49 2 года назад

But realize, you're living in the golden years!

@lonnielampe4765 Год назад

Great album

@rabarebra Год назад

It is because you grew up with that particular album. It is called the factor of nostalgi.

@franksabatino3036 2 года назад

I don't think any Iron Maiden fan overlooks "Somewhere in Time". There isn't a bad note on the album!

@MarkSmith-er7fe 2 года назад

yes

@canismajoris6733 2 года назад

Chorus of wasted years.

@ericgarcia5810 2 года назад

Totally agree bro

@mikesirman3148 2 года назад

One of my friends loves the first 7 maiden albums except for somewhere in time. He says it's all filler... I can see his argument for a song or two... but the whole album... I can't agree with him lol

@stonepilot1 2 года назад

Dude...Heaven Can Wait

@int3rn3tg1rl7 2 года назад

Deja Vu is so WILDLY underrated and overlooked. its so beautifully written and i will never get over how it was overlooked by the band and by a lot of people!!

@joerobinson2538 Год назад

And written mostly by Dave Murray!

@patrickb.6263 2 года назад

Wasted Years is flatout one of the best rock songs EVER written. its colossally good in all aspects.

@lcdoramonramos2010 2 года назад

To this day, I believe that this awesome song, has one of the most powerful endings (as it winds down). You can just feel the might.

@demonhoopa 2 года назад

Meaning it’s one of your favorites of all time. Got it

@hectorescobar9450 2 года назад

I love the main riff and middle instrumental, but the verse is a bit sluggish and not as bad ass, as the intro suggest the song is going to be. I have learned to appreciate it more over the years, but I still feel the song could have been more speedy or metal like Caught somewhere in time is for example.

@TheGravityAxe 2 года назад

My all time favourite, it reminds me to make the most of every day and to try not to stress or worry about anything.

@nethdogg 2 года назад

🤘

@dennisdorsey5749 2 года назад

One of the greatest albums ever made.

@S113Productions 2 года назад

I honestly think it’s Iron Maiden’s best album. It’s like Steve Harris and the others don’t address its existence much because they know it smokes a majority of their albums.

@stevelozevski8151 2 года назад

My personal favourite from maiden

@riocannistrano756 2 года назад

Mario, Kind of like Heart who shit all over all their 80s albums .

@MAIDEN-mn3to 2 года назад

Even though I love all of the iron maiden albums somewhere in Time in my opinion is the very last best album they have released

@S113Productions 2 года назад

@@MAIDEN-mn3to In my opinion, their least best album they released in post-reunion is Book of Souls. EDIT: My bad, I thought you said very least best album. I think SSOASS was their final album in their prime age. Their 90s albums are full of filler, but some of the songs on those albums slap like Public Enema Number One, Hooks in You, Mother Russia, Be Quick or Be Dead, Fear of the Dark, Sign of the Cross, Futureal, etc. The post-reunion albums like BNW, Dance of Death, and AMOLAD are amazing and took a big step up from their 90s albums since Bruce and Adrian came back.

@7strSlnger678 2 года назад

Somewhere in Time has always been my favorite album by Maiden. And honestly if I had to choose only one Maiden album to listen to ever again. That would be the one

@stevelozevski8151 2 года назад

I agree with you but I would be greedy. I would also choose seventh son aswell.

@Hy-jg8ow 2 года назад

@@stevelozevski8151 yes + Killers.

@Rowlph8888 2 года назад

Oh dear! Did I you listen to his question?

@bokohara620 2 года назад

Piece of mind...

@stevenwitt333 Год назад

Exactly how I feel.

@bigrobbyd.6805 2 года назад

When I was 14 years old, "Powerslave" came out. That was the album that really made me a huge fan of Iron Maiden. "Somewhere in Time" came out when I was 16 years old. I bought the cassette, took it home, popped it into the stereo, and I was blown away by how frickin' killer it was. It was strikingly different from their previous albums, but the foundation was still solid Iron Maiden. Derek Rigg's cover art really had a "Blade Runner" look to it. I'm 51 years old, now, and "Wasted Years" is still my favorite song. I don't think Steve Harris will ever really get over just how popular that song is.

@marioarnaldo1078 2 года назад

A life fullfiled with IRON MAIDEN! How great It is!

@jackb348 2 года назад

I remember when that came out too and you are right about the art and I was blown away too at how good the songs were. I saw the tour. It was great. They had a giant Eddie terminator head for the drum riser and Bruce had an electro plasm jacket.

@Eric13345 2 года назад

The whole album is totally a tribute to Bladerunner, they even had promotional photos taken with Deckers vehicle from the movie.

@rolemodlin 2 года назад

I am right there with you.

@buzzcrushtrendkill 2 года назад

We are of the same generation and you wrote my own story.

@crimesforkibble6912 2 года назад

"MY son ask for thyself another kingdom for that which I leave is too small for thee" alexander the great is so fucking epic my favorite track on the album 🤟

@jasonrackawack9369 2 года назад

That slow breakdown and solo section is my favorite part of the whole album.

