Recommend an Iron Maiden album

really, if you dig up on amazon you may be able to find a lot of em cheap. and I mean better to get em in one shot than to buy one, then spend the next few weeks at work going GOD I CAN'T WAIT UNTIL I GET HOME SO I CAN GET "XX" ALBUM BY IRON MAIDEN.

i think this just might be my favorite Maiden release post Dickinson reunion. Brave New World was it for a while but it is let down by the end of teh album.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

oh come on

The Number of the Beast 5
Powerslave (rebuy since you can't play the cassette anymore) 0
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 0

fuck you srsly. I like Number but my god it pales in comparison to 4-5 other albums

ilx, can't get maiden right

i want explanations from the 5 NOTB voters

BEST IRON MAIDEN STUDIO ALBUM <------- correct results

Didn't vote NOTB, but with songs like Hallowed be Thy Name, Children of the Damned and 22 Acacia Avenue, it easily ranks amongst Maiden's best work. I'd deem Gangland to be the only filler song and even that track is really good. Also, NOTB still has that raw, dark and gloomy edge about it that only can be found on Maiden's debut and, especially, Killers. After that, Maiden got more transparent and lighter in tone. Also: Clive Burr at its finest. Yeah, I can definitely see the love for this one.

My objection isn't so much on the grounds that it isn't a kickass album, as it is -- "Children of the Damned" has a fantastic coda which pushes it from great to legendary, and 22 Acacia Avenue is fantastic. While I would say I like every song on the album, some of them don't hit as high ("Invaders" has a corny chorus, "Run to the Hills" is good but the chorus is a bit annoying).

I feel like Piece of Mind was more consistent, with higher highs, and Powerslave was overall a more aggressive album that hit higher highs as well. I also love the two D'ianno albums more than Number (in fact, I rank both very highly).

I wouldn't put NOTB higher than 4th or 5th.

Good thing you weren't the only one voting.

har har.

the only victim in all of this is Dan, who will get home and realize taht while NOTB is good, he could have had a better album. and that's something that may slightly bug him for five minutes or so.

Until he hears the other ones, how will he know? And who knows, like many people here he might like it more than you do.

FYI, if you wish for honest discussion or responses starting off with "fuck you srsly" is probably not the way to go.

Honestly, I won't ever listen to a record they did after Piece of Mind (excepting Live After Death, and even that one I don't really care for. As Sebastian put it so well, I'll just quote him

NOTB still has that raw, dark and gloomy edge about it that only can be found on Maiden's debut and, especially, Killers. After that, Maiden got more transparent and lighter in tone.

Powerslave and on just don't appeal to my ears as far as the production. They still can write some great songs, and it's why I'd still see them live, but I just don't like what they do in the studio.

Until he hears the other ones, how will he know? And who knows, like many people here he might like it more than you do.

really not getting that you missed that I was being tongue in cheek, what with the fact that I said he'd be annoyed "for five minutes". I actually felt like adding new discussion to this thread because I happened to be spinning the new Maiden which prompted it.

FYI, if you wish for honest discussion or responses starting off with "fuck you srsly" is probably not the way to go.

LOL dude, what board are you on again? its been a pretty common gag after polls end for someone to say a variant of "fuck off" after the results are posted, depending on how challopsy the results are (though I wouldn't say this is a challops, so much as it is RONG).

Anyway I have to disagree respectfully that NOTB has this 'dark and gloomy edge', the chorus guitar riff on Invaders is cheesy as hell, and Run to the Hills is fairly happy sounding. I mean no doubt it's a good album but I don't really consider that album to be in any way related sonically to the D'Ianno albums.

Powerslave isn't "dark" either, but it does rock...like ferociously.

i also realize that came from a review you didn't write so I don't mean to attribute that quote to you either

fuck you srsly.

oh snap.

But seriously, though the riffs were still great afterwards in general the tone of the records became cleaner and lighter. Their are small remnants of the nasty sounds of the Di'Anno years in NotB, though not enough for my personal taste.

Fell out of love w/ Maiden right after Powerslave, so haven't heard anything released since (I did buy Live After Death for my sister's b-day at the time...but wasn't curious enough to listen.)
Piece of Mind was the only album of the initial 5 studio that i never purchased because i hated (HATED!) Icarus. Never liked the patented Maiden "gallop", and until Icarus, I don't think the gallop had ever been slowed down to such a sludgy tempo (i might be wrong). I basically punished the whole record because of its inclusion.
Killers wins for me.

I really like both eras a lot, I mean I don't think Dickinson could have pulled off the D'ianno era sound, his voice was more suited for the material they wrote. whereas D'iannos was perfect for the raw, rock'n'rolly nature of the first two albums.

I hold the first two albums in high regard, maybe even the highEST regard (the s/t has alternated as my favorite on and off for years, and Killers isn't far off).

this new album is still holding up REALLY well.

Lol I forgot to buy a Maiden album

Will fix that today

get killers

do it do it

Don't forget Live After Death either. But Killers first.

just buy the 1st 3, keep everyone happy.

noone will be more happier than yourself mind you

cuz you will be listening to 3 great Maiden albums for the first time.

it's funny, I am guessing everybody who remembers the thrill of finding out maiden is great shares this "oh man you're gonna have fun now" feeling

Guys, you are forgetting I already think Powerslave is awesome

also I got Number of the Beast and "Childen of the Damned" is like exactly my type of shit

oh and so is "The Prisoner"

Children of the damned is a definitive Maiden ballad. Especially the end -- classic. Live versions rock even more

This poll was OTM, btw

still prefer the 1st album

I ran out of Maiden albums (sans a few live albums but how many versions of "Run to the Hills" do I NEEEED, man?), so I bought the first Dickinson Samson album. was that a dumb move?

also Dan which ones do you have now?

Now there's some true Maiden addiction, seeking out Bruce Bruce with Samson! Actually I like Shock Tactics (1981) and Head On (1980) just as much as any other NWOBHM b-lister in that era. Of course I believe Piece Of Mind is fucking perfect, so what do I know.

They've really been raking it in with their live shows, they haven't had much time for writing or the studio it seems. Maybe they'll have something new next year?