4real
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Post by 4real on Feb 9, 2017 9:44:13 GMT -5
Been on a bit of an Iron Maiden kick recently so wanted to see what the general consensus was on the best Iron Maiden album. Right now I would say I'm really digging Seventh Son, it's pretty flawless. What say you FAN?
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Post by Jiren on Feb 9, 2017 9:50:49 GMT -5
Fear Of The Dark for me
While the other albums are good - great (Even the Bayley era was decent) I think "Fear" has collectively more of my faves on it
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Post by Stone Coke Miami Watson 🥃 on Feb 9, 2017 10:00:28 GMT -5
AMOLAD was amazing from start to finish....easily (IMO) the best album they have done.
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Post by Hurbster on Feb 9, 2017 14:54:51 GMT -5
Somewhere in Time. Probably helped that was when I first saw them live.
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Post by Gremlin on Feb 9, 2017 15:28:16 GMT -5
Powerslave is likely my favorite heavy metal album.
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Post by Albino Heat on Feb 9, 2017 15:41:26 GMT -5
Right now, I'd say Brave New World, but I could easily switch to Powerslave or A Matter of Life and Death depending on the day.
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Post by riseofsetian1981 on Feb 9, 2017 16:09:50 GMT -5
For me it's a tie between Powerslave and Somewhere In Time.
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Post by Father Dougal McGuire on Feb 9, 2017 16:52:48 GMT -5
It was hard to choose between Powerslave, Number of the Beast and Piece of Mind. I went with Number of the Beast.
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Post by Raskovnik on Feb 9, 2017 17:30:20 GMT -5
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. Seventh Son of a Seventh Soooo-oon. Although either Fear of the Dark or Piece of Mind gets my vote for best Maiden album cover.
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Post by Gus Richlen: Ruffian on Feb 9, 2017 20:12:12 GMT -5
As good as TNOTB is, had to go Powerslave. I feel that the album shows the band at its creative best, although of the second Bruce era, Brave New World would be the best from then.
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Post by Limity (BLM) on Feb 9, 2017 20:45:42 GMT -5
For whatever reason I vastly prefer the second Bruce era, and it was tough to pick between them. But BNW it is.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 9, 2017 20:54:14 GMT -5
I picked other for the 2 disc version of Best Of The Beast.
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Post by Kalmia on Feb 10, 2017 0:32:20 GMT -5
I voted for Seventh Son, but there's at least another 4 albums that I could have voted for. They just have so many excellent albums.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 10, 2017 0:33:59 GMT -5
I haven't heard them all, but I love Killers.
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Post by No Name is needed Bro Beans on Feb 10, 2017 1:17:54 GMT -5
tough choice but number of the beast is my favorite
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Post by CubsFan71 on Feb 10, 2017 2:05:54 GMT -5
Hard to choose just one album but I decided on Somewhere in Time as it was the first Maiden album I ever heard. Still I could have gone with just about any of the ones on the list. As far as live albums go, I still love Live After Death
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Post by Joker on Feb 10, 2017 4:50:23 GMT -5
I like them all pretty much, Killers was the first I listened to so it gets my vote for introducing Maiden to me.
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Post by fuzzywarble, squat cobbler on Feb 10, 2017 8:10:03 GMT -5
I love Somewhere in Time the most.
Also, the Di'Anno-era "Phantom of the Opera" is an amazing tune.
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Post by Magnus the Magnificent on Feb 10, 2017 10:49:08 GMT -5
You can roll a die between Piece of Mind/Powerslave/Somewhere in Time/Seventh Son. All are equally great IMO.
Iron Maiden's never made a stinker album, I think. Sure, there's some questionable material here and there, but nothing I'd consider really bad.
The Blaze-era is usually blasted as a lowpoint for the band, with Bayley being the scape-goat, but judged on their own merits, "his" albums are excellent. He wasn't really responsible for the music either.
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Post by revolver86 on Feb 10, 2017 13:10:20 GMT -5
Holy shit, how is Piece of Mind not running away, with this? It's a perfect record!
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