Iron Maiden - Virtual XI
NME.COM feature on Iron Maiden - Virtual XI album including album review, artwork, tracks, listen now, tour dates, discography and more.
Release date: 23 March 1998
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- Futureal
- The Angel and the Gambler
- Lightning Strikes Twice
- The Clansman
- When Two Worlds Collide
- The Educated Fool
- Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger
- Como Estais Amigos
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Iron Maiden - Virtual XI: Wikipedia Album Entry
Virtual XI (pronounced: Virtual Eleven) is the 11th studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The album was released on March 23, 1998. It was the second and final Iron Maiden album recorded with vocalist Blaze Bayley. The album is slightly unusual in the Iron Maiden catalogue for its extensive keyboard use. For this album all the keyboard parts were performed by band founder/bassist Steve Harris whereas on previous albums the keyboard parts were handled by session musician Michael Kenney. The album also had a reduced songwriting input from Janick Gers compared to the previous Iron Maiden albums since he joined the band in 1990.
The album cover and tour tied in with two extra-musical events: The band played football games alongside their tour (the album title relates in part to the eleven players on a football team), and the Iron Maiden videogame Ed Hunter provided much of the album art.
This is the third album by Maiden that was not named after a song on the album (similarly to Piece of Mind and the previous album). The limited edition of the CD came with a lenticular cover.
Just like the tour of The X Factor album, the tour for this album was cut short when Bayley suffered from an allergic reaction caused by certain elements used on the stage.
As of April 2009 Virtual XI had sold 84,987 copies in the United States and more than 1,050,000 worldwide according to Billboard. It is the poorest selling album of the band's career.
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Iron Maiden - Virtual XI Lyrics
Iron Maiden - Don't Look To The Eyes Of A Stranger Lyrics
Don't look to the eyes of a stranger,
don't look through the eyes of a fool,
don't look to the eyes of a stranger,
somebody's watching when the light goes down.
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Iron Maiden - Lightning Strikes Twice Lyrics
I feel the breeze on my face in expectance
Not very long before the storm reaches here
Off in the distance the lightning is flashing again
Feel something strong as the power draws near
Iron Maiden - The Angel And The Gambler Lyrics
Roll off the dice take a spin of the wheel
Out of your hands now so how do you feel?
But you're not gonna win you'd better go back again
Do you feel lucky or do you feel scared?
Iron Maiden - When Two Worlds Collide Lyrics
My telescope looks out into the stars tonight
A little speck of light seems twice the size tonight
The Calculations are so fine can it be growing all the Time?
Iron Maiden - Como Estais Amigos Lyrics
Como esta amigo
For the death of those we don't go
Shall we kneel and say a prayer?
They will never know we care
Iron Maiden - The Educated Fool Lyrics
I'm an educated fool
So I don't know what it is I'm supposed to do
About this awkward situation
That's been forced down right upon me
