The Angel and The Gambler

Album: Virtual XI (1998)
Charted: 18
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Songfacts®:

  • "The Angel and The Gambler" is the first single released off the album Virtual XI. The song deals with someone who won't be persuaded to stop risk taking.
  • In the music video, lead singer Blaze Bayley walks into a bar wearing a brown hat and coat. This is in reference to Iron Maiden's 1986 album Somewhere in Time, particularly the single "Stranger in a Strange Land." >>>
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    Hayden - TKA, New Zealand, for above 2

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