@Cog_In_The_Gear 2 года назад

In junior high I was able to get on my world history teacher’s good side by basing a report about A.T.G. on this song.

@jasonrackawack9369 2 года назад

@@Cog_In_The_Gear Sounds like something right out of Bill and Ted's....good job! I had a similar experience using Rime of the Ancient Mariner as an inspiration for an art class pencil drawing project.....(any excuse to draw a creepy sailing ship with ghosts right?)......I just told the teacher it was based on a poem instead of a maiden song lol. As a maiden fan in school I quickly learned how 99 percent of people thought you were a stupid kid for being into metal, when in reality 99 percent of us metal heads were way smarter than people ever thought.

@Cog_In_The_Gear 2 года назад

@@jasonrackawack9369 So here’s the thing about that: Maiden didn’t write songs about boobs and beer and partying… they were thought-provoking and intelligent and if you listened to them you learned something.

@jasonrackawack9369 2 года назад

@@Cog_In_The_Gear Thats exactly why they have been my favorite band since I first heard them through a friend in 7th grade about 30 years ago. Even at that age I had a hard time taking Metallica or the other thrash metal bands seriously after hearing Maiden.......I do still love Queensryche, Dream Theatre, Savatage, and the few other bands that make you think.

@MrGkirle 2 года назад

Sea of madness. That guitar work from Adrian is incredible, especially for Iron Maiden in 1986

@davidmorse3532 2 года назад

thats my personal fav on that album

@blockaderunner 2 года назад

It just feels “Woody” to me, an in tune with nature, walking the forrest feel but not on Earth specifically

@faz1483 2 года назад

That interlude is something special

@ElevatedLevetator 2 года назад

I love playing it o guitar. So Well crafted

@j_freed 2 года назад

That melodic middle section, I was just thinking about it this morning, it’s almost the only time on record that Bruce vocalizes in this beautiful clear falsetto. So appropriate here.

@MeargleSchmeargle 2 года назад

Somewhere In Time, unironically my favorite Maiden album. It's a shame Alexander The Great has never been played live, as it's arguably my favorite song in their entire catalog.

@Xero-Xmask Год назад

It’s my favorite Maiden album as well.

@IzaakCha7 Год назад

Amen. Alexander the Great is an outstanding song

@dylantodd9574 Год назад

that's a underrated song to be sure.

@gregorymuir1985 Год назад

Someone once said it was one of their book report songs and I love it.

@randybrinkley4421 Год назад

Its my favorite album too

@emankcin1701 2 года назад

Adrian Smith was on fire in this album and carried the band in a way. Wrote alone 3 songs (+ I think Reach Out as a B-side aswell and couple of others) and the solos are magnificent, his best work definitely.

@roberts1440 2 года назад

We want a separate episode on the album artwork 🤘🏼

@IamTHoiA 2 года назад

yes please.

@gilly9666 2 года назад

Greatest album cover ever

@jimjenkins3928 2 года назад

Absolutely! I found something on it that ive never seen anyone mention. I want to see if he does!

@juanmerchan1958 2 года назад

Yessss

@cdm1972 2 года назад

Agreed!

@mournblade1066 2 года назад

That sing-along-chorus on "Heaven Can Wait" (whoa-oh-OH! whoa-oh-oh-oh-OOOHHH-oh-oh-whoa-oh-OH!) is legendary.

@starmanm31 2 года назад

I saw them do it live with the Roadies doing the chores !

@victororo462 2 года назад

Alexander the Great. My favorite! Multiple chord arrangements. The leads were phenomenal! All band members showed off their talents. The atmosphere the song created! I like every song. But this was my overall favorite!

@scotttemplin8331 2 года назад

'The Lonliness of the Long Distance Runner', why it is not considered their greatest song is beyond me. So unappreciated, yet so amazingly dynamic.

@reinaldofavoreto7160 2 года назад

This cover is my ultimate "look at the cover and listen to the LP" experience. The cover is endless, it is Blade Runner, Terminator, 80´s scifi

@sp0zlizard 2 года назад

It’s not my favourite Maiden album but it is my fav cover. I had this as a door length poster as a kid. Ahh the 80s

@j_freed 2 года назад

There was so much excitement in buying Somewhere in Time and taking it home, yes… far better than the Spinal Tap pomposity of the Powerslave Egypt cover. But hearing the sound of that album, I was definitely disappointed at first. It was not nearly raw and metal sounding enough. It was too cleanly mixed and too safe sounding, with all that effing 1980s reverb. Billy Idol’s whiplash smile came out around the same time. Also a big letdown of expectations.

@j_freed 2 года назад

But yes this cover captures 80s Cyber and Sci Fi without looking too goofy and dated. Has great visual balance, and is homage to Ridley Scott’s blade runner

@noggintube 2 года назад

@@j_freed I felt the same. I got this album home when it came out having stared at the cover on the ride home. Listening to it was a major disappointment. If it hadn't been for Adrian's songs it would have been a complete disaster. To be honest, for me this started the 'dark years' of Maiden. Apart from 7th son, they didn't do any decent album IMO until AMOLAD. All subjective though I guess.

