▁bass ist ▁Steve ▁Harris ' s ▁property ▁in ▁Es sex , ▁using ▁the ▁Rol ling ▁St ones ▁Mobile ▁Studio . ▁This ▁means ▁it ▁is ▁the ▁first ▁Iron ▁Ma iden ▁album ▁to ▁be ▁recorded ▁in ▁their ▁home ▁country ▁since ▁ 1 9 8 2 ' s ▁The ▁Number ▁of ▁the ▁Be ast . ▁Dick inson ▁states ▁that ▁this ▁idea ▁was ▁a ▁mistake , ▁comment ing ▁that ▁" It ▁was ▁sh it ! ▁It ▁was ▁a ▁sh it - s ounding ▁record , ▁and ▁I ▁wished ▁we ▁hadn ' t ▁done ▁it ▁that ▁way . ▁At ▁the ▁time , ▁I ▁was ▁as ▁guilty ▁as ▁anyone ▁else ▁in ▁going , ▁' Oh ▁great ! ▁Look , ▁we ' re ▁all ▁covered ▁in ▁st raw ! ▁What ▁a ▁lar f ! '" ▁ ▁The ▁album ▁also ▁depart ed ▁from ▁literary ▁and ▁historical ▁lyr ical ▁them es ▁in ▁favour ▁of ▁more ▁political ▁content , ▁with ▁songs ▁foc using ▁on ▁religious ▁explo itation ▁( such ▁as ▁in ▁the ▁record ' s ▁first ▁single , ▁" H oly ▁Sm oke ") ▁and ▁social ▁concerns ▁(" Public ▁En ema ▁Number ▁One "). ▁No ▁P ray er ▁for ▁the ▁D ying ▁is ▁the ▁only ▁Iron ▁Ma iden ▁studio ▁album ▁to ▁date ▁without ▁a ▁song ▁exceed ing ▁six ▁minutes ▁in ▁length ▁and ▁the ▁second ▁one ▁to ▁contain ▁prof an ity ▁in ▁the ▁lyr ics , ▁the ▁debut ▁album ▁being ▁the ▁first ▁to ▁do ▁so . ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁the ▁band ' s ▁first ▁release ▁with ▁Ep ic ▁Records ▁in ▁the ▁US , ▁after