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Iron Maiden - Rock in Rio Audio CD

A fair review of the Iron Maiden "Rock in Rio" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Iron Maiden reviews here, or go back to the Iron Maiden tabs.

Iron Maiden Band: Iron Maiden
Title: Rock in Rio
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Release Date: 2002-03-26
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Intro 2: The Wicker Man 3: Ghost of the Navigator 4: Brave New World 5: Wrathchild 6: 2 Minutes to Midnight 7: Blood Brothers 8: Sign of the Cross 9: The Mercenary 10: Trooper 11: Brave New World (enhanced video) 12: Dream of Mirrors 13: The Clansman 14: The Evil That Men Do 15: Fear of the Dark 16: Iron Maiden 17: The Number of the Beast 18: Hallowed be Thy Name 19: Sanctuary 20: Run to the Hills 21: A Day in the Life (enhanced video)

Simply the greatest live album ever.
Bruce sounds better than ever, he uses his raspy style on some songs and it works really well. Not a lot needs to be said about this, because words do not describe how amazing it is. Gers, Murray, and Smith all sound amazing here, they simply prove that they are the guitar gods. 'Arry is TOP NOTCH here, he really gives one hell of a performance, and Nicko. . . words fail me, he truly is the greatest drummer ever. And that said, this is the greatest live CD of all time. The band play for their lives here, and really it's one hell of a live performance that you will be listening to for hours and hours and days and months and so on. Best tracks here are Brave New World, The Trooper, and. . . well, ALL the songs, really!!!! So DO buy this album. You will be glad you did.


All Time Greats
How old are these guys? This is a great album from a great band. Wow. It's hard to believe how little airplay these guys get. There is so much that is amazing here. The new songs from "Brave New World" are excellent. At least as good as anything they've done. The new songs have a Celtic folk flavor that adds a great deal of depth and heart to Iron Maiden's otherwise outstanding songwriting. Dickenson is in fine voice. Ever the theatrical performer. The instrumentalists are also very, very good. Dave Murray is unbelievable. Smith is his perfect foil. I don't know if Gers is quite as good. But he does have terrific chops and helps write some of their best (newer) songs. Steve Harris is a great bass player. It's all here. Any serious Maiden fan has to have this album. Any serious hard rock fan should be sure to listen to it. Monsters of Metal. One of the best bands of all time (I'm serious).


I THOUGHT TO MYSELF "BIG DEAL ANOTHER LIVE MAIDEN CD" WRONG!!!! "ROCK IN RIO" BELONGS WITH "LIVE AFTER DEATH" PERFORMANCE WISE.
The thing that amazes me is how a crowd of 250,000 people sang along with Bruce and sounds so damn good. I have to admit this live Maiden album surprised me at how good it really is. Usually when a crowd sings along with a live band performance it totally blows, but with Rio I was totally amazed at how well Bruce and the Maiden pulled this off. Bruce Dickinsons vocals are ripe and blistering. There is alot of "Brave New World" material on this cd, because "Brave New World" was released several months before this January 2001 "Rio" show. "Brave New World" was new and fresh so alot of material from this BNW was played on this Rio cd. The early 1980s songs were performed beautifully. There were also three guitar players on this Rio cd. Believe me Maiden needed three guitar players to pull of some these excellent live song performances. Bruce performs "The Clansman" and "Sign Of The Cross", believe me Bruce sang this Blaze material really well, and actually sounds better than Blaze himself. Whatever Blaze lacked in the vocal range in these two songs Bruce more than adequetly filled in, and it shows when you hear these two songs performed on this "Rio" cd. The only thing that annoyed me, there was no "Wasted Years". After all these years Maiden still got that great live performance magic. I did'nt think Rio would be so good, I have to admitt this Rio cd rocks. Any metal hard or rock fan should own "Rock in Rio" along with "Live After Death".


Iron Maiden - 'Rock In Rio' (Sony)
105. Review no. 'Rock In Rio' is a good 2-CD,21 track live audio document of Iron Maiden playing to a crowd of reportedly a quarter of a million(supposedly their largest crowd ever)at the 2001 Rio Rock Festival. Nice to see the return of frontman/vocalist Bruce Dickenson. Tunes I liked experiencing once again were the the title cut from their new (at the time) CD,"Brave New World","2 Minutes To Midnight","Trooper","The Evil That Men Do",the band's namesake "Iron Maiden","Number Of The Beast" and of course "Run To The Hills". I saw Maiden earlier on this very tour and I remember other fans complaining they didn't play ENOUGH older material. Actually,I myself thought they performed an extremely well balanced set. Great cover,no?.


Watching it is another experience all together


Enjoy!!. If you get this live album, you will soon thirst to see, own and feast on the DVD.


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