Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden (first time album reaction)

[@mrshankj5101]

I'm glad you are back!

[@kirawasareactor]

thank you!!

[@XA351GT]

Clive Burr was a monster on those 1st 3 Maiden albums.

[@TisTheDamnStickSeason]

He is very much missed

[@OneEyedJack1970]

Clive was a beast on the drums.

[@revylokesh1783]

@@OneEyedJack1970 I'm so glad the "Beast over Hammersmith" live album exists. Imho it's slightly better even than "Live after Death" .

[@hellion5206]

@@revylokesh1783 both legendary records tho, cant decide wich one I like more. I think live after death is more "iconic"

[@mournblade1066]

"Strange World" is probably Maiden's most underrated song.

[@metalmugen]

The first two studio albums have probably the most underrated songs in the entire discography

[@astragalusson]

Agreed, maybe along with "The Nomad" and "Only The Good Die Young" for me...

[@AgentLemmon]

Yes, together with Prodigal son. Both are more proggy

[@JawsVader1970]

I agree love that song

[@JawsVader1970]

@@AgentLemmon another awesome song early maiden the first 5 albums were thier best by far and I can't decide my favorites I guess what my mood is but paul had that kinda lemmy kinda voice but was pinkish and loved it and bruce came in to prove himself and did so I recommend the 1s 5 lps

[@philipmulcahy7234]

Good to see you back, the first Iron Maiden album blew my mind back in 1980, I've been a fan since.

[@sputhoor96]

I was pushing for strange world and remember tomorrow a lot while recommending iron maiden in your previous videos. I knew you would love them.

[@BinnisRetro]

There really is no band like DiAnno Maiden! It was like punk but with guys who could REALLY play their instruments. Totally unique still. Killers packs a bigger punch, better produced. You will love it! 🙂. It feels like you are reacting to all the stuff I have loved at some point Kira 😅 First Portishead and now early Maiden. Great work!

[@kirawasareactor]

i'm really pumped for Killers!!

[@BinnisRetro]

Well it is an album of extreme highs and extreme lows 😅 But a great experience!

[@Rocktraffic]

@@kirawasareactor 🤘🏽

[@AJRabies]

Iron Maiden & Killers are my fav Maiden albums. Thanks for doing this. First Iron Maiden song I ever heard was Transylvania.... no vocals, but I was hooked.

[@UncleRiotous]

Iron Maiden really isn't brilliantly produced. I remember seeing Steve saying that he'd have loved to have Martin Birch produce it but they were too scared to approach him and Martin saying that when he heard it he loved it and even before being asked to do Killers wished they'd approached him to produce it.

[@deanstanley2125]

THIS ONE, the one that called me, that day in 1980. 13 year old me saw that cover in a record store and it was like a moth to a flame. I had to get it immediately even though I had never heard of the band before. Mom and Dad thought the cover was repulsive but I thought it was the coolest thing ever. Thank God the music inside was nothing like I ever heard before and I've been listening ever since.

[@stevenhoward3358]

The very best Iron Maiden record, it has been on my playlist for more than 40 years.

[@dariiofernando]

being honest with myself and putting all the hype aside, objectively I think the 'best' album of this band is between their fifth and sixth, Powerslave and Somewhere in Time. But this is still my favorite by far 😅, ok this and Powerslave

[@robertcassese4633]

I hated Di'anno Maiden back as a kid in the 80's. Now, this and KILLERS are my 2 favorite

[@MetalDragon42]

NOTB got me into Maiden but my fave nowadays is split between this and Peace Of Mind.

[@thedunc6794]

Seeing them live on The World Slavery Tour, Iron Maiden live was an awesome song. The stage split open to reveal an enormous Eddie. Never seen anything like it, it was amazing to experience.

[@cosmo10973ify]

Awesome guitar playing from Dave Murray and Dennis Stratton 👍Dennis was such an underrated guitarist.

[@macgonzo]

I'm honestly shocked that Remember Tomorrow has so few listens!! It's my favourite track on the album, I've sung along to it so GD many times 😅

[@dariiofernando]

That's because the vast majority of the average listener of this band listens only to the later albums with Bruce, the hits, or the couple of songs the band still plays at their live shows. Very underrated, to this day

[@AgentLemmon]

one of the best of that album and to me a Maiden classic.

[@jameskinstle6874]

Paul wrote that song for his grandfather after he passed. The live version of this on Maiden Japan with Dave's extra solo is top notch!

[@atonesb5251]

Probably my favorite track on the album. Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats do a sick cover of it.

[@ashd-h4911]

Super strong for a first album, they really had their stuff together. This was a statement of intent.

[@srgsnz62]

I forgot how great Running Free is. Also hearing Phantom of the Opera wit Clive on the drums is some next level stuff...

[@gonidisg]

My favourite reactor with one of my favourtite albums of all time! What a treat! Keep up the great work, greetings from Greece!

[@Namatamago-Hanjukuouji]

Welcome back!😊 I am an old Japanese guy. When I heard Iron Maiden's first album, I was very shocked. It was because it had a sense of speed that had never existed in hard rock before, punkish vocals sounded so cool. They have continued to make great albums since then, but for me, their first and second albums are very special.

[@kirawasareactor]

yes i'm super pumped to listen to their second album too. i love japan, it's my favourite country i've ever visited! i'm returning this year & excited to go record shopping :)

[@Namatamago-Hanjukuouji]

@@kirawasareactor Thank you very much for your very nice reply. I am sure you will enjoy the new record stores that have been popping up lately in Tokyo or Osaka. Please visit again.

[@ericv7720]

The debut is solid from start to finish, with Seventh Son and Powerslave close behind. The songs on Iron Maiden were sort of a "best of" from their late 70s club set, and were mostly written between '76 and '78.

