BEST IRON MAIDEN STUDIO ALBUM

am i right in thinking the 1st 2 albums are much more popular with brits than americans?

― pfunkboy (Herman G. Neuname), Wednesday, July 28, 2010 9:45 AM (59 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

I doubt it.

despite my previous rallying for beast in this thread, i'd probably opt for powerslave these days. it just seems to be the maiden album with the most... balls.

i recently attempted to listen to virtual XI as a joke or endurance test or whatever you want to call it. utterly pitiful. a band apparently incapable of cobbling together a decent riff (as maiden were at that point) has no business penning 10-minute songs.

You cant really go wrong with either Beast or Powerslave for tops from the Dickinson years.

That's why my go to Dickinson is Live After Death - best of both and more.

so, this thread got me a little curious about re-visiting the blaze stuff. best thing I found on that little journey was a brandy song that samples "the clansman":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5luokIU0Io

Killers is one of the ten best rock & roll albums ever. I'll stack it against any Rolling Stones album.

yeah, same, but i wouldn't say any less for number of the beast, powerslave, piece of mind. it's not like killers = unique in kicking glimmer twin ass...

(you know, or at least measuring up)

Piece of Mind for me -- their tightest musical album.

One of my co-workers just gave me a Killers onesy!

For your baby . . . or you?

lol

yeah, same, but i wouldn't say any less for number of the beast, powerslave, piece of mind. it's not like killers = unique in kicking glimmer twin ass...

(you know, or at least measuring up)

― a CRASBO is a "criminally related" ASBO (contenderizer), Thursday, July 29, 2010 6:12 AM (8 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Im in total agreement here.

xxxp my baby to wear but really for me.

xpost - Yeah good point. I guess I just not only prefer Paul to Bruce, but I also strongly prefer Clive to Nicko. They could actually swing on Killers. And with Beast, they lost the groove forever after.

(Even though I know Clive was on Beast)

the paul vs bruce thing can never be won, neither side will change opinions now.

love that brandy track

We really should repoll this. I loved Number of the Beast more than anything back in the day, though Powerslave was my intro to Maiden so it holds a place in my heart.

we should poll the maiden vocalists!

and Maiden drummers!

can you guys wait til after the alltime metal poll and I'll do this poll again?

NO DO IT NOW

/joeks, we can wait.

cool. Will do it in a few weeks, but feel free to vote for your fave maiden in the alltime poll meanwhile.

paul's fine and all but I can't even fathom placing him above bruce. in my eyes that's like picking the generic rocker dude on half of the first steely dan album over fagen.

You all are crazy, to me the best Iron Maiden records are with Dickinson. Even as a band, they really started to stretch their sound further starting with Number of the Beast. The first one is OK and Killers is pretty good, but I would rate them below the first four with Dickinson. I also think that Number of the Beast and Piece of Mind are also pretty much neck and neck their best two albums.

All you have to do is listen Beast Over Hammersmith...D'Ianno's a nice change of pace, but he can't top Bruce in full wail. There's no way.

Bruce also does a great job on the Dianno songs. Unfortunately have never had the chance to hear Dianno sing any of the Bruce songs, but I doubt it would be so good.

has anybody else noticed how woeful dickinson's vocals are on fear of the dark? that's perhaps not a very insightful question - it'd be impossible not to notice. he'd really reached the end of his tether by that point, and it was nice to see him gradually reclaim his fire on solo records and eventually return to the maiden fold in flying form.

No question, Dickinson looked and sounded bored and apathetic around then, you can see it on the Donington footabe and the woeful Raising Hell. His snarly vocals certainly didn't help Fear of the Dark any, but it does sort of work on "Be Quick or Be Dead".

Now that that's out of the way, let's get to the best W.A.S.P. studio album.

seventh son should've done way better. infinite dreams!

The Clairvoyant!

band name=record name=song name.

are there any more examples of this?
(except for black sabbath)

"Motorhead", by Motörhead, off Motörhead .

The Dianno years were very well-represented. Thank you, ILM-circa-2007!

Google search also revealed Angel Witch and Bad Company to have eponymous songs on eponymous albums.

Others are a stretch, including "Court of the Crimson King" et al.

PS - I am a Killers guy!

If I didn't vote Powerslave, I would have.

"Lucifer's Friend", "Powertrip", "Saint Vitus" and "Belfegore" also qualify as doubly-eponymous. Interesting how it's only hard-rockers who do this.

Another band who have done this is hard-rockers Living In A Box.

Piece of Mind (1983) 3

insane

I think Piece of Mind is the 3rd best Maiden record. After the Dianno albums.

Powerslave got a good showing in this one. was my first Maiden album, and hell, I think it still gets unfairly overlooked sometimes (although ok, ok, it does have two of their biggest concert staples ever, so it isn't THAT overlooked).

Lol at BNW getting a vote.

It's not so much that POM got only three votes, but that it tied with the not-very-good SIT, well, I can't get behind that. Even SSOASS > SIT

I love Seventh Son. I'd even consider voting for it as my fav depending on the day of the week.

SiT, though, is second tier Maiden.

Yeah, Seventh Son holds up, despite the synths. Great songs, not a dud on that album, really.

An interesting poll would be the best Maiden album from 1990-2010.

i'd take brave new world, easy

If Maiden were less stereotyped as a metal band they could have gain even more fans imo.
They have much more in them.

If Maiden were less stereotyped as a metal band they could have gain even more fans imo.

They're one of the biggest bands in the world. More than 85 million records sold.

Somewhere In Time and Seventh Son are both fantastic. Though the band pretty much ends right then and there for me.