@TheComfortInStatic_Official 2 года назад

Front to back one of the greatest metal records ever made. In the history of the world. Ever. 🤘🏻

@marinhrabric6162 2 года назад

The greatest in my opinion

@jasondobson245 2 года назад

totally epic album

@paulgoodwin3642 2 года назад

It show how power metal should be done.

@lukkysparxx 2 года назад

Somewhere in Time is definitely my favorite album. The synths, although are not prominent, add a very cool 80s vibe to the whole album. The excessive use of delays, reverbs and chorus also makes this album so damn 80s. All the songs are awesome. If I had to choose, I would choose Wasted Years as best song and Sea of Madness as best guitar solo.

@meanjoe4299 2 года назад

The loneliness of the long distance runner is my favorite. Love how it jumps into the verse

@AndBassForAll1 2 года назад

Caught Somewhere in Time, The loneliness of the long distance Runner and Alexander the Great are Masterpieces, and the rest of the album is great too...

@jonny555ive 2 года назад

Agreed 🤘🤘

@waltysalamander 2 года назад

I agree, but I’d say that Wasted Years, Heaven Can Wait, and Caught Somewhere in Time are the real masterpieces.

@GABRIELA-ACEVEDO. 2 года назад

Caught somewhere in time is a true masterpiece. Deja vu is another classic. I wish they'd played those songs live.

@waltysalamander 2 года назад

@@GABRIELA-ACEVEDO. Hey! Someone else who likes Deja Vu! I can understand why people always make fun of it, but I think it’s an excellent song. The lyrics are pretty stupid though.

@wayfaringstranger8430 2 года назад

@@waltysalamander Deja Vu is both amazing and hammy, it's amazingly hammy.

@GhostSound2 2 года назад

In my opinion this is THE best Maiden album. It has progressive structures,but it never fails to be catchy and powerful. It's the great combination of Powerslave and Seventh Son styles and it has the strengths of both without having weaknesses they have. My favourite is probably Caught Somewhere In Time, probably the best Iron Maiden opening tracks out there

@jeanrunkle1059 2 года назад

And those solos!! Absolutely mind blowing

@Brian-qg8dg 2 года назад

Lol I think people like to say it's the best because it's a bit different and non common as the records prior to it. While Caught Somewhere and Wasted Years are extremely correct, for the rest of the record, let's be TRULY realistic, there is no F**king way that Deja-vu, Heaven Can Wait, Alexander the Great and Stranger in a Strange are better than Still Life, Die With Your boots, Where Eagles Dare and To Tame a Land or Back in the Village, Powerslave, The Duelist and Rime, or MoonChild, Only the Die Young, Clairvoyant and lets not forget Prisoner, Gangland, 22 Acacia, Hallowed, Etc etc... And lets not forget the 1st two records, besides the main hits, the records are stacked. I was around when most of the records came out, no F**king way was Somewhere In Time close to be the top record. It was actually kinda of a let down.. The synthesizer guitars was not needed for those songs. Seventh Son is monster classic and the use of synthesizers is amazing.

@Canuck1000 2 года назад

@@Brian-qg8dg I actually like Somewhere in Time much better than Seventh Son, although the latter is very good. Powerslave is still a masterpiece though.

@silentfog6924 2 года назад

Totally agree… im listening once a week this album…. And those two solos on title song omfg….. BEST solos on whole maiden line up

@GhostSound2 2 года назад

@@Brian-qg8dg @Brian If we going song by song, it's not all top 10 Maiden material,I would agree with you. But when taken as a whole,yes,I genuinely believe this album is the best one. Powerslave has the instrumental that I am not crazy about and Seventh Son title track goes for way too long for no good reason. Albums before had even more songs I don't particularly care for that much. And about guitar synthesisers,they fit like a glove on those songs,cause they give them the additional depth and atmosphere that differentiates them from similar songs before. It works to the benefit of the songs.

@pedroschwartsburd237 2 года назад

This is my favourite Maiden album. All songs are great! The synths mixed very well with the heavy sound. Just one note: Heaven can Wait was another song largely played on concerts in the 90s; not only Wasted years.

@tolsen8212 2 года назад

Sea Of Madness is the best song on the album to me...That driving riff is sick. And the key change as it goes back into the verse...Great melodic solo too.

@randinboise 2 года назад

And that ending with Bruce's vocal. Like he drowns in the sea!

@tolsen8212 2 года назад

@@randinboise Good observation.

@joerobinson2538 Год назад

Agreed!

@molin1 2 года назад

I spent so many hours in my bedroom just listening to that thing and looking at every detail of the artwork. At 13, I was pretty sure they were the greatest band of all time.

@jambo6162 2 года назад

And now?

@gregrobinson8674 2 года назад

Me too!!🤘🏻🤘🏻

@MrMainbrain 2 года назад

😁 Back in the day I actually bought that album, cause it looked so fuckin awesome! Without even having heard it! Those were the days of vinyl. What a surprise when I discovered the music was at least as good as the artwork 😀😀😀

@INTOTHEPIT 2 года назад

Their masterpiece!!!! All killer no filler!

