Death on the Road [LIVE] [IMPORT]

Iron Maiden

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 30, 2005)
• Original Release Date: August 30, 2005
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Live, Import
• Label: EMI Europe Generic
• Copy Protected
• ASIN: B000A3VTV6
• Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #329,946 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Wildest Dreams

2. Wrathchild

3. Can I Play with Madness

4. Trooper

5. Dance of Death

6. Rainmaker

7. Brave New World

8. Paschendale

9. Lord of the Flies

Disc: 2

1. No More Lies

2. Hallowed Be Thy Name

3. Fear of the Dark

4. Iron Maiden

5. Journeyman

6. Number of the Beast

7. Run to the Hills

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

This double album was recorded at the Westfalenhalle Arena, Dortmund, Germany during the Dance of Death European Tour in December 2003 and fully captures the magnificent stage production and electricity of the band’s performance. Steve Harris once again took weeks personally editing the footage and like Rock in Rio this means thousands of cuts right into the heart of the action. EMI. 2005.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent live album, September 20, 2005

By	Tim Smith "Tim" (New York) - See all my reviews

First off i am so pissed that these Cds arent released in the US until almost 2 months after the UK release, anyways. The album is decent and it was cool to hear some of their new songs like Rainmaker, Journeyman, Pachendale and Wildest Dream being played live, but i found that the quality of the music seemed to have been taken aside for releasing a live album that quick. Most of the music is too quiet and Dickinsons voice dramatically overshadows it. I know its a live album, and quality cant be as great as a studio CD, but i dont see why it has to sound like Live After Death(great album, but it was recorded almost 20 years ago). After all Rock in Rio is so much better and to be honest, Brave New World has better songs than Dance Of Death.
If the quality had been as good as Rock In Rio, then i would think twice about giving it 3 stars, but the only reason i could think of buying it would be to hear the Dance Of Death songs, which arent even played that great. I am a huge Maiden fan, whether live or studio and i was dissapointed with it.

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What was that, 'Arry? I couldn't hear you, mate., September 16, 2005

By	Brent Soileau "Deep Purple fanatic" (Baton Rouge, LA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Terrific! Great! That's what I thought when my new Iron Maiden double live cd arrived in the mail (I ordered it as an import instead of waiting an extra 5-6 weeks for it to be released here in the states). There has been news that Iron Maiden will release an official live set after every world tour in order to "beat the bootleggers". That's great, I'll buy each one. However, upon listening to "Death On The Road" I'm of two minds.

First, the set list is great and Maiden play like a band possessed, full of energy, aggression, and vigor. Unfortunately, the crowd noise, which Steve Harris insists be a constant throughout the live records, runs like a constant hiss above the music dampening the nuances and even obscuring some of the solos. I find this extremely annoying. This has been a problem with every live cd the band has done after the great "Live After Death", which legendary producer Martin Birch produced and engineered.

Please, 'Arry... for any more live releases, PLEASE understand that I'm much more interested in hearing the bands performance and not the constant roar of the crowd! As with any audio cd, the music is what counts, and it's irritating when one has to strain to hear it over the crowd. Keep the crowd noise DOWN on future releases and mic it up only in appropriate places. For lots of crowd noise, I can still listen to bootlegs... although I've heard clearer bootlegs from this tour. After all, if I wanted to hear a constant roar, I'd go sit by the Interstate highway and listen to the traffic.

Really, this is a 5 star record, but is marred by the refusal to mic down the crowd during the performances. Therefore, I can only see my way to giving it 4.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Good Double Live CD, September 12, 2005

By	Chris Jordan "seejordan" (Surrey, B.C. Canada) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I didn't listen to this prior to buying it; I just went out and bought it hoping for the best. I noticed a lot of newer Maiden songs on the list that I don't have. I'm not going to rate this in great detail. The sound production is very good. Bruce Dickenson's voice sounds pretty good for his age, although as another mentioned, it gets lost in the mix sometimes. The vibe is terrific, with lots of contribution from the German audience. Don't expect crystal clarity like you get from Ronnie James Dio's latest live discs, but it's still pretty good for being live. Obviously, live is not going to sound like a studio CD, but that's part of the appeal for those who like live recordings. We must also remember, too, that Maiden is still very popular throughout the world playing huge venues much larger than anything Dio gets these days (or even likely Britney Spears for that matter). This show sounds like there is about 15,000 in attendance. I don't blame Maiden for not doing much on tour with the U.S. or Canada. Why the heck should they when everyone around here is still into hip hoppers and punk? They can easily get 50,000 people in some soccer stadium in Brazil, Germany, or England.