HEAR THE RIME OF
THE ANCIENT MARINER
SEE HIE EYE AS HE STOPS
ONE OF THREE
MESMERIZES ONE OF THE
WEDDING GUESTS
STAY HERE AND LISTEN TO
THE NIGHTMARES OF THE SEA
Powerslave
is the fifth
studio album
by the English
Heavy metal band
released on
September,3rd 1984
through EMI Records
in Europe,
and on
September,14th1984,
through its sister label
Capitol Records,
in the US.
It was
re-released by
Sanctuary
and
Columbia Records
in the US
in 2002.
The songs
"2 Minutes to Midnight"
and
"Aces High"
were released
as singles.
Its cover artwork
is notable for its
Ancient Egypt theme.
That theme,
taken from
the title track,
was carried over
to the album's
supporting tour,
the World Slavery Tour.
This began in
Warsaw, Poland,
on
August,9th 1984;
it is widely regarded
as being the band's
longest and
most arduous tour
to date,
and led to
the live album
Live After Death.
The release contains
a musical re-telling
of
Samuel Taylor Coleridge's
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner,
the lyrics of which include
some lines from the poem
At 13 minutes and 45 seconds
in length,
this was
Iron Maiden's
longest song
for over 30 years
until it was surpassed by
the 18-minute
"Empire of the Clouds"
from the 2015 album
The Book of Souls.
Powerslave is notable
as the band's
first album
to feature
the same personnel
as their previous
studio release.
This lineup would remain
intact for two
further studio releases.
It is also their last album
to date to
feature an
instrumental piece,
and the only one
until
Senjutsu
(2021)
in which longtime
member and guitarist
Dave Murray
does not have a
songwriting credit.
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