Iron Maiden - Complete Discography Review & Rank - DEEP DIVE

[@orioletes]

For me, Somewhere and Seventh are the creative peak and the complexity peak well balanced. My favorite albums of this band. And why we have a song about Alexander the Great? Because he was an epic historic character that it is a timeless model of a conqueror in an album about time

[@israel4ever487]

I totally agree! Somewhere and Seventh were ahead of their time in my view. After those two its....piece of mind, powerslave and brave new world. Just my opinion. UP THE IRONS!!!

[@Heavymetaleternia]

Absolutely right. Those two albums were their creative peak. Such innovative, totally unique sounding albums full of masterpieces.

[@Heavymetaleternia]

@@israel4ever487 Could have been my ranking. :-D Somewhere and SSOASS are on top of that list, followed by Powerslave, Piece and Brave new world (or A matter).

[@badgerello]

Maiden has many faces; depending on how you listen to them; vocalist eras, drumming eras, guitarist eras, recording studio eras… to me, the biggest factor is Martin Birch. Killers to Fear of the dark is Maidens top era because of him; peaking at Seventh Son. Edit; and yes, watched it all.

[@the_trooper_72]

I'll answer you Grimby! This video was amazing, and what kept me watching was just to hear both of your opinions on each of the Maiden albums (which is pretty much close to my own opinions, thoughts and feelings on the albums!!) great video! Thanks 🤘🏻😎

[@johnmontoya2398]

I just subscribed. I watched the whole thing. What I liked about it is that you are just sharing your experience of the discography with each other. There is no pretentious attitude. Two blokes shooting the shit about music. I love it. There are too many so called critics that like to smell their own farts and ride on the glory of the bands they are just talking shit about and acting like their ratings are so desired by the bands. This is down to earth...they way I used to chill with my buds with a few beers while breaking out new albums that we bought at Penny Lane. Up the Irons.

[@MetalbyteMedia]

Thanks dude! You really summed up well what we tried to do with this channel. Up the irons!

[@Olegstuff21986]

I agree, I enjoyed the format and the unpretentiousness. Keep up the good review work! :)

[@alexparadise91]

Powerslave is just perfection for me. I think it’s their most complete album and each song is a banger

[@danzemacabre8899]

Yep

[@ilarimanninen7021]

I think AMOLAD is one of the greatest Iron Maiden albums. I feel like it is widely underrated. It doesn't have a bad song. It is a heavy and progressive album, and I think it needs a few listens before it really opens up.

[@phillytheflyerable]

more like overrated.

[@KeimpeJ]

@@phillytheflyerable Nope.

[@danzemacabre8899]

Right on, has one flaw, too many repeat choruses, but the rest of it, musically, lyrically (imo their best) is so strong it catapults it up their list, its no. 2 for me, behind powerslave

[@saltpeter7429]

Great album. It certainly comes in behind a few classics for me. To have a post 2000 Maiden album make it into the list of top 5 is very impressive. AMOLAD went over some heads I suspect...

[@metowl15]

the only one I skip is Out of the Shadows, it just doesn't click on me, unfortunately, the rest I love it.

[@Dango73]

I still remember like it was yesterday. I was around 11, in my older cousin's bedroom, and he was going through his vinyl records, Boston, April Wine, Huey Lewis and the News, then all of a sudden, Number of the Beast. That album cover blew me away.

[@johnj.baranski6553]

Hahaha. Smoking and Iron Maiden (or on my case AC/DC). it's always a cousin..

[@lorenzotosiart]

Love this format! Would love to see a Judas Priest complete discography review and well, a Black Sabbath one obviously

[@davidhajek1506]

Nobody has never mentioned "Starblind". Such a great underrated deep cut song from The final frontier.

[@meanrog20]

I feel Bruce’s vox sound strained on this..

@@meanrog20 sadly not only on this. I know Bruce has been through a lot, but Bruce should take a lesson from Halford how to use his vocal chords properly without sounding strained

[@meanrog20]

Bruce has been doing this for a long time. He knows what to do. But this album his voice has issues. But this song in particular sounds very strained.

[@chaosapiant]

Glad to hear someone else sees that Nomad is the best song on Brave New World! Such a good tune!

[@KeimpeJ]

Same here!

[@MetalbyteMedia]

Not me!

[@DarthGrimby]

RDO is crazy. Nomad rules! Especially the middle instrumental section, that part is like sex for your ears.

[@MetalbyteMedia]

@@DarthGrimby I want to unread that. lol

[@user-bk4uy7gp9v]

@@MetalbyteMedia thin line between love and hate is better

[@ronnythetrooper]

VALIDATION. Someone out there also thinks Piece of Mind is their best album (if you can tell by my name). Great stuff guys. Love the content.

