4 in the United States, marking their highest placement on the Billboard 200 until it was surpassed by 2021's Senjutsu at No. On top of this, The Final Frontier also charted at No.
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This included the United Kingdom, where it became the band's fourth release to top the UK Albums Chart following 1982's The Number of the Beast, 1988's Seventh Son of a Seventh Son and 1992's Fear of the Dark. The album received favourable reviews from critics and peaked at No. The Final Frontier is the band's first studio album in nearly four years, making it one of the longest gaps between one album and the following. While not a concept album, themes of exploration, expectation, and discovery are frequent throughout. It is also the last album to use the band's alternate logo.
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It is the band's final album to be released through EMI Records, marking the end of their 30-year relationship. Melvyn Grant, a long-time contributor to the band's artwork, created the cover art. At 76 minutes and 34 seconds, it is the band's third-longest studio album to date, a duration surpassed only by 2015's The Book of Souls and 2021's Senjutsu. It was released on 13 August 2010 in Germany, Austria and Finland, 17 August in North America, 18 August in Japan, and 16 August worldwide. So we can conclude that there are some subliminal messages behind this track. One is that Steve Harris, who wrote the song, really appreciated “When the Wind Blows” as a piece of art, since he was compelled to write an entire tune about it. Another, more-pressing implication is that a sky-is-falling mentality can prove to be quite destructive to those who let such thinking overtake their reasoning.Īnd finally we can say that to some extent this is an anti-war song, as it harps back to what is apparently the original intent of “When the Wind Blows”, which is the harrowing psychological effect the prospect of nuclear war can have on people.The Final Frontier is the fifteenth studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. Song’s Conclusion differs from Movie’s ConclusionĪnd the conclusion of their tale in this song differs from that of the movie. Some time after this tremor, the couple are discovered by rescue workers. And it was in fact a tremor, as in an earthquake. Yet the husband, being the type of thinker that he was, mistook this natural event for an actual nuclear attack. And in response he and his wife took their own lives as opposed to facing what they perceived as being the end of the world.
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And the story line remains so right up until the point where the ground actually starts to tremble beneath he and his wife’s feet. And it is this narrative which most of the lyrics are based on – of this man preparing for doomsday and the types of related thoughts that are running through his mind. That is the actual moment “when the wild wind blows”, as in some nuclear-level catastrophe actually taking place, is deemed as being imminent in this old man’s eyes. And it is that mentality which the title of the song is based on. Or rather let’s say that there are also counter reports circulating.īut the husband is the type that has the natural tendency to believe pessimistic news over that which may be more optimistic. He has been inspired to take such an action by credible reports that an attack on England is forthcoming. But it is also imperative to note that in the first chorus it is insinuated these reports may be inaccurate.