Not I... my rankings without numbers just have a low confidence... (but they're still loosely ranked).
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Not I... my rankings without numbers just have a low confidence... (but they're still loosely ranked).
Final frontier is still a ok album, like matter of life and death, just don't cut it for me as a whole.
Love the x-factor, and fear of the dark has some garbage in it (for maiden standards)
but i'm weird, don't focus too much to what I say :D
1 - number of the beast. it gave us the greatest metal song of all time. "Hallowed be thy name"
Without a doubt... plus, that album is just a masterpiece from beginning to end. There really isn't a bad song on it. The song Number of the Beast is just so explosive, I see pyrotechnics in my head every time I hear it!Quote:
Originally Posted by maxdeviations
Have you ever seen the film MURDER BY NUMBERS? It has a scene where a high school kid uses The Number of the Beast as a tool of seduction. Gotta love it! :cool:
Somewhat off topic, I know... but as OP, I retain the right anyway. lol :p
I need to see that.Quote:
Originally Posted by The Educated fool
Anyone ever see The River's Edge?
It's an amazing 80's timecapsule. One of the main characters wears an worn-out Iron Maiden t-shirt inside out the whole movie. One of the first movies with Keanau Reeves... and Crispin Glover's best film IMO.
Sounds pretty interesting to me... I shall have to give it a look!
Absolutely! I loved that movie! Any movie w/ Slayer on the soundtrack has to be worth checking out ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by OpticSugar
Bump (#RiseAboveSpam)
Nice bump, I hadn't noticed this before. There are 300 other much more important things I should be doing but I have strong opinions on this (and all of this is of course my opinion):
1. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (by FAR their best)
2. Number of the Beast
3. Powerslave
4. Piece of Mind
5. Brave New World
6. A Matter of Life and Death
7. Iron Maiden
8. Somewhere in Time
9. No Prayer For the Dying
10. Book of Souls
11. Dance of Death
12. Final Frontier
13. Killers
14. Fear of the Dark
15. The X Factor
16. Virtual XI
And of course, X Factor and Virtual XI are WAY below everything else. They're tedious albums with four good songs between the two of them. I'm surprised No Prayer is getting consistently ranked as low as it is, that's WAY better than Fear of The Dark, and I would call that their most underrated album. I'm a drummer, so much of that plays into my opinion of their albums. The totally dead snare on Fear of the Dark just kills the production on that album, plus other than the first and last tunes Judas My Guide is the only other that has any real life to it.
I figured this one was worth the bump, since it had got people talking. Spambots had claimed this whole section, and bump time had come! lol
I agree that No Prayer is criminally underrated too... I've never understood it.
Yeah, this thread was big... also i agree, no prayer gets no luv... but tbh its nothing special, its best song imo is BYDTTS, one of the best maiden songs tbh...Quote:
Originally Posted by The Educated fool
16. Virtual XI
15. The X Factor
14. The Final Frontier
13. A Matter of Life and Death
12. The Book of Souls
11. Dance of Death
10. Somewhere in Time
9. No Prayer for the Dying
8. Fear of the Dark
7. Brave New World
6. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
5. Iron Maiden
4. Piece of Mind
3. Killers
2. Powerslave
1. The Number of the Beast
I think you guys had iron maiden and killers ranked too lowly than what they deserve
Killers tends to be a love it or hate it album, in my experience. (Not literally, of course... there are no Maiden albums I hate, personally. I do enjoy Killers less than most of the rest of Maiden's catalogue though).
Different strokes for different folks, always. :cool: Up the Irons!
Wow why does everyone rank Virtual as the worst!
Its currently my most listened maiden album! It has amazing songs like: the clansman, two worlds collide (which is my fav), the educated fool, futureal, the angel and the nvm... and lightning strikes twice!
If someone can clarify why its shit then please... go ahead!
Its prob just blaze...
#MakeVirtualXIGreatAgain
To each their own, Nekro my friend... :cool:
I dont understand...Quote:
Originally Posted by The Educated fool
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Originally Posted by Hypnos
yeah, but you have Somewhere In time as No10...im gonna jump off of a rooftop, bye world :p
Aint shit, just not so great. Yes 1) its partially blaze 2) only 2 songs there can stand anywhere near( not above ofcourse) the classics. But even they not really :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Nekroliun
See ya in that other placeQuote:
Originally Posted by Aristo4
Tbh nothing can stand against the classics...Quote:
Originally Posted by Aristo4
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Originally Posted by Nekroliun
Basically, it's my way of saying that you're wrong, and that literally everything on No Prayer for the Dying is better than the best song on Virtual XI. ;) :p :cool: lol
(Aka: This is all opinion ayway, and I'm messing with you).
Hey, if I could rank each album no. 1 I would.Quote:
Originally Posted by Aristo4
I did, check my post, its doable :p
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Oh... good to know :DQuote:
Originally Posted by The Educated fool
Damn... nekromancy sure has amazing results in reincarnating dead threads...
Come on, the assassin and hooks in you cant be better than futureal and the clansman :pQuote:
Originally Posted by The Educated fool
agreeation!Quote:
Originally Posted by aristo4
I actually would pick both over Futureal... The Clansman though--at least the Rock in Rio version--I would concede edges them out. :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Aristo4
Mine would beast shown below. Never a fan of Blaze vocals and the song writing then was not my cup of tea.
1, Powerslave
2, Piece of Mind
3, Somewhere In Time
4, Book of Souls
5, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
6, Number of The Beast
7, Brave New World
8, The Final Frontier
9, A Matter of Life & Death
10, Iron Maiden
11, Killers
12, Fear of the Dark
13, No Prayer For The Dying
14, Dance of Death
15, The X Factor
16. Virtual XI
My $0.02
I basically stopped after 1992 when Bruce split. I have heard some latter pieces I liked but can't critique past that point, which hamstrings my assessment.