[@MetalbyteMedia]

Fuck yes dude

[@AgentLemmon]

Also my favorite. Even the all out hated Quest for fire is a good track.

[@saltpeter7429]

Favorite album. Quest for fire is awesome. I dont understand the hate I see for it in the comments!

[@MS-ii1sv]

My favourite too.

[@stevenbatson4735]

Great video. I really like this format. It’s always interesting to hear why people like/dislike albums. Look forward to see more like this. “Piece of Mind” is easily the best Maiden album to me. It has a great flow and every song is epic. Yes, even “Quest for Fire.”

[@DarthGrimby]

Just thinking of that song now renders me ill at ease.

[@MetalbyteMedia]

Grimby don't say that to this man of culture.

[@TisTheDamnStickSeason]

Piece Of Mind is an ALMOST perfect album. Quest For Fire is an abomination.

[@saltpeter7429]

Quest for fire kicks ass. " In a time when Dinosaurs walked the earth..." That is balls to the wall. Piece of Mind takes number 1 in my book as well.

[@MeenToss]

I don't mind Quest for Fire. The guitar melodies in the middle of the song are pretty dope. I actually prefer it to Sun and Steel.

[@hamachibeans4471]

I absolutely love grimby’s stories and rdo’s funny little comments like saying “Jee-SUS” when he gave NPFTD a 4, you guys are great😂

[@KeimpeJ]

29:50 Somewhere in Time is a 20 for me. It is the best Maiden album imho.

[@dalibormilos3201]

It is generaly best album worlwide in all categories

[@cber1517]

New to Maiden and I really enjoyed this! Can’t wait to hear your review of Senjutsu.

[@DarthGrimby]

Just dropping in to say DAMN. I love the engagement from you guys in the comments. Keep it coming!

[@lorenzotosiart]

I ve watched the whole video, and now I m gonna start my own relistening of all the albums in chronological order and gonna make my own ranking :) ! This was cool!!

[@TheToyBoy1978]

This album takes a lot of listening to to really get into it, With so many lengthy tracks it's hard not to get lost at first, but once you're familiar with it all, you start to realise that Sinjitsu is a pretty special album.

[@heartsbane1118]

I just watched the whole video (it popped up as a suggestion, probably because I'm a huge Maiden fan). You two did an excellent job with this format. Professional, succinct, and most of all relaxed and fun. Thanks!

[@metalinitiate9006]

What kept me listening? The dulcet tones of your voices obviously.

[@danw4490]

I was at that Brave New World show in Toronto. I met the band afterwards. I loved that performance, even though very few people showed up. Bruce nailed it. The previous show for Ed Hunter was mind blowing.

[@thirtyyearoldmulberryfield]

Just now getting around to this one after catching y’alls Judas Priest review, another great discussion. My Top 5: 1) Somewhere In Time 2) Killers 3) Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 4) Iron Maiden 5) Powerslave Runner Ups: Brave New World and The X Factor and The Number of the Beast. I love Maiden’s synth albums, I think the synths gave those albums more scope and atmosphere. And by contrast, the Di’Anno albums have a grounded street grit from the lyrics, lo-fi production, Clive Burr’s drumming and Di’Anno’s singing persona.

[@MetalbyteMedia]

Great list and summary dude. Thanks for watching!

[@tomwisniewski8988]

Good to hear the love for 7th Son. I grew up with these guys and this album is my favorite to this day.

[@Hallowed82]

And what kept me watching? The love if Maiden, c'est tout! I get lots of "nerding out" Maiden stuff suggested on YT and it keeps me focused with work whereas music distracts me so thanks guys, I was able to get a bunch of "boring" tasks done this way!

[@KeimpeJ]

AMOLAD is in my top 3. The honest, pure form of going to battle on the record. I never heard Maiden so sincere. It really is the sum. 9. Eddie is so small, because the theme is bigger than him. I love the whole idea.

[@alanflanagan3394]

A Matter of Life of Life and Death is a masterpiece. Awesome album cover.

[@troywilkinson160]

Great cover, mediocre songs. Repetition, repetition, repetition.

[@ryansvinyldestination9271]

This is the first video I’ve seen by you guys and I absolutely loved it. What an interesting and often funny retrospective on the discography of one of the greatest metal bands of all time. I agreed with a lot of what you guys said, and could come to an understanding of things that I didn’t agree with. I think my top 5 maiden albums are: 1. Powerslave 2. Killers 3. Piece of Mind 4. Somewhere in Time 5. Number of the beast. Will definitely be watching more of your stuff!

[@MetalbyteMedia]

Cheers dude, thanks for watching! Solid top 5 man!

[@ryansvinyldestination9271]

@@MetalbyteMedia absolutely! Been checking out some of your guys’ other content and it’s great. Also, thank you! Cheers!

