by Siren » Wed Feb 02, 2005 4:20 am
<blockquote>I've heard some songs off of Seventh Son, namely the title track. It's been awhile though, so I can't remember much apart from the keyboards... I think that was the first maiden cd that used keyboards, no? Or at least used them prominently... The chorus of the title cut still sticks in my head to this day, though.<br></blockquote> <p>Well, I haven't listened through Somewhere in Time, but for the most part I would say Seventh Son is the first album with keyboard. Iron Maiden never really went back to it, though a few tracks here and there feature keyboards. The synthesizer is Seventh Son played a minor role, mainly as backround sound, but it really added to the dreamy quality of the album. It would've been nice if they went back to keyboards once and again, but what can you do? Maybe in the next album.