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Poll Question: Which Iron Maiden's best studio release ?
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It's hard to say, seeing as they're one of the greatest bands that ever lived, but if I had to choose one it would be 'A Matter of Life and Death'.
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As much as I love their Eighties albums, my vote goes to Brave New World, an incredible album that marks the band's return to form after the controversial Bayley era.
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You know which album of theirs is underrated? A Final Frontier. That album is fantastic. 

Voting that because you should listen to it. 
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Torn between Number of the Beast and Piece of Mind for my favorite.
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Seventh Son with Number of the Beast not far behind.
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Originally posted by Raff Raff wrote:

As much as I love their Eighties albums, my vote goes to Brave New World, an incredible album that marks the band's return to form after the controversial Bayley era.
I agree, great return to form. Though it still retains some of the 90's habits (see start and end the song in the same harmony Ermm)

Originally posted by infocat infocat wrote:

As others have said, they have no albums where every track is great, but I'll choose Piece of Mind for
"Where Eagles Dare"
"Revelations"
"Flight of Icarus"
"Still Life"
"To Tame a Land"

Especially those last two; absolute favorites.
Eclectic choice and well said


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Originally posted by aapatsos aapatsos wrote:



Originally posted by infocat infocat wrote:

As others have said, they have no albums where every track is great, but I'll choose Piece of Mind for
"Where Eagles Dare"
"Revelations"
"Flight of Icarus"
"Still Life"
"To Tame a Land"

Especially those last two; absolute favorites.
Eclectic choice and well said
 
Same on here, Piece of Mind.


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I'll withhold voting, but Seventh Son was the first Maiden album I got really into a few years ago, and I think it might be their strongest with only one weakish track (The Prophesy), but I think The Number of the Beast and Powerslave are very near behind. After that I'd probably put The Final Frontier (remarkably good) and Somewhere in Time.
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I can't vote but I think I can give my opinion (if not, sorry). I go for Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, closely followed by Brave New World and Powerslave on a second place.
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Originally posted by stonebeard stonebeard wrote:

I'll withhold voting, but Seventh Son was the first Maiden album I got really into a few years ago, and I think it might be their strongest with only one weakish track (The Prophesy), but I think The Number of the Beast and Powerslave are very near behind. After that I'd probably put The Final Frontier (remarkably good) and Somewhere in Time.


The Prophecy weak? That's a first. Usually, people have a problem with Can I Play with Madness when it comes to the so called weak song of SSOTSS. I don't have a problem with either song.

I fail to see what is so great about IM's last album. Ouch


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The debut--  original, intelligent, heavy, romantic, a great great rock album.
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Points: 23104 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 17 2015 at 06:20
Voted for Killers but in reality it's a close tie between it and Powerslave. My fave Maiden release though is the live album Live after Death.
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Originally posted by Atavachron Atavachron wrote:

The debut--  original, intelligent, heavy, romantic, a great great rock album.
Agreed. I'd also rank Phantom of the Opera as my favourite Ironing Maiden song. The impact of this album when it first hit the shelves in 1980 was astonishing.
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Originally posted by Rick Robson Rick Robson wrote:

Originally posted by aapatsos aapatsos wrote:



Originally posted by infocat infocat wrote:

As others have said, they have no albums where every track is great, but I'll choose Piece of Mind for
"Where Eagles Dare"
"Revelations"
"Flight of Icarus"
"Still Life"
"To Tame a Land"

Especially those last two; absolute favorites.
Eclectic choice and well said
 
Same on here, Piece of Mind.


yeah man. Piece of Mind.  That is what cooks Micky's books.. the first I heard and will always be my favorite!
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Killers without a doubt for me. "Murders in the Rue Morgue" is probably my fav Maiden tune full-stop.
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Love their first seven albums, the last four are also great.
Today I'd give my vote to Piece of Mind.
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Originally posted by Horizons Horizons wrote:

You know which album of theirs is underrated? A Final Frontier. That album is fantastic. 

Voting that because you should listen to it. 


Oh, I do. A lot in fact. Isle of Avalon might be my favorite Iron Maiden song. Definitely in the top 5.

This possible is impossible. I could pick any one of Number of the Beast, Powerslave, Somewhere in Time, Seventh Son, Brave New World, or the Final Frontier.

I'll think about it.
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

I fail to see what is so great about IM's last album. Ouch


Well I can't really convince you, but I think it is. Only problem is the songs are generally too long. If most of the 9 minute songs were 6-7 minutes that would be better. And I'm not the biggest fan of Mother of Mercy and The Man Who Would Be King, but other than that I love em.
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Tough call for me, but I went with Seventh Son. Infinite Dreams is probably my fave here, followed by Seventh Son.  Only a couple weak tracks on this album.  Piece of Mind would be my second choice.  I severely overplayed Piece of Mind and Powerslave in my youth so these have less overall appeal than they used to.  that said, I've never gotten tired of Revelations and Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
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Points: 16130 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: February 22 2015 at 03:07
Number of the beast.

Always enjoyed it more than any other Maiden album. Bruces vocals were best on that album too, in my opinion. It was a very screamy album, but on the albums that followed he warbled too much. I thought at times he was about to start yodelling.

Piece of Mind and Powerslave had great moments too. The first two albums were good when they came out, but Dianno's vocals were no match for Bruce. I lost interest in Maiden after Somewhere in Time.
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