Visions of the Beast

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Visions of the Beast
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Released2 June 2003
Genre Heavy metal
Length150:00
Label EMI
Iron Maiden chronology
Rock in Rio
(2002)
Visions of the Beast
(2003)
The Early Days
(2004)

Visions of the Beast was released by Iron Maiden on 2 June 2003 and contains every promotional video through 2001's Rock in Rio . It is basically an updated version of The First Ten Years: The Videos and From There to Eternity . It also includes never-before-seen Camp Chaos animated versions of six definitive Iron Maiden songs, interactive menus and discographies, and some special hidden extras.

Contents

Track listing

Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Original ReleaseLength
1."Women in Uniform" Greg Macainsh 1980 ~ Women in Uniform  
2."Wrathchild" (Live in 1980) Steve Harris 1981 ~ Live at the Rainbow  
3."Run to the Hills"Harris1982 ~ The Number of the Beast  
4."The Number of the Beast"Harris1982 ~ The Number of the Beast 
5."Flight of Icarus" Adrian Smith, Bruce Dickinson 1983 ~ Piece of Mind  
6."The Trooper"Harris1983 ~ Piece of Mind 
7."2 Minutes to Midnight"Smith, Dickinson1984 ~ Powerslave  
8."Aces High"Harris1984 ~ Powerslave 
9."Wasted Years"Smith1986 ~ Somewhere in Time  
10."Stranger in a Strange Land"Smith1986 ~ Somewhere in Time 
11."Can I Play With Madness"Smith, Dickinson, Harris1988 ~ Seventh Son of a Seventh Son  
12."The Evil That Men Do"Smith, Dickinson, Harris1988 ~ Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 
13."The Clairvoyant"Harris1988 ~ Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 
14."Infinite Dreams" (Live in 1988)Harris1989 ~ Maiden England  
15."Holy Smoke"Harris, Dickinson1990 ~ No Prayer for the Dying  
16."Tailgunner"Harris, Dickinson1990 ~ No Prayer for the Dying 
Extra Videos (Disc 1)
No.TitleWriter(s)Original ReleaseLength
17."Aces High" (Camp Chaos Version)Harris1984 ~ Powerslave 
18."The Number of the Beast" (Camp Chaos Version)Harris1982 ~ The Number of the Beast 
19."Futureal" (Football Version)Harris, Blaze Bayley 1998 ~ Virtual XI  
20."Fear of the Dark" (Live in 2001)Harris2002 ~ Rock in Rio  
21."Man on the Edge" (Fun Version) (Easter Egg)Bayley, Janick Gers 1995 ~ The X Factor  
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Original ReleaseLength
1."Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter"Dickinson1990 ~ No Prayer for the Dying 
2."Be Quick or Be Dead"Dickinson, Gers1992 ~ Fear of the Dark  
3."From Here to Eternity"Harris1992 ~ Fear of the Dark 
4."Wasting Love"Dickinson, Gers1992 ~ Fear of the Dark 
5."Fear of the Dark" (Live in 1992)Harris1993 ~ Live at Donington  
6."Hallowed Be Thy Name" (Live in 1992)Harris1993 ~ Live at Donington 
7."Man on the Edge"Bayley, Gers1995 ~ The X Factor 
8."Afraid to Shoot Strangers" (Live in 1995)HarrisPreviously Unreleased 
9."Lord of the Flies"Gers, Harris1995 ~ The X Factor 
10."Virus"Harris, Gers, Dave Murray, Bayley1996 ~ Virus  
11."The Angel and the Gambler"Harris1998 ~ Virtual XI 
12."Futureal"Harris, Bayley1998 ~ Virtual XI 
13."The Wicker Man"Smith, Harris, Dickinson2000 ~ Brave New World  
14."Out of the Silent Planet"Gers, Dickinson, Harris2000 ~ Brave New World 
15."Brave New World" (Live in 2001)Murray, Harris, Dickinson2002 ~ Rock in Rio 
Extra Videos (Disc 2)
No.TitleWriter(s)Original ReleaseLength
16."The Wicker Man" (Camp Chaos Version)Smith, Harris, Dickinson2000 ~ Brave New World 
17."Run to the Hills" (Camp Chaos Version)Harris1982 ~ The Number of the Beast 
18."Flight of Icarus" (Camp Chaos Version)Smith, Dickinson1983 ~ Piece of Mind 
19."The Trooper" (Camp Chaos Version) (Easter Egg)Harris1983 ~ Piece of Mind 

Personnel

Production credits are adapted from the DVD liner notes. [1]

Iron Maiden
Production

Charts

CountryChart (2003)Peak
position
Austria Ö3 Austria Top 10 DVD [2] 5
Netherlands MegaCharts [3] 6
Sweden Sverigetopplistan [4] 1
United Kingdom UK Music Video Charts [5] 2
CountryChart (2004)Peak
position
Finland The Official Finnish Charts [6] 1
Spain PROMUSICAE [7] 1
CountryChart (2005)Peak
position
Greece IFPI Greece [8] 4

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [9] Platinum15,000^
Canada (Music Canada) [10] 3× Platinum30,000^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat) [11] 2× Platinum21,309 [11]
France (SNEP) [12] Gold10,000*
Germany (BVMI) [13] Gold25,000^
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [14] Platinum25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [15] Platinum50,000^
United States (RIAA) [16] 2× Platinum100,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

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