Sobre el álbum
"Iron Maiden" es precisamente el título del álbum con el que se inicia la discografía de Iron Maiden, la banda británica de heavy metal liderada por Steve Harris. Fue lanzado al mercado el 14 de abril de 1980 en Reino Unido por el sello EMI Records y por Harvest and Capitol Records en Estados Unidos.El productor del álbum debut de Iron Maiden fue el británico Wil Malone, que fue muy criticado por el grupo por su aparente falta de interés que derivó en que esta fuera la única colaboración con la banda.
Las grabaciones se realizaron en los londinenses Kingsway Studios, en enero de 1980, y las mezclas finales se realizaron en Morgan Studios, al mes siguiente. Todo ello en un tiempo récord para tener el álbum a punto para su lanzamiento.
Este fue el único álbum de estudio en el que contaron con el guitarrista Dennis Stratton, que fue despedido por diferencias artísticas.
La banda inició una gira para promocionar este álbum, ofreciendo sus primeros conciertos en el continente europeo, donde pudieron comprobar la expectación que habían comenzado a generar fuera de su país.
La versión estadounidense del álbum difiere un poco de la original, ya que incluye el tema "Sanctuary", que Iron Maiden había lanzado en Reino Unido como sencillo, pero que no entró en la versión británica del álbum.
La versión remasterizada de 1998 ya incluye "Sanctuary" en su lista de canciones.
Listado de Canciones
- Prowler3:57
Letra
Walking through the city, looking oh so pretty, I've just got to find my way. See the ladies flashing. All their legs and lashes. I've just got to find a way. Well you see me crawling through the bushes with it open wide. What you seeing girl? Can't you believe that feeling, can't you believe it, Can't you believe your eyes? It's the real thing girl. Got me feeling myself and reeling around, Got me talking but feel like walking around. Got me feeling myself and reeling a... Got me talking but nothing's with me... Got me feeling myself and reeling around. Walking through the city, looking oh so pretty, I've just got to find my way. See the ladies flashing. All their legs and lashes. I've just got to find my way. Well you see me crawling through the bushes with it open wide. What you seeing girl? Can't you believe that feeling, can't you believe it, Can't you believe your eyes? It's the real thing girl. Got me feeling myself and reeling around, Got me talking but feel like walking around. - Sanctuary3:16
Letra
Out of the winter came a war horse of steel. I've never killed a woman before, but I know how it feels. I know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw. So now I've got to look for Sanctuary from the law. I met up with a stranger last night to keep me alive. He spends all his money on gambling and guns to survive. I know you'd gone insane if you saw what I saw So now I've got to look for Sanctuary from the law *Chorus* So give me Sanctuary from the law And I'll be alright Just give me Sanctuary from the law And love me tonight... Tonight I know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw So now I've got to look for Sanctuary from the law *Chorus* I can laugh at the wind I can howl at the rain Down in the Canyon or out on the plain I know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw So now I've got to look for Sanctuary from the law *Chorus* - Remember Tomorrow5:28
Letra
Unchain the colours before my eyes, Yesterday's sorrows, tomorrow's white lies. Scan the horizon, the clouds take me higher, I shall return from out of fire. Tears for rememberance, and tears for joy, Tears for somebody and this lonely boy. Out in the madness, the all seeing eye, Flickers above us, to light up the sky. Unchain the colours before my eyes, Yesterday's sorrows, tomorrow's white lies. Scan the horizon, the clouds take me higher, I shall return from out of fire. - Running Free3:17
Letra
Just Sixteen A Pickup Truck Out Of Money Out Of Luck I Got No Place To Call My Own Hit The Gas And Here I Go I'm Running Free Yeah, I'm Running Free I'm Running Free Yeah, I'm Running Free Spend The Night In L. I Jail Listen To The Sirens Wail But They Aint Got A Thing Of Me I'm Running Wild I'm Running Free I'm Running Free Yeah, I'm Running Free I'm Running Free Yeah, I'm Running Free Pulled Her At The Bottle Top Whiskey Dancing Disco Hop And All The Boys Are After Me And That's The Way It's Gonna Be I'm Running Free Yeah, I'm running Free I'm Running Free Yeah, I'm running Free - Phantom of the Opera7:09
