Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

Originally released on 22 March 1982 in the United Kingdom by EMI Records The recording and mixing of the album had to be completed in only five weeks. This is the first to feature vocalist Bruce Dickinson and their last with drummer Clive Burr. It is Iron Maiden's only album to include songwriting credits for Clive Burr, and was the band's first album to feature writing by guitarist Adrian Smith.[1] In addition, the release saw Steve Harris adopt a different approach to writing, which would cater more for new vocalist Bruce Dickinson. The album's producer Martin Birch remarked, "I simply didn't think [former vocalist Paul Di'Anno] was capable of handling lead vocals on some of the quite complicated directions I knew Steve wanted to explore ... When Bruce joined, it opened up the possibilities for the new album tremendously." ______ Songs "Total Eclipse" As they had written too much material, they had to choose between "Total Eclipse" and "Gangland" for the "Run to the Hills" B