Mind the Acoustic Pieces is the first studio album by Maiden uniteD

Maiden uniteD

Maiden uniteD is an acoustic project. Musicians from different bands join together to play an all-acoustic tribute to English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The songs are played with new arrangements.-About:...

. It is an all-acoustic reinterpretation of the 1983 Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...

 album Piece of Mind

Piece of Mind

Piece of Mind is the fourth studio album by British heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was originally released in 1983 on EMI, and on Capitol in the US; it was reissued later on Sanctuary/Columbia Records...

with rearranged music for an acoustic setting

Background

Joey Bruers and Ruud Jolie rewrote the entire Piece of Mind album for their Maiden uniteD

Maiden uniteD

Maiden uniteD is an acoustic project. Musicians from different bands join together to play an all-acoustic tribute to English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. The songs are played with new arrangements.-About:...

 project. Maiden uniteD is a project that plays Iron Maiden songs acoustically with new arrangements, featuring guest musicians from different bands.

Track listing

Single and different album versions

The single "The Trooper

The Trooper

"The Trooper" is a song written by Iron Maiden bass player Steve Harris. It is Iron Maiden's ninth single, and the second from their 1983 album Piece of Mind. The single was released on 20 June 1983...

" was released on November 20, 2010 featuring an alternate version of "Sun and Steel" with Anneke van Giersbergen

Anneke van Giersbergen

Anneke van Giersbergen is the former lead singer of the Dutch progressive/alternative rock band The Gathering which she departed in August 2007. Since then, she has been involved in a solo project called Agua de Annique which also included her husband & drummer of the band, Rob Snijders...

 on vocals.

Mind the Acoustic Pieces was released on CD December 9, 2010.

On April 1, 2011, Maiden uniteD released a limited vinyl

Gramophone record

A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...

 edition of the album featuring the alternate version of "Sun and Steel" with Anneke van Giersbergen

Anneke van Giersbergen

Anneke van Giersbergen is the former lead singer of the Dutch progressive/alternative rock band The Gathering which she departed in August 2007. Since then, she has been involved in a solo project called Agua de Annique which also included her husband & drummer of the band, Rob Snijders...

 on vocals.

Personnel

Damian Wilson

Damian Wilson

Damian Wilson is a singer known in the progressive rock genre. He is lead singer with the band Headspace along with Adam Wakeman and is lead singer for Threshold....

: Vocals

Ruud Jolie: Guitar

Joey Bruers: Bass

Marco Kuypers: Piano

Mike Coolen: Drums

Anneke van Giersbergen

Anneke van Giersbergen

Anneke van Giersbergen is the former lead singer of the Dutch progressive/alternative rock band The Gathering which she departed in August 2007. Since then, she has been involved in a solo project called Agua de Annique which also included her husband & drummer of the band, Rob Snijders...

: Guest vocals on "To Tame a Land" and on "Sun and Steel" (vinyl edition)