The Angel and the Gambler

Synopsis

It is the first Iron Maiden single to feature a video as a B-side. The singles includes two audio tracks recorded live at Kåren, Gothenburg, Sweden in 1995 on the "The X Factour" tour in support of The X-Factor album.

To support the single with more airplay, the band also released a music video, which featured the shortened version of the song. In an almost Star Wars fashion, the video features an entirely computer-generated world filled with aliens of varying quality. The concept for the video, particularly Blaze walking in to the bar with a brown hat and a long jacket were taken from concept art designed for the Somewhere in Time album, specifically the single "Stranger in a Strange Land".

The single was released in four parts: CD part 1 contains a poster, with the "Virtual XI Fixture List 1998" on one side and the band posing in Maiden football gear with some of their favourite players on the other side. CD part 2 contains three double-sided cards with the musicians posing in Maiden football gear and also has a shortened version of "The Angel and the Gambler". The third was a 7" picture disc and the fourth was a CD maxi-single with both b-side live tracks on it. The picture disc and maxi-single both had the edited version of the title track.

B-sides

The 7" picture disc had "Blood On The Worlds Hands" live; cd 1 had "Blood On The Worlds Hands" also and "Afraid to Shoot Strangers" video; cd 2 had "The Aftermath" live and "Man on the Edge" video; the maxi-single had both live b-sides but only "Afraid to Shoot Strangers" video for some reason.

7" picture disc

1. "The Angel & The Gambler" (edited version) (Steve Harris) - 6:05
2. "Blood on the World's Hands (live - Karen, Gothenburg, Sweden 1 November 1995)" (Harris) - 6:07

CD part 1

1. "The Angel & the Gambler" (full album version) (Harris) – 9:56
2. "Blood on the World's Hands" (live - Karen, Gothenburg, Sweden 1 November 1995) (Harris) - 6:05
3. "Afraid to Shoot Strangers" (live video) (Harris)

CD part 2

1. "The Angel & the Gambler" (edited version) (Harris) – 6:05
2. "The Aftermath" (live - Karen, Gothenburg, Sweden 1 November 1995) (Harris, Blaze Bayley, Janick Gers) – 6:45
3. "Man on the Edge" (live video) (Bayley, Gers) – 4:12

CD Maxi-Single

1. "The Angel & the Gambler" (edited version) (Harris) – 6:05
2. "Blood on the World's Hands" (live - Karen, Gothenburg, Sweden 1 November 1995) (Harris) - 6:05
3. "The Aftermath" (live - Karen, Gothenburg, Sweden 1 November 1995) (Harris, Bayley, Gers) – 6:45
4. "Afraid to Shoot Strangers" (live video) (Harris)

Personnel

Production credits are adapted from the CD Single cover.