[@angelotrinidad6888]

The guy on the left looks like Gary Holt & the one right looks like he’s in a viking metal band, plus our taste in Iron Maiden discography are pretty similar! The intro quote was funny considering I watched this video on 2 sit-throughs, the way you guys share your thoughts are just digestible, keep it up!

[@chrishill7797]

He DOES look a little like Gary Holt haha good spot

[@AgentLemmon]

To me, Prodigal son is by far the most underrated song of Iron Maiden. Also, that is the song in wich Di'Anno really shines

[@theprepubescentgrandpa7999]

I think Paul really shines on that song too, so I really didn't get that moment in the video

[@jankoegl]

Seventh Son is their best, and not just because I also have fond memories of listening to it as a child. It simply is the tightest and most well-written record and it has the most complete and cohesive feel. Also, the synths are incorporated in an astonishingly tasteful fashion. 🤘🏼

[@salamwati9281]

Well said Jan..it is my first tape purchase..never waned. Pure class..heavy melodic and epic in equal measure.👾

[@James-hh1lq]

Last of the great albums. The end of maiden for me.

[@viniciussaito7514]

What kept me listening was to compare ur opinions to mine in preparation for Senjutsu!!

[@tomdurkin5149]

Great video guys. Really enjoyed this. Piece Of Mind is also my favorite. Their most "complete" record for me and Revelations is my favorite Maiden song period. The production for me is what elevates it above their other great records. The mix for me is just perfection. The analysis of X Factor I think was spot on too. There seems to be that same concensus that there's a much higher appreciation for that record now than there was at the time it was released. It's a great record and I'd definitely put it in my upper half. Dance Of Death is my favorite album since Bruce and Adrian returned which seems like an unpopular opinion. I think for me and being a guitarist I really enjoy the lead work on Dance Of Death. I love how there's trade off solos all over the place on that record. Just a really fun record for me and also the last tour I saw them on. Interestingly the analysis of possible leftover songs or ideas from previous albums is exactly what happened with Brave New World. I know Blood Brothers, The Merceneray and Dream Of Mirrors in particular were leftover ideas from the Virtual XI sessions and I can definitely detect some of Blaze's influence on BNW. BNW was the first live show I ever saw and it was an amazing night. Saw them at the MEN arena in Manchester England. Halford was the support act that night. Great show!

[@lorenzotosiart]

Be Quick or Be Dead is one of my all time favorite songs from them, I would’ve definitely rated Fear of the Dark higher :) loving to hear the opinions anyway :)

[@alanflanagan3394]

You guys didn't mention the most kick ass banger on Dance, Montsegur.

[@postmortemjunkie]

This saved my evening. KZbin needs more people talking about Maiden.

[@rach4carlos]

Big time Maiden fan since ‘83 and I just found your video. It was a fun show and I watched the whole thing! I pretty much agree with your opinions. Of course, the first 7 Maiden studio albums are iconic! I’ve enjoyed the direction Maiden has taken since Brave New World through the Book of Souls. Their weakest era was between No prayer For The Dying through Virtual XI; even though there are some great sons that were written during that time period!

[@MrStevederry]

Would love to see more of these, really enjoyed it!!!!

[@mitkostefanov2258]

When Senjutsu comes out you guys should review the songs and give your opinion.I really enjoyed watching this video :) up the irons!

[@johnmontoya2398]

Great video. Thanks. By the way, the monkey climbing mimic came from a fan at a show. When Dickinson sang the part, he noticed a fan mimicking the monkey climb. Dickinson noticed and liked it...then adopted it for the song.

[@thomaschanning6520]

I watched all the way to the end. Great video. I dig the chummy laid back vibe. Subscribed

[@sebastienlavoie9334]

I love the title song of No Prayer For The Dying, one of my favorite Maiden song.

[@raphaelcalado4335]

Very underrated song!!

[@theclassicrockjunkie7353]

Piece Of Mind is my favorite album from Maiden love it all the way through and was also my first concert with Quiet Riot opening, great memories

[@triviuoli]

This is extremely controversial but A matter of Life and Death is my favourite maiden album, to me this is where Bruce's voice was at it's absolute best as well

[@danw4490]

Chemical Wedding is my favorite album. Period. Thanks for giving it a mention!

[@demisemedia]

Thank you 2 gentlemen for making my day at work a whole lot more entertaining 😂 Somewhere in Time is my favorite Iron Maiden release. I’ve been listening to Fear of the Dark a lot lately due to all the backlash it gets and it has started to grow on me. Yes there are terrible songs on that album but some great gems too. Childhoods end is a great song! Cheers 🍻

[@guaceldono7231]

I am a Maiden apologist for literally every song except for The Angel and the Gambler. I will defend everything else, including Weekend Warrior, Mother Russia, The X Factor, all of it. I’d give every Maiden album at least a 7, with all but a handful of them being 10s.