@ZaKrahe 2 года назад

100%!

@henrytheeightheist8091 2 года назад

@Lucien Swift .... i agree with you.These two songs let this album down slightly.A bit repetitive lyric wise.

@martyschriver 2 года назад

No filler on ANY of their 80's albums

@ollytherevenant1653 2 года назад

@Lucien Swift songs you like less aren’t filler tracks. That’s not what a filler track is. It’s quite literally what the name means, the band filling a slot with something they’re not interested in creating but they’re trying to reach a certain length for the album

@craigcotter7476 2 года назад

you're joking, surely? It's almost as bad as their recent efforts.

@chiyo-chanholocaust8143 2 года назад

Dear god finally someone talking about this underrated album. Deja Vu and The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner are some of my favorite Maiden tracks of all time, they went full melodic power metal on those tracks, the guitar harmonies are out of control

@bengoshi4 2 года назад

Underrated? I've read/seen hundreds of articles/video/pages dealing with maiden discography...and this is almost always placed in top positions, usually in the podium. Anyways... "The Loneliness" is my favourite Maiden song of all times 😍😍 I'm getting goosebumps now, just humming the riff.

@chiyo-chanholocaust8143 2 года назад

@@bengoshi4 I just mean...hell let me put this way: when you say Iron Maiden people will think Number of the Beast, The Trooper, Run to the Hills, 2 Minutes to Midnight, Fear of The Dark etc those are the most apparent in the general public's mind

@bengoshi4 2 года назад

@@chiyo-chanholocaust8143 I know I know... Stupid general public!!! 😂😂

@pellelindbergh7483 2 года назад

Somewhere in Time is in fact my favorite Maiden album. I can still listen to it from start to finish. I actually love the synth textures. They're not overdone and they add just the right accents for the tone/mood of the songs.

@Xero-Xmask Год назад

Same dude

@LC8FTW 2 года назад

Stranger in a Strange Land. One of my favorite IM songs. I love the breakdown to the guitar solo, and the solo that follows. They're two perfect chapters in a beautiful song that lifts the listener into the story.

@sarahmanktelow9015 2 года назад

I always think it’s quite a sad song, but it’s my favourite too

@LC8FTW 2 года назад

@@sarahmanktelow9015 There is a tone of melancholy, yes. I like that. I prefer it over happy endings in music and film.

@keng.2468 2 года назад

This is one of their best albums ever. Adrian's progressive leanings is a major influence on this record!

@timbuk1126 2 года назад

SSOASS is even more proggy.

@ozricaurora6943 2 года назад

It's strange that after seventh son, they totally stripped down the complexity of both the music and the lyrics. I'm just glad that they found that progressive sound again with X factor and even more so brave new world

@Defleshuary 2 года назад

Easily one of my favorite Maiden albums. It's perfect and I wish they didn't mostly ignore it live. This and Seventh Son are my favorites.

@DarkQuiet 2 года назад

Somewhere In Time is the absolute best Maiden album ever made. Everything about it- the art work, how good the band look, the sound and production, the song writing, the performance, the stage show… it was perfection. Stranger in a Strange Land was the first song I ever heard from them and it’s still my favorite. Wasted Years is a classic. And the opening track- Caught Somewhere in Time is so underrated! The solos in that song are the best they’ve done and Alexander get a promotion from “the Great” to “Legendary Perfection!”

@swoopjunky 2 года назад

Spot on Mate...... I remember cutting up the center on the floor in San Francisco Arena show, I was behind my huge buddy and we were heading for the front. Such good times....

@AndDeathForAll82 2 года назад

It’s my favorite Maiden album, so it really sucks that they ignore it.

@Daveyboy10053 2 года назад

Definitely my favorite by them. The synths create such a cool futuristic atmosphere

@blockaderunner 2 года назад

Yep like Larry Niven worlds

@L0vac 2 года назад

It's my fav Maiden album, by far. It has that SF/cyber vibe to it, it's just full of atmosphere.

@Xero-Xmask Год назад

It’s one of maidens best sounds in my opinion

@ashmart7698 2 года назад

This was and still is one of my favorite albums!

@linusfotograf 2 года назад

Love Adrian’s work on this album. His solos are so soulful

@SteveKaynan 2 года назад

Totally agree! I'm assuming that Adrian is doing the solo on the new album track "The Writing on the Wall." Great solo on the new record!

@ke6ziu 2 года назад

His solo on Caught Somewhere in Time was epic; it looked like a religious for him!

@DoctorPretorious616 2 года назад

It astounds me that there are some people who don't like "Somewhere In Time", it's the album that got me into Iron Maiden, you never forget your first! The playing and vocals are on point, and "Alexander The Great" is an epic riff-filled history lesson.

@kornaros96 2 года назад

Agreed. And the riff filled history lesson continues with Sabaton.

