IRON MAIDEN: 'Essential' Collection Due In July

May 19, 2005

According to MusicTap.net, a new IRON MAIDEN "greatest hits" album, "Essential Iron Maiden", is scheduled for release on July 5.

This best-of album will apparently only be released in North America by Columbia/Legacy in conjunction with the band's appearance at this year's Ozzfest. 30-second commercials will feature on Fuse and MTV2.

"Essential Iron Maiden" track listing:

Disc One:

01. Paschendale
02. Rainmaker
03. The Wicker Man
04. Brave New World
05. Futureal
06. The Clansman
07. Sign of the Cross
08. Man on the Edge
09. Be Quick or Be Dead
10. Fear of the Dark (Live)
11. Holy Smoke
12. Bring Your Daughter... To The Slaughter
13. The Clairvoyant

Disc Two:

01. The Evil That Men Do
02. Wasted Years
03. Heaven Can Wait
04. 2 Minutes To Midnight
05. Aces High
06. Flight of the Icarus
07. The Trooper
08. The Number of the Beast
09. Run To The Hills
10. Wrathchild
11. Killers
12. Phantom of the Opera
13. Running Free (live)
14. Iron Maiden (live from Dance of Death tour, previously unreleased)

The CD booklet will include extensive liner notes, detailed discography and rare photos.

All music is digitally remastered from the original master tapes.

This double CD will come out only two months ahead of the new IRON MAIDEN CD and DVD, entitled "Death on the Road".

(Thanks: MaidenFans.com)

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