[@MetalbyteMedia]

I feel similar just replace Angel and the Gambler with Mother Russia. Haha. Thanks for watching!

[@TwistedTentacleInn]

Excellent analysis of each album. I could hear you guys talking Maiden for hours and hours. The only thing is I actullay liked Blaze. Some people hated him but even though he wasn't right for maiden in the end, he did well during his time.

[@hamachibeans4471]

Climb like a monkey always struck me as weird in death or glory, until I learned it was a quote by the Red Baron to boast about his planes ability to climb in elevation, in which I immediately changed my tune and thought it was a bad ass line, and my love for the song is now unbridled, definitely my favorite of the 3 songs about plane dogfighting, yes even above aces high, and definitely above tailgunner, tailgunner is one of my least favorite maiden songs for some reason

[@Dango73]

So I stopped listening to Maiden after Fear of the Dark really. but Seventh Son was the first album where I listened to from start to finish without just listening to just the "hits" and still love it to this day. Powerslave I grew to like better now than I did back then, and Somewhere in Time I did not enjoy that much in the 80s, would probably need to give it another try. And yes, it's 5:15am and I just finished watching the whole thing. Well done

[@MetalbyteMedia]

So were you up early or stayed up late? Thanks for watching and Those 3 albums are like the Holy Trinity.

[@DarthGrimby]

What kept you watching? Also yes please revisit Somewhere in Time. It’s solid.

[@Dango73]

A mix of listening to you guys banter and a mix of the subject being a band I like, but not that familiar with the latest stuff.

[@chrishill7797]

Great video guys! I attended An Evening With Bruce Dickinson last night and let me tell you, his voice was as incredible. It bodes well for 3rd September

[@jerryallenvideographer7796]

You guys nailed it with somewhere in time! My favorite maiden album by far!

[@danw4490]

Iron Maiden - 7/10 Killers - 7/10 The Number of the Beast - 10/10 - Invaders is unfortunate but I can't go less than 10 Piece of Mind - 9/10 - Don't shoot me. I've never been able to get into this album fully. Powerslave 9/10 - My teen self spent hours just staring at the cover art Somewhere in Time - 10/10 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son -10/10 No Prayer for the Dying - 8/10 - I think this has a charm that's hard to dismiss. Hooks in You is amazing! Fear of the Dark - 9/10 The X Factor - 7/10 - Too dark despite my love for Blaze Virtual XI - 5/10 Brave New World - 10/10 Rock in Rio 2001 - 10000/10 - Best live album I've ever heard, with En Vivo following behind, just barely Dance of Death - 9.5/10 - Too many extraordinary songs to even be a 9. Paschendale. Dance of Death. No More Lies... A Matter of Life and Death - 9/10 The Final Frontier - 10/10 - My favorite. Not one weak moment. I love this album. The Book of Souls - 9/10 - It's taken me years to appreciate this and I'm starting to adore the album. Senjutsu - Probably a 10/10 just based on the 2 tracks I've heard!

[@jimmyknight1609]

I enjoyed listening to both of you! I can tell you guys are huge fans , as much as I am!

[@cri774]

Comment on AMOLAD is spot on, and it's a fantastic album; the sum is greater than the whole of its parts it is even truer for TFF, which in my opionion is a tribute album to rock'n'roll and it's also a concept album about leaving behind our beloved Earth. I personally like NPFTD, it is unfailrly underrated. Also TXF aged well.

[@KeimpeJ]

13:30 Steve said in an interview he felt Total Eclipse to be the stronger song and wished he swapped it with Gangland.

[@rogernavarro245]

This video is awesome. I'm a big fan of Iron Maiden and I really enjoyed it. I hope you both continue doing this kind of work.

[@Mark-tw5ws]

Enjoyed that, thanks. For me, Number, Piece, Power and Somewhere is one of the all time best album runs ever. So strong. Love them all.

[@RayCharound]

Dude, you nailed the current Maiden template that started with X-Factor. Songs that start and end with a lullabye. I'll give my personal rankings a go, but not sure how these would rate out. 1. 7th Son 2. Piece of Mind 3. Brave New World 4. Iron Maiden 5. Somewhere in Time 6. Powerslave 7. Number of the Beast 8. Dance of Death 9. Killers 10. Fear of the Dark 11. Final Frontier 12. A Matter of Life and Death 13. X-Factor 14. Book of Souls 15. Virtual XII 16. No Prayer for the Dying

[@Tankmin]

To answer your question at the end, I watched the whole thing. My friend and I are both listening through the whole discography (I've been a fan for a few years now, she hasn't heard a lot of them before this and a concert we went to last year). We're both working in secret on tier lists for the albums and going to share them with each other later. I've basically been listening to only maiden the last month or so and unfortunately I don't know many people who listen to metal to discuss things like this with, so watching a video like this is fun to finally hear peoples' thoughts. And the stories that go along with listening to them to, which unfortunately I don't have many yet. My opinions are the most similar to Darth's. My favorite albums are Seventh Son, NotB, Powerslave, and AMOLAD. The thing I disagree the most with are I don't like SiT very much, idk I've given it a shot many times. And I think NPftD is a lot better than people give it credit for, it's like the fast food version of Iron Maiden, it's not their best music in the world but, it still goes really hard imo. I think it just catches a lot of unfair stray bullets for being worse than their amazing run right before it.

