Somewhere in Time

what do people think of this album? personally i think its fantastic but it seems to be one quite a few people dismiss. i think de ja vu, loneliness of the long distance runner and espiecially sea of madness are criminally underrated songs. caught somewhere in time, wasted years and stranger in a strange land are also some of my favourite maiden tracks

One of my favorite Iron Maiden albums. But I didn't like it at the start.

I love this album myself. It never gets the amount of love other albums from the 80's era Maiden do.

the artwork is also my favourite maiden artwork. all the references to maiden in it are cool. batmans also standing on one of the buildings

I enjoy it, and yes, it has a great album cover.

Love it ! My favorite songs on here are Wasted Years,Stranger in a Strange Land, and Heaven Can Wait. I saw them on tour for this release with Yngwie Malmsteen opening. GREAT show !

Love it and better then Sevent Son

I like this one a great deal too! Lots of memories with this album!

the cover is class, the music is excellent......


Caught somewhere in time is an awesome track, it's practically border-line speed metal... the solos are f****** awesome

my favourite maiden song is on here... which is alexander the great... which is the greatest maiden song ever....

long live somewhere in time

it's my alltime favorite Iron Maiden.

One of my all-time favorites.

It's a jumble for the top spot of my Iron Maiden faves. It flops back and forth between Piece Of Mind, Powerslave, and this one.

Hey Scott, I think you need to dig this album and give it a proper review on your site

I agree Somewhere In Time has fantastic artwork!! Beyond that, this and 7th Son do nothing for me. Easily my least favorite Maiden albums. They seem to go hand in hand stylistically. Everything before these two and most of the stuff after I like.....

It's a great album. I like it almost as much as Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, and Powerslave (those are three of my all-time faves from any band).

love it,its my second fav.Maiden disc next to Piece of Mind!

always liked it, but it is not my favorite

My favorite Maiden album

I have always listed it in my Top 3 Maiden albums. (of course, always means AFTER it came out...hard to include it before it was released! )



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Great album! Piece Of mind is still my fav Madine disc. I love the art work - so much going on in the pic. I can only imagine if Riggs had done the artwork for A Matter Of Life And Death (another GREAT album). Can't wait for the 2008 tour - Powerslave stage, songs from Somewhere In Time

Somewhere In Time is my second fave Maiden CD so far, right after SSOASS. You just can't beat great tunes like Wasted Years, Alexander The Great, Sea Of madness, and Long Distance Runner. 10/10

Easily one of my favorite Maiden albums! The songwriting is absolutely top-notch and the progressive leanings started on Powerslave jump up a level in maturity. Lonliness Of The Long Distance Runner is just an amazing track (one of my favorites) but really the entire album works beautifully. They were firing on all cylinders on this one.

At the time this came out, both this album and Turbo were catching flak because of the additions of synthesizers, but in hindsight that was a pretty stupid response. SIT melds them into the sound beautifully without taking anything away from the power of the album.

This album and Seventh Son are sister releases and I think some of the Maiden material that stands up the best today.

detuned wrote:

Easily one of my favorite Maiden albums! The songwriting is absolutely top-notch and the progressive leanings started on Powerslave jump up a level in maturity. Lonliness Of The Long Distance Runner is just an amazing track (one of my favorites) but really the entire album works beautifully. They were firing on all cylinders on this one.

At the time this came out, both this album and Turbo were catching flak because of the additions of synthesizers, but in hindsight that was a pretty stupid response. SIT melds them into the sound beautifully without taking anything away from the power of the album.

This album and Seventh Son are sister releases and I think some of the Maiden material that stands up the best today.

Agreed! Both CDs kick butt!

Ill always love this album.

This was the first Maiden album I'd bought and I loved it then and still love it now.
It's my favorite followed by Seventh Son and Piece of Mind.

Svengo wrote:

This was the first Maiden album I'd bought and I loved it then and still love it now.
It's my favorite followed by Seventh Son and Piece of Mind.

1.SSOASS
2.SIT