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16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
welcome to the dance of death., 22 Aug 2005
This was recorded very close to when I saw them in Cardiff, even has the same setlist, so I can tell you what excellent form they were on for this tour. The set contains an excellent mix of old favourites, Dance of Death tracks and even a surprise Blaze Bailey era song.
The recent Trooper single was taken from this album and the sound balance is excellent, especially the drums, even better than Rock in Rio which I thought was full of energy and power. What makes this worth getting (some of these tracks I already have about 8 live versions of) are tracks like Paschendale and Rainmaker, plus the extra details like an extra guitar harmony on the Trooper riff, which breathes new life into it.
Plus the artwork is their best in years.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
What was that, 'Arry? I couldn't hear you, mate!, 16 Sep 2005
Terrific! Great! That's what I thought when my new Iron Maiden double live cd arrived in the mail (I ordered it as an import instead of waiting an extra 5-6 weeks for it to be released here in the states). There has been news that Iron Maiden will release an official live set after every world tour in order to "beat the bootleggers". That's great, I'll buy each one. However, upon listening to "Death On The Road" I'm of two minds.First, the set list is great and Maiden play like a band possessed, full of energy, aggression, and vigor. Unfortunately, the crowd noise, which Steve Harris insists be a constant throughout the live records, runs like a constant hiss above the music dampening the nuances and even obscuring some of the solos. I find this extremely annoying. This has been a problem with every live cd the band has done after the great "Live After Death", which legendary producer Martin Birch produced and engineered. Please, 'Arry... for any more live releases, PLEASE understand that I'm much more interested in hearing the bands performance and not the constant roar of the crowd! As with any audio cd, the music is what counts, and it's irritating when one has to strain to hear it over the crowd. Keep the crowd noise DOWN on future releases and mic it up only in appropriate places. For lots of crowd noise, I can still listen to bootlegs... although I've heard clearer bootlegs from this tour. After all, if I wanted to hear a constant roar, I'd go sit by the Interstate highway and listen to the traffic. Really, this is a 5 star record, but is marred by the refusal to mic down the crowd during the performances. Therefore, I can only see my way to giving it 4.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Good album, but..., 24 Mar 2006
First, got to argue with my two fellow reviewers. Shotgun Blues says that this CD is as good as seeing Maiden live at Hammersmith Apollo - get real mate. A CD is one thing, but it is no comparison to seeing one of the best live bands ever, at one of the best rock venues in London. Steve Barrow says that you can't copy it to your MP3 player - don't know what software you use Steve, but Roxio Audio Central has no problem in converting every track on both CDs into individual MP3 tracks, and also has no problem copying the CDs direct onto blank CDs (not that I know anybody who'd ever do that!!!).
Now, on to the album. It's good, in fact it's very good, but that's because the songs chosen for this tour are very good. But Bruce's usual between-song banter is non-existent, he never talks to the crowd at all, which is definitely not the norm. And the wisdom of going overboard promoting the First World War battle at Paschendale when performing live in front of a German crowd also leaves a question mark. What's Steve Harris going to do next, write a song called "We Sank The Belgrano" and reserve the playing of it live for the next time they tour Argentina??
Dunno about you, but I think they should have included at least one song from Powerslave - it's in most people's top three regarding Maiden studio albums. I can live without yet another live version of Wrathchild and Fear Of The Dark (and to tell the truth I've got enough live versions of Hallowed Be Thy Name to last me a lifetime), but obviously the Maiden-men still like to play them. The number of songs also seems a bit stingy - only sixteen songs, which when you consider Bruce isn't chatting either leaves the length of the two CDs a bit short. On the Rock In Rio CD, they played nineteen songs in the set, and Bruce was chattering away like a mynah bird between tracks as well.
So, probably as good as it could have been, but I wanted a bit more...
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