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From Fear to Eternity: The Best of 1990–2010 is a compilation album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden, containing a selection of songs originally released on the eight studio albums from No Prayer for the Dying to The Final Frontier. The title is lifted from the 1992 single, "From Here to Eternity", although it is not featured in this release.

From Fear to Eternity
Compilation album by Iron Maiden
Released	6 June 2011
Recorded	1990–2010
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	153:56[1]
Label	EMI
Producer	Martin Birch, Kevin Shirley, Steve Harris
Iron Maiden compilations chronology
Somewhere Back in Time (2008) From Fear to Eternity (2011)

Background

The album was announced on 15 March 2011, to be released by EMI on 23 May,[2][3] although this was later changed to 6 June.[4] Unlike their previous compilation (Somewhere Back in Time), the release covered two CDs to encompass longer tracks, such as "Paschendale", although the price remained that of a single disc record.[5]

As with Somewhere Back in Time, each track is sung by Bruce Dickinson rather than Blaze Bayley (who sang on The X Factor and Virtual XI), the band again opting to use later live versions of songs which originally featured other lead vocalists.

Artwork

The album cover was designed by Melvyn Grant,[6] and serves to reference each relevant studio release. Three representations of Eddie appear, one dressed in Grim Reaper attire (as in Dance of Death), one atop the tank from A Matter of Life and Death – which is imprinted with the "Cross-Keys" symbol from The Final Frontier – and a large burning wicker man (the first single from Brave New World). The artwork also contains the tree from Fear of the Dark, the tombstone from No Prayer for the Dying, a large "X" on the tree trunk (representing The X Factor) and the twisted figures and burnt building structure from the Virtual XI cover.

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	[7]
AllMusic	[8]
Classic Rock	8/10[9]
Metal Hammer	8/10[10]
PopMatters	7/10[11]
Thrash Magazine	8.4/10[12]

Classic Rock described the album as representing "Gold from every era", claiming that, although "weighted towards the... last five studio albums", the "earlier singles... fight their corner remarkably well." The review also argues that some of the release's later songs "match anything from Maiden's 80s heyday."[9]

In their July 2011 issue, Metal Hammer praised the compilation for doing "an excellent job of gathering the heartiest wheat over the last two decades", although deeming Blaze Bayley's absence from the album a "glitch" albeit "for the best."[10]

Track listing

Personnel

Production and performance credits are adapted from the album liner notes.[1]

Iron Maiden

• Bruce Dickinson – vocals
• Dave Murray – guitars
• Janick Gers – guitars
• Adrian Smith – guitars (except on "Holy Smoke", "Tailgunner", "Be Quick or Be Dead", "Afraid to Shoot Strangers", and "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter")
• Steve Harris – bass, keyboards
• Nicko McBrain – drums

Additional musicians

• Michael Kenney – keyboards on "Sign of the Cross", "Afraid to Shoot Strangers", "Fear of the Dark" and "The Clansman" (uncredited)

Production

• Ade Emsley – mastering
• Stuart Crouch – art direction, design
• Melanie Hunter – art direction, design
• Anthony Dry – art direction, design
• Melvyn Grant – cover illustration
• John McMurtrie – photography
• Rod Smallwood – management
• Andy Taylor – management

Charts

Chart (2011)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[13]	22
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[14]	26
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[15]	49
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[16]	17
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[17]	45
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[18]	11
French Albums (SNEP)[19]	46
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[20]	19
Greek Albums (IFPI)[21]	10
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[22]	30
Italian Albums (FIMI)[23]	23
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[24]	100
Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[25]	54
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[26]	16
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[27]	10
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[28]	8
Scotland (Official Charts Company) [29]	14
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[30]	23
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[31]	6
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[32]	20
UK Albums (OCC)[33]	19
US Billboard 200[34]	86

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[35]	Silver	60,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

На других языках

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- [en] From Fear to Eternity (album)

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[es] From Fear to Eternity

From Fear to Eternity: The Best of 1990 - 2010 es un álbum recopilatorio de la banda británica de heavy metal Iron Maiden que contiene una selección de temas lanzados originalmente dentro de sus ocho últimos álbumes de estudio. Su nombre proviene del sencillo lanzado en 1992 titulado "From Here to Eternity", aunque éste, no está incluido en este álbum.

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[it] From Fear to Eternity: The Best of 1990-2010

From Fear to Eternity: The Best of 1990-2010 è una raccolta del gruppo musicale britannico Iron Maiden, pubblicata il 6 giugno 2011 dalla EMI.

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[ru] From Fear to Eternity

From Fear to Eternity: The Best of 1990–2010 — сборник композиций британской хэви-метал-группы Iron Maiden, состоящий из композиций с альбомов, выпущенных в период с 1990 по 2010 года. Был издан в 2011 году, как логическое продолжение предыдущего сборника Somewhere Back in Time: The Best of 1980—1989.

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