To get Bruce-only songs on the album, songs from live albums are included. For people like me, unfamiliar with the band, this was assuring and makes it easier to enjoy the album. So by making sure all songs are sung by Bruce, the album has a coherent sound and feel. Only recently, I have dared to listen to Iron Maiden from the Di’Anno and Bayley era. A change in line-up may change the sound of the band (compare Iron Maiden until 1988 with post-1988 Maiden: the departure of Adrian Smith clearly had its impact), and this is even more true with the change of vocalists. Somewhere Back In Time only has Bruce Dickinson on vocals, and except for the change of drummer between Number of the Beast and Piece of Mind the line-up is the same throughout the entire album. At that point, I suddenly was captured by the music, and I could understand why Maiden is one of the most famous heavy metal bands out there. He had participated in the game for the thrill of winning, not because he liked Iron Maiden.
Until one day, my other brother had one the Somewhere Back In Time best-off album. But two weeks later I gave it away to my little brother. Sure, The Number of the Beast and Run to the Hills were decent songs, but to call Maiden one of the best bands in the world… At one point, I even bought The Number of the Beast album. Until about two years ago, I thought of Iron Maiden as a completely overrated band that only owed their success to the fact they were around early enough.
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