Rank the Albums

[The Educated fool]

After reading Teamrock.com's rankings of Iron Maiden's studio albums today, I thought this might prove to be a thread that got people talking... let's see. While I didn't necessarily agree with the author's picks, (which you can read HERE) I did definitely agree with him that ranking Maiden's albums is a tough thing to do. In the end, it's all about what appeals to you most, after all... and the worst Maiden album still has moments of actual metal brilliance anyway, in my humble opinion, so it's more a case of least-best than worse, as it were...

If, then, I were to rank Iron Maiden's catalogue of studio albums based on my opinion, the list would read:

17. Virtual XI
16. Killers
15. The Final Frontier
14. The X Factor
13. A Matter of Life and Death
12. No Prayer for the Dying
11. Dance of Death
10. Iron Maiden
9. Fear of the Dark
8. Senjutsu
7. Somewhere in Time
6. The Book of Souls
5. Brave New World
4. Piece of Mind
3. Powerslave
2. The Number of the Beast
1. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son

What say you, folks? Thoughts? Opinions? Concession? Outrage? Let's talk about it!