The UK Connection-Iron Maiden Favorite & Least Favorite Albums
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- Join Pete Pardo, Simon Bray, and Steven Reid for a discussion of their favorite & least favorite albums by the legendary Iron Maiden. #ironmaiden
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Simon, Steven and Pete are national treasures. They must be protected at all costs.
Maybe should be changed to international treasures...
Good point
I strongly concur with this idea. All three must be protected!!!
In fact, were I KING OF THE WORLD, I would have assigned to Simon, Steve & Pete at least two Delta operators each or perhaps several Moussad people...still...I might pick several of those dudes with the colourful outfits who guard the Pope (I'd have to research).
... because one never knows when John Parr draws near (think: Charles Bronson circa 1975 or another variety of stalking predator). First you might see in a flash: that exquisitely menacing Parr-mullet or perhaps a well-produced guitar-lick might twist into existence and then -- BAM! It's too late and another horrible, bloody death ensues!
Yes, gentlemen, John Parr is at once talented and deadly (hence the reason why Simon heroically seeks to apprehend him).😀
I saw Maiden play AMOLAD in its entirety, and I welcome that at any shows I see. To this day, that album ranks highly for me. Epic, classic. Songs from the album should be played at every show.
Saw them do Seventh Son in its entirety, one of my faves, along with all their other best songs. That show went on forever, and everyone was LOVING it.
That's why Simon's choose of that album as one their worst is nothing but questionable!
I love AMOLAD!
The only song I still play from that album is Lord of Light. The only song that had all the maiden trademarks on that album
That opening riff to “ 2 Minutes To Midnight “ still gives me chills when I hear it. Superb song.
I saw Maiden at Sheffield City Hall on Killers tour in 1981 with Paul Di'Anno. French band Trust supported with one Nicko McBrain on drums. Still have a fondness for the debut.
Great stuff Russ!
That must have been something! I never saw them with Dianno, my first show was actually on the Somewhere on tour, back inn ´86, but I have seen Maiden 4 times with Dickinson, 1986, ´88. 90 and in ´92. In 1988 they had Helloween as supporting band, that was really something else.
My favorites are Seventh Son and Powerslave. Great minds think alike, and me and Steven do as well. My least favorites have to be No Prayer for the Dying and a tie between Virtual XI and The Final Frontier. My wild card would have to be the X Factor: Blaze is not a good match, but I do love those songs.
Great choices Luis - as expected!
Went to the mailbox and Pete uploaded 3 more videos
My favorite is Somewhere In Time. I queued up at the record store and got the first one out of the box back in the day and saw them on this tour. Sadly, I think the worst album is the latest one. I've tried to get into it but the more I listen to it, the less I like it. Trooper beer is fantastic. Thanks to Iron Maiden you can get a real English beer all over the world.
Somewhere In Time for the win 👍🏻❤️🤘🏼
Absolutely my favourite as well. Seventh son coming on second
I think I will pick Somewhere in time, as second best with Maiden, my favorite will always be Seventh son of a Seventh son, but Somewhere in time is a great album, that was also the first time I saw Maiden live with WASP as supporting band.
@@DeeDee-zo3bi Their best two albums!
Somewhere in Time is indeed a classic. Just got it on vinyl finally. New album is meh for me and the Trooper beer is 👍🏼
Another fantastic show gentlemen. I don't usually comment on this (or any other) channels but the quality of the programs Pete and his guests have been putting out over the the last few years has really been superb. It was around the first lockdown that I began watching this channel and it's been a source of both comfort and inspiration during that time. When I began watching I lived in England and now I live in Scotland - not too far from Mr Reid. Much has changed for me but the constant has been this channel. So much effort goes into it and I wanted you all to know, and particularly Pete, that it is really appreciated. A few comments on today's show if I may:
Steven - I completely identify with you on No Prayer for the Dying. We're the same age so I imagine we had similar expectations after 7th Son - that was the album that really cemented my love of Maiden and is still my favourite today. I was so gutted when I heard NPFTD - the whole number 1 thing with Bring Your Daughter was just cringe-worthy. I remember the time well because around 6 months later, Marillion released Holidays In Eden and it was as if my two favourite bands had decided to drop two giant turds on me.
And to both Simon and Pete, big respect for mentioning Senjutsu. I love that album and for me it is the best thing they've done since 1988. Which is a big statement I guess but for me it is the culmination of what they've been trying to do for the last 20 years and this time they've completely nailed it.
Finally, I'm looking forward to the next episode of 4FusionFriday - that was a fascinating discussion the other day. Keep up the great work guys. Slainte.
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Thanks for that Nick. Great to hear you enjoyed the show - and I can only echo your thoughts regarding Peter and the fantastic channel he has created.
I like Holidays In Eden, but I know what you mean, after Season's End it was quite a come down - although not as big as 7th Son to No Prayer for me.
