Album · 2015
The Book of Souls
by Iron Maiden
The Book of Souls is a 2015 heavy metal album by Iron Maiden. It runs 11 tracks across 92 minutes on Parlophone UK. Riffiter listeners rate it 4.0/5 from 173 ratings.
Heavy Metal · Metal · Progressive Metal
Your rating
- 4.0 /5
- 173 ratings
- 82 /100
- 9 critics
- 11
- Tracks
- 92 min
- Runtime
- 129 bpm
- Tempo
- A minor
- Key
Ratings
173 ratings · avg 4.0
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1 review
- 3.5
The Book of Souls is Iron Maiden at their most unhurried: a double album crowned by "Empire of the Clouds," Dickinson's eighteen-minute piano-led airship disaster epic, recorded while he beat throat cancer. The galloping formula gets room to sprawl. Late-career Maiden measures itself against nobody — and sounds liberated for it.
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Critics
9 publications
- Metal Hammer10/10
- Kerrang!5/5
- Classic Rock9/10
- AllMusic4/5
- NME8/10
- The Guardian4/5
- Rolling Stone3.5/5
- Billboard3.5/5
- Uncut7/10
- Metacriticaggregate80/100
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The Book of Souls album cover
The The Book of Souls cover was designed by Jorge Letona and Simon Martin, photographed by John McMurtrie, illustrated by Anthony Dry, Julie Wilkinson and Mark Wilkinson, and art-directed by Stuart Crouch Creative.
- Design
- Jorge Letona, Simon Martin
- Photography
- John McMurtrie
- Illustration
- Anthony Dry, Julie Wilkinson, Mark Wilkinson
- Art direction
- Stuart Crouch Creative
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Tracklist
11 tracks · 92 min
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Ranked by listeners
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According to Riffiter listeners, the best track on The Book of Souls is Death or Glory — rated 4.4/5 by 12 listeners.
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About
"The Book of Souls" is the sixteenth studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on 4 September 2015. It is the band's first studio double album, and therefore also their longest to date, with a total length of 92 minutes. It also marks the longest gap between studio releases in the group's career at five years, following 2010's The Final Frontier.
In brief
- Is The Book of Souls good?
- Riffiter listeners rate The Book of Souls 4.0/5 from 173 ratings.
- What is the highest-rated track on The Book of Souls?
- Death or Glory, rated 4.4/5 by 12 listeners on Riffiter.
- When was The Book of Souls released?
- The Book of Souls was released in 2015 on Parlophone UK.
- How many tracks are on The Book of Souls?
- The Book of Souls has 11 tracks, with a runtime of 92 minutes.
- What genre is The Book of Souls?
- The Book of Souls is catalogued under Heavy Metal, Metal, Progressive Metal.
- What BPM is The Book of Souls?
- The Book of Souls runs at a median tempo of 129 BPM across its tracks, most often in A minor, measured from audio analysis.
- What albums are similar to The Book of Souls?
- Listeners of The Book of Souls also rate Master of Puppets by Metallica, Firepower by Judas Priest, 13 by Black Sabbath.
- Who produced The Book of Souls?
- The Book of Souls was produced by Kevin Shirley and Steve Harris. Kevin Shirley produced all of them.
Credits
- Produced by
- Mixed by
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- Played by
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Nicko McBrainMichael Kenney- Vocals by
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