GIVE ME THE SENSE TO WONDER
TO WONDER IF I'M FREE
GIVE ME A SENSE OF WONDER
TO KNOW I CAN BE ME
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
is the seventh
studio album
by English
heavy metal band
It was released on
April,11th 1988
in the
United Kingdom
by EMI Records
and in
the United States
by Capitol Records.
Like
The Number of the Beast
(1982)
and later
Fear of the Dark
(1992),
The Final Frontier
(2010),
and
The Book of Souls
(2015),
the album debuted at
number one
on the
UK Albums Chart.
The lead single
"Can I Play with Madness"
was also a
commercial success,
peaking at No. 3
in the
UK Singles Chart.
A concept album
inspired by the novel
Seventh Son
by Orson Scott Card,
the record incorporates
elements of
progressive rock,
seen in the length
and complex structure
of the title track.
It was also the first
Iron Maiden album
to feature keyboards,
after the band had
introduced
non-keyboard
synth effects
on their
previous LP,
Somewhere in Time
(1986).
After his contributions
were rejected for
Somewhere in Time,
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
features several
songs co-written by
lead vocalist
Bruce Dickinson,
who states that his
enthusiasm
for the band
was renewed during
the album's
production stages.
It was
Iron Maiden's
last studio record to
feature the
Piece of Mind-era
lineup
until the
2000 album
Brave New World,
with guitarist
Adrian Smith
leaving the band in
January 1990
after he
did not approve
of the direction
the band
were aiming for
on their
next album
No Prayer for the Dying
Following the
album's release,
the band
embarked on
the Seventh Tour
of a Seventh Tour
in which
Derek Riggs'
cover artwork
was recreated
on stage.
The band played
over 100 shows,
including the
Monsters of Rock festival at
Donington Park,
and recorded the
Maiden England video
at Birmingham's NEC.
From 2012 to 2014,
the band revisited the
Seventh Son era
on their
Maiden England
World Tour.
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