album: "Powerslave" (1984)

• Aces High
• 2 Minutes To Midnight
• Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)
• Flash Of The Blade
• The Duellists
• Back In The Village
• Powerslave
• Rime Of The Ancient Mariner

Powerslave

Powerslave is the fifth studio album by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on September 2, 1984 on EMI in Europe and its sister label Capitol Records in the US (it was re-released by Sanctuary/Columbia Records in the US in 2002).

It is notable for its Egyptian theme displayed in the album art, as well in the title track's musical style. It contains a musical re-telling of Samuel Taylor Coleridge's "Rime of the Ancient Mariner", which uses pieces of the original poem as lyrics.

Furthermore, it is the longest song Iron Maiden have ever recorded, at a length of 13 minutes and 34 seconds. The album is also notable amongst the band's albums as being the first to feature the same lineup as the previous one. As of 2010, this is the last of the band's albums to contain an instrumental track: "Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)."



Studio album by Iron Maiden
Released 3 September 1984
Recorded Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas, 1983–July 1984
Genre Heavy metal
Length 50:57
Language English
Label EMI
Producer Martin Birch