[@MetalbyteMedia]

Awesome dude! Good luck listening to the discog, if you're a fan its really an enjoyable process. Thanks for the support!

[@pvdguitars2951]

Grimby nailed it : Remember tomorrow and the 2 minute section in the Nomad: absolute perfection !

[@basvanrijn770]

The climb like a monkey actually was the other way around. Some fans started the weird climbing like a monkey thing, and Bruce was like: That's funny, I'm gonna do that. Awesome to see a video like this, watched it all through. Why? Because I love people talking about Maiden.

[@gungriffen]

Somewhere in Time is my favorite Iron Maiden album. It's the middle ground between the more straight Metal songs and Seventh Sons concepts.

[@ilarimanninen7021]

You only talked about the singer changes, but totally missed a huge point when analyzing Maiden: the impact of Adrian Smith! He is a key part in songwriting and the sound of the band. He brings heaviness and tightness to the overall sound of Maiden, and has great melodic sense and phrasing when soloing. He was definitely a huge factor in that Brave New World was such a big step-up from the 90s albums, with Bruce's return of course.

[@madman666alive4]

Maiden would be nothing without Smith

[@linkvagar2336]

@@madman666alive4 They were something before Smith even joined the band. So stfu.

[@waynept1]

My favorites are Powerslave, Somewhere In Time, and....No Prayer For The Dying - yeah, I said it...sometimes I want to skip the 7 minute songs that take 3 1/2 minutes to start going strong and No Prayer does that. You can find an album in their catalog that fits your current mood and I love that about Iron Maiden.

[@SteOfficialChannel]

1. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 2. Piece of Mind 3. Powerslave 4. The Number of the Beast 5. Somewhere in Time 6. Fear of the Dark 7. Iron Maiden 8. The X Factor 9. No Prayer for the Dying 10. Killers 11. Brave New World 12. A Matter of Life and Death 13. Virtual XI 14. Dance of Death 15. The Book of Souls 16. Senjutsu 17. The Final Frontier

[@maxrav1831]

No1 Beast... The best metal album in history. No2 seventh son... Perfection. No3 Powerslave.. Brilliance. No. 4.killers... Punk metal at its best. No. 5 Mind.... So melodic a melodic masterpeice No 6 somewhere in time. Futuristic fabness. No7 Iron Maiden... Just fantastic.

[@TheMentalita]

16. Virtual XI 15. The X factor 14. No prayer for the dying 13. The final frontier 12. The book of souls 11. Fear of the dark 10. Dance of death 9. A matter of life and death 8. Iron Maiden 7. Killers 6. Brave new world *This is where the list gets really hard and the top5 variates for me* 5. Powerslave 4. 7th son of a 7th son 3. Number of the beast 2. Piece of mind 1. Somewhere in time

[@f1saintsutd]

I really enjoyed your reviews of all the albums by my all-time favourite band. For the record (no pun intended), my least favourite is No Prayer, and my favourite is 7th Son. I also highly rate The X Factor, I f*cking love that album. I really like Senjutsu, much better than Book Of Souls for me.

[@zekeyou1]

1. Number of the Beast 2. Powerslave 3. Piece of Mind 4. Killers 5. Somewhere in Time 6. Iron Maiden 7. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 8. Brave New World 9. Fear of the Dark 10. The Final Frontier 11. Dance of Death 12. A Matter of Life and Death 13. The Book of Souls 14. No Prayer for the Dying 15. The X Factor 16. Virtual XI

[@DarthGrimby]

I can jive with this list. But you gotta throw more love at AMOLAD. Give it another spin this weekend, really listen and not just background music. It’s so good!

[@aronsnz9248]

20:07 I remember every time I heard that subliminal phrase, it gave me the chills.

[@alexjohnston8889]

Now you've got to do a Bruce solo albums video.

[@chrishill7797]

I love his solo work…and there’s more on the way…

[@ettio]

A matter of life of death is my second favourite after somewhere in time.

[@ケルニコ]

I love it really much too. It's really a unit.

[@squad3059]

YES YOU GUYS ARE BACK STARTED WACTHING SINCE THE HIP HOP REACTIONS . BIGGIE SEGA GENESIS.

