On the occasion of the release of Iron Maiden’s new album, “Senjutsu”, which is scheduled for September 3rd, we quote some statistics that are definitely of interest to fanatics!
1. Three songs is the most ever featured on an album by strictly the Smith/Dickinson songwriting duo
2. It’s the 6th album in a row where Janick has at least two songwriting credits
3. It’s the 2nd album in a row to feature three songs over ten minutes long
4. This album breaks the six-album Dave Murray streak of having at least one songwriting credit
5. This is the most “solo” songwriting credits for Steve Harris since Virtual XI (four songs)
6. This is the first time since Dance of Death that two songs have come in under the five minute mark
7. Thanks a lot Stratego (4:59 long) for being one second off, otherwise we would have had songs that are 4-5-6-7-8-9-10-11-12 minutes long…so close!
8. This is the fourth out of the last six albums that start off with a Smith/Harris song
