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Doesn't look like they're coming anywhere near me.  Albuquerque's 6 hrs from home, but nobody else's gonna' make that kind of a trip for Maiden.  (my friends and I share almost nothing in musical taste).
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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

I'll be the odd one out and say their best album is The Number of the Beast. Their 'prog metal' efforts are not as enjoyable to me.
 

I would say this was the beginning of their prog phase even though it has a few hit singles on it.

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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

I'll be the odd one out and say their best album is The Number of the Beast. Their 'prog metal' efforts are not as enjoyable to me.
 

I would say this was the beginning of their prog phase even though it has a few hit singles on it.

Easily one of the best bands of the eighties of any genre.


Arguably yes it was the start of their more progressive phase, but I've always regarded it as a heavy metal album, and probably one of the best ever recorded.

I liked the next two albums, and thought Powerslave was better than Piece of Mind. After that I lost interest a bit.
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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

I'll be the odd one out and say their best album is The Number of the Beast. Their 'prog metal' efforts are not as enjoyable to me.
 

I would say this was the beginning of their prog phase even though it has a few hit singles on it.

Easily one of the best bands of the eighties of any genre.


Arguably yes it was the start of their more progressive phase, but I've always regarded it as a heavy metal album, and probably one of the best ever recorded.

I liked the next two albums, and thought Powerslave was better than Piece of Mind. After that I lost interest a bit.
 

Somewhere In Time and Seventh Son of A Seventh Son are a bit lighter featuring guitar synths and maybe lack a bit of punch. At the time I wasn't convinced although I like them nowadays a lot more than I did then. Powerslave will always be my 'go to' metal album. Just a perfect balance of metal and prog to my ears.
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Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

Originally posted by richardh richardh wrote:

Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

I'll be the odd one out and say their best album is The Number of the Beast. Their 'prog metal' efforts are not as enjoyable to me.
 

I would say this was the beginning of their prog phase even though it has a few hit singles on it.

Easily one of the best bands of the eighties of any genre.


Arguably yes it was the start of their more progressive phase, but I've always regarded it as a heavy metal album, and probably one of the best ever recorded.

I liked the next two albums, and thought Powerslave was better than Piece of Mind. After that I lost interest a bit.
 

Somewhere In Time and Seventh Son of A Seventh Son are a bit lighter featuring guitar synths and maybe lack a bit of punch. At the time I wasn't convinced although I like them nowadays a lot more than I did then. Powerslave will always be my 'go to' metal album. Just a perfect balance of metal and prog to my ears.


Seventh Son was boring to my ears. It was an experiment, and although Maiden could be regarded somewhat as latter day prog metal pioneers, I think better prog metal has been made since.

I'm going to give powerslave another spin today. It's been a while, and I agree that's a good album.
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