Haw far do YOU go in the Iron Maiden catalog?

illomen · Guest

(I dont think this has been a topic yet)

Anyway, obviously if you dont like iron maiden you probably like dick in your mouth and should be banned from the board.

but for the rest of us, there is still some debate as to how much of the catalog is worth listening to. i have heard people whose opinions i otherwise respect, say that only the first album merits repeat listens. (what!?!) and yet there are those who listen to everything even tangentially related to maiden including the bruce dickinson solo album (does he have more than one at this point?) and dianno etc.

personally, i stopped after seventh son...im not even into that album so much really, but i think its decent. i couldnt even tell you how many albums there are after that point.

in addition to discussing your cutoff point, feel free to open this thread up to more general discussion as to the highs and lows in the Iron Maiden catalog or just anything Maiden related.

Stygian Shadows 'zine · Joined: 18 May 2006 Posts: 1041 Location: Hungary

Great topic!

Well, personally my fave Iron Maiden album is their "The 7th son..." . I like all previous albums and later "No prayer for the dying"/"Fear of the dark" too, but not interested in Blaze sung stuffs nor the reunion era's albums.

Endless Morbidity · Joined: 17 Oct 2007 Posts: 2108 Location: New York

Right up to A Matter of Life and Death. I'm not too crazy about the Blaze years, though I do like much of it. Every Maiden album has something to offer and Maiden on their worst day is ten times better than most other bands on their best.

Dance of Death was pretty lackluster though and they should seriously reissue that fucking thing with a better cover and layout.

Invictus Productions · Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 673 Location: Dublin, IRELAND

"Seventh Son...." is the last LP I own but I like a few tracks off both "No Prayer..." and "Fear of the Dark". Was never the biggest Maiden fan anyway & their mid 90s output is weak (regardless of Bayley). Their recent material doesn't interest me much either despite being told countless times it's very good.
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Professor Black · Joined: 25 Mar 2008 Posts: 1966 Location: Evil Nation USA

Bruce has many solo albums. Tattooed Millionaire, Balls to Picasso, Skunkworks, Accident of Birth, Chemical Wedding, the other one, and the live one.

I love everything up to and including Seventh Son. After that it is just various songs that I like, fewer and fewer with the recent albums...

Guest · Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 9:34 am Post subject:

Everything Maiden did is just brilliant, except for those Bayley albums + No prayer for the dying. Even their least good albums smoke the shit out of ALL your average ug black metal. I appreciate the first Dickinson's solo lp as well and some of the stuff Dianno did after he got kicked. Maiden is still the best Metal band out there.

gravesnatcher · Joined: 23 Jun 2007 Posts: 644 Location: DIABLO

get The Fucking Soundhouse Tapes! and the first four lp's

CR99 · Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 9:36 am Post subject:

The first ones esp. the debut are my favourites. Up to Somewhere in Time I like them very much.
The others...well not so. I must say I didnt heard all of the "newer" ones so far
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Demonomancy · Joined: 04 Oct 2007 Posts: 2134 Location: GER

I stopped after Seventh Son also....I never heard "No Prayer for the Dying" but some records after that one.
Iron Maiden is Awesome and kills every Manowar LP. (My opinion Cool

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"Number of the Beast" and "Piece of Time" are my Faves !

Invictus Productions · Joined: 13 Dec 2007 Posts: 673 Location: Dublin, IRELAND

It has always amused me no end how the "cultfago" headbangers out there who used to bang on about being so "underground" would have Maiden patches on their vests...The irony being completely lost on them. Laughing

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Mz412 · Joined: 07 May 2007 Posts: 2564

Till Fear of the Dark is Listenable, but after all not really
Must Have for me or so. I have some LP's and if i get some
Cheap i buy it. If not..well, i'm not really need it so much

masters_throne · Joined: 20 Feb 2007 Posts: 3435 Location: GERMANY

DiAnno era will always remain the best. The worst/most boring era was with Blaze. The last albums are all good with some killer tunes here and there, but over-all seen, these are nice background music to listen to whilst working...
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Caina · Joined: 10 Feb 2008 Posts: 959

Huge Maiden fan here. However, there are places where I skip albums.

'Iron Maiden' all the way through to 'Seventh Son', then nothing except for Bruce Dickinson's 'Chemical Wedding' (GREAT record) till 'Brave New World' and onwards. Dance of Death is pretty weak, but far better than the 90's albums.
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illomen · Guest

i doubt that ive even given the later material the attention it deserves before i rejected it. What is the best post-seventh son recording? im planning to try again with this era of i.m..