IRON MAIDEN — Live After Death (review)

IRON MAIDEN — Live After Death album cover Live album · 1985 · NWoBHM Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
bonnek
Live After Death was my introduction to Maiden and even though I loved this to death when I was 14, it's never become a personal favorite.

First of all I've never been much enthused about live albums. Unless a band manage to change, improve or extend the original material, live albums have as much appeal to me as 'best off' compilations with worse sound would have. And so fares LAD, the playing is superb, the tracklist is relevant and the sound good, be it inferior to the studio albums. Though live album fans may obviously enjoy the live ambience and crowd cheering. But it doesn't add much for me. Not one songs brings a new perspective to Iron Maiden and the Bruce Dickinson takes on the old Di'Anno songs is even annoying.

This is album is hard to rate. For me, owning all their classic albums, it doesn't add much and merely serves as a good addition, for Maiden fans it will obviously essential and for casual fans this might serve as an excellent compilation. Pick your choice.
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