REVIEW: THE MAIDEN YEARS - TRIBUTE TO IRON MAIDEN

 

THE MAIDEN YEARS - TRIBUTE TO IRON MAIDEN (Sum Recs., 2000)

Produced by Lea Hart

Recorded at Hatch Farm Studios

Tracks: CD 1: 1- Can I Play with Madness?, 2-Two Minutes to Midnight, 3- Wrathchild, 4- Hallowed be thy Name, 5- Running Free, 6- The Evil that men do, 7- Phantom of the Opera, 8- Number of the Beast, 9- Iron Maiden, 10- Run To the Hills, 11- The Trooper

CD 2: 1- Bring your daughter...,2- Murders in the Rue Morgue, 3- Aces High, 4- Flight of Icarus, 5- Wasted Years, 6- Remember Tomorrow, 7- The Clairvoyant, 8- Prisoner, 9- Sanctuary, 10- Powerslave, 11- Killers, 12- Fear of the Dark

I have different opinions from this tribute albums. First of all I like some of the versions, and some not. The main problem in the songs that I didn´t like are the vocals which are extremely palid when comparing to Bruce Dickinson´s or even to Paul Di Anno´s (he is participating in some of the best tracks here) (Check for example the awful version of "The Trooper"...good guitar work but extremely poor vocals). The production is good but some of the guitars lack the adequate heaviness. This is a good selection of the best Iron Maiden tracks (obviously there are many more to make great versions) Favorite tracks: "Wrathchild", "Phantom of the opera", "Murders in the Rue Morgue".