I hope Bonnie Scotland is treating you well!
@@TranquilityFireReid Thanks Steven, yes I'm up in sunny Nairn but it's not so Bonnie at the moment.
I agree that time has been much kinder to HIE - I can listen to it now and take it for what it is.
Here's one for you. Do you remember, or have you ever come across the group, The Lost Soul Band? From Penicuik in the early 90's? Outwith my circle of friends, I've yet to come across anyone else who has heard of them. But their music still holds up really well today I think.
@@nickday9150 Sorry Nick, The Lost Soul Band are a new one on me. Not that I've ever really been that close to the Penicuik scene! 😉
Favorites: Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, Somewhere in Time
Least favorites: Fear of the Dark and Virtual XI
Wildcard: It's so hard to pick just one, but I'm gonna go with A Matter of Life and Death. I don't care what people say, I absolutely adore that record. The songs are long, but very rarely do they lose my attention like some of the later records do. The album is also super heavy. Maiden isn't exactly a heavy band, but I think it's safe to say they've never done a record heavier than AMOLAD.
Also, I agree with everything Steven said about The X Factor. It's a very good album. Probably the most underappreciated in the whole Maiden catalog.
Exactly the same for me!!!
To each is own, but A Matter of Life and Death is an absolute classic.
And that is the beauty of music! 👍
Wise words indeed.
@@TranquilityFireReid / absolutely, A Common phrase on SOT. - “ We all HEAR 👂 things Differently. Never been a truer statement!! 👍💯
@@garyjoyce2160 Spot on Gary! I'm loving reading all of the different choices in the comments - this is what it's all about!
@@TranquilityFireReid / it was a tremendous job by all 3 of you .👍💯
Always a class act, the UK Connection. Keep up the great work!
Thanks Paulo!
Thanks Paulo!
Great show. 👍👍can't beat piece of mind. Keep up the great shows. 🤘🤘
Another fine episode, gents. Perhaps hard to believe, but have not spent enough time with this catalogue to speak categorically about two favorites and two worst but my top so far after about halfway through the catalogue are in those picked by each of you three. Some of catalogue drags a little for me but still working my way through. But this show was an excellent discussion of some of the high points and low points listened to so far. Thanks again, gents, and cheers!
Thanks for watching JMW!
Good discussion on Iron Maiden lads.
Really enjoyed it.
Maybe ye could discuss Motorhead or Thin Lizzy soon.
That would be great!
Thanks Vernon. They are both really good suggestions!
Love these videos. I'm all alone with my love of music. It's fun to watch others talk about these bands
The pleasure is ours. Thanks for watching!
Great show as always guys.
POWERSLAVE is one of the major masterpieces of any band in the genra. It is just mesmerizing. It's Vivaldis four seasons it's bethovens fifth it's Rainbow Rising.
Good to see Pete come around on Senjutsu, was a bit concerned when you initially under rated it a 3.5/5
Thin Lizzy would be a good choice for next episode of this series with special guest Butch
Wow and I LOVE The Final Frontier, it's probably my favourite. Isle of Avalon is a stunner. Great to hear different takes and reasons though, variety is the spice of life, life is music. Great show
Two favorites are Piece Of Mind and Killers
Least favorites are Fear Of The Dark and The Final Frontier
Wild card is The X Factor
Iron Maiden is and has been my all time favorite band for over thirty five years ever since I was eight years old. I love their catalog big time.
My favorite UK Connection episode thus far. You fellas are great. Thank you.
Post script: I think that I could hear John Parr gently -- yet earnestly -- pawing at Simon's front door.
He's always there Eli. Always.
That isn't the front door you're hearing Eli... Simon has locked John back in that bloody cupboard!! 😂
I was 18 years old during maiden UK Tour when the first album was released, they were brilliant live, small venues full of people, the new wave of British metal was born!
The animated flags that Maiden uses in the videos for Senjutsu - I want them. I wish they were produced and for sale.
Favorites -- Piece of Mind, Killers (hey!)
Least Favorites -- Final Frontier, No Prayer for the Dying (hey! another match)
Wildcard -- Rock in Rio
Great episode, love a good Maiden discussion. Here's my picks:
Favorites: Powerslave, Somewhere in Time
Lease Favorites: The Final Frontier, Virtual XI
Wild card: Rock in Rio (incredible live album. This version of the Clansman never fails to make my day)
2 favorites: Somewhere in Time, Piece of Mind
2 Least Favorites (still really enjoy em): No Prayer, Virtual XI
Wild Card: I'm one of the maiden fans that loves basically everything they did and X-Factor is no exception, took awhile to click for me but it's a badass album imo
I agree about X-Factor
@@gwts1171 blood on world's hands is so mysterious and cool and Aftermath imo is the best solo of the 90s
Favourites: Seventh Son (but I could really choose any of the early albums with Bruce), Killers
Least favourite: Virtual XI, Book of Souls
Wildcard: Live After Death, best enjoyed on double LP; the only edition with both the full tracklist and the original non-remastered mix!
