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Datum vydání: 22. 3. 1993
Produkce a mix: Steve Harris
Inženýring: Mick McKenna
Mastering: Tim Young
Management: Rod Smallwood, Andy Taylor for Sanctuary Music (Overseas)
Cover: Derek Riggs
Fotografie: Guido Karp, George Chin a Tony Mottram
UP THE IRONS!
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Sestava
Bruce Dickinson - zpěv
Dave Murray - kytara
Janick Gers - kytara
Steve Harris - basykata
Nicko McBrain- bicí
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1. The Number Of The Beast (Harris)
Recorded at The Valley Halle, Copenhagen, Dennmark, 25th August 1992
2.The Trooper (Harris)
Recorded at The Isshallen, Helsinki, Finland, 5th June 1992
3. Prowler (Harris)
Recorded at The Palagniacco, Rome, Italy, 30th April 1993
4. Transylvania (Harris)
Recorded at The Grugahalle, Essen, Germany, 17th April 1993
5. Remember Tomorrow (Harris, Di'Anno)
Recorded at The Grugahalle, Essen Germany, 17th April 1993
6. Where Eagles Dare (Harris)
Recorded at The Rijnhal, Arnhem, Holland, 9th April 1993
7. Sanctuary (Iron Maiden)
Recorded at The Neuchatel, Lausanne, Switzerland, 27th May 1993
8. Running Free (Harris, Di'Anno)
Recorded at The Neuchatel, Lausanne, Switzerland, 27th May 1993
9. Run To The Hills (Harris)
Recorded at The Vítkovice Sports Hall, Ostrava, ČSFR, 5th April 1993
10. 2 Minutes To Midnight (Smith, Dickinson)
Recorded at The Elysee Montmatre, Paris, France, 10th April 1993
11. Iron Maiden (Harris)
Recorded at The Isshallen, Helsinki, Finland, 5th June 1993
12. Hallowed Be Thy Name (Harris)
Recorded at The Olympic Arena, Moscow, 4th June 1993
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The Number Of The Beast
Woe to you, oh Earth and Sea,
for the Devil sends the beast with wrath,
because he knows the time is short...
– Revelations 12:12
Let him who hath understanding reckon the number of the beast
for it is a human number, its number is Six hundred and sixty six.
– Revelations 13:18
I left alone, my mind was blank
I needed time to think, to get the memories from my mind
What did I see? Can I believe
That what I saw that night was real and not just fantasy
Just what I saw in my old dreams
Were they reflections of my warped mind staring back at me
'Cause in my dreams it's always there
The evil face that twists my mind and brings me to despair
Night was black, was no use holding back
'Cause I just had to see was someone watching me
In the mist dark figures move and twist
Was this all for real or just some kind of hell?
Six six six – the Number of the Beast
Hell and fire was spawned to be released
Torches blazed and sacred chants were praised
As they start to cry hands held to the sky
In the night the fires burning bright
The ritual has begun Satan's work is done
Six six six – the Number of the Beast
Sacrifice is going on tonight
This can't go on I must inform the law
Can this still be real or some crazy dream?
But I feel drawn toward the evil chanting hordes
Seem to mesmerize me, can't avoid their eyes
Six six six – the Number of the Beast
Six six six – the one for you and me
I'm coming back, I will return
And I'll possess your body and I'll make you burn
I have the fire, I have the force
I have the power to make my evil take its course
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The Trooper
You'll take my life but I'll take yours too
You'll fire your musket but I'll run you through
So when you're waiting for the next attack
You'd better stand there's no turning back
The bugle sounds and the charge begins
But on this battlefield no one wins
The smell of acrid smoke and horses breath
As I plunge on into certain death
Ooooooooh! Ooooooooh!
The horse he sweats with fear we break to run
The mighty roar of the Russian guns
And as we race toward the human wall
The screams of pain as my comrades fall
We hurdle bodies that lay on the ground
And the Russians fire another round
We get so near yet so far away
We won't live to fight another day
Ooooooooh! Ooooooooh!
