MOTHER RUSSIA
IRON
MAIDEN
SONGWRITER:
HARRIS
COUNTRY:
U.K.
ALBUM:
NO PRAYER FOR THE DYING
LABEL:
EPIC RECORDS
GENRE:
HEAVY METAL
YEAR:
1990
No Prayer for the Dying is
the eighth studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It marks their
first line-up change since 1982; guitarist Adrian Smith left the band during
the pre-production phase, unhappy with the musical direction it was taking, and
only having contributed to one song, "Hooks in You". Smith was
replaced by Janick Gers, who had previously worked with singer Bruce Dickinson on
his first solo-album, Tattooed Millionaire, and had also worked with Ian Gillan,
former Marillion singer Fish, and new wave of British heavy metal band, White
Spirit.
Although it received
generally mixed to negative reviews, the album peaked at No. 2 in the UK Albums
Chart and contains the band's only UK Singles Chart No. 1, "Bring Your
Daughter... to the Slaughter".
Mother Russia, how are you sleeping
Middle winter cold winds blow
from the snowflakes drifting
swirling round like ghosts in the snow
Mother Russia, poetry majestic
tells the time of a great empire
turning round the old man ponders reminiscing an age
gone by
Mother Russia
Dance of the Tzars
Hold up your heads
Be proud of what you are
now it has come
Freedom at last
turning the tides of history
and your past
Mother Russia
Dance of tzars
Hold up your head
remember who you are
can you release
the anger, the grief
can you be happy
now your people are free
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