Iron Maiden - The Trooper Album

Tracklist

1	Cross Eyed Mary Written-By – I. Anderson
2	The Trooper Written-By – Harris

Credits

• Illustration – Derek Riggs
• Producer, Engineer – Martin Birch

Notes

A red on black, paper label. 4-Prong Centre.

Label Notes:
Manufactured In The UK
[A-Side] Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.
[B-Side] Chrysalis Music Ltd.

Sleeve Notes:
[A-Side] Taken from the LP and Cassette Piece Of Mind
℗ 1983 Original sound recording made by EMI Records Ltd.
© Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd

Barcodes

• Matrix / Runout (A-side Etchings Variant 1): UTOPIA EMI 5397 A-1U-1-4-8
• Matrix / Runout (B-side Etchings Variant 1): EMI 5397 B-1U-1-1-5
• Matrix / Runout (A-side Etchings Variant 2): UTOPIA EMI 5397 A-1U-1-4-C
• Matrix / Runout (B-side Etchings Variant 2): EMI 5397 B-1U-1-4-5

Companies

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – EMI Records Ltd.
• Copyright (c) – Iron Maiden Holdings Ltd.
• Mastered At – Utopia Studios
• Pressed By – EMI Records
• Published By – Zomba Music Publishers Ltd.
• Published By – Chrysalis Music Ltd.

Short intro

The Trooper is a song by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was released as the second single on 20 June 1983 from the band's fourth studio album, Piece of Mind 1983. It was one of only a few songs to get much radio airplay in the United States, thus peaking at No. 28 on the US Mainstream Rock charts. It also achieved success in the United Kingdom, peaking at No. 12 in the UK Singles Charts as well as gaining a much better reception than the band's previous single, Flight of Icarus. Текст песни: Youll take my life but Ill take yours too Youll fire your musket but Ill run you through So when youre waiting for the next attack Youd better stand theres no turning Maiden - The Trooper - from 1983's Piece Of Mind. Iron Maiden - 2 Minutes To Midnight Official Video - Продолжительность: 6:10 Iron Maiden 13 593 858. Язык: Русский. Страна: США. IRON MAIDEN на Download TV. 1 июн 2020 : Гитарист IRON MAIDEN о рыбалке и не только. 29 май 2020 : ADRIAN SMITH о трёх гитаристах в IRON MAIDEN: Есл. Cross-Eyed Mary Jethro Tull cover 03:55. Total playing time: 08:06. The Trooper. You'll take my life but I'll take yours too You'll fire your musket but I'll run you through So when you're waiting for the next attack You'd better stand, there's no turning back The bugle sounds and the charge begins But on this battlefield no one wins The smell of ac. rid smoke and horses breath As I plunge on into certain death. It is Iron Maiden's ninth single, and the second from their 1983 album Piece of Mind. The single was released on June 20, 1983. The song is about the Battle of Balaclava in 1854 during the Crimean War, and is at least partially based upon Alfred Lord Tennyson's poem The Charge of the Light Brigade, taking the viewpoint of one of the slain troopers, who, in the coverart, is perceived as a bald Eddie. Cover versions include: Sentenced on The Trooper, CD EP, 1994 on Spinefarm Records. View wiki. The Trooper is a song written by Iron Maiden bass player Steve Harri. Songs in album Iron Maiden - The Trooper 1983. Iron Maiden - The Trooper Unavailable. Iron Maiden - Cross Eyed Mary Unavailable. Iron Maiden released a live version as a single that was recorded at Iceland's Reykjavik Egishorllin Stadium in June 2005. The single was released to promote their double CDDVD album Death On The Road, and hit 5 in the UK. The B-side of the single was a cover of the Jethro Tull song Cross-Eyed Mary. Iron Maiden developed a beer named after this song. In 2013 the band unveiled the 4. 8 alcohol Trooper Ale, which is produced by Cheshire brewery Robinsons. Bruce Dickinson said: I'm a lifelong fan of traditional English ale, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven. Iron Maiden - The Trooper. I changed some parts of the Solo. Check my Youtube Channel: . Iron Maiden The Trooper. Buy from. As a result, Capitol records EMI America suggested that the song was added to the Piece of Mind album as a bonus track, but the band and their management refused. Identifiers: Matrix, Runout Side A Variant 1: UTOPIA EMI 5397 A-1U-1-4-8 Matrix, Runout Side B Variant 1: EMI 5397 B-1U-1-1-5 Matrix, Runout Side A Variant 2: EMI 5397 A-1U-1-4-10 UTOPIA Matrix, Runout Side B Variant 2: EMI 5378. The Trooper Original Album Version. Producer, Mixed By Martin Birch. Track 1 recorded live at Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, 24th November 2003, taken from Iron Maiden - Death On The Road, previously unreleased. Track 2 taken from the 1998 remastered reissue of Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind. Track 3 recorded live at Egilshollin Arena, Reykjavik on 7th June 2005, previously unreleased. Video 1 recorded live at Westfalenhalle, Dortmund, 24th November 2003 on the Dance of Death Tour, taken from Iron Maiden - Death On The Road DVD, previously unreleased. Video 2 also featured on Iron Maiden - Visions Of The Beast. Printed in the E. on backside