From 2012–2014, the band revisited the Seventh Son era on their Maiden England World Tour. 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.
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).Īfter 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.įollowing 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. 3 in the UK Singles Chart.Ī 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. The lead single " Can I Play with Madness" was also a commercial success, peaking at No. 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. It was released on 11 April 1988 in the United Kingdom by EMI Records and in the United States by Capitol Records. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son ( 7th Son of a 7th Son) is the seventh studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden.
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