![]() More exotic influences include Greek mythology, albeit slightly altered, for " Flight of Icarus". Chesterton's hymn O God of Earth and Altar, while the remainder of the song is influenced by Aleister Crowley. On top of this, "Revelations", written by Dickinson, includes lines from G. Hutton 1968 film, scripted by Alistair MacLean, and "Quest for Fire", based on the 1981 film by Jean-Jacques Annaud. Film influences are also present, such as "Where Eagles Dare", based on the Brian G. Lyrically, the album largely reflects the group's literary interests, such as "To Tame a Land", inspired by Frank Herbert's 1965 science fiction novel Dune "Sun and Steel", based on the life of samurai Miyamoto Musashi and its title taken from Yukio Mishima's 1968 essay "Still Life", influenced by Ramsey Campbell's 1964 short story " The Inhabitant of the Lake", and " The Trooper", inspired by Alfred, Lord Tennyson's The Charge of the Light Brigade (1854). ![]() In a lower corner on the back side of the album cover, there is this message: "No synthesizers or ulterior motives". ![]() The actual text (from Chapter 21, Verse 4) is nearly identical, except that it reads, "neither shall there be any more pain" rather than "brain", which was added as a pun on the album's title. Neither shall there be any more brain for the former things are passed away. Included in the liner notes is a slightly altered version of a passage from the Book of Revelation, which reads,Īnd God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes and there shall be no more Death. Originally, the release's working title was Food for Thought-once the band had decided that Eddie would be lobotomised on the front cover-until the band came up with the title Piece of Mind in a pub in Jersey during the album's writing stage. This is the first of four Iron Maiden albums that were not named after a song featured on the album itself (though the lyrics in the song "Still Life" contain the expression "peace of mind"). Recordings were finished in March, and the album was later mixed at Electric Lady Studios in New York City. In February, the band journeyed for the first time to the Bahamas to record the album at Nassau's Compass Point Studios. Soon afterwards, the band went to Jersey to compose the songs, taking over the hotel Le Chalet (as it was out of season) and rehearsing in its restaurant. In December 1982, drummer Clive Burr ended his association with the band due to personal and tour schedule problems and was replaced by Nicko McBrain, previously of French band Trust, as well as Pat Travers and Streetwalkers. Piece of Mind was a mostly critical and commercial success, reaching number three on the UK Albums Chart and achieving platinum certification in the UK and North America. It was the first album to feature drummer Nicko McBrain, who had recently left the band Trust and has been Iron Maiden's drummer ever since. It was released on in the United Kingdom by EMI Records and in the United States by Capitol Records. Piece of Mind is the fourth studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. ![]()
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