Piece of Mind es un álbum de Iron Maiden, publicado en 1983 por EMI. El disco incluye 9 canciones, entre ellas «Where Eagles Dare», «Revelations», «Flight of Icarus» y «Die With Your Boots On».
Sobre el álbum
"Piece of Mind", el cuarto álbum de la banda, es una obra crucial en la discografía de Iron Maiden, ya que presenta a la que muchos consideran su formación más clásica y estable. Lanzado en 1983, este disco marca el debut del increíble batería Nicko McBrain, cuya técnica y energía aportaron una nueva dimensión rítmica al sonido del grupo, consolidando la maquinaria de heavy metal perfecta.
El álbum es un tour de force de virtuosismo y composiciones complejas. La banda se sumerge de lleno en temáticas literarias e históricas, demostrando una ambición lírica poco común en el género. Canciones como "Where Eagles Dare", basada en la novela de Alistair MacLean, o la icónica "The Trooper", que narra la Carga de la Brigada Ligera, son ejemplos perfectos de esta fusión de metal y cultura.
El disco contiene otras joyas imperecederas como "Flight of Icarus", uno de sus temas más melódicos y accesibles, y la enigmática "Revelations". Ciertamente, la interacción entre las guitarras gemelas de Dave Murray y Adrian Smith alcanza aquí un nuevo nivel de sofisticación, creando armonías y duelos que se convertirían en la marca de la casa.
"Piece of Mind" es una pieza redonda del heavy metal. Es un álbum que no solo introdujo a un miembro fundamental en la banda, sino que también elevó el listón en términos de complejidad musical y profundidad lírica. Es un trabajo esencial que afianzó el sonido y la temática que definirían a Iron Maiden en su época más gloriosa.
Listado de Canciones
- Where Eagles Dare6:08
Letra
It's snowing outside the rumbling sound Of engines roar in the night The mission is near the confident men Are waiting to drop from the sky The blizzard goes on but still they must fly No one should go where eagles dare Bavarian alps that lay all around They seem to stare from below The enemy lines a long time passed Are lying deep in the snow Into the night they fall through the sky No one should fly where eagles dare They're closing in the fortress is near It's standing high in the sky The cable car's the only way in It's really impossible to climb They make their way but maybe too late They've got to try to save the day The panicking cries the roaring of guns Are echoing all round the valley The mission complete the make to escape Away from the eagles nest They dared to go where no one would try They chose to fly where eagles dare - Revelations6:51
Letra
O God of earth and altar Bow down and hear our cry Our earthly rulers falter Our peolple drift and die The walls of gold entombe us The swords of scorn divide Take not thy thunder from us But take away our pride (G. K. Chesterton: english hymnal) Just a babe in a black abyss No reason for a place like this The walls are cold and souls cry out in pain An easy way for the blind to go A clever path for the fools who know The secret of the hanged man - the smile on his lips The light of the blind you'll see The venom that tears my spine The eyes of the nile are opening - you'll see She came to me with a serpents kiss As the eye of the sun rose on her lips Moonlight catches silver tears I cry So we lay in a black embrace And the seed is sown in a holy place And I watched and I waited for the dawn The light of the blind you'll see The venom that tears my spine The eyes of the nile are opening - you'll see Bind all of us together Ablaze of hope and free No storm or heavy weather Will rock the boat you'll see The time has come to close your eyes And still the wind and rain For the one who will be king The watcher in the ring It is you - Flight of Icarus3:49
Letra
As the sun breaks above the ground An old man stands on the hill As the ground warms to the first rays of light A birdsong shatters the still His eyes are ablaze See the madman in his gaze Fly on your way like an eagle Fly as high as the sun On your wings like an eagle Fly and touch the sun Now the crowd breaks and a young boy appears Look the old man in his eyes As he spreads his wings and shouts at the crowd In the name of God my father I fly His eyes seem so glazed As he flies on the wings of a dream Now he knows his father betrayed Now his wings burn to ashes to ashes his grave Fly on your way like an eagle Fly as high as the sun On your wings like an eagle Fly and touch the sun - Die With Your Boots On5:22
Letra