[@MetalbyteMedia]

Super Nintendo, Sega Genesis When I was dead broke, man, I couldn't picture this

[@squad3059]

@@MetalbyteMedia ayyyyy you remember!!!

[@chaosapiant]

Bruce started flying the band around in 2008, the tour prior to this album coming out. The entire Flight 666 live album/video/documentary is about that tour which preceded this album.

[@kevindudley9617]

Iron Maiden - 7.5 Killers - 9 The Number of the Beast - 8.5 Piece of Mind - 9 Powerslave - 10 Somewhere in Time - 8 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - 8.5 No Prayer for the Dying - 5.5 Fear of the Dark - 7 The X-Factor - 4.5 Virtual XI - 3 Brave New World - 7.5 Dance of Death - 8 A Matter of Life and Death - 9 The Final Frontier - 8.5 The Book of Souls - 9 Senjutsu - 8.5

[@SiBateman]

As Maiden fans we all have our own opinion on what our favourite Is whether its a certain album or a certain song of an album its all about loving what Iron Maiden does.

[@porkins74]

16. X-Factor 15. Fear of the Dark 14. Virtual XI 13. No Prayer For the Dying 12. Book of Souls 11. Brave New World 10. The Final Frontier 9. Iron Maiden 8. A Matter of Life and Death 7. Dance of Death 6. Somewhere in Time 5. Killers 4. The Number of the Beast 3. Piece of Mind 2. Powerslave 1. Seventh Son of A Seventh Son

[@Hallowed82]

I may have checked this out before, Rick and RDO, I forget but here I am again and funnily enough, when talking about leftovers here in reference to Iron Maiden vs. Killers or X Factor vs. Virtual XI, Brave New World has allegedly (and partly confirmed by Adrian, actually) 3 or 4 leftovers (Blood Brothers, The Mercenary, Dream of Mirrors and The Nomad) from the Virtual XI sessions. where Blaze is uncredited, oh the irony! Stare at the Sun off his first solo was written for the his 3rd Maiden album.

[@RustyDarlington]

Hey guys! Awesome video! I could watch things like this for hours! Just want to comment on the “favourite album being the one that we find in our early years”. That’s exactly why I always choose the debut album as my number. Mum discovered maiden in London before they were famous and had the first two albums, but stopped once Bruce came into the band. I got her back into maiden when I started listening to NOTB and POM etc. anyway haha when I first heard the debut I was honestly blown away. At the age of 14 it was just the heaviest and most technical thing I’d ever heard. 15 years later and it’s still in my top 3 albums of all time 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻 Also: the first tour with the ed force one plane was 2008/2009 Somewhere back in time world tour. I saw the plane at an airport and nearly died 😂😂

[@hoopsmccann639]

maiden was doing the repetitive choruses before brave new world. caught somewhere in time ring any bells?

[@suprchickn7745]

And... "Heaven Can Waaaaait, heaven can waaaaait"...

[@hoopsmccann639]

@@suprchickn7745 hell, even deja vu: "feels like i've been here before, feels like i've been here before, . . . " that's 3 songs from somewhere in time. one time my cousin brought up he didn't like the blayze bailey stuff because of the repetitive choruses, and i pointed out they had been doing it before then, and he conceded the point. i think it's more noticeable to someone if they don't like the song, but maiden loves the repetitive choruses.

[@jol9178]

Iron Maiden 9 Killers 7 The Number of the Beast 8 Piece of Mind 8 Powerslave 9 Somewhere in Time 9 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 9 No Prayer for the Dying 7 Fear of the Dark 7 The X Factor 7 Virtual XI 3 Brave New World 6 Dance of Death 5 A Matter of Life and Death 6 The Final Frontier 6 The Book of Souls 2

[@Owlr4ider]

How can you rate Fear of the Dark lower than No Prayer for the Dying? Especially after you mentioned No Prayer for the Dying is their worst album...? A sentiment I agree with btw, and actually rate it lower than a 6. How much lower is hard to say as I still love Maiden so much but like a 4 or 5 is where I rate it. Fun fact, Fear of the Dark was the first Iron Maiden album I ever bought and while I certainly liked it I acknowledge it's far from their best. Still, far from their worst too, I personally think it's a 7, so much closer to your 7.5 than 6/3(without the titular track). I also remember the first time I heard The X Factor and Virtual XI and was like 'WTF, this isn't Maiden'. I mean I wasn't really following metal news or anything at that point so I had no idea Bruce Dickinson left the band due to his throat cancer and all that. Even today that I know the whole story I still don't really register those 2 albums as Maiden albums. I don't know what it is exactly, as I did very much register the Di Anno albums as Maiden albums(listening to them after Fear of the Dark and Powerslave) but never the Blaze albums for whatever reason. I guess I should give those 2 albums a shot now that I'm a much bigger metal head than I was back than and now that I've listened to dozens of different metal bands across all its different subgenres. Maybe it's my fascination with all sorts of metal subgenres but I really don't mind Maiden's longer songs, in fact I tend to like them more than the super short ones. I feel that Dance of Death is Bruce Dickinson at his best when it comes to story telling. Dance of Death and Passchendaele are 2 of Bruce's best story songs, along with Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner which makes sense given it's a poem.

