DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME
ALWAYS SEARCHING
FOR THOSE
WASTED YEARS
FACE UP,
MAKE YOUR STAND
REALIZE YOU'RE
LIVING IN THE GOLDEN YEARS
Somewhere in Time
is the sixth
studio album
by the English
Heavy Metal band
It was released on
September,29th 1986
in the United Kingdom
by EMI Records
and in
the United States
by Capitol Records.
It was the band's
first album to feature
guitar synthesisers.
Since its release,
Somewhere in Time
has been certified
platinum by the RIAA,
having sold over
one million copies
in the US.
Somewhere on Tour
was the album's
supporting tour.
In 2023,
it was made the focus of
the Future Past
World Tour,
alongside 2021's
Senjutsu.
Background
Somewhere in Time
is the band's first
studio effort following
the extensive
World Slavery Tour of 1984–85,
which was physically
draining for the group,
lasting 331 days
and comprising
187 concerts.
The resulting exhaustion
is credited as the main factor
in the complete lack of
songwriting contributions
from lead vocalist
Bruce Dickinson,
whose material was rejected
by the rest of the band.
Dickinson had written several
"acoustic-based" songs,
explaining that
"I felt we had to come up with our
Physical Graffiti
or
Led Zeppelin IV ...
we had to get it onto
another level or we'd
stagnate and drift away",
although bassist
and primary writer
Steve Harris
"thought he'd lost
the plot completely",
surmising that
"he was probably more burnt out
than anyone at the end
of that last tour".
On the other hand,
the record is also
notable for the number of
"fully formed"
songs written by
guitarist
Adrian Smith,
who wrote both
of the album's singles
: "Wasted Years"
and
"Stranger in a Strange Land",
the former of which
is the only song
on the record not to
feature synthesisers.
Following the World Slavery Tour,
the group were given
four months to recuperate,
with Harris,
Smith
and guitarist
Dave Murray
spending the time
experimenting with
new equipment.
The result was a
marked change in sound
for Iron Maiden,
as it was their first to use
guitar and bass synthesisers,
although on their next release,
1988's
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son,
the effects were provided
by keyboards instead.
Given their time off,
this was their first
studio album
not to be released
a year after
their previous one,
the band insisting that
they have more time
"to get it right without hurrying for a change",
comments Harris.
It was also one of their
most expensive records,
with the bass
and drums recorded in
The Bahamas,
the guitars and vocals
recorded in
the Netherlands,
and the
mixing taking place
at Electric Lady Studios
in New York City.
TRACKLIST
Caught Somewhere In Time
Wasted Years
Sea of Madness
Heaven Can Wait
The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner
Stranger In A Strange Land
Deja-Vu
Alexander The Great
Reach Out
(The Entire Population of Hackney cover)
Juanita
(Marshall Fury cover)
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