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JJLehto
Prog Reviewer
Joined: April 05 2006
Location: Tallahassee, FL
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Points: 34550
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Posted: April 06 2006 at 16:09 |
Very hard to chose, but I have to say Powerslave.
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Blacksword
Prog Reviewer
Joined: June 22 2004
Location: England
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Points: 16130
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Posted: April 06 2006 at 17:00 |
'The number of the Beast' has to be the best 80's British metal album. I liked the rawness of the Dianno fronted albums too.
The albums that followed 'TNOTB" I'm less keen on, which may seem strange being a prog fan. Their music got more conceptual and more 'clever' but there was something about their sound that turned me off them. It was partly Nico McBrains drum sound and style. I much prefferd Clive Burrs drum sound and style. The music semed moreexciting with him behind the kit. Murray and Smith's lead guitar sound became 'wimpy' IMO, and Dickinson started warbling too much. I saw them doing 'Seventh Son..' at Donnington in 1988 and they bored me to tears. Kiss and Dave Lee Roth were better.. ![](smileys/smiley9.gif) ...
Takes cover..
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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Stars Die
Forum Senior Member
Joined: April 08 2006
Location: Sweden
Status: Offline
Points: 141
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Posted: April 09 2006 at 04:02 |
There isn't an Iron Maiden album that I can stand listening to right now, I have listened to all of them so many times that I am extremely tired of them, but I still love them!! ![](smileys/smiley4.gif)
My top Three albums have always been:
1. Piece of Mind
2. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
3. Brave new World
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Du Skojar om att jag Skojar men jag skojar inte alls
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jesperz
Forum Senior Member
Joined: February 12 2006
Location: Singapore
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Points: 233
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Posted: April 10 2006 at 05:34 |
The Number Of The Beast!!!
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<<Dark side of Z' Drummination>>
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Bob Greece
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Joined: July 04 2005
Location: Greece
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Points: 1823
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Posted: April 10 2006 at 05:41 |
![](http://ironmaiden.webvis.net/images/Albums/PowerSlave/PowerSlave.jpg)
It's the second side (of the old LP) that makes this album with the long tracks Powerslave and Rime of the Ancient Mariner. I also like the Losfer Words instrumental. After this album, I lost interest in Iron Maiden. Somewhere in Time had some nice guitar synth sounds but it just didn't grab me.
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Joren
Special Collaborator
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Joined: February 07 2004
Location: Netherlands
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Points: 6667
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Posted: April 10 2006 at 06:01 |
Followed by "Iron Maiden". ![](smileys/smiley4.gif)
Edited by Joren van Ree
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Sean Trane
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Prog Folk
Joined: April 29 2004
Location: Heart of Europe
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Points: 20403
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Posted: April 10 2006 at 06:59 |
^^^^^
I myself prefer the good old DiAnno days >>> I loved his voice
the EP Maiden Japan was superb
I went for Killers >>> but I have not heard much past Powerslave
But I cannot stand listening more than a few tracks from Maiden anymore , since the mid-80's , but this hoes for most metal bands
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let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword
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BookAboutSalad
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Joined: April 10 2006
Location: Sweden
Status: Offline
Points: 26
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Posted: April 10 2006 at 12:19 |
I'd say that the most even album is Brave New World, so my vote goes for that one. Not one bad song and sort of progressive Seventh Son is also very even and is nicely produced.
Although, Piece of Mind contains the best songs, Somewhere in Time is experimental in a very good way, the first two are very raw, Number of the Beast contains the hits... and not to forget Powerslave, a really good album in all ways.
Hey, do I have to say that I like Maiden?
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