(Smith/Dickinson/Harris) Yeah! Another Prophet of Disaster Who says the ship is lost, Another Prophet of Disaster Leaving you to count the cost. Taunting us with Visions, Afflicting us with fear, Predicting War for millions, In the hope that one appears. [Chorus:] No point asking when it is, No point asking who's to go, No point asking what's the game, No point asking who's to blame. Cause if you're gonna die, if you're gonna die, Cause if you're gonna die, if you're gonna die, If you're gonna die, die with your boots on. If you're gonna try, just stick around, Gonna cry, just move along, If you're gonna die, you're gonna die. In 13 the Beast is rising, The Frenchman did surmise, Through earthquakes and starvation, The warlord will arise. Terror, Death, Destruction, Pour from the Eastern Sands, But the truth of all predictions, Is always in your hands. (Repeat chorus) They died with their boots on, yes they diiieeeed... The day they die with their boots on, we dieeeeeeeeeee We die! We die! We die! We die! We die! (Repeat chorus) - The Trooper4:10
- Still Life4:37
Letra
Take a look in the pool and what do you see In the dark depths there faces beckoning me Can't you see them it's plain for all to see They where there oh I know you don't believe me Oh... I never felt so strange But... I'm not going insane I've no doubt that you think I'm off my head You don't say but it's in your eyes instead Hours I spend out just gazing into that pool Something draws me there I don't know what to do Oh... They drain my strength away Oh... They're asking me to stay Nightmares... Spirits calling me Nightmares... They won't leave me be All my life's blood is slowly draining away And I feel that I'm weaker every day Somehow I know I haven't long to go Joining them at the bottom of the pool Now... I feel they are so near I... Begin to see them clear Nightmares... Coming all in time Nightmares... Will give me piece of mind Now it's clear and I know what I have to do I must take you down there to look at them too Hand in hand then we'll jump right into that pool Can't you see not just me they want you too Oh... We'll drown together It... Will be forever Nightmares... Forever calling me Nightmares... Now we rest in peace - Quest for Fire3:40
Letra
In time when dinosaurs walked the earth When the land was swamp and caves where home In an age when prize possession was fire To search for landscapes men would roam Then the tribes they came to steal the fire And the wolves they howled into the night As they fought a viscious angry battle To save the power of warmth and light Drawn by quest for fire They searched all through the land Drawn by quest for fire Discovery of man And they thought that when the embers died away That the flame of life had burnt and died Didn't know the sparks that made the fire Were made by rubbing stick and stone So they ploughed through forest and swamps of danger And they fought the cannibal tribes and beasts In the search to find another fire To regain the power of light and heat Drawn by quest for fire They searched across the land Drawn by quest for fire Discovery of man - Sun and Steel3:25
Letra
(Dickinson/Smith) You killed your first man at 13, Killer instinct, Animal supreme, By 16 you had learned to fight The way of the warrior, you took it as your right. Sunlight, falling on your steel, Death in life is your ideal, Life is like a wheel. Through earth and water, fire and wind, You came at last-nothing was the end, I'll make a cut by fire and stones, Take you and your blade and break you both in two Break you both in two. Sunlight, falling on your steel, Death in life is your ideal, Life is like a wheel. And it's rolling still. - To Tame a Land7:37
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He is the king of all the land In the kingdom of the sands Of a time tomorrow He rules the sandworms and the fremen In a land amongst the stars Of an age tomorrow He is destined to be a king He rules over everything On the land called planet dune Bodywater is your life And without it you would die On the desert the planet dune Without the stillsuit you would fry On the sands so hot and dry In a world called arrakis It is a land that's rich in spice The sandriders and the 'mice' That they call the muad' dib He is the kwizatz haderach He is born of caladan And will take the gom jabbar He has the power to foresee Or to look into the past He is the ruler of the stars The time will come for him To lay claim his crown And then the foe yes They'll be cut down You'll see he'll be the Best that there's been Messiah supreme True leader of men And when the time For judgement's at hand Don't fret he's strong And he'll make a stand Against evil the fire That spreads through the land He has the power To make it all end