We get so close near enough to fight
When a Russian gets me in his sights
He pulls the trigger and I feel the blow
A burst of rounds take my horse below
And as I lay there gazing at the sky
My body's numb and my throat is dry
And as I lay forgotten and alone
Without a tear I draw my parting groan
Ooooooooh! Ooooooooh!
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Prowler
Walking through the city
Looking oh so pretty
I've just got to find my way
See the ladies flashing
All their legs and lashes
I've just got to find my way
Well you see me crawling through the bushes
With it open wide – What you seeing girl?
Can't you believe that feeling, can't you believe it?
Can't you believe your eyes? – It's the real thing girl
Got me feeling myself and reeling around
Got me talking but feel like walking around
Got me feeling myself and reeling a...
Got me talking but nothing's with me...
Got me feeling myself and reeling around
Walking through the city
Looking oh so pretty
I've just got to find my way
See the ladies flashing
All their legs and lashes
I've just got to find my way
Well you see me crawling through the bushes
With it open wide – What you seeing girl?
Can't you believe that feeling, can't you believe it?
Can't you believe your eyes? – It's the real thing girl
Got me feeling myself and reeling around
Got me talking but feel like walking around
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Transylvania
instrumental
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Remember Tomorrow
Unchain the colours before my eyes
Yesterday's sorrows tomorrow's white lies
Scan the horizon the clouds take me higher
I shall return from out of the fire
Tears for remembrance and tears for joy
Tears for somebody and this lonely boy
Out in the madness the all seeing eye
Flickers above us to light up the sky
Unchain the colours before my eyes
Yesterday's sorrows tomorrow's white lies
Scan the horizon the clouds take me higher
I shall return from out of the fire
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Where Eagles Dare
It's snowing outside the rumbling sound of engines roar in the night
The mission is near the confident men are waiting to drop from the sky
The blizzard goes on but still they must fly no one should go where eagles dare
Bavarian Alps that lay all around they seem to stare from below
The enemy lines a long time passed are lying deep in the snow
Into the night they fall through the sky no one should fly where eagles dare
They're closing in the fortress is near it's standing high in the sky
The cable car's the only way in it's really impossible to climb
They make their way but maybe too late they've got to try to save the day
The panicking cries the roaring of guns are echoing all around the valley
The mission complete they make to escape away from the Eagle's Nest
They dared to go where no one would try they chose to fly where eagles dare )
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Sanctuary
Out of the winter came a war horse of steel
I've never killed a woman before but I know how it feels
I know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw
So now I've got to look for sanctuary from the law
I met up with a 'slinger last night to keep me alive
He spends all his money on gambling and guns to survive
I know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw
So now I've got to look for sanctuary from the law
So give me sanctuary from the law and I'll be alright
Just give me sanctuary from the law and love me tonight, tonight
I know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw
So now I've got to look for sanctuary from the law
I can laugh at the wind, I can howl at the rain
Down in the canyon or out in the plain
I know you'd have gone insane if you saw what I saw
So now I've got to look for sanctuary from the law
So give me sanctuary from the law and I'll be alright
Just give me sanctuary from the law and love me tonight, tonight
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Running Free
Just sixteen a pickup truck, out of money out of luck
I've got nowhere to call my own, hit the gas and here I go
I'm running free yeah! I'm running free
I'm running free yeah! Oh I'm running free
Spent the night in an L.A. jail and listened to the sirens wail
They ain't got a thing on me, I'm running wild I'm running free
I'm running free yeah! I'm running free
I'm running free yeah! Oh I'm running free
Pulled her at the Bottle Top, whisky dancing disco hop
Now all the boys are after me and that's the way it's gonna be
I'm running free yeah! I'm running free
I'm running free yeah! Oh I'm running free
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Run To The Hills
The white man came across the sea
He brought us pain and misery
He killed our tribes he killed our creed
He took our game for his own need
We fought him hard we fought him well
Out on the plains we gave him hell
But many came too much for Cree
Oh will we ever be set free?
