Piece of Mind: Remastered

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Editorial reviews

Description
PIECE OF MIND is the release cemented Iron Maiden firmly inthe 1980s, making it one of the decade's most successful and enduring metal bands. This album includes such standards as the soaring "Flight of Icarus" and the barnstorming war tale "The Trooper". While the band had dabbled with epics on previous albums, PIECE OF MIND was the first to feature several complex tunes, like the album-opening "Where Eagles Dare", the contemplative "Revelations", and the album-closing "ToTame a Land", the last of which was inspired by the sci-fi novel series DUNE, by Frank Herbert. Personnel changes on this album include ex-Trust/Pat Travers drummer Nicko McBrain who took over for Clive Burr, but that shakeup did not hamper the success of PIECE OF MIND which, in keeping with Maiden's streak of hit releases, is another classic album.

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Customer reviews

review by: TRUE METAL date: 2008-06-25 rating:
Another classic by Iron Maiden, can they get any better?
Yes they can. This album is amazing starting the album off with nickos awesome drum intro then going into an awesome song which is Where Eagles Dare, awesome great chorus and solos and riffs and of course vocals. Revelations is an amazing song a bit slower but still got those riffs and an awesome solo again i dont need to mention the vocals again. Flight Of The Icarus why do some maiden fans have a problem with this i love it great song and chorus and solo, Die With Your Boots is another classic. Then the obvious classic on this album The Trooper a rocking track brilliant solos and lyrics and an awesome riff it has classic written all over it. Still life it has a strange intro to it but it's awesome. Quest For Fire this is the wrost song on the album still good just a bit weak, next song is my personal favourite on this album Sun And Steel awesome songenough said. To Tame A Land is a great song takes awhile too get into dickinson singing aint at his best here but i still love it. As always this is a great start to Iron Maiden a brilliant album all the tracks are brilliant. UP THE IRONS

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review by: Monsieur Ugine date: 2008-04-10 rating:
Into the valley of death...
Although this album isn't as good as some of there previous, or indeed later, albums, it still contains some rather good songs. Foremost amongst these is possibly my favourite Maiden song of all time, "The Trooper", although "Die With Your Boots On" is also excellent. All in all, this is a good album, but there are better Maiden ones out there if you're just starting out.

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review by: jrcsalter date: 2008-03-10 rating:
Iron Maiden 4
This has got to be the best album Maiden released at the time; okay, there are no songs to rival `Run To The Hills' or `Hallowed Be Thy Name' from the previous work, but this has the highest concentration of decent songs yet.
There is really only one dud `Quest For Fire', which is still okay, but every time I hear it I think of Spinal Tap's `Stonehenge' since both songs deal with a pre-historic subject. I just can't fault the rest of the album at all.
As with the others in this remastered series, the disc comes with CD ROM content. Two very grainy videos of `Flight Of Icarus' and `The Trooper', tour dates, information on the album, pictures, art work, family tree, and samples from other albums in the series. All of this is a nice addition to the album, but the stuff that is not specific to the work has already been included on the others so is a waste of time seeing it.
The disc comes, as usual, in a standard CD case with a booklet containing lyrics and pictures.
All in all, a fantastic buy.
Highlights: `Flight Of Icarus', `Die With Your Boots On', `The Trooper'.

Track Listings

1. Where Eagles Dare 06:10 ****
2. Revelations 06:48 ****
3. Flight Of Icarus 03:51 *****
4. Die With Your Boots On 05:28 *****
5. The Trooper 04:11 *****
6. Still Life 04:53 ****
7. Quest For Fire 03:41 ***
8. Sun And Steel 03:26 ****
9. To Tame A Land 07:25 ****
Total Time: 45:53

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review by: date: 2007-08-26 rating:
"In a time when dinosaurs walked the earth..."
I've heard the classic Iron Maiden setlist staples The Trooper and Flight of Icarus so I thought this album would be absolutely killer, though it turned out I was completely off the mark this time.

Other than the two songs mentioned, the album is almost a chore to listen to, the intros to the songs are too long, the music is bland and many of the lyrics are poorly thought out. One such stinker is Quest For Fire:

"In a time when dinosaurs walked the earth..."

This album isn't very accessible for those who casually listen to metal and only if you're a Maiden fan will you get anything out of this album.
The only reason I gave this album 2 stars instead of 1 is because it has The Trooper and Flight of Icarus, do check those songs out.


review by: Mmmm Shiny date: 2007-04-08 rating:
My first and fave
This was the first Iron Maiden album I heard, listening to it again over twenty years later it is still a great album.
It has dated quite well, in fact maiden have as a whole. other rock bands from the era have devolved into bad ballads and the old stuff reeks of eighties, not so here.
It is timeless music, defined by genre not eighties fashion and production techniques.
Stand out tune, the trooper.

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