The Sentinel wrote:I think the last Maiden albums are brilliant pieces of work especially the last one. Bought the picture disc set of it next to the cd because I f*cking love this album.
I did too - but the sound is so incredibly awful I needed to get rid of it.. one of the very few examples where I prefer the CD over the "vinyl".
all the latest Maiden vinyl versions suck being pd-only..
Down there in the Darkness
Centuries of Evil
And his Arms will take you deeper and deeper
Seventh Son! It's probably my favorite album of all time.
Second place would either go to s/t or Number of the Beast.
Even after all these years, I still can't understand why anyone would pick Killers over the first one. The debut just kicks ass from start to finish. The song sequence is perfect. Plus, it has Phantom of the Opera!
The ranking of Maiden's first 6 studio LP's has delivered me from kitchen staff induced boredom more times than I can count. I've pretty much had the same list since I was 17, but I always love to share regardless of the futility of discussion.
1. Killers (one of the few perfect records; sharing rank with Chris Isaak's "Forever Blue" and Impetigo's "Horror of the Zombies")
2. Powerslave
3. Somewhere In Time
4. s/t
5. Number of the Beast
6. Piece of Mind
I love Live After Death, but have a hard time including what essentially is a glorified "Best Of" on a list of this sort. I never listen to the record(s), but I watch the Sony Video LP religiously.
One of my favourite bands off all time. I discovered them in 1991 on a tape I got from someone which had Nirvana's "Nevermind" on it. On the B-side there were a couple of tracks from "Live After Death". I listened to the Nirvana-side a lot, but after a while I kinda found Maiden way more interesting (not that I dislike Nirvana though...). The first tape I ever bought was "Fear Of The Dark". I like most Maiden-albums (not the ones with Blaze), but my absolute favourite has been "Somewhere In Time" since many years. That album is pure escapism for me. I still feel 100% happy when listening to it. It gets me into outer space...
On a side note. Purgatory is maybe the most maidenisque maiden song ever
"The very Hemoglobin of a persons blood is based on IRON! The same Iron in the earth that you turn into STEEL, that is in everyone." -Michael Coffey, Stone Vengeance
on another sidenote, i guess Iron Maiden is the HM band with most merchandise ever, you can find any person ,any age, anywhere wearing a Maiden shirt, and thats just one example...
MEXDefenderOfSteel wrote:on another sidenote, i guess Iron Maiden is the HM band with most merchandise ever, you can find any person ,any age, anywhere wearing a Maiden shirt, and thats just one example...
You got me thinking...I have not one merch item by Maiden...what a shame!!!
I have to call that guy who was seriously in doubt to sell his original "Seventh Son..."-shirt as soon as possible!!!!
I know another guy who has a lot of NWOBHM-singles and shirts (including an original copy of "The Soundhouse Tapes"). Nowadays he only listens to crap like Machine Head, Korn, System Of A Down, Limp Bizkit... I asked him about a hundred times to sell me some stuff, but he still refuses. He says it brings back some good memories... Oh please move on dude...
Lama wrote:
You got me thinking...I have not one merch item by Maiden...what a shame!!!
Same with me. I'd love a t-shirt with the cover picture of self-titled or piece of mind (my fav album covers from the band).
Lama wrote:
I asked him about a hundred times to sell me some stuff, but he still refuses. He says it brings back some good memories... Oh please move on dude...
Hahaha.
"The very Hemoglobin of a persons blood is based on IRON! The same Iron in the earth that you turn into STEEL, that is in everyone." -Michael Coffey, Stone Vengeance
MEXDefenderOfSteel wrote:on another sidenote, i guess Iron Maiden is the HM band with most merchandise ever, you can find any person ,any age, anywhere wearing a Maiden shirt, and thats just one example...
You got me thinking...I have not one merch item by Maiden...what a shame!!!
I have to call that guy who was seriously in doubt to sell his original "Seventh Son..."-shirt as soon as possible!!!!
omen of hate wrote:I've never understood all the buzz around Dickinson, he's imo one of the most overrated metal singer, a great showman yes but a great singer no.
kind of agree here, ive been more into his vocals with Samson actually
In comparison to who? If we are going to compare Dickinson to Tate, Arch or Halford for example, then yes, but as opposed to any other Maiden vocalist, he's easily on top...
bigfootkit wrote:"Your Steel Is Not True"
stormspell wrote:"I hate all my releases. I only listen to Korn and Limp Bizkit, don't you know..."
great shirt though
