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The final Iron Maiden-related album to be released in the 1980s was Adrian Smith’s first solo venture. And boy was it different!Silver And GoldProduced by Stephen Stewart-ShortReleased September 1989Who’s that singer?
It’s Adrian Smith, that’s who! We all knew he was one of the greatest rock guitarists of all time, but the fact that his voice was so good had only been hinted at with the Wasted Years single B-side Reach Out in 1986, where Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson was relegated to background vocals.
There’s something of Bryan Adams and Bruce Springsteen about Smith’s guttural but tuneful singing, and it was time to let it loose.Smith’s first solo album provides a bridge between Maiden in the, the era of hard rock and heavy metal that they ruled, and Maiden in the more challenging climate of the.Iron Maiden had decided to take a year off in the wake of their hugely successful album and tour in 1988, and Smith saw a window of opportunity to indulge a different side of his musicality. It was a watershed moment, and there would be no way back to the Maiden that fans knew and loved in the 1980s.In part because of encouragement from the Maiden camp, Smith had started completing song ideas that he didn’t necessarily think would work for Maiden. Wasted Years on the album in 1986 showed the way, and in 1989 Smith decided to take things to their musical conclusion with the aid of old cohorts Andy Barnett and Dave Colwell. Some of the songs had started with the 1985 one-off side project The Entire Population Of Hackney, and those were now embellished and joined by new songs. Adrian Smith emerged as a bit of a solo force with Iron Maiden’s Somewhere In Time in 1986, even singing a single B-side, and that period of experimentation led inevitably to his first solo album in 1989.The only other songs on the album to qualify are After The Storm and Blood On The Ocean, but none of the tracks mentioned are more than pretty good.
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At the same time there are truly terrible pop-rock tunes present, like Wishing Your Life Away and Kid Gone Astray. The latter certainly had a pertinent titleSmith’s project is very sombre and serious, a clear attempt to impress critics and record buyers. And as such it is very much unlike his Maiden companion Bruce Dickinson’s debut solo album (1990), which was made at about the same time. The performances are strong throughout Silver And Gold, and the real joy of the record is hearing Smith sing. The next time he produced what amounts to a solo album, it would be with a different singer handling the vocals.Ironically, Adrian Smith decided (or commercial circumstance forced him) not to tour with ASAP, and he headed back to Maiden at the start of 1990 for a new album and tour. He would be out of his regular band within a matter of weeks, but in the meantime ASAP was no more.Despite the performances, the first ever Maiden solo project by someone still in the band is a letdown. In the shadow of Iron Maiden the album is very clearly inferior, but even when taken as an independent project with a completely different aim and aesthetic, ASAP is disappointing.Christer’s Verdict: 2/66/6 Masterpiece5/6 Great4/6 Good3/6 OK2/6 Disappointing1/6 Crap.
Contents.History formed the band in 1989 when Iron Maiden was taking a year break after spending almost a year on the road for the album tour in 1988. The band had its origin in, a band Smith fronted in the 1970s., Dave Colwell and Richard Young played with Smith in various incarnations of Urchin, which was disbanded in 1981 when Smith joined Iron Maiden.Further foundations for the band were laid out in late 1985 when Iron Maiden were taking a break after their massive world tour in support of their album. Bored with the lull in band's activity as they prepared to record a new album, Adrian Smith and started playing on their own to pass the time, and they soon formed a full band which included Colwell and Barnett. Along with some other musicians they knew, they went to play a one-off gig at 's in 1986, under the name of '. At the show, the band performed mostly original material, including the songs 'Silver and Gold' (which would later become the title track of their only, 'Fighting Man', 'School Days' and 'When She's Gone' (all of which would later be recorded by A.S.a.P.
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And released as B-sides to its singles) at the show, as well as three songs that would later be recorded by Iron Maiden ('Juanita', 'Reach Out' and 'That Girl').When he formed A.S.a.P. In 1989, Adrian Smith invited his friends and former bandmates Colwell, Barnett and Young, as well as, son of drummer. Originally, Smith wanted Nicko McBrain to join on drums, but McBrain was getting married at the time and was unavailable for recording.Their first and only album was a departure from the sound Smith helped create with Iron Maiden. It was not as heavy as Iron Maiden although there were elements of the more progressive sound the band had developed over the 1980s, but keyboards were more prominently featured than in Iron Maiden's music. It also featured Smith in the role of lead singer. His voice has a somewhat husky, working class feel to it comparable to. The album was a commercial failure, despite the promotional tour and two singles, and the band soon ceased to exist.In 1990, Adrian Smith left Iron Maiden during the writing of their album, due largely to creative differences with Steve Harris.
Despite staying on good terms with the band, the departure from Iron Maiden led Smith to a decision to quit the music business altogether, and between 1990 and 1993 he performed live only once, as a guest star with Iron Maiden at a one-off show in Donington in 1992.In 1993, Smith formed a band called, with the idea of playing only small club shows. The Untouchables never released any records, and by 1994, they evolved to, which recorded two studio albums and toured with Iron Maiden in 1996 and 1997.