Riding through dust clouds and barren wastes
Galloping hard on the plains
Chasing the redskins back to their holes
Fighting them at their own game
Murder for freedom the stab in the back
Women and children and cowards attack
Run to the hills, run for your lives
Run to the hills, run for your lives
Soldiers blue in the barren wastes
Hunting and killing the game
Raping the women and wasting the men
The only good Indians are tame
Selling them whisky and taking their gold
Enslaving the young and destroying the old
Run to the hills, run for your lives
Run to the hills, run for your lives
Run to the hills, run for your lives
Run to the hills, run for your lives
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2 Minutes To Midnight
Kill for gain or shoot to maim but we don't need a reason
The Golden Goose is on the loose and never out of season
Blackened pride still burns inside this shell of bloody treason
Here's my gun for a barrel of fun for the love of living death
The killer's breed or the demon's seed
The glamour, the fortune, the pain
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain
But don't you pray for my soul anymore
2 minutes to midnight, the hands that threaten doom
2 minutes to midnight, to kill the unborn in the womb
The blind men shout let the creatures out, we'll show the unbelievers
The napalm screams of human flames, of a prime-time Belsen feast... YEAH!
As the reasons for the carnage cut their meat and lick the gravy
We oil the jaws of the war machine and feed it with our babies
The killer's breed or the demon's seed
The glamour, the fortune, the pain
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain
But don't you pray for my soul anymore
2 minutes to midnight, the hands that threaten doom
2 minutes to midnight, to kill the unborn in the womb
The body bags and little rags of children torn in two
And the jellied brains of those who remain to put the finger right on you
As the madmen play on words and make us all dance to their song
To the tune of starving millions, to make a better kind of gun
The killer's breed or the demon's seed
The glamour, the fortune, the pain
Go to war again, blood is freedom's stain
But don't you pray for my soul anymore
2 minutes to midnight, the hands that threaten doom
2 minutes to midnight, to kill the unborn in the womb
Midnight... midnight... it's all night
Midnight... midnight... all night!
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Iron Maiden
Won't you come into my room I wanna show you all my wares
I just want to see your blood I just want to stand and stare
See the blood begin to flow as it falls upon the floor
Iron Maiden can't be fought Iron Maiden can't be sought
Oh well, wherever, wherever you are
Iron Maiden's gonna get you no matter how far
See the blood flow, watching it shed up above my head
Iron Maiden wants you for dead
Won't you come into my room I wanna show you all my wares
I just want to see your blood I just want to stand and stare
See the blood begin to flow as it falls upon the floor
Iron Maiden can't be fought Iron Maiden can't be sought
Oh well, wherever, wherever you are
Iron Maiden's gonna get you no matter how far
See the blood flow, watching it shed up above my head
Iron Maiden wants you for dead
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Hallowed Be Thy Name
I'm waiting in my cold cell when the bell begins to chime
Reflecting on my past life and it doesn't have much time
'Cause at five o'clock they'll take me to the gallows pole
The sands of time for me are running low...
Running low...
When the priest comes to read me the last rites
I take a look through the bars at the last sights
Of a world that has gone very wrong for me
Can it be there's been some kind of error
Hard to stop the surmounting terror
Is it really the end not some crazy dream?
Somebody please tell me that I'm dreaming
It's not easy to stop from screaming
But words escape me when I try to speak
Tears they flow but why am I crying?
After all I'm not afraid of dying
Don't I believe that there never is an end?
As the guards march me out to the courtyard
Someone calls from a cell "God be with you!"
If there's a god then why has he let me go?
As I walk all my life drifts before me
And though the end is near I'm not sorry
Catch my soul it's willing to fly away
Mark my words please believe my soul lives on
Please don't worry now that I have gone
I've gone beyond to see the truth
When you know that your time is close at hand
Maybe then you'll begin to understand
Life down here is just a strange illusion
Yeah! Hallowed be Thy name! Hallowed be Thy name!
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