- heavy metal, rock, progressive metal
- 72 min
- 10 tracks
- Parlophone
A Matter of Life and Death is the fourteenth studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was released on 25 August 2006 in Italy and Finland and 28 August worldwide—excluding the US, Canada and Japan, where it was released on 5 September. It is the first album in Iron Maiden's career to enter the US Billboard charts in the top 10, achieving significant chart success in many other countries as well.
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Grave, earnest, spare and classical in form.
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
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- About.com4.5/5 ★
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Blabbermouth.net5.5/10
- BW&BK6.5/10
- Classic Rock9/10
- Entertainment WeeklyB−
- IGN8.3/10
- Metal Hammer10/10
- PopMatters8/10
- Sputnikmusic5/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Different World4:19
- 2These Colours Don’t Run6:52
- 3Brighter Than a Thousand Suns8:46
- 4The Pilgrim5:08
- 5The Longest Day7:48
- 6Out of the Shadows5:37
- 7The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg7:22
- 8For the Greater Good of God9:25
- 9Lord of Light7:25
- 10The Legacy9:23
10 tracks, 72 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Iron Maiden
- Label
- Parlophone
- Type
- Album
- Format
- Digital Media
- Country
- XW
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