@dynamo4543 2 года назад

this album is probably my favorite album of all time from them number 1 for me, it hits hard & doesn't lose a beat or get boring its an adrenaline rush the entire time

@stillontheroad5275 2 года назад

This is in my top 5 albums of all time and genres. I am spellbound every time I play it. Even my elderly mother in law enjoyed Alexander the Great.

@lucasbeer353 2 года назад

Easily the best Iron Maiden album. Combines futuristic sound with classic heavy metal. Very unique to this day.

@ericgarcia5810 2 года назад

I was 15 when that álbum born, very futuristic and powerful

@zegonzales1 2 года назад

Yeah , the "futuristic" side of things was awesome , and it was actually a common theme on the 80's , specially movies ...

@Hy-jg8ow 2 года назад

Try the band Star One, it fits the description, altho a bit more proggy.

@danzemacabre8899 2 года назад

I don't know if it's easily the best...it's in my top 4, it's always powerslave for me but SIT is a gem among gems

@4stringz. 2 года назад

it’s a shame more SIT songs aren’t played live. I always felt that with 3 guitars, at least one could compensate for the synths. And YES for the SIT album cover video !!!

@LeeGee 2 года назад

Weren't they guitar synths?

@j_freed 2 года назад

Iron Maiden almost never intelligently use the three guitars in a live setting… it sounds muddy. They are usually just dumping on another layer of the same riffy guitar part rather than using a different chord voicing, playing an appropriate harmony or a line, etc… The Powerslave era sound is so much cleaner and tougher, 2 guitars. This band is good but they could actually use some direction!

@yanikem6655 2 года назад

@@j_freed agreed - they could play so many more harmonies live. Dave and Adrian’s playing is just made for each other, I always thought that Janick was best in a single guitar band.

@S113Productions 2 года назад

Wish we could hear Caught Somewhere in Time live again, they haven’t played it live since the 80s.

@jeffalbillar7625 2 года назад

@@S113Productions they opened with Caught Somewhere in time when I saw them at Long Beach arena in 87. Bruise had a leather jacket that had lights on it.

@oleblue73 2 года назад

Somewhere in Time was my introduction to Maiden way back when I was 13. It totally blew my mind. To this day, it's still my favorite Maiden album.

@ericwilliams6278 2 года назад

Somewhere in Time was my first album I found and purchased as a kid in middle school 88-89. I went to a local pawn shop and was browsing the cassette tapes and came across the album art which had me litterely speechless. Purchased and popped it in on my journey back to my house. I then listened to the album on repeat for the next 10 hours easily. It is and will always be my absolute favorite Iron Maiden album.

@olivuuuur 2 года назад

Deja Vu is a brilliant song! The whole album is amazing

@MayhemmiGunn 2 года назад

I love every single second on that album. A bona fide masterpiece through and through. A pretty unique album in their catalog. Love the futuristic themes and everything. If I had to pick a favorite moment, it would probably be Adrian's solo on Stranger in a Strange Land. The way it's structured and paced is just out of this world.

@joeyblowey3460 2 года назад

Somewhere in Time is a great album, and it's probably my favorite cover artwork, the futuristic cyborg Eddie. It's just that, it came after Powerslave and before Seventh Son, so it's a tad overlooked unfortunately.

@syngysizbaiyr8869 2 года назад

I've never even thought about how underrated this album is. For me it's one of the best IM album, and, maybe - the heaviest in the band's whole discography. And its electronic features made it so heavy. That's the same reason why Judas Priest's "Ram It Down", and, partly - "Defenders of the Faith" - sound so heavy - their sound was industrialized by the same way, I think.

@planetcool2240 2 года назад

Stranger in a strange land has a wicked bass line intro and drums on that one are classic. Nicko did amazingly well on that album along with Bruce’s vocals. Solid album and classic.

@robertbaratheon9289 2 года назад

It's my favorite Maiden album. And that's just the talking about the music. The album art is the best too. So much going on.

@DaveC.5 2 года назад

Seventh Son is so many people's favorite (old school) Maiden albums but I was always split between Power Slave and Somewhere in Time. I absolutely think they went over the top on the earlier two which enabled them to write an epic Rock Opera like Seventh Son - necessary growing pains of sorts. But I am still to this day split between the first two of that trifecta of Maiden.

@anthonybaldachino8465 2 года назад

I really love this album, it’s definitely one of my top 3 favorite Maiden albums! My favorite song from this album is Alexander the Great, and I really wish they would play it on tour 😅

@davek6949 2 года назад

Great video..."Somewhere in Time" is probably my second favorite Maiden album after "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son". It's the first Maiden album I ever had, hence the synths never really bothered me. Even looking back after now having the entire catalogue, they don't really seem out of place to me at all. In fact, since the overall theme of the album is somewhat futuristic, the synths actually add some needed atmospheric qualities, which I think is a good thing. Regardless of what you think about the synths, though, I don't think they're really all that noticeable except for perhaps the opening chords of the title track but, even there, I think it's a good thing.

@daisysdaddy1 2 года назад

I'm guessing your a 1973-75 Model? 😉

@davek6949 2 года назад

If only I was still in my 40s...I'm a classic 1971 model.

