A Real Dead One

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A Real Dead One
Iron Maiden A Real Dead One.jpg
Live album by
Iron Maiden
Released18 October 1993 (1993-10-18)
Recorded25 August 1992 – 4 June 1993 (1992-08-25 – 1993-06-04)
VenueVarious
Genre Heavy metal
Length59:40
Label EMI
Producer Steve Harris
Iron Maiden live albums chronology
A Real Live One
(1993)		A Real Dead One
(1993)		 Live at Donington
(1993)
Singles from A Real Dead One
  1. "Hallowed Be Thy Name"
    Released: 4 October 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 6/10 [2]

A Real Dead One is a live album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on 25 October 1993. It was recorded at various concerts across Europe, during the Fear of the Dark Tour in 1992 and the Real Live Tour in 1993. It features songs from the very beginning of the band's career (1975) to the Powerslave era (1984), while counterpart A Real Live One contains songs from only the post-Powerslave albums.

Contents

The album spent three weeks on the UK chart, [3] and was promptly followed by Live at Donington .

When Maiden rereleased all of their pre- The X Factor albums in 1998, this album was combined with A Real Live One to form the two-disc A Real Live Dead One .

The cover is by long-time Maiden artist Derek Riggs, and depicts Eddie as a disc jockey in Hell.

"Hallowed Be Thy Name" was released as a single and hit No.9 on UK singles chart.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Harris, except where noted

A Real Dead One track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)VenueLength
1."The Number of the Beast" (25 August 1992)  Valby-Hallen  – Copenhagen, Denmark4:54
2."The Trooper" (27 August 1992)  Ice Hall  – Helsinki, Finland3:55
3."Prowler" (30 April 1993)  Palaghiaccio di Marino  – Marino, Italy4:15
4."Transylvania" (17 April 1993)  Grugahalle  – Essen, Germany4:25
5."Remember Tomorrow" (17 April 1993)
Grugahalle – Essen, Germany5:52
6."Where Eagles Dare" (9 April 1993)  Rijnhal  – Arnhem, Netherlands4:49
7."Sanctuary" (27 May 1993)
Patinoire du Littoral – Neuchâtel, Switzerland4:53
8."Running Free" (27 May 1993)
  • Harris
  • Di'Anno
Patinoire du Littoral – Neuchâtel, Switzerland3:48
9."Run to the Hills" (5 April 1993)  Ostravar Aréna  – Ostrava, Czech Republic 3:57
10."2 Minutes to Midnight" (10 April 1993)
 Élysée Montmartre  – Paris, France5:37
11."Iron Maiden" (27 August 1992) Ice Hall – Helsinki, Finland5:24
12."Hallowed Be Thy Name" (4 June 1993)  Olympic Stadium  – Moscow, Russia7:51
Total length:59:40

Personnel

Production credits are adapted from the album liner notes. [4]

Iron Maiden

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (1993)Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [5] 97
Finland (The Official Finnish Charts) [6] 12
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [7] 50
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ) [8] 25
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [9] 16
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [10] 14
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [11] 37
UK Albums (OCC) [12] 12
US Billboard 200 [13] 140

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  2. ↑ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 212. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ↑ The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums, 1996 edition
  4. ↑ A Real Dead One (Media notes). Iron Maiden. EMI. 18 October 1993.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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