Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son was released on April 11, 1988 and was the seventh album by Iron Maiden . It is the first and, so far, only concept album of Iron Maiden and it is based on Seventh Son, a novel by Orson Scott Card .

Although the album initially worshiped both (the intelligent lyrics and great creativity) and loathed (it was by fans of the first hour as slick and experienced too mainstream) was, is afterwards a (creative) peak in the Iron Maiden oeuvre proved. It was Adrian Smith 's last studio album in 1999 until he herintreedde in the band. This was also the second album reached the number 1 position in the UK .

Numbers [ edit ]

 * 1) Moonchild (Smith, Dickinson) - 5:39
 * 2) Infinite Dreams (Harris) - 6:09
 * 3) Can I Play with Madness (Smith, Dickinson, Harris) - 3:31
 * 4) The Evil That Men Do (Smith, Dickinson, Harris) - 4:34
 * 5) Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (Harris) - 9:53
 * 6) The Prophecy (Harris, Murray) - 5:05
 * 7) The Clairvoyant (Harris) - 4:27
 * 8) Only the Good Die Young (Harris) - 4:42

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 * Can I Play With Madness March 20, 1988
 * The Evil That Men Do (1 August 1988)
 * The Clairvoyant (LIVE) (7 November 1988)
 * Infinite Dreams (LIVE) (6 November 1989)