[@JCStorm76]

It’s way way better. I’m glad I didn’t bother watching this ranking. Fear Of The Dark is a great album. I’ll defend it until the day I die

[@ΒασίληςΓόνης]

The secret message on the Piece of mind is "What ho said the t'ing with the three 'bonce', don't meddle with things you don't understand...", followed by a belch.

[@doctorphibes601]

Had the Priest/ Iron Maiden "discussion" many times. It's funny how americans chose Priest over Maiden many times, while most europeans go for Maiden over Priest 🤷🏻 Not a single bad word for JP but i'll choose Maiden any day...I'm from the Netherlands btw 😄

[@ZEBASS]

Dude I never noticed Seventh Son has the other covers as frozen statues! I had a lot of fun listening to this :D

[@mthomas1973]

My two favorite Maiden albums are Piece of Mind and Somewhere in Time. Both are solid all the way through and definitive. Powerslave and NOTB are a close 2nd.

[@saltpeter7429]

Sure. Everytime I listen to a Maiden album I think it's my favorite, because they are the best band in the world. To me. But I like your picks, Piece Of Mind being my first and probably dearest to me of them all.

[@user-ft4jo8ev1v]

Even though Piece of Mind and Powerslave are legendary albums, I actually think Somewhere In Time and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son are much more consistent. Apart from Heaven Can Wait, I really love every track on those albums.

[@danw4490]

Iron Maiden is unbeatable. In my opinion, no other band compares. I was introduced to Maiden 30 years ago after hearing Metallica, Megadeth, Judas Priest and a few others. I heard Seventh Son of a Seventh Son and that was it. I was infatuated with the band. I liked Judas Priest as well, especially the Metalworks compilation and Painkiller. But... I still listen to Maiden daily.

[@nib7275]

great review, watched every minute. but focused only on Bruce joining the band, leaving the band, returning to the band. no mention of Adrian leaving the band......Janick joining the band, Adrian returning to the band. Smith is one hell of guitarist. great job tho guys, loved it. UP THE IRONS \m/

[@alexjohnston8889]

Fun fact Blaze helped write quire a bit of the songs on brave new world and they were worked on during virtual xi recording, blood brothers could have been on virtual but it wasn't finished in time, he should have some writing credits on BNW, his solo acoustic version of blood brothers is awesome.

[@DownMemoryLaneParis]

Matter of life and death is a solid 9 for me. And i totally buy your comment about the fact that this is an album experience. Songs seperated like Brighter.. longest day... or especially Lord of light are amazing on their own... But when they are amongst the other tracks, they make the sum a masterpiece to me. My only down side is The pilgrim. I found it to be the weakest closing track for maiden. But not a bad song though.

[@brandonwiseman2906]

Awesome dudes. What kept me listening was (besides love for Maiden) that you're local to me. Live in Saint John, lived in Moncton, grew up in Bathurst area (where I bought most of my Maiden albums). 1.brave new world 11 2. Dance of death 10 3. Seventh son 10 4. Powerslave 9.5 5. Life and death 9 6. Somewhere back time 9 7. Final frontier 8.5 8. Book of souls 8.5 9. Piece of mind 8.5 10. Number of the beast 8 11. Killers 7.5 12. Iron Maiden 7.5 13. Fear of the dark 7 14. X factor 7 15. No prayer 6.5 16. Vitual Ze 6 Controversial, but true. Love them all, excited for 17! Please do the big 4 of thrash!

[@MetalbyteMedia]

Cheere to the Maritimes dude!

[@brandonwiseman2906]

@@MetalbyteMedia what's your take/ranking on Sejutsu?

[@MetalbyteMedia]

@@brandonwiseman2906 Hey man, should have that vid up in a couple of days!

[@DarthGrimby]

Oooh big 4 would be a fun set to do. Good suggestion dude, and cheers to a fellow maritimer 🤘🤘

[@sebastienlavoie9334]

Me too, Piece Of Mind is my favorite album, probably because it's the first Iron Maiden album i ever heard, i was 10 years old in 1983.