💯 on Seventh Son as my #1… it was one of the first, maybe the first, intros that I got to serious/trve metal, vs the hair or neu metal I’d heard upto that point as a teen (not to say those are all bad, just not trve), and it blew my mind. That beast made me an instant and permanent fan of the band, and kickstarted my getting much deeper into the history of metal, and opened me up to exploring music deeper, in general.
This was brilliant 😊
My favorite will always be "Powerslave". It's the album that really introduced me to IM. That album, and the ensuing tour (saw it at The Spectrum in Philly) confirmed me as a Maiden fan for life.
I was front row left. Right in front of Dave Murray! One of the best shows I ever saw! Absolutely incredible night!
They had their greatest period around that time, from 1984 (Powerslave) to 1988 (Seventh son of a Seventh son). Last time I saw Maiden was on the Fear of the Dark tour in ´92.
I always dug Egyptian Eddie
Great show guys, really entertaining. AC/DC next please!
Great show!
My favorite: Killers and Piece of Mind.
Bottom two: No Prayer for the Dying and Virtual XI.
All my love to Clive Burr. Amazing drummer. It's a shame he was kicked out from Maiden so early.
To Steven: There is a CD floating around somewhere from an independent label with the entire set of Maiden Japan (also very easy to find here on UA-cam). Absolutely amazing! I would love it if they release it.
Thank you for Maiden Japan. I knew one of you guys would pick this as your “wild card”.
Maiden Japan was my first Iron Maiden record. There was a front rack display just prior to the release of Number of the Beast (I imagine as pre p-release hype) and my 11 year old self was of course drawn to the cover art of the first LP and Killers. Also my 11 year old self could only afford the discount priced live EP, and boy I was not disappointed. I quickly sequestered my allowance/paper route money to get the studio albums. Maiden Japan holds a huge place in my heart.
It’s kind of like with Doctor Who; everyone has their “first Doctor” that introduced them to the franchise and becomes special to them no matter how much they like subsequent doctors. Maiden Japan and Paul Di’Anno Maiden is my “first Doctor”, my Tom Baker.
I will always be a Di’Anno guy even though I adore the subsequent Dickinson albums.
I love this analogy Bradley. Tom is my Doctor as well! Loving the love for the Maiden Japan! Thanks for watching!
It's always entertaining when you guys meet up, the camorady is really y funny and it works very well. Speak hositaly about the subject in hand , which is fair at the end of the day. Its what the show is about at the end of the day. Great show guys 👦 👏, I like it when you select your prefer beverage ☕️ 😀 😉 👍.
My 2 favorites are "Piece Of Mind" and "Powerslave",my 2 worst are the Blaze albums (which I really like) and my wild card is the b-side song to "Run To The Hills" single , "Total Eclipse", which I consider to be my favorite Maiden tune. Maybe for your next best-worst episode,how about Slayer or Black Sabbath? Great episode,guys!
My Sunday hangovers are so much more tolerable since you started the uk connection.doesn’t matter what the topic is it’s always very entertaining.I would love you to do sabbath,queen AC/DC,purple and lizzy.
Glad to be of service! And excellent suggestions. Thanks!
Great video gents!! This was unbelievably hard!! But here we go...
Top two for me have to be Seventh Son of a Seventh Son and Killers. I don't think I could have chosen two more different Iron Maiden albums, but these are the two I go back to the most, both absolute classics.
I thought the bottom two would be easy, but actually it was harder than choosing the top ones because all the albums have at least something I like about them. After much deliberation I decided on Virtual XI and No Prayer For the Dying. They're both just so boring, they sound like contractual obligation albums to me.
My wildcard is X Factor, not amazing but some really good songs. I love Blaze, I really liked Wolfsbane, they're are one of those bands that no-one I knew had heard of in the early nineties but I thought were great, and I saw them for the first time on this tour and it was fantastic!!
Great stuff Matt - and yes, Wolfsbane were superb, especially live!
Great show as ever guys.
Favourites: Debut & Powerslave
Wildcard: Somewhere in Time
Least favourite: Virtual XL & X Factor
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Thanks Shaun!
@@TranquilityFireReid Always a pleasure Steven. Thank you for keeping me so entertained. 👍
Great episode as always Guys. My 2 favorites are Number of The Beast and Brave New World. My Least favorites are X Factor and Virtual XI. I'm going with Pete and say Senjitsu for the Wildcard for the same reasons. For the next time how about Thin Lizzy or Deep Purple ?
Purple are on the list for the near future Brad. I'll pass on the suggestion of Thin Lizzy to Simon and Peter as well. Thanks!
