Visions of the Beast

Visions of the Beast
Video by Iron Maiden
Released	2 June 2003
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	150:00
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.

Track listing

Disc one

1. "Women in Uniform"
2. "Wrathchild" (live)
3. "Run to the Hills"
4. "The Number of the Beast"
5. "Flight of Icarus"
6. "The Trooper"
7. "2 Minutes to Midnight"
8. "Aces High"
9. "Wasted Years"
10. "Stranger in a Strange Land"
11. "Can I Play with Madness"
12. "The Evil That Men Do"
13. "The Clairvoyant"
14. "Infinite Dreams" (live)
15. "Holy Smoke"
16. "Tailgunner"
17. "Aces High" (Camp Chaos version)
18. "The Number of the Beast" (Camp Chaos version)
19. "Futureal" (Football version)
20. "Fear of the Dark" (live - Taken from Rock in Rio)
21. "Man on the Edge" (fun version - Easter Egg)
    • Uses clips of Charlie Chaplin films
    • To access this easter egg, play track 6 ("The Trooper") three consecutive times, to form 666, the number of the beast.

Disc two

1. "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter"
2. "Be Quick or Be Dead"
3. "From Here to Eternity"
4. "Wasting Love"
5. "Fear of the Dark" (live)
6. "Hallowed Be Thy Name" (live)
7. "Man on the Edge"
8. "Afraid to Shoot Strangers" (live with Blaze Bayley on vocals)
9. "Lord of the Flies"
10. "Virus"
11. "The Angel and the Gambler"
12. "Futureal"
13. "The Wicker Man"
14. "Out of the Silent Planet"
15. "Brave New World" (live)
16. "The Wicker Man" (Camp Chaos version)
17. "Run to the Hills" (Camp Chaos version)
18. "Flight of Icarus" (Camp Chaos version)
19. "The Trooper" (Camp Chaos version) (Easter Egg)
    • To access this Easter egg, play track 6 ("Hallowed Be Thy Name") twice, then track 4 ("Wasting Love"), in consecutive order, to form 664.

Personnel

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

Iron Maiden

• Steve Harris – bass guitar, director (Disc one; tracks 12 to 16, Disc two; tracks 1, 8 to 10), editor (Disc one; tracks 12 to 16, Disc two; tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 to 10, 12 and 15), producer (Disc one; tracks 19 to 21, Disc two; tracks 5 to 13, 15)
• Dave Murray – guitar
• Paul Di'Anno – lead vocals (Disc one; tracks 1 and 2)
• Bruce Dickinson – lead vocals (Disc one; tracks 3 to 18, 19, Disc two; tracks 1 to 6, 13 to 19)
• Blaze Bayley – lead vocals (Disc one; tracks 19 and 21, Disc two: tracks 7 to 12)
• Dennis Stratton – guitar (Disc one; track 1)
• Adrian Smith – guitar (Disc one; tracks 2 to 14, 17 and 18, Disc two; tracks 13 to 19)
• Janick Gers – guitar (Disc one; tracks 15, 16, 19 and 21, Disc two; tracks 1 to 16)
• Clive Burr – drums (Disc one; tracks 1 to 4, 18, Disc two; track 17)
• Nicko McBrain – drums (Disc one; tracks 5 to 17, 19 to 21, Disc two; tracks 1 to 16, 18 and 19)

Production

• Doug Smith – director (Disc one; track 1)
• Dave Hillier – director (Disc one; track 2)
• David Mallet – director (Disc one; tracks 3 and 4)
• Jim Yukich – director (Disc one; tracks 5, 6, 8 and 9)
• Tony Halton – director (Disc one; track 7)
• Julian Caidan – director (Disc one ; tracks 10 and 13)
• Julian Doyle – director (Disc one; track 11)
• Toby Philips – director (Disc one; track 12)
• Wing Ko – director (Disc two; tracks 2 and 7)
• E. Matthies – director (Disc two; track 2)
• Ralph Ziman – director (Disc two; track 3)
• Samuel Bayer – director (Disc two; tracks 4 to 6)
• Steve Lazarus – director (Disc two; tracks 8 to 10, 12), editor (Disc two; tracks 8, 10, 12)
• Simon Hilton – director (Disc two; track 11)
• Dean Karr – director (Disc one; track 20, Disc two; tracks 13 and 15)
• Dave Pattenden – director (Disc two; track 14)
• Trevor Thompson – director (Disc two; track 14)
• Bob Cesca – director (Disc one; tracks 17 and 18, Disc two; tracks 16 to 19)
• Jerry Behrens – editor (Disc one; tracks 12 and 13)
• Will Malone – producer (Disc one; track 1)
• Doug Hall – producer (Disc one; track 2)
• Martin Birch – producer (Disc one; tracks 3 to 18, Disc two; tracks 17 to 19)
• Tony Wilson – producer (Disc one; track 13)
• Nigel Green – producer (Disc one; tracks 19 and 21, Disc two; tracks 7 to 12)
• Kevin Shirley – producer (Disc one; track 20, Disc two; tracks 13 to 16)
• Peacock – sleeve illustration, sleeve design
• Rod Smallwood – management
• Andy Taylor – management
• Merck Mercuriadis – management

Charts

Country	Chart (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
Country	Chart (2004)	Peak position
Finland	The Official Finnish Charts[6]	1
Spain	PROMUSICAE[7]	1
Country	Chart (2005)	Peak position
Greece	IFPI Greece[8]	4

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[9]	Platinum	15,000^^
Canada (Music Canada)[10]	3× Platinum	300,000^^
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[11]	2× Platinum	21,309[11]
France (SNEP)[12]	Gold	10,000^*
Germany (BVMI)[13]	Gold	25,000^^
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[14]	Platinum	25,000^^
United Kingdom (BPI)[15]	Platinum	50,000^^
United States (RIAA)[16]	2× Platinum	100,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. Visions of the Beast (Media notes). Iron Maiden. EMI. 2 June 2003.
2. "Austria Top 40 – Musik-DVDs Top 10 22.06.2003". Austriancharts.at (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
3. "Dutch Music DVD Top 30". GfK Dutch Charts (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
4. "Sveriges Officiella Topplista". Sverigetopplistan (in Swedish). Retrieved 28 January 2013. Search for Visions of the Beast and click Sök.
5. "Official Music Video Chart Top 50 08 June 2003 - 14 June 2003". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
6. "Musiiki DVD:t". Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland (in Finnish). Retrieved 28 January 2013.
7. "Lista de DVD's Musicales" (PDF). PROMUSICAE (in Spanish). Media Control. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
8. "Top 20 DVD/Video". IFPI Greece (in Greek). Archived from the original on 30 September 2005. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
9. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2007 DVDs". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
10. "Canadian video certifications – Iron Maiden – Visions of the Beast". Music Canada. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
11. "Iron Maiden" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
12. "French video certifications – Iron Maiden – Visions of the Beast" (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
13. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Iron Maiden; 'Visions of the Beast')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. Retrieved 11 January 2013.
14. "Lista de DVD's Musicales" (PDF). PROMUSICAE (in Spanish). Media Control. Retrieved 28 January 2013.
15. "British video certifications – Iron Maiden – Visions of the Beast". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 11 January 2013. Enter Visions of the Beast in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select DVD in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
16. "American video certifications – Iron Maiden – Visions of the Beast". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 11 January 2013. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Video Longform, then click SEARCH

External links

• Visions of the Beast (VHS/DVD) at the Internet Movie Database