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The first two Iron Maiden albums with Paul Di'Anno were great and will endure as a heavy metal classics. But there's little doubt that the addition of Bruce Dickinson on
The Number of the Beast put this album at a higher level than the previous two and firmly cemented Maiden's place in metal history. In addition to fan favorite rockers in the title track and Run to the Hills and quality deep cuts like 22 Acacia Avenue and The Prisoner,
The Number of the Beast features one of metal's all-time classic songs in the epic Hallowed Be Thy Name.
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First round, I'm going to have to come after the song that shouldn't have made the album. Nothing against it, it's an alright song, but Total Eclipse is better and should have taken its spot on the original release... as Steve Harris himself now believes.
Gangland