Iron Maiden Recommendations
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Topic: Iron Maiden Recommendations
Posted By: khammer99
Subject: Iron Maiden Recommendations
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 11:32
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Recently, I've come across some Iron Maiden stuff on satellite radio and through clips here, and I must say I find them interesting, <ripppppp> (The sound a needle makes when it's dragged across a vinyl record> OK, what really has been happening, is I've become more patient and decided to actually LISTEN to their music, instead of just completely brushing them off with a dismissive "Oh, just another pseudo California 80's hair band wanna be..." wave of my hand, and then a quick change of the dial. So, I've pretty much liked what I've heard, so I could have been wrong about these guys  . Anyway, I'd like to start foraging around in their catalog, but I'm not sure where to start. I'm looking for some suggestions on where to start my Iron Maiden journey.Thanks ------------- Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up. - Terry Pratchett |
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 11:47
As usual depends on where you wanna start old or new? With IM there is a "reunion" time frame when Bruce returned to the band, Fear of the Dark, last album with Bruce before he left. Brave New World marked the return album for Bruce.
Old: Powerslave, Piece Of Mind and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
New: Brave New World, A Matter of Life and Death
There will be many more suggestions from the good folks here on the PA.....soak it all in and enjoy!!
Up the Friggin Irons!!!!
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khammer99 wrote:Posted By: The Monodrone
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 11:59
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Definitely Powerslave! Really good album! -------------  
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Posted By: el_macleod
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 12:08
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If you want to hear what really got them their name, The Number Of The Beast. Powerslave is a good PA album :D ------------- ... Yes, that was Random. |
Posted By: JJLehto
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 13:36
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Their first 5 albums are great. Seventh Son isn't too bad either. |
Posted By: J-Man
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 14:38
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Iron Maiden is one of my favorite heavy metal bands, and are miles and miles ahead of these "pseudo California 80's hair band wanna bes" you speak of. I would recommend starting with Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, Somewhere In Time, Powerslave, and A Matter of Life and Death if you're looking from a progressive standpoint. All of these albums I can confidently call progressive heavy metal, even though no one ever agrees with me. If you're looking for pure heavy metal, Killers and The Number of The Beast are essential as well.  ------------- 
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: June 10 2010 at 15:06
I agree with you 100%.....prog metal in my book. -------------
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Posted By: av
Date Posted: June 11 2010 at 00:59
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I go with these mentioned already, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, Somwhere in Time, Powerslave, Piece of Mind, Number of The Beast, all of those records features Bruce Dickinson on vocals, who is the best maiden vocalist for me! But still, I also love two first albums: Iron Maiden and Killers, (vocals: Paul Di'Anno). Here's one song of my choice from each of the albums I mentioned in chronological order starting from the first record:
Phantom of the Opera
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqLAdbtfJbs&feature=related - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqLAdbtfJbs&feature=related
Killers
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwY3Ftfdy6M - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwY3Ftfdy6M
Children of the Damned
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b91rSw4xuYY - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b91rSw4xuYY
Where Eagles Dare
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8p9JpDuQ-o - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J8p9JpDuQ-o
Rime of the Ancient Mariner ("the long one")
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4C2TDUPejc - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4C2TDUPejc
Caught Somwhere in Time
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_K6sl4jp3A - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p_K6sl4jp3A
Infinite Dreams (My all time favorite!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZHGcketuMY - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZHGcketuMY
I hope you find these links helpful in some way!
Up the Irons! Sonisphere Finland here I come!
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Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: June 11 2010 at 01:21
| Iron Maiden, Killers also very good |
Posted By: Kazuhiro
Date Posted: June 11 2010 at 01:53
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Killers "Prodigal Son" is my favorite. |
Posted By: aapatsos
Date Posted: June 11 2010 at 11:51
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Posted By: EatThatPhonebook
Date Posted: June 17 2010 at 04:58
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I agree 100% with Jeff as well. But you might also wanna check the album that made them the gods of metal, the Number Of The Beast. A classic masterpiece. ------------- 
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Posted By: cannon
Date Posted: July 04 2010 at 14:08
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: July 09 2010 at 09:58
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Love "Brave New World" album
best song
Rime of the Ancient Mariner 13 minutes long
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Posted By: AtomicCrimsonRush
Date Posted: July 09 2010 at 10:05
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More
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Posted By: Blacksword
Date Posted: July 14 2010 at 11:39
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Powerslave
Seventh Son of a seventh son Somewhere in time Piece of Mind Personally, my favourite album is Number of the Beast, but that's more for sentimental reasons. It's a great NWOBHM album, with little to no prog metal credentials. ------------- Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy! |
Posted By: darkshade
Date Posted: July 14 2010 at 12:00
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just start with Powerslave Aces Hiiiiiiiiiaaaaaaaaiiaiaiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/MysticBoogy" rel="nofollow - My Last.fm 
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Posted By: paganinio
Date Posted: July 14 2010 at 20:45
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First of all, stop calling them Iron Maiden, and just call them Maiden. It makes you sound like a fan. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is a wonderful prog metal record, released in 1988, my #1 prog metal album from the 80s. You definitely want to listen to it. I'm the biggest prog metal fan so you better believe me. There are some cute chicks, I believe, on the Live After Death DVD. It's really cool to watch and dance to the concert. ------------- 
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Posted By: InClouds
Date Posted: July 14 2010 at 22:04
| My personal favorite Maiden albums are Somewhere in Time, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, and Brave New World. Powerslave, Number of the Beast, Dance of Death, and Piece of Mind are also very good and worth checking out. |
Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: July 14 2010 at 22:56
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Posted By: richardh
Date Posted: July 30 2010 at 16:14
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No shouts for Matter Of Life And Death which is a shame really.Such a good album if not their absolute best.
