hands down, i don't know an awful lot of iron maiden. i listened to 'the x factor', which didn't really impress me and i know 'brave new world' quite good, which was the bruce dickinson comeback album and i think is pretty cool. that was about it, apart from some hits like 'number of the beast' or 'run to the hills'. my interest was awoken through some talking about the maiden with a good friend of mine, who is a huge fan. that made me check out 'powerslave' and i was surprised at how much i liked it.
so when i was on holiday this august and searching the racks of idiot records store in dortmund for some maiden wax, i was actually out for 'powerslave' but what hit me was a used copy of 'seventh son of a seventh son'. i really like the cover art, the vinyl looked good and so i grabbed it. not a mistake at all. 'seventh son...' was the one and only concept album maiden ever did. i am a sucker for those conceptional records.
it's based on a fantasy book by orson scott card and about a western superstition that the seventh son/daughter of a seventh son/daughter has some supernatural healing powers and can see the future. amongst others the record deals with the question if a clairvoyant can see his own death. i love the prog elements of the album. unfortunately my copy misses the insert with the lyrics. probably a replica boot from 2014? maybe i'll get an upgrade at some point. emi records. 1988.