Letra
I've been looking so long for you Now you won't get away from my grasp. You've been living so long in hiding In hiding behind that false mask. And you know and I know that You ain't got long now to last. Your looks and your feelings Are just the remains of your past. You're standing in the wings, There you wait for the curtain to fall. Knowing the terror and holding You have on us all. Yeah, I know that you're gonna Scratch me, maim me and maul. You know I'm helpless from Your mesmerising cat call. Keep your distance, walk away, Don't take his bait. Don't you stray, don't fade away. Watch your step, he's out to get you, Come what may. Don't you stray, from the narrow way. I'm running and hiding in my Dreams you're always there. You're the phantom of the opera, You're the devil, you're just out to scare. You damaged my mind And my soul it just floats through the air. Haunt me, you taunt me, You torture me back at your lair. - Transylvania4:19
- Strange World5:32
Letra
The only place where you can dream, Living here is not what it seems. Ship of white light in the sky, Nobody there to reason why. Here I am, I'm not really there, Smiling faces ever so rare. A let's walk in deepest space, Living here just isn't the place. Stalks of light come from the ground, When I cry there isn't a sound. All my feelings cannot be held, I'm happy in my new strange world. Shades of green grasses twine, Girls drinking plasma wine. A look at love, a dream unfolds, Living here, you'll never grow old. Don't you hear me call? Ooh - Charlotte the Harlot4:13
Letra
Giving a swish with your arse in the air, Don't you know what they're saying? Charlotte you're so refined When you take all the love that they're giving. Sticking with every man that you find, Don't you know what they're after? Charlotte you've got your legs in the air, Don't you hear all the laughter? Charlotte the harlot show me your legs, Charlotte the harlot take me to bed. Charlotte the harlot let me see blood, Charlotte the harlot let me see love. Taking so many men to your room, Don't you feel no remorse? You charge them a fiver, It's only for starters. And ten for the main course. And you've got no feelings, They died long ago. Don't you care who you let in? And don't you know you're breaking The law with the service you're giving. There was a time when you left me standing there, Picking up pieces of love off the floor. Well charlotte you left me alone in there, To make your ends as a bloody whore. Well charlotte you told me you love me true, Picking up pieces of love yesterday. Well charlotte you're draws are off color too 'cause you're making love all day. Giving a swish with your arse in the air, Don't you know what they're saying? Charlotte you're so refined when You take all the love that they're giving. Sticking with every man that you find, Don't you know what they're after? Charlotte you've got your legs in the air, Don't you hear all the laughter? - Iron Maiden3:36
Letra
(Written by Steve Harris) Won't you come into my room, I wanna show you all my wares. I just want to see your blood, I just want to stand and stare. See the blood begin to flow as it falls upon the floor. Iron Maiden can't be fought, Iron Maiden can't be sought. Chorus: Oh well, wherever, wherever you are, Iron Maiden's gonna get you, no matter how far. See the blood flow watching it she'd up above my head. Iron Maiden wants you for dead. Won't you come into my room, I wanna show you all my wares. I just want to see your blood, I just want to stand and stare. See the blood begin to flow as it falls upon the floor. Iron Maiden can't be fought, Iron Maiden can't be sought. Chorus: Oh well, wherever, wherever you are, Iron Maiden's gonna get you, no matter how far. See the blood flow watching it she'd up above my head. Iron Maiden wants you for dead. Won't you come into my room, I wanna show you all my wares. I just want to see your blood, I just want to stand and stare. See the blood begin to flow as it falls upon the floor. Iron Maiden can't be fought, Iron Maiden can't be sought. Chorus: Oh well, wherever, wherever you are, Iron Maiden's gonna get you, no matter how far. See the blood flow watching it she'd up above my head. Iron Maiden wants you for dead.