A Real Live Dead One [ENHANCED] [LIVE] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REISSUED] [ORIGINAL RECORDING REMASTERED]

Iron Maiden

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 26, 2002)
• Original Release Date: September 22, 1998
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Enhanced, Live, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B000063DGN
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (13 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #19,718 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars STOP PANNING THIS ALBUM!!!!, February 1, 2007

By	stagecrewlizzy "nomisofsiman" (Wheaton, IL) - See all my reviews

Okay, I'm going to make this short and sweet. No, this is not Maiden's best live recording. No, this is definitely not Dickenson's best performance. But you know what? They have so many friggin' live cds, it's hard to be the best and this still sounds good enough for me. Why would you give a 1 star to a maiden album with all their classics just because it's not perfect? This is just dumb to review it at that. With all this said, this is a great recording but probably is only for die-hard maiden fans like myself. If you really only want 1 live Maiden album, I would go to the Donnington CD. You can't go wrong there.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars It's OK but nothing to shout about., May 10, 2003

By	NFL Fanatic (United States) - See all my reviews

I've read the other reviews on this 2CD package, and I'd have to agree with most of the comments.

Janick Gers replaces Adrian Smith on guitar, and it's like having two Dave Murray's in the band. I preferred the melodious sounds of Adrian Smith and the pummeling riffs of Dave Murray together, instead of two guitarists playing the same style. Janick's guitar solo's are markedly different from those of Adrian Smith, and that can take long time Iron Maiden fans a little getting used to on the older songs. But Gers does play well on Maiden's newer material, to his credit.

The production of these discs are relatively weak, and Bruce's singing isn't at his best. This collection of live tunes offers Prowler, Transylvania, Where Eagles Dare, and Remember Tomorrow, that are not on the other live Iron Maiden releases. Beyond that, this collection doesn't really offer anything new to Maiden fans.

LIVE AT DONNINGTON is a better live recording then A REAL LIVE DEAD ONE, and DONNIGTON is almost a mirror recording of the second disc of A REAL DEAD ONE. Also, LIVE AFTER DEATH has most of the same songs as does disc 1 of A REAL LIVE DEAD ONE, and LIVE AFTER DEATH also sounds better then A REAL DEAD ONE.

Buy A REAL LIVE DEAD ONE if you're a die-hard wanting to complete your Iron Maiden catalog, but these metal legends have better offerings out there then this. If you're new to Iron Maiden, begin with Piece Of Mind and Powerslave.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Maybe not gold but definitely not bronze eithe, March 10, 2004

By	Adonis (Dominican Republic) - See all my reviews

I am a very passionate Iron Maiden fan, and also I bought the A Real Live Dead One album and unlike many other people I enjoy it. But first of all, let's analyze this album objectively.

First thing, the track selection. The track selection of this album could be better, I believe it, but it's not really a matter of complaint. For instance, in a Real Dead One there are missing some classic cuts from their early periods, such as Aces High, Wrathchild, 22 Acacia Avenue, Flight of Icarus, but in the other hands there are tracks that were very accurately put here such as The Number of the Beast, The Trooper, Two Minutes to Midnight, Hallowed be Thy Name, and practically all. In A Real Live One I really missed Wasted Years, and if they would switch Tailgunner for Hooks in You, it would be better, but as I said, we can't complain. Afterall Iron Maiden has much too many amazingly nice songs that cannot be resumed only in 25 or 30 tracks.

Second the sound quality. I know that Live After Death has better sound than A REal Live Dead One, but also the sound in A REal Live One is not so terrible up to me, is just that the drums and the bass are too loud and the guitars sometimes fade.

But even if the sound quality isn't the best and truth to be told Dickinson's voice is not at his top performance (it even feels a little bit tired at times) A Real Live Dead One is a very powerful album where you can see some human flaws but above all is very cool. The interaction with the audience, the sing along and the improvisations make some tracks very interesting some of them better (according to my judgement) than the studio versions.

For instance there's Hallowed be thy Name which after the electric part almost feels like Cradle of Filth's version, Sanctuary, 2 Minutes to Midnight, Heaven Can Wait, Afraid to Shoot Strangers (but I really prefer to hear Blaze Bailey performing that song, The Trooper, Bring Your Daughter ... To the Slaughter, etc.

Definitely this is far from the best Iron Maiden recording but is a very good complement for an Iron Maiden collection. And here's one final advice: see it as a collection of live rarities, and an anthology of concert numbers and you'll learn to enjoy it as much as me.