Invaders ( Harris )
Children Of The Damned
( Harris )
The Prisoner
( Adrian Smith - Harris )
22, Acacia Avenue
( Harris - Smith )
The Number Of The Beast ( Harris )
Run To The Hills ( Harris )
Gangland
( Smith - Clive Burr )
Hallowed Be Thy Name ( Harris
)
Total Songs: 8
Total Time: 40:22
Produced and Mixed by Martin Birch
Recorded and Mixed @ Battery Studios, London, England
Managed by Rod Smallwood
Sleeve Illustrations by Derek Riggs
Interesting Facts
* "Run To The Hills" tells the tale of the massacre of the native Americans
by the pillaging pale-faces from both points of view. The first
part of
the song tells the side of the Indians. The second part tells the
side of
the soldiers. This was the band's first BIG hit single, especially
in the
states.
* "The Number Of The Beast" was inspired by the movie "Omen II." It's
about
a dream/nightmare that Steve Harris supposedly had (not devil worship!).
The scream at the end was originally a sort of attempt to get a great
blood-curdling scream at the end like on THE WHO's "You Won't Get Fooled
Again."
* "Children Of The Damned" is a song inspired by the movie of the same name.
* "Gangland", written by Clive Burr and Adrian Smith, is a bit jazz
influenced, with the drum intro written by Clive (of course).
* "The Prisoner" is based on the 1960's British TV series of the same name,
starring Patrick
McGoohan. This series has become kind of a cult and
you can buy the whole set on video.
In the series, a British secret agent quits the secret service
and is gassed as soon as he gets
home. He wakes up in a place called "The Village" where
people have their names
replaced by numbers. He is number Six and the numbers
get smaller as you go up the
hierarchy. Number One runs the place.
* "Hallowed Be Thy Name" is about someone with only a few hours left to live.
He is about to be hanged, and this deals with how he faces
his future.
* "Invaders" is actually an extension of the old standard song "Invasion"
(heard on The
Soundhouse Tapes, and as a b-side to the Women In Uniform
single). It is about the
Viking invasion(s) of England.