Rank the Albums

[Muzzleloader]

I dont really have a favorite recording. Some are better than others and I may listen to some more than others, but it depends on my mood and I listen to them all. Maidens mediocre music is still better than some groups best album.

[Ironstyle]

Can't disagree with that, Muzzleloader!

[Mitch-4441]

Asking me to rank all of Maiden's albums is tough for me even though some are better than others imo. Personal favorites of mine are Powerslave, Brave New World, Final Frontier, Killers, and NoTB. As far as an all time favorite song, that took awhile for me to decide but without hesitation it would definitely be Aces High.

[The Educated fool]

An interesting article about my all-time favourite album. You can read it HERE. A tiny bit off topic from the listing, I suppose, but my thread, my rules.

[druid138]

Great article, amigo! I haven't posted my ranking yet, so here goes (best to worst):

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Somewhere in Time
Powerslave
A Matter of Life and Death
The Final Frontier
Brave New World
Killers
Iron Maiden
Piece of Mind
The Number of the Beast
The Book of Souls
Fear of the Dark
Dance of Death
No Prayer for the Dying
The X Factor
Virtual XI

For extra credit, I want to say that Phantom of the Opera into Transylvania is the best set of two consecutive songs on any Maiden album. Change my mind.

[The Educated fool]

Right on, man! Interesting to see TNOTB so low in your picks, and AMOLAD so high! I like these lists. It's always cool to see everyone's individual tastes, though I get that ranking them can be tough! lol

Phantom into Transylvania does kick a lot of ass, for sure!

[Amarthir]

Being a bit on the young side and moderately new iron maiden fan I'm not as well versed in their music as everyone else it but I did spend the last week listening to their entire discography for the first time on my YouTube music app and here's my rough listing. Most of their songs I've only listened to once because of the absolute number of them but I'm sure this list will definitely change over time.

God tier:
Brave New World
Fear of the Dark
The Book of Souls

Top Tier:
Number of the Beast
Powerslave
Piece of Mind

High Tier
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Somewhere in Time
The Final Frontier

Mid tier:
Dance of Death
A Matter of Life and Death
Killers
Iron Maiden


Low Tier:
No Prayer for the Dying
The X Factor
Virtual XI

[HK-47]

Being a bit of a nutjob (and a Maiden nut), here are my rankings, done in tiers.

God Tier-
The Book of Souls
Somewhere in Time
Seventh Son
Virtual XI
The X Factor
Iron Maiden
Killers
Number of the Beast
No Prayer
Piowerslave
Piece of Mind

Top Tier-
The Final Frontier
Brave new World
AMOLAD
Dance of Death

High Tier-
Fear of the Dark

[fanghorria]

Great article! Saw it a few days ago so I spend some great hours re-listening some albums and reconsidering my ranking

So, best to worst:

Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
The Number of the Beast
Powerslave
A Matter of Life and Death
Iron Maiden
Piece of Mind
Somewhere in Time
Killers
Brave New World
Fear of the Dark
Book of Souls
Dance of the Death
No Prayer for the Dying
Final Frontier
X factor
Virtual XI

[Highace]

Ranking all of them sure is a challenge. I'll try my best though. Here goes:
16) Virtual XI
15) No Prayer For the Dying
14) The Final Frontier
13) Dance of Death
12) The X Factor
11) Fear of the Dark
10) A Matter of Life and Death
9) Brave New World
8) Book of Souls
7) Somewhere in Time
6) Killers
5) Iron Maiden
4) Number of the Beast
3) Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
2) Piece of Mind
1) Powerslave
This could totally be a subject to change since I'm not 100% familiar with all their songs but for now, this is probably the most accurate ranking I could give.