Always a great watch on a Saturday
Sanjitsu is the first Maiden album where those long winded intros and endings really work well for me. At first I did the usual griping about them but after repeated listens I’m glad they’re there!
There’s something about that album that works. I think it’s their 8th masterpiece. I put it up there with the first seven although it’s by far the most different from the rest. I feel like they’re not only going back to their roots but even deeper into their early inspirations! I’m glad they’re still putting out material!
Agree. By the 2nd listen the songs were sticking to my gray matter, which is hard to do in my late 40s! 😉 Don't really like much after BNW until the last two recent albums.
@@ScottyKirk1 You've basically summed up my thoughts on the Maiden catalogue there Robo
I would give anything to go back and listen for the first time the "Somewhere in Time" synth intro sound and the riff that raised the hair on the back off my head. Goosebumps!!!!!
🤘😎 !!
So true!
Great discussion everyone. It's great to hear people who are happy to critique their favourite bands and to not just blindly gush about how great everything they produced is.
And I also get the 'there's only three songs on this record' comment from bewildered parents.
Thanks David!
Thanks again for another great show. Love the beer chat ,I enjoy the Trooper ale . The brewery do a box of 12 beers ,6 different ones really god. As for best and worst Albums. Very difficult. Hard to leave out notb ,I often turn to brave new world. As for worst I would say no prayer.wild card fear of the dark.
You were looking for suggestions for other bands for this topic. How about Magnum, Scorpions or UFO?
I agree Steven Ried with the Seventh Son pick. The Evil That Men Do has such intense verses with such a biild up to what feels like an actual bridge to the chorus. Relly great. My two favorites are Somewhere in Time and Seventh Son, pulling a Pardo, lol, tied with Piece of mind. Least favorites are anything after Brave New World and wildcard tie the first two records. Great show guys cheers!
Great picks, Steven. Those are my two favourites as well. 7th Son because it is the only time I saw Maiden on tour and Powerslave because it makes you feel like you have been transplanted directly to Egypt circa 2500 BC.
Great to see us agreeing Satchboogy. Looks like we both have great taste!
Hi Pete and Simon and Steven, fun as always .It is not to a few years back when I got my first album from them, not sure what to get from them next?
Great show. My favourites are 'Somewhere in Time' and 'Seventh Son'. Least favourites are 'Matter of Life and Death' and 'Final Frontier'. I can't name a song off either of them. Fed up, like everyone with the 10 minute-long ECD songs. I think 'Afraid to Shoot Strangers' is the song that killed Maiden. Even though its a decent song, they've spent 30 years rewriting it.
Favourites: Seventh son of a seventh son and Somewhere in time
Wildcard: A matter of life and death
Least favourite: Fear of the dark
Best song ever: Powerslave
Completely agree with you about their greatest albums, 1. Seventh son...2. Somewhere in time, 3. Powerslave. Best songs: Phantom of the Opera, The Rime of the Ancient mariner, Powerslave and Halloweed be Thy name.
Good show SOT maiden were at the best on the first 4 albums, love the trooper beer 🍻 peter needs to get a grip on proper UK beer 🍻. Love the show. Thanks 👍
A Matter of Life & Death, best Maiden with Dickinson ever released! Dianno's 2 are next!
Brilliant Fucking Choice for the wildcard, Steven!!! That record is truly amazing.
It's still bloody awesome isn't it?? LOVE it!
Another great show. This is the most difficult one for me as Maiden are my favourite band ever. I first started listening to them as a kid in the mid 80's because my Dad had the records at the time and i loved the covers. My top 2 could be anything really between the first album and "Seventh Son.." but i would probably go with "Powerslave", then "Somewhere In Time". I think "The Duellists" is one of their best songs. Those twin guitar parts in the middle are just AAARGHHHHHHHHH :P So fecking good. Worst albums for me would have to be "Virtual XI" and in all honesty, anything after "Brave New World". I'm not much of a fan of "X Factor" but i could forgive that as it was the first Blaze album and i thought he may get better. He didn't. I remember going to the Barrowlands to see them that night and feeling it was sad how they were playing such small venues. I haven't actually seen them live since they did the whole "A Matter Of Life And Death" album years ago. I was absolutely bored shitless.
The last handful of albums after "Brave New World" all seem to mesh into one another for me. There's hardly anything exciting about them. None particularly stand out from the others. As Simon also said, they get the same response from me each time they come out. They just kinda wash over you. They sound too similar, are too long and nothing sounds inspired anymore. It's all the same chord progressions...C to D to E, etc. Saying that, i'm kinda enjoying bits of "Senjutsu".
I also agree with Steven regarding "Mother Russia". That song is just plain awful and "Holy Smoke" is a steaming pile of fresh dog shit, hahaha.
