Line #64 Music/IronMaidenAlbum


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/9d60b14b771a72f47b7f2bd12d55190e.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:The album cover for ''Iron Maiden''.]]
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4	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/0a40102340fe3d5cf374c6bf7de93a13.jpeg]]
5	[[caption-width-right:350:The altered album cover for ''Iron Maiden'', used only on the 1998 remaster.]]
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7	''Iron Maiden'' is the debut studio album by Music/IronMaiden, released in 1980. It is their only studio album to feature guitarist Dennis Stratton, who was sacked not long after the album's release, with "musical differences" being cited as the reason. He would be replaced by Adrian Smith, who joins the band in time for the following year's ''Music/{{Killers}}''.
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9	Although the band members were later [[CreatorBacklash critical of the production of this album]], upon release this album was critically acclaimed and was an immediate commercial hit. It remains a popular album to this day, and is frequently included in Greatest Metal Album lists. Hits and fan favourites include the title track, "Phantom Of The Opera", "Running Free" and "Sanctuary".
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11	As a side note: the band's official and long running mascot, Eddie the Head, also makes his debut on the album cover.
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14	!! Tracklist [[note]]The US and Canadian versions adds "Sanctuary" as the seventh track, and reissues from 1998 onwards have since moved it up to being the second track. In the UK, the group had released an earlier version on "Metal For Muthas" so didn't feel the need to include it.[[/note]]:
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16	[[AC: Side One]]
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18	# "Prowler" (3:56)
19	# "Remember Tomorrow" (5:29)
20	# "Running Free" (3:17)
21	# "Phantom Of The Opera" (7:08)
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23	[[AC: Side Two]]
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25	# "Transylvania" (4:19)
26	# "Strange World" (5:32)
27	# "Charlotte The Harlot" (4:13)
28	# "Iron Maiden" (3:36)
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31	!! Bonus Disc (1995 Reissue):
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33	# "Sanctuary" (3:14)
34	# "Burning Ambition" (2:42)
35	# "Drifter (Live)" (6:04)
36	# "I've Got The Fire (Live)" (3:14)
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39	!!Principal Members:
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41	* Clive Burr - drums
42	* Paul Di'Anno - lead vocals
43	* Steve Harris - bass, vocals
44	* Dave Murray - guitar
45	* Doug Sampson - drums [[note]]Only on the bonus track "Burning Ambition"[[/note]]
46	* Dennis Stratton - guitar, vocals
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49	!! ''Charlotte The Troper'':
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51	* BadassBoast: "Iron Maiden", a natural to close the regular set list and bring Eddie to stage.
52	-->''Oh well, whenever, wherever you are!\
53	[[SingerNameDrop Iron Maiden's]] gonna get you no matter how far!''
54	%%* ChivalrousPervert ThePeepingTom: The narrator of "Prowler".
55	* EarlyInstallmentWeirdness: The songs are much rawer and punk rock-sounding than in the band's following releases.
56	%%* EpicRocking: At 7:06, "Phantom Of The Opera".
57	%%* {{Instrumental}}: "Transylvania".
58	* LastNoteNightmare: "Phantom Of The Opera", in the pre-remaster release, where after 10 seconds of silence, Di'Anno shouts the song's final line again.
59	%%* MurderBallad: "Sanctuary".
60	%%--> ''I've never killed a woman before''\
61	%% ''But I know how it feels''
62	%%* NightmareFace: Eddie the Head on the album cover.
63	%%* OneWomanSong: "Charlotte The Harlot".
64	%%* OneWordTitle: "Prowler", "Sanctuary" and "Transylvania".
65	* {{Outlaw}}: "Sanctuary", where the protagonist murders a woman and has to look for sanctuary from the law. (but probably not SeekingSanctuary, as he also asks "love me tonight")
66	* RefugeInAudacity: The original cover of the single "Sanctuary" had their mascot, Eddie the Head, stand over UsefulNotes/MargaretThatcher's body, [[NoSuchThingAsBadPublicity which got the band (and the album) a lot of press attention.]]
67	* SelfTitledAlbum: With a self-titled song! Not many other examples of that, with Music/BlackSabbath, Music/{{Motorhead}}, and Music/{{Deicide}} being other notable examples.
68	* ShoutOut: [[ShoutOut/IronMaiden Shares a page with the band]].
69	* SurprisinglyGentleSong: "Remember Tomorrow", "Strange World" and the mid-section of "Charlotte The Harlot".
70	%%* TitleTrack: "Iron Maiden".
71	%%* WanderlustSong: "Running Free".

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