IRON MAIDEN - STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND - HEAVY METAL PICTURE DISC
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40
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26
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Maiden’s second single from Somewhere in Time once again was a Smith penned track. This time one of his heavier ones. Based around a simple yet effective main riff and a bass line which is almost too simple for Harris to play. It’s a song I always liked because it was extremely different from the rest of the album yet still immensely heavy, catchy and therefore Maiden-worthy.
Filling up this EP were two covers which earlier had been played by ‘The Entire Population of Hackney’, Nicko McBrain’s project in 1985 together with Smith and some ex-Urchin members. The FM cover ‘That Girl’ is great stadium rock and with this production it almost sounds majestic. The Marshall Fury cover ‘Juanita’ is slightly less impressive, being pretty one-dimensional, but still sounding great in the hands of Maiden. The riffs are played with such ease it’s nothing short of impressive and convincing.
‘Stranger in a Strange Land’ is definitely one of the better Maiden singles from the Dickinson-era due to the well chosen a-side and having more than one great cover.
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