Regarding a surprise goodie, i would go with "Best Of The B-Sides", purely because i love the period around "Piece Of Mind" and "Powerslave" when they released songs like "Cross-Eyed Mary" and "Rainbow's Gold". Sadly their b-sides in later years got a bit crap but those ones were great. Still my favourite band ever though. I just refuse to pay much attention to their 21st century stuff.
Another fun show folks. Look forward to the next one tonight :D
Great stuff Tony! Really enjoyed reading your thoughts. I was at that Barra's show for the X-Factor and at the same venue for Virtual XI, it really was a case of how the nighty had fallen. I still enjoyed the shows though!
@@TranquilityFireReid Cheers Steven. I look forward to hearing other folks memories of gigs I've been to. It re-jogs my memory, hahaha.
I never bothered with the "Virtual XI" tour. Thing is, I don't dislike Blaze. He seems like a nice guy and Wolfsbane had some good moments. A bit like a Wish version of Van Halen at times but good fun at the same time. He just wasn't a strong enough vocalist for such a huge band.
I'm sure My Dying Bride were meant to support them that night but for some reason they never appeared or we got there too late to see them. I forget.
@@tonyd.944 I'll admit that by the Virtual XI show in Glasgow, for me, it wasn't working at all. Blaze was dull and lifeless and it was clear the end of the road for him wasn't far down the tracks. Thankfully he's given us some excellent solo work since then.
Yes, My Dying Bride opened on the X Factor date and were OK, without being spectacular. The gig list is real! 😂
@@TranquilityFireReid it is indeed 😂
Favs; The Number of the Beast/Killers
Least; No Prayer for the Dying/Fear of the Dark
Wildcard: Powerslave
Loved this one and loved re-listening to the back catalogue in preparation for it too. My entry point was Number of the Beast, so that and Piece of Mind would be my two top choices, though Killers is close. Virtual XI is my least favourite. Would love to see a future show featuring AC/DC, Motorhead or Saxon..
We are definitely doing a show on Saxon (that's gonna be tough!) and I'll pass on the other two suggestions. Thanks!
My two favorites: SOMEWHERE IN TIME & PEACE OF MIND.
Least favorites (among the LP's that I own...I must concede I only own 9 or 10 albums...) FEAR OF THE DARK (despite the title track being pretty good-ish, especially LIVE...) & BOOK OF SOULS.
Wildcard: For my wildcard I might be cheating a little bit. I LOVE -- ABSOLUTELY LOVE -- the double live album from circa 2007 called FLIGHT 666!!!
And, BTW, for anyone who happens to read this: that live double album is a great way to introduce the best of Iron Maiden to someone unfamiliar with their work. It's primarily focused upon material from the mid-80's when, arguably, the band were at the height of their powers.
Pete Pardo, Steven Reid, and Simon Bray talking about Iron Maiden. How can I resist? 😁
Favourites: Powerslave, Number of the Beast (Killers completes my personal favourite top 3, just had to have a nod to that album)
Least favourite: X Factor, No Prayer for the Dying
Wildcard/Underrated: A Matter of Life and Death (A really consistent, darker, heavy 21st century Maiden album).
Great stuff Vamp!
Following this evenings tipple, an Orkney Dark Island as I'm up in Aberdeen for a few days, it's Piece of Mind and Powerslave at the top, with Virtual XI and No Prayer at the bottom, and Brave New World as my wild card... Cheers!
That's a cracking beer Iain! Good choices too!
Fun episode today. My favourite = Piece of Mind; Least favourite = any "Blaze" album; and Wild Card = A Matter of Life & Death.
Favourites: Seventh Son of a Seventh Son and Somewhere in Time.
Wildcard: A Matter of Life and Death.
Least favourites: Iron Maiden and Book of Souls.
I think my Top 2 are exactly the same as Steven's. Never could decide which of the two is better, but I love Seventh Son of a Seventh Son and Powerslave quite a bit. Really all of the 80s albums are pretty closely ranked for me, in the same way that any of Queen's 70s outputs are within close proximity for me.
Love the UK Connection, all 3 are great 👍
My top 2 Piece of Mind & Powerslave
Bottom 2 X Factor & The Final Frontier.
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Wild Card either No Prayer, some good stuff on there or Dance of Death which I love and is my fave since Bruce returned
My favorites: Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son, Powerslave
Least favorites (not including the non-Bruce records): Dance Of Death, Final Frontier
Wild Card: Piece Of Mind (Love it, but I started listening with my top two)
Killer show!!! This was easy for me this one. My fav 2 Maiden albums are The Number of the beast & Killers. My least favorite is Virtual XI. My wildcard is Piece of mind
Favourite - Piece of Mind & Seventh Son
Least Favourite - No Prayer for the Dying & The Final Frontier...I'm ignoring the Blaze albums because there are some good songs spread across those two discs that I play more than my two picks.
Wild Card - Rock in Rio. I love this album.
