Somewhere In Time - Iron Maiden Reviews

"Somewhere in Time" is the 6th studio album by British heavy metal band, Iron Maiden. It was released in 1986 on EMI and produced by Martin Birch. The line-up for the album was Bruce Dickinson (vocals), Dave Murray (guitar), Adrian Smith (guitar), Steve Harris (bass) and Nicko McBrain (drums). When Iron Maiden ...  Read the complete review

Somewhere In Time was Iron Maidens 6th studio album, and the 3rd to feature the 'classic' lineup of Dickinson/Murray/Smith/McBrain/Harris. It marked a shift into more progressive territory, most obviously heard through synthesizers, something that had been promised would never happen in a Maiden album. Nevertheless it makes for a good ...  Read the complete review

I have written several negative reviews of Iron Maiden albums within the last month, so I justly felt it was time to celebrate one of the British band?s finest offerings with their classic line-up. This was the first Iron Maiden album to be released after my birth, although in my foolishness I waited ...  Read the complete review

Although more well known records like 'Number of the Beast' and 'Powerslave' often get the plaudits as Maiden's best album, I think the award, by a hair, must go to 1986's Somewhere in Time. All of their albums (with the possible exception of the Blaze-era ones, good though they were) are very good-to-excellent, ...  Read the complete review

Somewhere in Time was Iron Maiden's first studio album since its epic World Slavery Tour which saw them embark on a 13 month long trek of the worlds concert halls and stadiums. As you would expect from a band in their prime and arguably at their most popular level ever Somewhere in Time doesn't disappoint and in my opinion is the ...  Read the complete review

Undoubtedly their finest work, owing largely to the input of Adrian Smith. The addition of guitar synths made an interesting contrast of sounds. The use of keyboards on 'Seventh Son of a Seventh Son' was rather controverstial, and the addition of guitar synths here was a more acceptable sound and face to the band's stomping ...  Read the complete review

Gollowing the mayhem of the awesome Powerslave album and World Slavery Tour it seemed forever before this album was released. I think the band spent some time recharging batteries before this one. Anyway, whatever they did worked cos this album is a stormer. Classic Maiden riffs and melodies throughout, Bruce's gutsy vocals at there ...  Read the complete review