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A Real Live One

A Real Live One
Live album by
Iron Maiden
Released22 March 1993 (1993-03-22)
Recorded15 August – 12 September 1992 (1992-08-15 – 1992-09-12)
VenueVarious
GenreHeavy metal
Length58:49
LabelEMI
ProducerSteve Harris
Iron Maiden live albums chronology
Live After Death
(1985) 		A Real Live One
(1993) 		A Real Dead One
(1993)
Singles from A Real Live One
  1. "Fear of the Dark"
    Released: 1 March 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal4/10[2]
Select[3]

A Real Live One is a live album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden, released on 22 March 1993. The album tracks were recorded at 9 different venues in Europe during the Fear of the Dark Tour in 1992. This album features songs from the Somewhere in Time (1986) through Fear of the Dark (1992) eras, while counterpart A Real Dead One only contains songs from the pre-Somewhere in Time albums.

When Iron Maiden re-released all of their pre-The X Factor albums in 1998, this album was combined with A Real Dead One to form the 2-disc A Real Live Dead One. The album cover was made by longtime Iron Maiden cover artist Derek Riggs, whose work for the Fear of the Dark album was rejected. "Fear of the Dark" was released as a single.

Track listing

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A Real Live One track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)VenueLength
1."Be Quick or Be Dead" (15 August 1992)
Super Rock festival – Mannheim, Germany3:15
2."From Here to Eternity" (25 August 1992)Steve HarrisValby-Hallen – Copenhagen, Denmark4:19
3."Can I Play With Madness" (2 September 1992)
Brabanthallen – Den Bosch, Netherlands4:42
4."Wasting Love" (5 September 1992)
  • Dickinson
  • Gers
Grande halle de la Villette – Paris, France5:47
5."Tailgunner" (4 September 1992)
  • Harris
  • Dickinson
Patinoire de Malley – Lausanne, Switzerland4:09
6."The Evil That Men Do" (17 August 1992)
  • Smith
  • Dickinson
  • Harris
Forest National – Brussels, Belgium5:25
7."Afraid to Shoot Strangers" (29 August 1992)HarrisGlobe Arena – Stockholm, Sweden6:47
8."Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" (27 August 1992)DickinsonIce Hall – Helsinki, Finland5:17
9."Heaven Can Wait" (12 September 1992)HarrisMonsters of Rock festival – Reggio Nell Emilia, Italy7:28
10."The Clairvoyant" (27 August 1992)HarrisIce Hall – Helsinki, Finland4:29
11."Fear of the Dark" (27 August 1992)HarrisIce Hall – Helsinki, Finland7:11
Total length:58:49

Personnel

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Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.[4]

Iron Maiden

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

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Chart (1993) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] 48
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] 11
Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[7] 69
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] 45
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallennin albumlista)[9] 6
French Albums (SNEP)[10] 13
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[11] 25
Italian Albums (Musica e dischi)[12] 14
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[13] 29
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[14] 30
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[15] 25
UK Albums (OCC)[16] 3
US Billboard 200[17] 106

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
France (SNEP)[18] Gold 100,000*
Italy (FIMI)[19] Gold 100,000[20]
United Kingdom (BPI)[21] Silver 60,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. Iron Maiden - A Real Live One at AllMusic. Retrieved 26 June 2011.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 August 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 212. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ^ Higginbotham, Adam (April 1993). "Iron Maiden: A Real Live One". Select: 74. Archived from the original on 31 July 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2024.
  4. ^ A Real Live One (Media notes). Iron Maiden. EMI. 22 March 1993.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Iron Maiden – A Real Live One". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  6. ^ "Austriancharts.at – Iron Maiden – A Real Live One" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  7. ^ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 1761". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  8. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Iron Maiden – A Real Live One" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  9. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p. 166. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.
  10. ^ "Le Détail des Albums de chaque Artiste – I". Infodisc.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2012. Select Iron Maiden from the menu, then press OK.
  11. ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Iron Maiden – A Real Live One" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  12. ^ "Classifiche". Musica e dischi (in Italian). Retrieved 16 June 2024. Set "Tipo" on "Album". Then, in the "Titolo" field, search "A real live one".
  13. ^ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN 4-87131-077-9.
  14. ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Iron Maiden – A Real Live One". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  15. ^ "Swisscharts.com – Iron Maiden – A Real Live One". Hung Medien. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  16. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  17. ^ "Iron Maiden Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved June 16, 2024.
  18. ^ "French album certifications – Iron Maiden – A Real Live One" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
  19. ^ "Award presented to Nicko McBrain-Thanks for giving us such a wonderful time-EMI Italiana Spa". 20 December 2020.
  20. ^ "Gold & Platinum Awards 1987" (PDF). Music & Media. 26 December 1987. p. 44. Retrieved 23 September 2021.
  21. ^ "British album certifications – Iron Maiden – A Real Live One". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 23 March 2018.