Maiden album ranking

[IrritatedTrout]

The other topichttp://www.metalsetlists.com/showthr...t=11070&page=2 was being hijacked so I started a new one for this discussion.

Originally Posted by IrritatedTrout

2006:
Then: Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death
Now: Iron Maiden - A Matter of Life and Death

Hands fuckin down. Greatest album ever recorded.

Originally Posted by jhdeity

Wow. Interesting thread to say the least. Lots of diversity and only 1 truly head scratching moment. A Matter of Life and Death the best album ever? It isn't even in my top 5 Maiden albums let alone all-time status.


I'm listening to Children of the Damned right now and think it's one of the best vocals I've ever heard. I would certainly rate Number of the Beast my favorite Maiden album and definitely the best artwork of all time. Do other people think that album is better than the classics like Piece of Mind and NOTB?

Originally Posted by PowerMaiden

It's a fucking amazing record, considering their age and their past achievement, they had nothing to proove to anyone and they still go out and creates classic album like that. I mean come on , a bunch of 50 years old still firing from all cylinders like that. AMOLAD is a fucking masterpiece to me nothing less, but you're right they have done better, and only because they are Iron Fucking Maiden, this album done by any other band would be that band best album, but coming from Maiden you have a handfull of record better than this.



Here is my ranking of Maiden albums:

1. The Number Of The Beast
2. Piece Of Mind
3. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
4. Brave New World
5. A Matter Of Life & Death
6. Powerslave
7. Somewhere In Time
8. Iron Maiden
9. Dance Of Death
10. Killers
11. The X Factor
12. Fear Of The Dark
13. Virtual 11
14. No Prayer For The Dying



Cheers !
PowerMaiden

Originally Posted by TonyD

Originally Posted by PowerMaiden

is that good or bad ? hehehe


Cheers !
PowerMaiden

Originally Posted by TonyD

Depends who you're asking. Also I would assume Powerslave at #6 goes against popular opinion.

Originally Posted by jhdeity

Yeah I'm old school and have the older albums 1st. I'm surprised Killers isn't getting it's proper due though. Steve Harris is a monster on that album. Here's how I would rank my Maiden albums:

1. The Number Of The Beast
2. Piece Of Mind
3. Killers
4. Powerslave
5. Iron Maiden
6. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
7. A Matter Of Life & Death
8. Somewhere In Time
9. Brave New World
10. Dance Of Death
11. Fear Of The Dark
12. The X Factor
13. Virtual 11
14. No Prayer For The Dying

I also think Live after Death is one of the 5 best live albums ever made and would rank it 3rd. Maiden Japan would be 8th even as an EP

Originally Posted by Maiden33

I've noticed that the two most widely-held Maiden beliefs is that No Prayer For the Dying is easily one of the bottom 2, and that Powerslave is one of their best. Not to say everyone thinks that, I just found that it's probably close to the only 2 Maiden album rankings/statements that the majority of fans will agree on.
But enough about this. I'd love to post my own Maiden album ranking, but I advise the next person who wants to do so to post a separate thread for it, so this one doesn't become further over-run.

My list from best to worst is:

1. A Matter Of Life & Death
2. Somewhere In Time
3. Dance Of Death
4. Powerslave
5. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
6. Piece Of Mind
7. The Number of the Beast
8. The X Factor
9. Brave New World
10. Iron Maiden
11. Virtual XI
12. No Prayer for The Dying
13. Killers
14. Fear of the Dark

Yep, I just put Killers almost dead last and DoD top three. Haha, that probably won't go over well. 2 through 6 are all virtually on the same level so it was really hard to rank them. NoTB is way overrated in my opinion. It's great but not jaw-dropping, career-defining great IMO.

[DethMaiden]

So much fun.

1. Powerslave
2. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
3. Piece of Mind
4. The Number of the Beast
5. Somewhere in Time
6. Dance of Death
7. Iron Maiden
8. Brave New World
9. Killers
10. A Matter of Life and Death
11. Fear of the Dark
12. The X-Factor
13. Virtual XI
14. No Prayer for the Dying

EDIT: If I were to rate them out of ten, I'd say 1 through 8 are all 10s, 9 and 10 are 9s, 11-12 are 7s, and the bottom two are like 5s, roughly.

[SirLardsAlot]

Keep in mind I love all the albums.



1. Powerslave
2. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
3. The Number of the Beast
4. Iron Maiden
5. No Prayer for the Dying
6. Piece of Mind
7. Somewhere in Time
8. Brave New World
9. Dance of Death
10. Killers
11. The X Factor
12. Fear of the Dark
13. A Matter of Life and Death
14. Virtual XI

[DethMaiden]

Originally Posted by SirLardsAlot

5. No Prayer for the Dying

lolwut

[ImmortalEmperor]

I'm into the whole brevity thing, so...

1. Powerslave
2. Iron Maiden
3. The Number of the Beast
4. Piece of Mind
5. Killers

[DethMaiden]

Originally Posted by ImmortalEmperor

I'm into the whole brevity thing, so...

Abide.

[Indestructible]

this is always hard for me

These are great.
Somewhere in Time (1986)
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
Powerslave (1984)
Brave New World (2000)
The Number of the Beast (1982)
Piece of Mind (1983)
Dance of Death (2003)
A Matter of Life and Death (2006)


these albums are good but the other ones are superior
No Prayer for the Dying (1990)
Fear of the Dark (1992)
The X Factor (1995)
Virtual XI (1998)
Iron Maiden (1980)
Killers (1981)

[mankvill]

1. Powerslave
2. The Number Of The Beast
3. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
4. Somewhere In Time
5. Piece Of Mind
6. Brave New World
7. A Matter Of Life And Death
8. Iron Maiden
9. Killers
10. Dance Of Death
11. Fear of the Dark
12. No Prayer For The Dying

I haven't heard the Blaze discs yet.

[PowerMaiden]

Originally Posted by SirLardsAlot

5. No Prayer for the Dying

Wow ! that's a first to me, I've never seen anybody place No Prayer that high, cool, like you said they are all good, even No Prayer for me is worth a solid 8/10




Cheers !
PowerMaiden

[Indestructible]

Originally Posted by mankvill

1. Powerslave
2. The Number Of The Beast
3. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
4. Somewhere In Time
5. Piece Of Mind
6. Brave New World
7. A Matter Of Life And Death
8. Iron Maiden
9. Killers
10. Dance Of Death
11. Fear of the Dark
12. No Prayer For The Dying

I haven't heard the Blaze discs yet.

The x factor is good. i havent heard virtual XI. my uncle said that the x factor sounds like dickinson with a cold. TXF is a good album.