@jonathangoodman9089 2 года назад

"Seventh Son of a Seventh Son" was my first Maiden album. I got free on a cassette when I bought a used cassette holder. The guy I bought it from said, "keep it, you'll enjoy it."

@PetarBladeStrok 2 года назад

Caught Somewhere in Time & Seventh Son of a Seventh Son are my favorite Iron Maiden albums.

@f.g.e.3889 2 года назад

The album is called Somewhere In Time.

@johnnymoraes23 2 года назад

Somewhere in Time is a KILLER album. Amazing songs.and epic themes. It takes me somewhere else, whenever i hear it.

@emankcin1701 2 года назад

Every song has a time theme in a way, not surprising after the exhausting World Slavery Tour. And the sound of the album is ineffably sophisticated.

@Areslusitani1 2 года назад

"The Loneliness of the long distance runner" is my favorite song from "Somewhere in time"

@jonny555ive 2 года назад

One of THE BEST albums from Maiden. And the 2ed best concert I've EVER seen. (Pink Floyd #1) I absolutely LOVE this album. Awesome upload Brother. 🤘UP THE IRONS🤘

@j_freed 2 года назад

Yes!! 😉 They should just remix it as a metal album and lose all the unnecessary reverb and EQ that makes it sound wimpy.

@jonny555ive 2 года назад

@@j_freed Wimpy...... ? Not in my opinion, definitely processed but absolutely not wimpy. 🤘UP THE IRONS🤘

@VNeto94 2 года назад

Stranger in a Strange Land has the best Adrian Smith solo.

@christhayil8354 2 года назад

This is one of their best selling albums, and they still play Wasted Years regularly live. Alexander The Great is one of the best metal songs ever.

@JoeyArmstrong2800 Год назад

Adrian's solo in "The loneliness of the Long distance runner" is just awesome. It's not complicated but it just fits so well. So melodic.

@hmonster1XL 2 года назад

I agree, this is one of the best albums.

@Canuck1000 2 года назад

I'll take Somewhere in Time over any of their albums released over the last 30 years or so ANYTIME!

@AsukaLangleyS02 2 года назад

That new album blows

@seebarnes6588 2 года назад

Love it man. all the old footage reminds me of finding anything Maiden before the internet thanks

@skeksis666 2 года назад

The album that made me a metalhead. I would not be who I am if it was not for this record. My favorite Maiden album, my favorite metal album. great video!

@classicrockrewind5237 2 года назад

I have long said that this album is SO criminally underrated!

@thedawnoftheblackhearts2745 2 года назад

SIT is the best heavy metal record ever made and the only drawback is that its so ahead of its time that theres no conscience of this fact yet

@mmmuscraft5558 2 года назад

i think the same, so ahead of its time no one has come with a stylistic follow up of either Somewhere in time by Iron Maiden or Promised Land by Queensryche... an other ignored masterpiece.

@gulliverthegullible6667 2 года назад

This is such a strange comment by Hegel. Best album ever?!? Really? How can that be? I was so disappointed back then.

@thedawnoftheblackhearts2745 2 года назад

@@gulliverthegullible6667 this album marks a progression in our consciousness of freedom😁

@porteranderson2346 2 года назад

This is honestly my favorite album I think, and having some of the most underrated songs from this track like Alexander The Great to Sea Of Madness to the most (arguably) popular song Wasted Years. This record age well like a fine wine

@Xero-Xmask Год назад

It’s kind of sad honestly that it’s never been played live

@eddiemperor 2 года назад

My fav IM album! Been a fan since 84'. Just recently saw a South American news program dedicating tribute to the anniversary of this milestone. So it means alot to many people around the world.

@TrueEarth2112 2 года назад

Somewhere In Time - My favorite Iron Maiden album, and one of my favorite albums ever made. I saw this tour twice in 1986. Hard to pick a favorite song. The Adrian songs were my favorite for a long time (Wasted Years, Sea of Madness, Stranger...) but now I have to say my favorites are the Harris epics Caught Somewhere in Time, and Alexander the Great. No keyboard player on stage in 1986, I think they played the synth sounds with pedals. Then in 1988, they had an actual keyboard player on stage when I saw the 7th Son tour, sort of hidden behind the ice wall, and it "rose up" during prominent keyboard parts. I think Bruce, seeming rather embarrassed, introduced the keyboard player as the sixth man at some point during 7th Son. I don't mind the synth stuff, although it did seem weird at first... I mean, come on, Iron Maiden? Maybe the greatest heavy metal band ever, has a keyboard player on stage? No freakin way man. :) I know they ditched the keys on stage at some point soon after that. And when Adrian left after 7th Son, I fell out of love with them for a time, but rediscovered them in 2000 when Bruce and Adrian rejoined. Saw them again in 2003 headlining with Motorhead and Dio. Man that was a great show.

@mournblade1066 2 года назад

I saw the Somewhere in Time Tour in April, 1987. The synths they used were guitar synths, not keyboard synths at that time. (Keyboard synths didn't arrive until Seventh Son.) I also saw that tour with Motorhead and Dio, too. (I got the chills when Dio performed "Stargazer.")

