No Prayer for the Dying

No Prayer for the Dying
Studio album by
Iron Maiden
Released1 October 1990 (1990-10-01)
RecordedJune–September 1990
StudioBarnyard (Essex, England)
GenreHeavy metal
Length43:42
LabelEMI
ProducerMartin Birch
Iron Maiden studio albums chronology
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
(1988) 		No Prayer for the Dying
(1990) 		Fear of the Dark
(1992)
Alternative cover
1998 remastered edition
Singles from No Prayer for the Dying
  1. "Holy Smoke"
    Released: 10 September 1990
  2. "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter"
    Released: 24 December 1990

No Prayer for the Dying is the eighth studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It is their first album to feature Janick Gers on guitar, who replaced Adrian Smith. Smith left the band during the pre-production phase, unhappy with the musical direction it was taking,[1] and only having contributed to one song, "Hooks in You". This was the third song in the "Charlotte the Harlot" saga. [2] Gers previously worked with singer Bruce Dickinson on his first solo album, Tattooed Millionaire,[3] and had also worked with Ian Gillan,[4] former Marillion singer Fish,[4] and new wave of British heavy metal band, White Spirit.[5]

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".

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  3. ^ Wall, Mick (2004). Iron Maiden: Run to the Hills, the Authorised Biography (3rd ed.). Sanctuary Publishing. p. 281. ISBN 1-86074-542-3.
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  5. ^ Wall, Mick (2004). Iron Maiden: Run to the Hills, the Authorised Biography (3rd ed.). Sanctuary Publishing. p. 278. ISBN 1-86074-542-3.