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Another Iron Maiden album called "The Killers".
February 2, 1981 on EMI in the UK, was the second album by Iron Maiden. It was the first of their albums to feature guitarist Adrian Smith, and the last to feature vocalist Paul Di'Anno, who left the band mid-tour due to problems with alcohol and cocaine. This was also the first album produced by veteran producer Martin Birch who went on to produce their next eight albums before retiring after Fear of the Dark in 1992.
The album is an unusual one in it that it features two instrumentals and was written almost exclusively by Steve Harris with only minor assistance from the rest of the band. All of the songs, with the exception of "Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "Killers", were written before the release of their debut album (they could not fit all of them on one album, and the songs were later re-recorded anyway to feature Adrian Smith); an early version of "Wrathchild" was featured on the Metal for Muthas compilation.
The U.S. edition, which came out a few months after its UK release, was initially released on Harvest Records/Capitol Records and subsequently on Sanctuary Records/Columbia Records. "Twilight Zone" was also added to the album.
The song "Murders in the Rue Morgue" is based on the story of the same name by Edgar Allan Poe. "Rue Morgue" is the name of a fictitious street in Paris, it translates in English as "Mortuary Street".
The song "Wrathchild" was redone on the Iron Maiden all-star tribute album Numbers from the Beast featuring Di'anno on vocals, Alex Skolnick on lead guitar, Chris Traynor on rhythm guitar, Frank Bello on bass, and John Tempesta on drums. A cover of the song also appears in the video game Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s.

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great idea =] ( 1 year ago by mateusz2302)

great idea =]

tis a good idea. it ... ( 1 year ago by seopeter22)

tis a good idea. it gives better preview for potential listeners.

love this album ( 1 year ago by lfc261)

love this album

worked for me, i ... ( 1 year ago by aaartnaz)

worked for me, i got all the albums after hearing just one song haha

i have the ... ( 10 months ago by ironeric23)

i have the discography completed but like this is beautyful:D nicec job

The album name is ... ( 10 months ago by 666xFearOfTheDark)

The album name is just 'Killers' by itself, but who cares. You did a great Job!

this is an awesome ... ( 9 months ago by gmetalrls)

this is an awesome thing your doing man.thank you and UP THE IRONS!

Purgatory is the ... ( 8 months ago by OneTorturedSoul)

Purgatory is the greatest song sung by Di'Anno, I like Bruce, but I am glad he didnt ruin it. He only sung it once in live, but he sucked. Bruce does great with 'his' songs, but he should leave Di'Anno's alone, but you cannot avoid Iron Maiden, which is a great song, 100%

the band sounds ... ( 5 months ago by philaboston)

the band sounds great on this album. although it might not have the raw charisma of the first album, Killers is the better technical album of the two. Also, Another Life is such a great song!

Best song on this ... ( 5 months ago by nypad5)

Best song on this album would have to be...ERRR cant choose between killers, wrathchild or Drifter ARRRRRRRRRG such a good album

Innocent Exile..... ... ( 4 months ago by Ninitos1)

Innocent Exile.....the end of discussion...

I think this is the ... ( 4 months ago by Lordifani)

I think this is the weakest Maiden-album but it's still great! And this album has some of Maiden's best songs such as Wrathchild, Murders In The Rue Morgue, Killers and Purgatory.

Killers = Ownage of ... ( 3 months ago by angelofshred)

Killers = Ownage of N00bz

I just worked this ... ( 2 months ago by phille22)

I just worked this thorugh the other day, 3 times. Man what a great album. I never really liked it when I was younger, but it's growing on me. Maiden is funny that way. Before it was in the top 5 worst, now it's one of my favorite albums. unique, firey, kickass.

Just a memory, a ... ( 2 months ago by dlguitarguy)

Just a memory, a classic, and a masterpiece of MUSIC.

Array ( 4 weeks ago by gaararules567)

top 5 killers phantom of the opera fear of the dark run to the hills aces high