" Stranger in a Strange Land", depicts a Clint Eastwood-like Eddie in a Star Wars-esque bar." Wasted Years", as the single came out before the album, the band did not want to reveal Eddie's new cyborg guise, so he appears only as a partial reflection in a time machine's monitor.The cover is notable for containing dozens of Easter eggs relating to the band and pop culture references. Somewhere in Time, Eddie appears as a cyborg in a Blade Runner-inspired future." Run to the Hills (live)", contains live versions of "Run to the Hills" and " Phantom of the Opera" and so featured Eddie as the phantom in a hilly landscape.Live After Death, shows Eddie rising from the grave." Aces High", depicts Eddie in a Spitfire cockpit." 2 Minutes to Midnight", showing Eddie sitting in front of an atomic explosion.Powerslave, featuring a statue of Eddie as an Egyptian pharaoh." The Trooper", depicts Eddie as a red coat, during the Charge of the Light Brigade.The painting also contains a small box, meant to be Eddie's Piece of Mind padded cell. " Flight of Icarus", shows a metal-winged Eddie torching Icarus with a Flamethrower, which Riggs states was meant to look like Led Zeppelin's Swan Song logo.Piece of Mind, a lobotomized Eddie, in a straitjacket, is chained at the neck to a padded cell." The Number of the Beast", the single cover showing Eddie holding the devil's severed head, which Riggs claims was meant to look like Salvador DalĂ." Run to the Hills", shows Eddie fighting Satan with a Native American tomahawk, a reference to the song itself. ![]() Originally painted for the "Purgatory" song, Smallwood withheld the artwork for the following album, deeming it too good for a single.
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