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Released | 4 November 2002 | |||
Recorded | 1982–2001/2003 (2005 reissue) | |||
Genre | Heavy metal | |||
Length | 74:04 [1] | |||
Label | EMI | |||
Iron Maiden compilations chronology | ||||
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Edward the Great: The Greatest Hits is Iron Maiden's third "best-of album", originally released on 4 November 2002. Unlike the band's other works by the group collecting together songs from different albums, such as Best of the Beast , Edward the Great does not feature any material from the group's first two albums, which featured Paul Di'Anno as vocalist, but does include material from Blaze Bayley's five-year tenure with the band.
According to Mick Wall, the collection was controversial amongst fans as it was released not long after previous compilations such as Best of the Beast and Ed Hunter . [3] Bassist and founder member Steve Harris comments, "We did get a bit of flak for the Edward the Great album but it wasn't aimed at the hardcore fan, it was aimed at the peripheral people who've heard the name or seen the name on a T-shirt and wouldn't know which record to pick up." [3] To satisfy "the real collector", the band released the Eddie's Archive box set simultaneously. [3]
In 2005, a revised edition was released in Europe, Asia and South America with an updated track-listing. The new version coincided with the release of The Essential Iron Maiden compilation, released solely in North America, and featured songs from the Dance of Death album as well as an alternate live version of "Fear of the Dark". [4] The updated CD also added the song "Brave New World" from the album of the same name and the booklet included a new foreword by Iron Maiden manager Rod Smallwood, replacing the original foreword by founding member Steve Harris. The album cover does not differentiate between the two editions. [4]
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Run to the Hills" | Steve Harris | 1982 ~ The Number of the Beast | 3:55 |
2. | "The Number of the Beast" | Harris | 1982 ~ The Number of the Beast | 4:52 |
3. | "Flight of Icarus" | Bruce Dickinson, Adrian Smith | 1983 ~ Piece of Mind | 3:52 |
4. | "The Trooper" | Harris | 1983 ~ Piece of Mind | 4:11 |
5. | "2 Minutes to Midnight" | Smith, Dickinson | 1984 ~ Powerslave | 6:00 |
6. | "Wasted Years" | Smith | 1986 ~ Somewhere in Time | 5:06 |
7. | "Can I Play With Madness" | Smith, Dickinson, Harris | 1988 ~ Seventh Son of a Seventh Son | 3:31 |
8. | "The Evil That Men Do" | Smith, Dickinson, Harris | 1988 ~ Seventh Son of a Seventh Son | 4:34 |
9. | "The Clairvoyant" | Harris | 1988 ~ Seventh Son of a Seventh Son | 4:27 |
10. | "Infinite Dreams" | Harris | 1988 ~ Seventh Son of a Seventh Son | 6:10 |
11. | "Holy Smoke" | Harris, Dickinson | 1990 ~ No Prayer for the Dying | 3:48 |
12. | "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" | Dickinson | 1990 ~ No Prayer for the Dying | 4:44 |
13. | "Man on the Edge" | Blaze Bayley, Janick Gers | 1995 ~ The X Factor | 4:12 |
14. | "Futureal" | Harris, Bayley | 1998 ~ Virtual XI | 2:55 |
15. | "The Wicker Man" | Smith, Harris, Dickinson | 2000 ~ Brave New World | 4:34 |
16. | "Fear of the Dark" (Live in Rock in Rio, Brazil 2001) | Harris | 2002 ~ Rock in Rio (1992 ~ Fear of the Dark ) | 8:04 |
Total length: | 74:55 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Original album | Length |
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1. | "Run to the Hills" | Harris | 1982 ~ The Number of the Beast | 3:55 |
2. | "The Number of the Beast" | Harris | 1982 ~ The Number of the Beast | 4:52 |
3. | "The Trooper" | Harris | 1983 ~ Piece of Mind | 4:11 |
4. | "Flight of Icarus" | Smith, Dickinson | 1983 ~ Piece of Mind | 3:52 |
5. | "2 Minutes to Midnight" | Smith, Dickinson | 1984 ~ Powerslave | 6:00 |
6. | "Wasted Years" | Smith | 1986 ~ Somewhere in Time | 5:06 |
7. | "Can I Play With Madness" | Smith, Dickinson, Harris | 1988 ~ Seventh Son of a Seventh Son | 3:31 |
8. | "The Evil That Men Do" | Smith, Dickinson, Harris | 1988 ~ Seventh Son of a Seventh Son | 4:34 |
9. | "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" | Dickinson | 1990 ~ No Prayer for the Dying | 4:44 |
10. | "Man on the Edge" | Bayley, Gers | 1995 ~ The X Factor | 4:12 |
11. | "Futureal" | Harris, Bayley | 1998 ~ Virtual XI | 2:55 |
12. | "The Wicker Man" | Smith, Harris, Dickinson | 2000 ~ Brave New World | 4:34 |
13. | "Brave New World" | Dave Murray, Harris, Dickinson | 2000 ~ Brave New World | 6:18 |
14. | "Wildest Dreams" | Smith, Harris | 2003 ~ Dance of Death | 3:52 |
15. | "Rainmaker" | Murray, Harris, Dickinson | 2003 ~ Dance of Death | 3:48 |
16. | "Fear of the Dark" (Live in Westfalenhallen, Germany 2003) | Harris | 2005 ~ Death on the Road (1992 ~ Fear of the Dark) | 7:28 |
Total length: | 73:52 |
Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes. [1]
Chart (2002–2003) | Peak position |
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Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [5] | 46 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [6] | 34 |
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [7] | 242 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [8] | 16 |
UK Albums (OCC) [9] | 57 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Canada (Music Canada) [10] | Gold | 50,000^ |
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [11] | Gold | 15,201 [11] |
Sweden (GLF) [12] | Gold | 30,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [13] | Gold | 100,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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