A Real Dead One

A Real Dead One is a live album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on 25 October 1993. It was recorded at various concerts across Europe, during the Fear of the Dark Tour in 1992 and the Real Live Tour in 1993. It features songs from the very beginning of the band's career (1975) through the Powerslave era (1984), while counterpart A Real Live One contains songs from only the post-Powerslave albums.

A Real Dead One
Live album by
Iron Maiden
Released18 October 1993 (1993-10-18)
Recorded25 August 1992 – 4 June 1993 (1992-08-25 – 1993-06-04)
VenueVarious
GenreHeavy metal
Length59:40
LabelEMI
ProducerSteve Harris
Iron Maiden live albums chronology
A Real Live One
(1993)		 A Real Dead One
(1993)		 Live at Donington
(1993)
Singles from A Real Dead One
  1. "Hallowed Be Thy Name"
    Released: 4 October 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal6/10[2]

The album spent three weeks on the UK chart,[3] and was promptly followed by Live at Donington.

When Maiden rereleased all of their pre-The X Factor albums in 1998, this album was combined with A Real Live One to form the two-disc A Real Live Dead One.

The cover is by long-time Maiden artist Derek Riggs, and depicts Eddie as a disc jockey in Hell.

"Hallowed Be Thy Name" was released as a single and hit No.9 on UK singles chart.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Harris, except where noted

A Real Dead One track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)VenueLength
1."The Number of the Beast" (25 August 1992) Valby-Hallen – Copenhagen, Denmark4:54
2."The Trooper" (27 August 1992) Ice Hall – Helsinki, Finland3:55
3."Prowler" (30 April 1993) Palaghiaccio di Marino – Marino, Italy4:15
4."Transylvania" (17 April 1993) Grugahalle – Essen, Germany4:25
5."Remember Tomorrow" (17 April 1993)
Grugahalle – Essen, Germany5:52
6."Where Eagles Dare" (9 April 1993) Rijnhal – Arnhem, Netherlands4:49
7."Sanctuary" (27 May 1993)
Patinoire du Littoral – Neuchâtel, Switzerland4:53
8."Running Free" (27 May 1993)
  • Harris
  • Di'Anno
Patinoire du Littoral – Neuchâtel, Switzerland3:48
9."Run to the Hills" (5 April 1993) Ostravar Aréna – Ostrava, Czech Republic3:57
10."2 Minutes to Midnight" (10 April 1993)
Élysée Montmartre – Paris, France5:37
11."Iron Maiden" (27 August 1992) Ice Hall – Helsinki, Finland5:24
12."Hallowed Be Thy Name" (4 June 1993) Olympic Stadium – Moscow, Russia7:51
Total length:59:40

Personnel

Production credits are adapted from the album liner notes.[4]

Iron Maiden

Additional musicians

  • Michael Kenney – keyboards

Production

Charts
Chart (1993) Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[5] 97
Finland (The Official Finnish Charts)[6] 12
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] 50
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[8] 25
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[9] 16
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 14
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[11] 37
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 12
US Billboard 200[13] 140

References
  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. Iron Maiden - A Real Dead One at AllMusic. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  2. Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 212. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. The Guinness Book of British Hit Albums, 1996 edition
  4. A Real Dead One (Media notes). Iron Maiden. EMI. 18 October 1993.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. "Dutchcharts.nl – Iron Maiden – A Real Dead One" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  6. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 166. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  7. "Offiziellecharts.de – Iron Maiden – A Real Dead One" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  8. "Album Top 40 slágerlista – 1993. 44. hét" (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. Retrieved 26 April 2018.
  9. Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  10. "Swedishcharts.com – Iron Maiden – A Real Dead One". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  11. "Swisscharts.com – Iron Maiden – A Real Dead One". Hung Medien. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  12. "Iron Maiden | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
  13. "Iron Maiden Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 22 April 2018.
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