@SteveKaynan 2 года назад

You're lucky you got to see them back then I wasn't around yet. What a great to be alive! (So I hear!)

@wahwahgaboor 2 года назад

Adrian played the synthetic modified Jackson.. Dave didn't

@SteveKaynan 2 года назад

@@wahwahgaboor yes that's correct! 🤟😎

@Inductus 2 года назад

This was their first non-live album I ever heard, and it remains my absolute favorite to this day! Everyone else who commented this way is right too; holds some of the best rock songs ever, Adrian's guitar work, etc. For me it's the atmosphere that does it, and it holds from the first song to the last. And of course for a bassist, Steve's stuff is phenomenal here.

@FatemeKhodayari 2 года назад

Somewhere in Time is just the source of Maidens existence through all these years. Love each and every second and note of the album. It's just so pure, so melodic, so personal, so cohesive, so majestic and of course so creative. Not only Maiden and Seventh Son but the metal world in general owes a lot to this album. I love all tracks, each and everyone of them individually and as a whole package. Wish the band were kinder towards it. I actually think the band ignore it for some other reasons and also the reason behind Adrian leaving the band is so different from what you mentioned.

@MegaFrankgarcia 2 года назад

Great Video!! Somewhere in Time is the song & album that got me to be able to listen to Iron Maiden.

@eddies8502 2 года назад

My favorite Maiden album, I listen to it probably once every couple of weeks. The songs are timeless. I feel like I’m caught somewhere in a much better time every time I hear those tunes.

@tabarnakopoulos 2 года назад

One of my favourite albums, along with Seventh son of a seventh son, Piece of Mind and Power Slave. I was 13, back when Somewhere in Time came out and my big brother offered it to me as a present ( vinyl version, of course, since CDs weren't a thing then). My favourite songs on Somewhere in Time are all of them.

@rikuruohomaki3230 2 года назад

I absolutely love this album! Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner, Caught Somwehere in Time, Wasted Years, Alexander The Great, Deja-vu... So many great songs! I have always thought this was Iron Maiden's unsurpassed Magnum Opus, better than anything that came before it, quality of which, they have not been able to surpass since.

@enterprisingcaptian875 2 года назад

The whole album is truly fantastic! My favorite song on the record is The Sea of Madness!

@henrysuriel23 2 года назад

Somewhere in time its a masterpiece love that album

@SteveKaynan 2 года назад

One of their best for sure! 👍🤟

@MarkSmith-er7fe 2 года назад

@@SteveKaynan yeah man

@travisdepalme1 2 года назад

Wasted years is my favorite from this album.

@Jept 2 года назад

Stranger in a strange land is my favourite maiden solo. Smith really outdid himself there and the fact it's never played live is borderline criminal in my opinion!!! 🔥

@M6nst6r6 2 года назад

Never knew "Somewhere in Time" was overlooked, it's personally one of my favs if not the favorite!

@matthewdriggers2928 2 года назад

Trying to answer the question “which track is my favorite on the SOMEWHERE IN TIME ALBUM?”, I feel like I’m CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN TIME, just mulling over WASTED YEARS in a never ending SEA OF MADNESS trying to choose. But HEAVAN CAN WAIT while I decide, it’s tuff trying to make that decision all the songs are incredible. I feel THE LONELINESS OF THE LONG DISTANCE RUNNER. Trying to pick, I feel like A STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND, the songs are great new and old favorites at the same time, almost like DEJA VU. Then I make my decision and it’s the Commander of the Companion Calvary, my favorite track is ALEXANDER THE GREAT!

@rejiix 2 года назад

what a madlad. You even got the songs in the right order. My fav is Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner by the way

@the_releaser 2 года назад

I always think that heaven can wait was recorded too soon. If they had saved that song and put it somewhere in between the songs in seventh son of a seventh son, that would have become the most perfect album of all time. Heaven can wait is just crying out to be part of seventh son of a seventh son.

@janvanrenselaar5998 2 года назад

in short,the album is great but Alexander,Wasted years and stranger in a strange land is my top 3 from this album. And that album artwork,that is superb,the more you look at it the more new things you find in it

@LeatherRebel75 2 года назад

I always thought that keyboards were more prominent on "Seventh Son" then on "SIT," which only really uses keys as background texture. I've always thought the whole "No keyboards in heavy metal" thing was absolute rubbish anyways. From the very beginning, Deep Purple, Uriah Heep, Rainbow, UFO, and Blue Oyster Cult, among other early metal and heavy rock bands, all used them pretty prominently. Even Black Sabbath would experiment with keys by the time they got to "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath," with Yes's Rick Wakeman contributing keyboards to the album.

@balucious 2 года назад

Wasn't Eddie playing some mad organ on the cover of 'Infinite Dreams'?

@chriswilkinson7636 2 года назад

Bands like Ministry use keyboards and synthesizers and they are miles heavier than Iron Maiden.