Favorites: 1. Powerslave ; 2. Piece of Mind
Least Favorites: The X Factor, Virtual XI
Wildcard: Live After Death. I'm not a fan of live albums as a general rule, but the energy on LAD is amazing. I really wish they'd tinker with the video and re-release it on Blu-ray.
Fantastic episode guys! May I suggest Queen for your next segment?
Love this format. BOC would be a good choice for the next show
Depending on the day, I could take any 2 of the first 4 albums as my favourites. The last 2 are carved in stone.
1. The Number of the Beast - Apart from Gangland and Invaders only great songs. With Hallowed, Children and 22 Acacia Ave three alltime classics
2. Brave New World - No bad song on the album. Back on 80s level.
3. Seventh Son - Maiden in perfection
4. Iron Maiden - true classic, one of the debuts of all time
5. Somewhere in Time - yes, there are synths. But still a great album with the best artwork by the band
6. Senjutsu - sorry, but I love the album. "Writing on the wall", "Lost in a lost World", "Darkest Hour", "Parchment" and "Hell on Earth" would be on my Top songs list.
7. Powerslave - Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Aces High, any questions?
8. The Book of Souls - Maiden back to form
9. Piece of Mind - Ups and downs for me. First 5 songs are great, but the rest is mediocre
10. Dance of Death - uuuugly cover. Paschendale is great, rest is good to ok.
11. Fear of the Dark - would be lower without the title track and Afraid to shoot strangers
12. X Factor - revisiting the album, it is better than expected.
13. Killers - I know... but I don't get into it, although I love the debut.
14. A Matter of Live and death - Not too bad
15. The Final Frontier - won't hurt, but won't impress either
16. No Prayer for the dying - The 90s weren't Maiden's best decade
17. Virtual XI - No Comment
I could never really understood the dislike for those two Beast tracks, in my opinion they're great and just as typical Maiden as anything else on the record, instead the one that would stick out more for me is "22 Acacia Avenue" which again is many people's fav. Different strokes, as they say.
The First Ten Years "Up the Irons" box set is a MUST for any Maiden diehard fan! I got the Japanese verion, in CD's many ages ago.. One my most prized music sets. The Maiden Japan live aEP IS Great! The longer Box Set is AWESOME!!, with Paul Deanno = All songs are VERY heavy thrash sounding versions of the songs on here, slightly speeded up! A very underrated and forgotten album from Maiden! Thank you 3 for this video! My Fave of Maiden are Killers and Piece, and the Joker is Live Undead! For right now.. I Still LOVE the first one though! = Magical! Also one more thing abot this box set.. You Will get most of these collectors songs on "Castle" Re-recordings collectors sets, I am not sure about the "Nicko commentaries".. Maybe not, but this expensive set is Awesome nonetheless for the artwork and to make your collection look Huge with All of the singles and such!! :-)
Love “THE FINAL FRONTIER!
I love this show and would love to hear Simon and Steven rip into Metallica.
Fav: Piece of Mind, Brave New World (Today)
Least Fav. : X Factor, No Prayer For The Dying
Wild Card: Dance of Death. I really like it. And it has Paschendale and Montsegur🤘👌
My favorite is still Powerslave, because that’s where I came in, you never forget your first - Piece of Mind runs second for me, and it contains “Revelations”, one of my absolute favorite Maiden songs… my wild card is A Matter of Life and Death - it’s definitely my number three, I can’t skip any of the first 8 songs (Senjutsu is climbing my list now)… my least favorite are the two Blaze Bayley-era albums. I just find them unlistenable.
Hey, “let the irons “rattle”…another great show & debate
My two favs
Piece of Mind
Powerslave
Least…or a hard listen
The Final Frontier
No Prayer for the Dying
Wildcard
Senjutsu
Future suggestion w/ big catalogs some great & some a hard listen…Jethro Tull, Rolling Stones & Deep Purple 🎸🎤🥁🎹
Favorites: Piece of Mind and Powerslave
Least favorites: Fear of the Dark and No Prayer for the Dying/ haven't heard the Blaze stuff.
Wildcard for me is Brave New World
Such a difficult choice but here we go.
Favourite 2 Powerslave & Number of The Beast
Least Favourite The Book of Souls and X album
Wild card Senjitsu love it
14:00 thanks for those wise words of wisdom! Right to the Point! That's why they still around! My favorite is Somewhere in Time! With all the Maiden trademarks,but also so different in many ways! That has a lot to do with the brilliant songwriting from Adrian Smith! And also, it's so fucking timeless!!!
And my number two is Senjutsu!
It all combined the older and later playing styles together,in such a brilliant,genius way!!! I highly recommend to listen to that album with Headphones on!!!
Greetings from the Black Forest, Germany and thanks a lot for the Video (i'm a Maiden Fan for 40 years now,visiting almost 160 shows in 30 countries)!!!
