On This Day In Metal: May 16th 1983 Iron Maiden Released The Album “Piece of Mind”

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.

The album peaked at number 14 on the Billboard Charts and achieved platinum certification in the UK and North America.

In 1983, Kerrang! published a poll of the greatest metal albums of all time, with Piece of Mind ranking No.1 and The Number of the Beast at No.2.

In 1983 it was voted not just album of the year but best album of all time by Kerrang! readers and its flat-out all-round mastery of craft can still take the listener by surprise, while Steve Harris still regards it as a personal favourite.

Track Listing

Side One

1) Where Eagles Dare
2) Revelations
3) Flight of Icarus
4) Die With Your Boots On

Side Two

5) The Trooper
6) Still Life
7) Quest For Fire
8) Sun and Steel
9) To Tame a Land