@gabrielbrouwer 2 года назад

There aren’t keyboards on SIT, they’re guitar and bass synthesizers

@chriswilkinson7636 2 года назад

@@gabrielbrouwer The synth on Somewhere in time is not that prominent. I do think it's a great album myself actually.

@jimmym3352 2 года назад

Not to mention how prominent they were with Dio, and it worked well with that band. I guess with IM's case it's just it wasn't part of their history, so they didn't want too big a change. I agree with that. It's not like they used them from the beginning. I felt it worked well with the 6th and 7th albums, however. Wouldn't change a thing.

@LeonTunes 2 года назад

So, I was ten years old in 1986. My uncle had given me a record player and a few records (Never Mind the Bollocks, Beatles Blue and Red Collections and Best of Roxy Music). I added to this my first ever music purchase - True Blue by Madonna... Then, one day Dad came home from work and said, 'Do you want this? Someone at work gave me it'. It was the Somewhere in Time poster. I'd never even heard Maiden but how could I resist that image? I would stare at it constantly, trying to imagine what the band would sound like. After four weeks of saving the little money I earned doing chores around the house I finally had enough money. The day had come! I hurried down to Woolworth's (the only record shop in my small town) and bought this life-changing album. I can still clearly remember dropping the needle into the groove and hearing Maiden for the first time. It was the beginning of a life-long obsession - and it all began with a poster! Hats off to Derek Riggs! :)

@joelsteverson 2 года назад

Just discovered your channel. Great video on one of my favorite Iron Maiden albums. "Wasted Years" is my favorite track on the album. The lyrics just really speak to me.

@taoandzen 2 года назад

The loneliness of the long-distance runner!

@Surfer-iv4qs 2 года назад

My favorite song, ever 😊

@saltpeter7429 2 года назад

That was my top pick as well. Disnt see your comment, glad I'm not the only one! OUTSTANDING tune.

@TheBfutgreg 2 года назад

It's unironically one of my favorite songs to listen to while...well you guessed it running

@taoandzen 2 года назад

@@TheBfutgreg

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@AbominationStorm73 2 года назад

I was disappointed that they didn’t play anything off this wonderful album during their Legacy tour.

@philfrank5601 2 года назад

Um, what? Wasted Years? Heaven Can Wait?

@realmusiciswithinstruments9915 2 года назад

Wasted Years don't count. They play it live every time...

@sarahmanktelow9015 2 года назад

@@philfrank5601 they didn’t play those on the legacy of the beast tour

@felixplaza823 2 года назад

I was expecting the same and, although the concert was awesome, I went out a little disappointed.

@danbrennan1696 2 года назад

I have tickets to see Maiden in October in my hometown of Hamilton, ON. These videos are getting me pumped. It's nice to have something to look forward to, for sure.

@buzzcrushtrendkill 2 года назад

I came upon this video because out of nowhere today, Caught Somewhere in Time came to me and was in my head. So I had to listen to it. Then the entire album. As a Maiden fan for 4 decades this is a phenomenal album that I still listen to front to back. But back to your question, put a gun to my head. Favorite track. Caught Somewhere in Time.

@laikenf 2 года назад

My most cherished Maiden album, it’s the album that not only got me into IM, but into music in general as well as into drumming.

@James-qq2vq 2 года назад

I don't care how much praise this album got or gets, it's still underrated!

@hescher997 2 года назад

Excellent album- I was in high school when it came out and involved in sports. Lonliness of a long distance runner was in my 10 pound walkman as I ran. Maiden is a huge part of my life.

@fletchlivesdaily348 2 года назад

caught somewhere in time. truly one of their rockingest songs...great vid

@ghastlynavigator 2 года назад

Great video and yes we would love a whole video dedicated to that amazing artwork! Favorite track is Caught Somewhere in Time followed closely by The Loneliness of a long distance runner. UP THE IRONS! 🤘

@prehistoricgentlemanbird9131 2 года назад

My favorite Maiden album. Always has been.

@jace2u556 2 года назад

Somewhere In Time was my very first concert March 9 1987 Madison WI. I was 13 years old and still remember laughing at first when I felt my clothing vibrate on my body as I stood there. Very loud and very awesome!! I saw them again in 2008 which was their Somewhere Back In Time tour. Great channel keep it up and God Bless Ukraine.

@rabisingh1524 2 года назад

"Caught Somewhere in Time" - seeing them open the concert with that was extra fabulous. And best album artwork (closest competitor is "Live After Death").

@joemaurone7923 2 года назад

My first Iron Maiden album, and still my favorite. The album art alone; I remember one night in high school, just stayed up all night drawing it in pencil. Good times.

@mybestfriendisamonkey173 2 года назад

Absolutely! You must do an episode on the album cover. Somewhere in Time is an awesome album!

@JulioSerrano2015 2 года назад

The first and last song are my favorites. When I first listened to Wasted Years I found it very pop. Eventually -as we all did- I ended up digging the song. And yes: it is terrible none of the songs are played live, not even Stranger in a strange land! I'd love to hear Alexander the great or the title track live, so I can rest in peace... Great vid man! 😎