Iron Maiden

Somewhere in Time

After a super strong start with their first 5 albums, metal gods Iron Maiden finally stumbled a bit with their sixth studio album Somewhere in Time. This is not a bad album by any means, with the outstanding monsters that are “Caught Somewhere in Time” and “Alexander the Great” sandwiching everything in and “Wasted Years”, “Heaven Can Wait” and “Stranger in a Strange Land” all having catchy crowd chanting moments that don’t lack ... read more

Top notch guitar work...awful vocals, irritatingly catchy choruses and, as ever, too many 'du-duh-duh du-duh-duh du-duh-duh' galloping tempos.

Caught Somewhere In Time- 8
Wasted Years- 9
Sea of Madness- 8
Heaven Can Wait- 8
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner- 7
Stranger In a Strange Land- 8
Deja Vu- 8
Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C.)- 8

For me this is the worst of the 80's albums, its not bad per say just nothing wows me on it. Wasted Years is by far the best song on the album but even then I think it would be a middle of the road track on any of their other up to this point. The guitars are great though on all the songs.