No Prayer for the Dying No Prayer for the Dying Studio album by Iron Maiden Released 1 October 1990 Recorded Barnyard Studios , Essex , England , 1989-90 Genre Heavy metal Length 43 : 57 Label EMI ( UK ) Epic Records ( orig . US ) Sanctuary / Columbia ( US reissue ) Producer ( s ) Martin Birch Professional reviews All Music Guide link Iron Maiden chronology Seventh Son of a Seventh Son ( 1988 ) No Prayer for the Dying ( 1990 ) Fear of the Dark ( 1992 ) Alternate cover Original cover No Prayer for the Dying is the eighth studio album by the British heavy metal band Iron Maiden . It is the first album recorded since the departure of guitarist Adrian Smith from the band after the 1988 album Seventh Son of a Seventh Son ( though he co-wrote one of the songs on this album ) . The album ushered in a change of vocal style for Bruce Dickinson from the operatic sound of the '80s to a raspier way of singing , and also produced Maiden 's only number one single to date , `` Bring Your Daughter ... ... To the Slaughter '' . Smith was replaced by Janick Gers who had assisted Bruce in the recording of his first solo-album , Tattooed Millionaire , which he was inspired to make when asked to write the song `` Bring Your Daughter ... ... To the Slaughter '' and was released the same year . The song however was not included in the album ( though it did feature amongst the bonus-material in the 2005 expanded edition ) so Iron Maiden recorded a new version of it . No Prayer for the Dying is the only Iron Maiden studio album to date without a song exceeding six minutes in length . Excluding the closing song `` Mother Russia '' , every song on this album is shorter than the shortest song ( `` Déjà Vu '' ) on their past album Somewhere in Time , and shorter than all but one song on their future albums The X Factor ( `` Man on the Edge `` ) , Virtual XI ( `` Futureal `` ) , and A Matter of Life and Death ( `` Different World '' ) . `` Holy Smoke `` and `` Bring Your Daughter ... to the Slaughter `` were released as singles , with the latter reaching the # 1 position in the UK charts . Cover The album is the first since 1983 's Piece of Mind to not have a wrap-around cover . Eddie 's continuity has been broken , as he no longer features any signs of his lobotomy from Piece of Mind , nor his cyborg conversion from Somewhere in Time . It is assumed that Eddie 's continuity has either been `` reset '' , or that this is a portrait from a century earlier. [ citation needed ] The 1998 re-release of the album has slightly altered artwork , where the groundskeeper/grave-robber has been removed , and Eddie just bursts out of his tomb . An inscription was added to the plaque on the tomb , which reads After the Daylight , The Night of Pain , That is not Dead , Which Can Rise Again . . Track listing `` Tailgunner '' ( Bruce Dickinson , Steve Harris ) – 4 : 15 `` Holy Smoke `` ( Dickinson , Harris ) – 3 : 49 `` No Prayer for the Dying '' ( Harris ) – 4 : 23 `` Public Enema Number One '' ( Dickinson , Dave Murray ) – 4 : 13 `` Fates Warning '' ( Harris , Murray ) – 4 : 12 `` The Assassin '' ( Harris ) – 4 : 35 `` Run Silent Run Deep '' ( Dickinson , Harris ) – 4 : 35 `` Hooks in You '' ( Dickinson , Adrian Smith ) – 4 : 08 `` Bring Your Daughter ... To the Slaughter `` ( Dickinson ) – 4 : 45 `` Mother Russia '' ( Harris ) – 5 : 32 1995 Reissue Bonus CD `` All In Your Mind '' `` Kill Me Ce Soir '' `` I 'm A Mover '' `` Communication Breakdown '' Credits Bruce Dickinson – vocals Dave Murray – guitar Janick Gers – guitar Steve Harris – bass guitar , backing vocals Nicko McBrain – drums with Michael Kenney - Keyboards External link Album lyrics Iron Maiden Bruce Dickinson | Dave Murray | Janick Gers | Adrian Smith | Steve Harris | Nicko McBrain List of past and present Iron Maiden members Discography Studio albums : Iron Maiden | Killers | The Number of the Beast | Piece of Mind | Powerslave | Somewhere in Time | Seventh Son of a Seventh Son | No Prayer for the Dying | Fear of the Dark | The X Factor | Virtual XI | Brave New World | Dance of Death | A Matter of Life and Death Live albums : Live After Death | A Real Live One | A Real Dead One | Live at Donington | A Real Live Dead One | Rock in Rio | Beast Over Hammersmith | The BBC Archives | Death on the Road Compilations and box-sets : The First Ten Years | Best of the Beast | Ed Hunter | Edward the Great | Eddie 's Archive | The Essential Iron Maiden Videos and DVDs : Live at the Rainbow | Video Pieces | Behind the Iron Curtain | Live After Death | 12 Wasted Years | Maiden England | The First Ten Years : The Videos | From There to Eternity | Donington Live 1992 | Raising Hell | Classic Albums : The Number of the Beast | Rock in Rio | Visions of the Beast | The Early Days | Death on the Road EPs : The Soundhouse Tapes | Live ! ! +one | Maiden Japan | No More Lies Singles `` Running Free `` | `` Sanctuary `` | `` Women in Uniform `` | `` Twilight Zone `` | `` Purgatory `` | `` Run to the Hills `` | `` The Number of the Beast `` | `` Flight of Icarus `` | `` The Trooper `` | `` 2 Minutes to Midnight `` | `` Aces High `` | `` Running Free ( live ) `` | `` Run to the Hills ( live ) `` | `` Wasted Years `` | `` Stranger in a Strange Land `` | `` Can I Play with Madness `` | `` The Evil That Men Do `` | `` The Clairvoyant ( live ) `` | `` Infinite Dreams `` | `` Holy Smoke `` | `` Bring Your Daughter ... To the Slaughter `` | `` Be Quick or Be Dead `` | `` From Here to Eternity `` | `` Wasting Love `` | `` Fear of the Dark ( live ) `` | `` Hallowed Be Thy Name ( live ) `` | `` Man on the Edge `` | `` Lord of the Flies `` | `` Virus `` | `` The Angel and the Gambler `` | `` Futureal `` | `` The Wicker Man `` | `` Out of the Silent Planet `` | `` Run to the Hills ( live ) `` | `` Wildest Dreams `` | `` Rainmaker `` | `` The Number of the Beast ( 2005 ) `` | `` The Trooper ( live ) `` | `` The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg `` | `` Different World `` This box :   view • talk • edit Categories : Articles with unsourced statements | 1990 albums | Iron Maiden albums | Heavy metal albums In other languages : Български | Česky | Español | Français | Italiano | Norsk ( bokmål ) | Polski | Português | Română | Српски / Srpski | Suomi | Svenska No Prayer for the Dying Studio album Iron Maiden Iron Maiden - No Prayer For The Dying.jpg 1 October 1990 Barnyard Studios , Essex , England , 1989-90 Heavy metal 43 : 57 EMI ( UK ) Epic Records ( orig . US ) Sanctuary / Columbia ( US reissue ) Martin Birch * All Music Guide link Seventh Son of a Seventh Son ( 1988 ) No Prayer for the Dying ( 1990 ) Fear of the Dark ( 1992 ) Alternate cover Original cover 