Steven Reid is such a gem! Just love his takes!
I so enjoyed that! Very interesting. I very much agree and very much disagree with some of what Mr. Reid said. My FAVE albums are 'Seventh Son of a Seventh Son' and 'Powerslave'. But...my WILDCARD entry is actually 'A Matter of Life and Death'. It's one of my faves from the post-2000 albums, and some of the riffs and guitar work in a lot of the songs are some of the grittiest and grind-y and heaviest they've done. 'The Pilgrim' and 'The Legacy' and 'Colours don't run' are some of the best songs of their career in my opinion. My LEAST FAVEs are probably 'No Prayer...' it was the first Maiden album that 'came out' as a new album for me. It was a bit of a letdown, after the grandeur, majesty, and song quality of it's predecessors. Strangely the two singles from it are some of their highest ever charting, 'Bring your Daughter...' had a 'novelty record' vibe about it even then. It would have been great if their 1st Number One, was a better song from a better album. My other LEAST FAVE is actually 'Brave New World'...sorry everyone! I must've set my expectations way too high for that album - not to a 'Phantom Menace' level of expectation obviously, and I was of course so happy when Bruce and Adrian rejoined - but in my naivete, I was expecting something else with the songs and was maybe expecting BNW to be like a cross between 'Seventh Son' and 'The Chemical Wedding'...the title track BNW, 'Fallen Angel', 'Wicker Man' and 'Out of the Silent Planet' are classic Maiden, but they are the only songs from it that I still listen to from it, the other songs just seem to zap the momentum and urgency out of the album if your listening to it as a whole.
A great, thoroughly reasoned post Stephen. That's what we're here for.
Wow, apart from your post echoing my thoughts pretty much 100%, we have four albums in the same spot - if only I had explicitly picked No Prayer as my least fav it would have been a jackpot, lol.
Favourites: Somewhere in Time, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son.
Least favourites: Virtual XI, No Prayer for the Dying. (Though I still enjoy at least half the songs on those 2 albums)
Wild Card: The X Factor (song material wise it's the only 90's album I can listen to all the way through without skipping a track. )
Favorites: Powerslave and The Number Of The Beast
Least favorites: Senjutsu and Virtual XI
Wild card: Live After Death. Before I could see concerts I would dream that they all sounded this good. Absolutely loved this album!
I love that memory about Live After Death. I am with you 100% Russell!
My favorites are 7th Son Of A 7th Son & Iron Maiden. Worst are The Final Frontier & a tie of both Blaze Bayley albums. Wildcard is Dance Of Death.
Been a massive fan since 1980, my choice for top 2 is Number of the Beast, and 7th Son. Bottom choice Virtual 11 and the debut. Wild card is the B sides.
Gota chime in here my fav band.
Top 2
1. Senjutsu - I'm an old old fan but this just blew me away I know a lot of ppl have issues with it but I thought it was a masterpiece the songs were not too long for me.
2. Somewhere in Time - was between this, Powerslave and Seventh Son but had to go with it.
Least favourite NOT counting the Blaze albums which I hate.
1. No Prayer for the Dying
2. The Final Frontier
Great video! Respect the opinions there but I don’t hate ”The final frontier”. I think it’s a fine album. The last four tracks are really strong. Just my opinion. Up the irons!🤘
And your opinion is just as valid as mine Niklas. Thanks for watching!
I´m shocked. Always thought, I was a real MAIDEN fan....but you opened my eyes. Really love less then 1/2 of their work. F. o.t.d. might be the last
I like Brave New World and am learning to appreciate bits of Senjutsu, but putting this show together was a real shock for me in terms of how long it's been since I consistently loved Maiden's output and how many of their albums I think are remarkable average. Thanks for watching!
Steven and I share our two favs, 7th Son and Powerslave - but Killers is up there as well! Somewhere in Time rounds up my top four. I honestly can't name my two least favs because I never have the motivation to listen to the bunch of records I don't care for... and that includes Brave New World! My wild card pick is actually A Matter of Life and Death, it's the only record I can listen to and enjoy quite a bit apart from the classics.
01) Powerslave
02) Piece Of Mind
The bottom two are the Blaze albums whether you like it or not.
My wild card album is Senjutsu! I absolutely love Senjutsu. I would have chosen A Matter Of Life And Death if it wasn't for Senjutsu exceeding my expectations. Seriously invest the time into Senjutsu. I really enjoy the longer bits in Hell On Earth and the Parchment. Could they have shaved off a couple of minutes somewhere? Sure, but, there are plenty of classic albums that are longer than they needed to be, that get a pass because they're "Prog". I love the opener Senjutsu! Nicko is a monster on this album and he comes out of the gates strong with a very different mood for a Maiden track. Stratego and Writing on the Wall sit proudly in the running order and really pull their own weight here. Lost In A Lost World was the track that I felt could have used a minute trimmed here or there but, after about fifteen listens I found I didn't feel as strongly about that. I became attached to the bits I'd wanted to remove. Days of Future Past and Time Machine are good clean fun Maiden songs. The four "Epics" to close the album are stronger than all the epics in the last twenty years. There's something to be said for how well they stack up against the other Reunion-era albums. This may be their strongest album since Seventh Son of a Seventh Son.
