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Iron Maiden · 1986 · Studio album

Somewhere in Time tuning.

E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD. All 8 songs use it.

Somewhere in Time album cover

Album tuning

E Standard

At concert pitch (A 440), measured on the CD.

MeasuredFrom tabs

Tune like thisPlay alongAll 8 songs

Measured by TuneLit

At concert pitch

SourceOffsetEquivalent ASongsSpreadConfidence
CD 1 of the 1995 two-disc reissue, EMI+0.2 ¢A 440.18−0.5 to +1.5 ¢High
 Offset from concert pitch (A 440). Spread: the middle half of the songs, when four or more share the album's pitch. Confidence: how well the notes agree with one grid.

Before we measured, sources said: E Standard, with no pitch given (community).

The first Iron Maiden album with guitar synthesisers, recorded at Compass Point in Nassau and Wisseloord in the Netherlands; Wasted Years is the only song without them. E Standard at concert pitch: the 1995 CD reads within a cent of A 440, every song within 6 ¢, and the 1998 and 2015 remasters agree.

8 songs

Every song, ready to tune

Tune opens the tuner in that song's tuning, pitch included. Play along opens the song player set to that tuning, so the track plays in yours. What the labels mean

  1. 1. Caught Somewhere in Time

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  2. 2. Wasted Years

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along
    Notes

    Written by Adrian Smith, and the only song on the album without guitar synthesisers.

  3. 3. Sea of Madness

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  4. 4. Heaven Can Wait

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  5. 5. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  6. 6. Stranger in a Strange Land

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  7. 7. Deja-Vu

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

  8. 8. Alexander the Great

    E StandardMeasured

    Tune Play along

What the labels mean

Measured
TuneLit measured the pitch on an original CD or LP. The tuning name still comes from the sources.
Official
The band, a member, their producer or their guitar tech said it.
Widely reported
Trusted outlets, guides and tabs agree, but the band did not say it directly.
From tabs
From community tabs, or from players who tune along with the record.
Disputed
Sources disagree. The likeliest setting is shown; the notes name the other one.

Each song shows one label, the strongest it has, in this order. How we measure recordings →

Questions

What tuning is Somewhere in Time in?

Iron Maiden recorded Somewhere in Time (1986) in E Standard at concert pitch (A 440), measured by TuneLit on the CD. Every song uses it.