Iron Maiden has to be in the top 3. I am a Paul fan though his power/range is nothing like Bruce's... different animals though, and the feel of this album is a seedy, dangerous one that Bruce can never touch. More importantly, EVERY song has merit and strength. One of the biggest shortcomings of the band is that they can produce an an unbelievable riff then spin it 90 degrees to some ill-fitting poppish melody, or worse, they can produce an album with 4-5 classics/anthems and a similar number of irrelevant cutting room b-sides (somewhere in time comes to mind).
Powerslave has to be another top 3. This is the one where Bruce found his groove with the band and the power and maturity peaked for them (at least during their most influential era). It has its share of filler like Back in the Village and (perhaps Lossfer Words) but these anthems are among their best work, including Aces, 2 minutes, and Rime. Even the "solid-middle" tunes like Flash and Powerslave destroy the best offerings on many of their other albums.
Number of the Beast is simply a classic. Probably the 3rd of the top 3... a seemless transition from the gritty punkish rock of the Paul D era to the melodic metal that defined thier sound ever after. So many great anthems and classics on this.
Killers, Seventh, Piece, and Stranger are all great, but known for the inconsistent classic track/irrelevant track Maiden is famous for. Prayer is absolute crap as far as maiden-caliber music is concerned. This was the album that nearly caused me to quit Maiden.
FotD was the album that redeemed them... amazing melodic guitar work, powerful vocals and listenable songs... definitely a top 5.
Here's mine
1.Killers
2.A Matter of Life and Death
3.Iron Maiden
4.The Number of the Beast
5.Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
6.Piece of Mind
7.Brave New World
8.Powerslave
9.Book of Souls
10.No Prayer for the Dying
11.Somewhere in Time
12.Fear of the Dark
13.The Final Frontier
14.Dance of Death
15.The X Factor
16.Virtual XI
Never really listened to the Blaze ones so that's why they're the last two.
A Matter of Life and Death is higher for me because it was the first album I was introduced to when I was just 13 and i love every song it.
A Matter of Life and Death was a very solid album. :cool:
You should give the Blaze albums at least one spin, some time... they may surprise you. It's easier to acknowledge them now too, then it was at the time, since Bruce came back and order was restored since then. :cool:
(First post!)Quote:
Originally Posted by The Educated fool
I'd argue that A Matter of Life and Death is probably tied with Brave New World as the strongest they've put out since Bruce came back!
As for my ranking, I'd have to go with:
1) Somewhere In Time
2) Powerslave
3) The Number of the Beast
4) Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
5) Killers
6) Brave New World
7) A Matter of Life and Death
8) Iron Maiden
9) Piece of Mind
10) Dance of Death
11) The Book of Souls
12) The Final Frontier
13) Fear of the Dark
14) The X Factor
15) No Prayer for the Dying
16) Virtual XI
I wasn't even born yet when Bruce Dickinson departed Iron Maiden lol
The Blaze Era was when I was just a baby and as far as I know Bruce returned in 1999 when I was 3 years old. (I'm 20 yeah I know I'm a young Maiden fan lol)
So I wasn't around when all this stuff happened sadly lol but I do see what you mean.
I prefer the albums with Bruce and Paul Di'anno though.
I just adore Bruce Dickinson's voice so much,when I got a Matter of Life and Death album,opened it and saw what they looked like for the first time on the cover art thingy.I still remember buying that CD for just ONE song lol but eventually it evolved to the WHOLE album.Love ALL the songs on it now.
Blimey that last post makes me feel very old indeed - first saw them on the Somewhere in Time tour.
Loving Book of Souls and will have to have a listen to some of the more 'recent' albums as the last studio album I bought was Fear of the Dark
Best album ever ?
Bit of a cop out but 'Live after Death' - brilliant performance - great recording and a sublime selection of tracks from Powerslave, Piece of mind etc
lol--Maybe a slight cop out, but I can't fault the pick. Live After Death might be the most classic metal live album of all time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sussexsaint
... for my money though, my favourite Maiden live album is actually Rock in Rio. :cool: For me, the live versions of the tunes from Brave New World--and the unexpectedly brilliant resurrections of Sign of the Cross, and most especially The Clansman--put it over the top.
1, Brave New World (uncommon opinion but it's the perfect album for me)
2, Piece of Mind (perfect album)
3, Iron Maiden (what made iron maiden)
4. Virtual XI (yep, I like blaze bayley, sue me)
5, The X Factor (yep, I like blaze bayley, sue me)
6, Somewhere In Time (almost perfect album)
7, Book of Souls (just because iron maiden is showing that they can still make good albums)
8, Number of The Beast (it's only 8 cause I believe the title song is overrated)
9, Dance of Death (the album that got me into maiden)
10, Powerslave (the impossible choices starts here)
11, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (feel bad for putting it here)
12, Killers (not my cup of beer)
13, A Matter of Life & Death (meh)
14, The Final Frontier (can't remember a song in it)
15, Fear of the Dark (not sure what were they thinking)
16, No Prayer For The Dying (i wish it didn't exist)
1/ Somewhere In Time
A Matter of Life and Death
Powerslave
Iron Maiden
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Dance of Death
The Number of the Beast
Piece of Mind
Brave New Worl
The Final Frontier
Book of Souls
Killers
The X Factor
No Prayer for the Dying
Fear of the Dark
16/ Virtual XI
Only 1 and 16 never change. The others orders can swap around. I still like Virtual XI. just Maidens weakest album.
1) All albums!
Here such chart at me.)))
In each album there is the charm!