I agree with Pete and Steven in their favorite choices being both Piece of Mind and the Killers album. Simons's top albums are the next that follow suit for me(but can decide which I prefer more be it Powerslave or 7th Son?). My least favorite albums are Virtual 11 and Fear of the Dark and if I had to toss in my wild card I will go with A Matter of Life and Death as it is an underrated album in my opinion.
I was introduced to Maiden with The Number of the Beast. The first song I ever heard was Invaders and I was blown away. It was different from anything I'd ever heard...AWESOME. After Seventh Son I lost interest and wouldn't revisit Maiden until Brave New World...AWESOME, Dance of Death...BRLLIANT, A Matter of Life and Death... MASTERPIECE. Everything after that just doesn't do anything for me. I don't know what happened.
Favorites: Killers, Powerslave, Somewhere in Time
Least favorites: No Prayer For the Dying, Virtual XI, The Final Frontier
Favorites:
1. The Number of the Beast
2. Powerslave
3. Somewhere in Time
4. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
5. Brave New World
6. Senjutsu
7. A Matter of Life and Death
Least Favorites: I don’t really consider the Blaze Bayley era that bad, his stuff were pretty underrated
1. The X Factor
2. Virtual XI
7th Son and Brave New World are my favorites. Virtual XI and Fear Of The Dark are my least favorite.
My wild card is a CD that combines the 12" singles of The Clairvoyant and Infinite Dreams. You end up with a six track live album that packs quite a punch.
1. The Clairvoyant
2. The Prisoner
3. Heaven Can Wait
4. Infinite Dreams
5. Killers
6. Still Life
7. Listen with Nicko Part X
1990 EMI, CDP 79 4004 2
It's brilliant.
Tremendously entertaining program! I'll share my horrid thoughts:
Favourites: Somewhere in Time, Piece of Mind. What more to say?
Least Favourites: Virtual XI, Book of Souls. I do not mind X-Factor (I might even go so far as to say I like it more than the two preceding Bruce-fronted Maiden albums?), but Virtual XI is not a fun time for me. Book of Souls might, for me, make for a fine live album, but I kind-of hated its clean sounding production, has to be the Maiden album with the least charismatic production, sounds so obnoxiously professional.
Wild Cards: A Matter of Life and Death, Iron Maiden. AMOLAD is definitely my favourite of the 21st century albums, I quite liked that it was slower, although I can understand why others don't prefer it as a result, its not as traditionally 'Maiden', but I like what it goes for. Now, that being said, it doesn't really work for me as well on their next three studio albums, unfortunately. And also, the debut album, I name that as my fourth (?) favourite Maiden album, not because Maiden necessarily lost the ability to top it, but because that album is so goddamn good it becomes so challenging to make a comparably cool album.
Great stuff!
Regarding the running time - Maiden always took a pride in including the maximum amount of music possible on each side of vinyl, which was approx 25 mins. It may have been considered a selling point to state the running time on the cover.
Favourites, Piece of Mind & Powerslave, least favourites the two blaze albums, although they do have the odd good song. Wildcard album is The Final Frontier bit of a marmite album but I've always loved it.
I don't own all the Maiden albums so i can't pick the worst one. But the best for me are Piece of Mind and Seventh Son. The wildcard is Matter of Life and Death. It 's the only album i've slowly grown to really love.
Great show fellas, I'd like to be the unpredictable choice kind of guy but I have to go with my heart and Number of the Beast & Piece of Mind are my favorites, by far. I'd say the two Blaze albums are my least favorites but there were a few Bruce albums that I wasn't a big fan of either, after the Bruce comeback. As far as a wildcard, I was going to pick Live After Death, which is fantastic BUT I'm going to be somewhat contrarian and say No Prayer for the Dying. It's not great, it has some definite filler on it but I enjoy some of those songs, I bought it on cassette new, took a few tries to get into it but there are some good songs on there, I think Fear of the Dark is worse, imho. Cheers guys!
Thank you guys for your picks.
All the damn time.
I like Iron Maiden, but don’t love them. The only releases & CD’s, I have are, Iron Maiden- Debut, Piece of Mind and Senjutsu .
* My favorite is, Piece of Mind
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Favourite Album: Powerslave, Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son.
Least Favourite: Virtual XI, The Final Frontier.
Wild Card: Live After Death, Somewhere In Time, Killers.