I recommend Powerslave.
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Posted By: dtd350
Date Posted: August 02 2010 at 08:14
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Brave New World is awesome, IMO, probably my favorite.
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Posted By: lensag
Date Posted: August 09 2010 at 09:12
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That would depend a lot.
For me i still prefer Iron Maiden or Killers above everything else (but specially the debut album).
People dont usually like it but the x factor is a reaally good album from Bayley´s era - totally diferent from everything else they´ve done but very very cohesive.
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Posted By: Westsiyeed
Date Posted: August 11 2010 at 22:42
It's funny I own and love all albums up to and including 7th Son, and many of my favourite songs are from Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind and Powerslave, but I think the two Paul DiAnno albums are the most consistent and complete; every song is good.
There's a completely different vocal style between Paul and Bruce (don't worry about Blaze), so as an introduction you'd have to look at both.
So I would recommend Killers for the early years and Powerslave for Bruce's reign. Rime of the Ancient Mariner is essential Maiden.
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Posted By: InClouds
Date Posted: August 11 2010 at 23:20
| I just listened to A Matter of Life and Death for the first time recently (I've had it for quite a while but I kinda forgot about it.....) and I have to say it's an excellent album. A lot of bands tend to lose steam when they're around as long as Maiden has but they seem to be doing just fine. Still making awesome music. I'm really looking forward to The Final Frontier now. |
Posted By: AbrahamSapien
Date Posted: August 12 2010 at 01:18
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I never really liked Dickinson's era and also didn't get into it. But I quite liked Iron Maiden and Killers. BTW: Is it just me or does most of IM material with Dickinson sound like a simplified version of Led Zep's Achillies Last Stand?  |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: August 12 2010 at 01:39
Powerslave, Somewhere in Time, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son and Live After Death. You´ll be occupied for a while ------------- http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/" rel="nofollow - Metal Music Archives https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: lensag
Date Posted: August 12 2010 at 04:30
i grew with iron maiden,, my brother got me into them when i was like 10 or so. and i agree with you i love every album until 7th son (including), and yes powerslave is probably the best old maiden from bruce´s era - just listen to rhyme of the ancient mariner or powerslave!
I don´t agree when you say "dont worry with blaze": i prefer blaze´s singing over dickinson´s (i´m not saying he is better) and i think he did a great job with the x factor, which is the only Iron Maiden album i can listen from beggining to end.
Dont get me wrong i love maiden, but with some bands i feel this thing (let´s call it a phenomena) that makes me not listen to their albums, even though they are good and and haave great songs. ------------- "when routine bites hard and ambitions are low, and resentment rides high but emotions won´t grow And we´re changing our ways, taking different roads.. Then love, love will tear us apart again.." |
Posted By: TheProgtologist
Date Posted: August 16 2010 at 19:10
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The self titled debut,Killers,The Number of the Beast,Piece of Mind,Powerslave and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son are incredible,essential and highly recommended. I don't care much for Somewhere in Time,No Prayer for the Dying and Fear of the Dark,they aren't bad,just weak compared to earlier stuff.
Most people stay away from the Blaze Bayley albums,but I think The X-Factor isn't bad,it contains some great tunes,especially Sign of the Cross.
All their albums since they reunited are excellent,but you should definitely check out their earlier stuff first. -------------  |
Posted By: Kashmir75
Date Posted: August 17 2010 at 21:06
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I have all of their albums. I prefer the Dickinson era to either Di'Anno or Bayley, but the others aren't bad. The self titled debut, and Killers are very good straight up metal albums (not a lot of prog metal, except for Phantom of the Opera). Number of The Beast, Piece of Mind, Powerslave are all classics (especially the latter. Powerslave might be my favourite IM album). Somewhere In Time was a departure from their earlier sound, and a bit of a risk (there's more synths and experimentation with longer song structures there), but good stuff. This experiment with prog metal culminated in 1988's awesome Seventh Son. One I can highly reccomend.
It went a bit hazy after that. No Prayer For The Dying was a weak album. Fear Of The Dark was actually decent, with a great title track, but it had a fair bit of filler. The X Factor, with Blaze on vocals, was actually a solid album with some great tracks (Sign of the Cross, Lord of The Flies, Man On The Edge). The best tracks are the first few, though. Virtual XI may be, along with No Prayer..., the weakest Maiden offering.
Everything from the Dickinson/Smith reunion period onwards (Brave New World, Dance Of Death, A Matter of Life And Death, The Final Frontier) is all great, IMO. They write very long, epic proggy songs these days. And Dickinson has never sounded better. ------------- Hello, mirror. So glad to see you, my friend. It's been a while... |