Top 5 Iron Maiden songs

[4real]

Just to piggy back off the Black Sabbath thread from this week basically what are your top 5 Maiden tracks?

Man this again was tough but mine are:

1. Seventh Son of A Seventh Son
2. To Tame A Land
3. Paschendale
4. The Number of The Beast
5. Flight of Icarus

[Johawn]

Stranger in a Strange Land
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Phantom of the Opera
Rainmaker
The Wicker Man

Kinda all over the place

[Raskovnik]

Hallowed Be Thy Name
Wasted Years
Number of the Beast
Fear of the Dark (Specifically the live version)
Infinite Dreams

[Gus Richlen Was Wrong]

That's one where my answer will change every single day, but here goes today:

1. Number Of The Beast
2. The Wicker Man
3. Powerslave
4. Different World
5. El Dorado

[koreycaskets]

5 - El Dorado
4 - Woman in Uniform
3 - Rime of the Ancient Mariner
2 - 2 Minutes to Midnight
1 - Can I Play with Madness

Honorable mention - Iron Maiden

[J is Justice]

Not a huge Iron Maiden fan, but these are my favs:

1. The Evil That Men Do
2. Run to the Hills
3. 2 Minutes to Midnight
4. The Longest Day
5. The Talisman

[Limity (BLM)]

While I enjoy the entirety of their catalogue, my favorites definitely come from their later years, when they decided every song should be an epic.

Paschendale
Face In The Sand
The Nomad
Brighter Than A Thousand Suns
2 AM

The last choice was tough, but I first came into Maiden with the X Factor album, and I believe the Blaze era is very unfairly maligned. Songs came out of that time that we will never hear again from Iron Maiden. Granted, for good and ill.

[Jake, The Jake, Jake]

The Evil That Men Do
Wasted Years
Hallowed Be Thy Name
The Trooper
Aces High

[H-Virus]

Top 5

Fear of the Dark (Live)
Dream of Mirrors
Judas Be My Guide
Caught Somewhere in Time
Starblind


Honorable Mentions

Lightning Strikes Twice
Wasted Years
Flash of the Blade
Run Silent Run Deep
Ghost of the Navigator


Even with a top 10 it was hard to pick, and it's kind of amazing how different everyone's lists are so far.

[Larryhausen]

1: Wasted Years
2: Hallowed Be Thu Name
3: The Lonliness of the Long Distance Runner
4: Fear of The Dark
5: Wrathchild

[No Longer a Produceman]

In no particular order:

The Trooper
Brighter Than A Thousand Suns
Run to the Hills
Powerslave
Remember Tomorrow

4 Bruce Dickinson songs and one Paul Di’Anno song. Blaze wasn’t bad, but pretty underwhelming compared to the others.

[Ganon83]

No order:

Hallowed Be Thy Name
Phantom of the Opera (either live with Dickinson or in studio with Paul)
Wicker Man
Powerslave
The Red and the Black

[Toilet Paper Roll]

I'll be the dissenting view here, but i'd accept almost any of the songs mentioned above as long as #1 is :Die with your boots on" Thats a F'n anthem

[Ganon83]

Dec 13, 2020 21:51:52 GMT -5 H-Virus said:

Top 5

Fear of the Dark (Live)
Dream of Mirrors
Judas Be My Guide
Caught Somewhere in Time
Starblind


Honorable Mentions

Lightning Strikes Twice
Wasted Years
Flash of the Blade
Run Silent Run Deep
Ghost of the Navigator


Even with a top 10 it was hard to pick, and it's kind of amazing how different everyone's lists are so far.

The crazy thing with Maiden is that the band obviously went through different stages throughout the years, not just in the singer swaps but more in style. From the more punk style of the first couple of albums to the more recent grand attempts at making every other song in their albums these massive 10+ minute epics, and yet they’ve always seened to excel in all of them. There’s a dud or two- Empire of the Clouds just drags way too much- but just about everything else is either quality in-studio or Bruce can just add an entirely new dimension to it live to make it work.

An honorable mention that won’t make anybody’s list is Sheriff of Huddersfield, a bonus joke song making fun of their manager.

youtu.be/NPbDYcMNX6A

[GuyOfOwnage]

My personal favorite Maiden track of all-time is Where Eagles Dare from Piece of Mind. Hallowed Be Thy Name and Fear of the Dark are certifiable metal classics. 2 Minutes To Midnight, Wasted Years, Holy Smoke, The Wicker Man, The Clansman (Rock in Rio recording), The Evil That Men Do, and I'm well aware I'm well over 5 but I'm terrible at narrowing down lists.

[Wolf Hawkfield no1 NZ poster]

2 Minutes to Midnight
Caught Somewhere in Time
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
The Trooper
Powerslave

[Bad Moon]

I love all the songs mentioned so far, but the one that's always stuck at Most Played on my playlist is Dance of Death.

[ERON]

Tough decision, but I'll go with...

1. Flight of Icarus
2. Aces High
3. Run to the Hills
4. Wrathchild
5. The Wicker Man

['Foretold' Joker]

Now that is a hard question to answer on a drizzly and dreary Monday afternoon. Time to hit up the maiden albums and find that top 5, nice

[4real]

Dec 14, 2020 11:13:52 GMT -5 'Foretold' Joker said:

Now that is a hard question to answer on a drizzly and dreary Monday afternoon. Time to hit up the maiden albums and find that top 5, nice

There’s just SO MANY songs at this point it was really hard to get down to 5. I was annoyed I had to leave The Wicker Man & The Trooper off in particular. And Wasted Years!