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Wikipedia article




"'Out of the Silent Planet'" is a single from the Iron Maiden album 'Brave New World', released in 2000.

Synopsis



The single features two live tracks from the 1999 'Ed Hunter' tour, which featured the band reunited with guitarist Adrian Smith and vocalist Bruce Dickinson, as well as the promotional video for "Out of the Silent Planet." Cover art was by Mark Wilkinson. According to interviews with band members, the song was primarily influenced by the science fiction movie 'Forbidden Planet'. (In addition, the name "Out Of The Silent Planet" is a reference to the 1938 C.S. Lewis science fiction novel by the same title.)

It's a peculiarity in that despite being one of only 2 singles from the album, this was not played on the majority of the accompanying world tour--only in a few encores in South America.

The guitar solo in the song is played by Janick Gers.

The music video is a recording of the band's European leg of their Brave New World Tour.

The regular single and the limited edition numbered single were both the same, which was unusual for Iron Maiden releases. The 12" Picture Disc LP had the limited edition cover with Eddie at the podium on side A and the reporters on side B. All three versions had the same tracks, also unusual for multiple Iron Maiden singles of the same title.

Track listing



CD versions



# "Out of the Silent Planet" (Edited Version) (Janick Gers, Steve Harris, Bruce Dickinson) 4:10

# "Wasted Years" (live - Filaforum, Milano, Italy, 23 September 1999) (Adrian Smith) 5:07

# "Aces High" (live - Plaza Del Toros, Madrid, Spain, 26 September 1999) (Harris) 5:24

# "Out of the Silent Planet" (video) (Gers, Harris, Dickinson) 4:10

12" Picture Disc



# A1 - "Out of the Silent Planet" (Edited Version) (Gers, Harris, Dickinson) 4:10

# B1 - "Wasted Years" (live - Filaforum, Milano, Italy, 23 September 1999) (Smith) 5:07

# B2 - "Aces High" (live - Plaza Del Toros, Madrid, Spain, 26 September 1999) (Harris) 5:24

7" Red Vinyl



# A - "Out of the Silent Planet" (Edited Version) (Gers, Harris, Dickinson)

# B - "Aces High" (live) (Harris)

Personnel



Production credits are adapted from the CD, and picture disc covers.

;Iron Maiden

*Bruce Dickinson  lead vocals

*Dave Murray  rhythm guitar

*Janick Gers  lead guitar,

*Adrian Smith  rhythm guitar, backing vocals ("Wasted Years")

*Steve Harris  bass guitar, co-producer ("Out of the Silent Planet")

*Nicko McBrain  drums

;Production

*Kevin Shirley  producer, mixing, editing ("Out of the Silent Planet")

*George Marino  mastering ("Out of the Silent Planet")

*Doug Hall  mixing ("Wasted Years", "Aces High")

*Simon Heyworth  mastering ("Wasted Years", "Aces High")

*Mark Wilkinson  sleeve illustration

*Hugh Gilmour  packaging

*Ross Halfin  photography

Charts



References





Category:Iron Maiden songs

Category:2000 singles

Category:Songs written by Steve Harris (musician)

Category:Songs written by Bruce Dickinson

Category:Songs written by Janick Gers

Category:2000 songs

Category:EMI Records singles

Category:Song recordings produced by Kevin Shirley

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