Somewhere Back in Time

Infobox Album |
Name = Somewhere Back in Time - The Best of: 1980 - 1989
Type = Compilation Album
Artist = Iron Maiden


Released = May 12, 2008
Recorded = 1980-1989
Genre = Heavy metal
Length = 1:10:53
Label = EMI Sony BMG (U.S.)
Producer = Various
Reviews = *Metal Hammer rating|9|10
*TMM rating|8|10 [http://www.themusicmagazine.co.uk/i-518-Iron-Maiden---Somewhere-Back-In-Time.html link]
*The Quietus [http://www.thequietus.com/2008/05/iron-maiden-somewhere-back-in-time-the-best-of-1980-1989/ link]
Last album = "A Matter of Life and Death" (2006)
This album = "Somewhere Back in Time - The Best of: 1980 - 1989" (2008)
Next album =

"Somewhere Back in Time - The Best of: 1980 - 1989" is a best of album by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, containing a selection of songs from the first seven Iron Maiden albums. It was released in conjunction with the band's Somewhere Back In Time World Tour to allow new fans to listen to a selection of the band's material that was played on the tour.

The album cover features the Pharaoh Eddie monument from "Powerslave" and Cyborg Eddie from "Somewhere in Time". In addition, the Iron Maiden logo is colored blue with a gold outline - the same colours used on the cover of "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son".

Track listing

# "Churchill's Speech" - 0.50
# "Aces High (Live)" (Steve Harris) - 4.36
#*from "Live After Death"; Originally from "Powerslave"
# "2 Minutes to Midnight" (Bruce Dickinson, Adrian Smith) - 6.00
#*From "Powerslave"
# "The Trooper" (Harris) - 4.11
#*From "Piece of Mind"
# "Wasted Years" (Smith) - 5.06
#*From "Somewhere in Time"
# "Children of the Damned" (Harris) - 4.35
#*From "The Number of the Beast"
# "The Number of the Beast (Harris) - 4.53
#*From "The Number of the Beast"
# "Run to the Hills" (Harris) - 3.53
#*From "The Number of the Beast"
# "Phantom of the Opera" (Live) (Harris) - 7.21
#*From "Live After Death"; Originally from "Iron Maiden"
# "The Evil That Men Do" (Dickinson, Smith, Harris) - 4.34
#*From "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son"
# "Wrathchild" (Live) (Harris) - 3.07
#*From "Live After Death"; Originally from "Killers"
# "Can I Play With Madness" (Dickinson, Smith, Harris) - 3.31
#*From "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son"
# "Powerslave" (Dickinson) - 6.47
#*From "Powerslave"
# "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (Harris) - 7.12
#*From "The Number of the Beast"
# "Iron Maiden" (Live) (Harris) - 4.50
#*From "Live After Death"; Originally from "Iron Maiden"

Personnel

*Bruce Dickinson - lead vocals
*Steve Harris - bass guitar
*Dave Murray - guitars
*Adrian Smith - guitars
*Nicko McBrain - drums
*Clive Burr - drums on tracks 6, 7, 8, 14

with

*Michael Kenney - keyboards on tracks 10 and 12