[@jamiesherrard7263]

I think it says alot for Maiden having seen so many of these rankings that so many people rank them differently... Says alot about the quality of the albums they have put out! Anyway my personal rankings: 1) Number of the Beast 2) Powerslave 3) Seventh Son 4) Somewhere in Time 5) Iron Maiden 6) Piece of Mind 7) Brave New World 8) A Matter of LAD 9) Dance of Death 10) Killers 11) Book of Souls 12) Fear of the Dark 13) Final Frontier 14) X Factor 15) Virtual XI 16) No Prayer Oh and the above is subject to change!

[@williampanic8292]

I contest in the strongest possible terms that the era of repetitive choruses began with Brave New World...Running Free...Wrathchild...Run To The Hills...The Number of The Beast...Deja-Vu...The Angel & The Gambler...ok there may have been less, but they've always been lurking about!

[@MetalbyteMedia]

Yo Dude, mad props and all but only 1 album tops BNW in the repeated lyrical phrases camp, and thats Virtual XI. The s/t debut and classic era arn't even close...

[@williampanic8292]

@@MetalbyteMedia Utmost respect for you - but we must be listening to different bands! I should note that it isn't by any means a criticism on my part, (of either the band or your ratings) but I do think that people often view the earlier material through rose tinted glasses and overlook the obvious flaws on the grounds that it was, quite simply, setting the boundaries. These days it mostly plays within them (although if the inside buzz about Senjutsu is to be believed that may be about to change). I have been a hardcore fan since '86 but I fail to see how dreaming in black and white or showing no fear is any different to feeling like I've been there before or running free...

[@MetalbyteMedia]

@@williampanic8292 Hey dude, all Im saying is the repeated lyrical phrase issue was the worst on Virtual XI and BNW, nothing else. I like all the albums really. And here's the count if you're curious. Cheers man. www.reddit.com/r/ironmaiden/comments/p55wz5/per_album_count_of_repeated_3_worded_lyrical/?

[@maidenfan7117]

If Eternity Should Fail was originally written by Bruce for a new solo album that was to be a follow up to Chemical Wedding hence the narrative parts, Steve liked it and thought it fitted the theme of the album so asked if he could pinch it, Bruce agreed and said it would be rewritten and changed for his Album though no news of a new solo album has come out yet.

[@djtrendsetta5766]

Regarding RDO's view that older metal fans like beginnings, I'm 50 and I thought their most recent album, Book of Souls, was sick. I'm eagerly awaiting Senjutsu too, so there are a few of us _old timers_ that are still forward thinking. To his point though, I think a lot of people's musical favorites are based on the age they were when they first discovered a band/artist, etc. To me Powerslave is their greatest album but that was also the first one I heard so the imprint was strongest.

[@djtrendsetta5766]

Just finished it up tonight. Watched the whole video, albeit piecemeal over the course of two weeks or so by breaking it up into 20 minute "episodes". You guys should do more of these band discography vids. Very enjoyable. Bang on.

[@MikeL-gt2wz]

I have an equal appreciate of current and classic Maiden. My top few (going with 6 because it best illustrates the above comment) are Seventh Son of a Seventh Son Book of Souls Powerslave Brave New World A Matter of Life and Death The Number of the Beast The bottom three tend to move around amongst each other, but the top three are pretty consistent. Love the band, can't wait for Senjutsu.

[@tobyparsons2480]

Watched it all ,great job!!

[@prosperoeaton8201]

I enjoyed this discussion. Up until recently, I was someone who listened to the first five Dickensen albums like crazy and the Di'Anno ones occasionally. When No Prayer for the Dying came out, I was not impressed and stopped following them. Other than hearing a song or two off of Fear of the Dark and one off Virtual X, they completely fell off my radar. I fell away from traditional metal during that period other than Black Sabbath, so I probably could give those albums another listen. I recently decided to check out the Maiden reunion era albums. I'm still getting to know them, but I'm having a great time. I love epics like Nomad, The Parchment, Book of Souls, and The Red and the Black. These albums are still too new to me to rank. I like that they are exploring fresh creative territory when they could have gotten away with regurgitating the old sound as a nostalgia act. People complain about too much repetition, but I like that jammy quality. Not everything has to be concise. At least that's my opinion. It also doesn't hurt that I have a 70 mile commute to work and these albums will take me through the entire ride. Definitely car trip music and long walk music. With the classic period albums I go Seventh Son of a Seventh Son: 10, The Number of the Best: 9.75, Somewhere in Time: 9.75, Powerslave: 9, Piece of Mind: 8.5, Iron Maiden: 7.5, Killers: 7.

[@prosperoeaton8201]

Since writing my comment, I've immersed myself in the reunion material and the nineties albums. I'm glad I'm exploring this stuff because there's something about every Maiden album that I enjoy. Some of the reunion albums now rank pretty high for me with A Matter of Life and Death and Senjutsu cracking my top five. Getting into the post classic era albums has been a terrific experience. Eighties Maiden is amazing, but so are other periods. What a catalogue!