"Futureal" is a single from the Iron Maiden album Virtual XI, released in 1998. It is the last single by the band to feature vocalist Blaze Bayley, as he parted ways with the band in February 1999.
"Futureal" | ||||
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Single by Iron Maiden | ||||
from the album Virtual XI | ||||
B-side |
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Released | 28 July 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1997 | |||
Genre | Heavy metal | |||
Length | 3:00 | |||
Label | EMI | |||
Songwriter(s) | Steve Harris Blaze Bayley | |||
Iron Maiden singles chronology | ||||
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Derek Riggs poster | ||||
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Synopsis
editThe song was voted as one of the most popular Iron Maiden songs of all time in a fan poll taken during the making of the Ed Hunter album and video game. The cover of the single depicts band mascot Eddie, in CG form, as the cyborg form he had on Somewhere in Time.
A 1999 live recording of this song appears on the band's next single release, "The Wicker Man".
The single came with a poster by Derek Riggs.[1]
Track listing
editNo. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Futureal" | Blaze Bayley, Steve Harris | 3:00 |
2. | "The Evil That Men Do" (Live - Kåren, Gothenburg, 1 November 1995) | Bruce Dickinson, Harris, Adrian Smith | 4:20 |
3. | "Man on the Edge" (Live - Kåren, Gothenburg, 1 November 1995) | Bayley, Janick Gers | 4:09 |
4. | "The Angel and the Gambler" (Video) | Harris | 9:51 |
Personnel
editReferences
edit- ^ "Derick Riggs Poster". Retrieved 2012-10-04.