[@dariiofernando]

same thoughts, iron maiden and powerslave are my favs,

[@thegrimmfluencer]

Amazing seeing your reaction, awesome energy! Amazing band, my favourite of all time, fan since 1987...

[@juanpabloferro5694]

Este es el principio del grandioso camino de la carrera musical de iron maiden es algo asombroso este álbum, ha influenciado muchísimas bandas tan solo con este álbum.

[@dragonmac1234]

Listening to this album again takes me back to my sixteen year old self in 1980. I like Bruce Dickinson era Iron Maiden, but I prefer the dark and gritty edge to Paul Di'Anno's voice. I think it is a good idea for you to listen to different types of music Kira, I'm 58 and I like a wide range from Abba to ZZ Top.

[@kirawasareactor]

yea Di'Anno's edge is what does it for me! thank you for the support :)

[@jonnydavies6968]

From the moment I bought it on cassette in 1982 and played "Prowler" on my little mono bedside tape player/radio/alarm, I was hooked. Magnificent album.

[@flea1972]

👍 'Sanctuary' was included on some versions and was their second single. It's a bit punky and a personal favourite. Their next album 'Killers' is all killer too.

[@TheDirtypair]

Yeah it was on the original records B-Side, between Strange World and Harlot.

[@CoffeeMatt10]

It wasn’t on the original release, but was on each re-release after that, until this one (2015)… not sure why they took it back off 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@satanihelvetet]

I like your digging into and reaction to heavy metal so much. You are so real, pure, genuine and unique. Keep on beeing who you are, experience more of rock and metal and doing your awsome videos.

[@azzajames7661]

This (Iron Maiden) and powerslave are my two favourite albums, and I could listen to them from start to finish all day long. Powerslave has the most energy of any album I've ever heard😜 Up the mighty Iron🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@Mr.5hady]

I missed you! Good to have you back😍

[@yoiamhere4737]

I really like this album! I think if you give Killers the album a listen (if you haven't already) you'll like even more!

[@kirawasareactor]

yes i reckon i will too! i need to buy it on Record :)

[@AgentLemmon]

@@kirawasareactor One word of advice. If you have a chance you should buy the previous reissue, not the last, since the mix is very muddy on the last reissue. I mean really muddy as if they forgot to turn on the treble. Otherwise i hope you have a EQ so you can turn up the highs.

[@Vortigan07]

@@AgentLemmon Yeah that seems to be an age old debate among Maiden fans. Personally, I've only done a thorough A-B-C on "Number Of The Beast" but don't think there's any doubt that the '98 mixes are brighter (and definitely louder) The 2015's, to my ears at least, are a sort of halfway house between the original '82 and the '98.

[@AgentLemmon]

@@Vortigan07 To me, it's most audible on Killers. That album is really mixed bad on the latest remasters. You can say it about all the latest mixes but Killers is like something went wrong lol.

[@hannahthrush7391]

OMG my bf showed me your channel forever ago and recently we realized how much we missed your content! So glad you're back!

[@LASKARIKOS]

Amazing album, 4 years of compositions for their amazing debut. In rock is a MONSTER too 10 years earlier but still 10 years ahead from its time. It's the favorite album of Bruce Dickinson. In rock defined heavy metal of 70s and 80s

[@crimsondeath7468]

I am so glad you are back and everythings ok. Was worried for a time. You are the best reactor since you seem to genualy have a passion for music and you are honsest about what you liked or disliked

[@dennisstyles383]

Finally! Most of the reaction channels react to later maiden but not early maiden with Di’anno. Happy to see someone react to the start of Maiden’s glory

[@beast_of_burden7762]

Hey Kira! Glad to see you reacting to Maiden’s first album, you should really check out the second one, keep up the good work!

[@Fastwinstondoom]

Good to have you back, missed your energy!

[@mauropm.6989]

The Best Iron Maiden album! Great reaction!!

[@alanmcclure9546]

You are such a HERO for bringing this back!!! Namaste I actually got Teary Eyed during Strange World, as it took me back to fresh out of High School, moving away from home to get away from society and take a job in Hells Canyon Idaho, running river. it was back at the End of the Cold War, and that song was my Mantra at not getting blown up in Nuclear Oblivion.

[@erlendnordgard]

Great to see you react again.. Noticing your love for bass and drums.. Same here. :) And that you are so fond of melancholic times.. Looks like you react instinctively to "what is good and what is not". For me it is clear that you understand what is good and bad music.. ..Such musically speaking. Your dad should be proud of you, and he also has good taste in music. Big hug from Tromsø"Norway" :) A tip, try Tidal for a better sound.. ;) :)

[@josephbeguhl5224]

So happy to see you back Kira! A great album that is middle of the pack of the Iron Maiden catalog, imo. That alone tells you just how good it is.

[@Iaminsaneone]

This is Maiden’s greatest album, experimental yes, but this album inspired a whole generation of all genres of Metal. And it is still inspiring, musicians. Relisten to it 3 more times, those songs you are unsure of, will grow on you. Running Free, was on jukeboxes in the pubs back in the day, always great after 1 or 2 sherbets! So glad you enjoyed this album.

[@prowler2358]

First time i heard this album it was 1980, changed my life, visceral, raw, unfiltered, trying to mimic their live performances, fantastic, been a fan all my life, up the irons!!!!

[@kmvoss]

Great reaction, I basically rediscovered how great this album is from it. Brings back memories. :)

[@alexiazamfir3962]

Different sound on vinyls..Transylvania best song for me!

[@VideoWare-ox9qv]

where's Sanctuaryyyy? It should belong to the IM album. Very good reaction as always, keep up the good work and up the irons!

[@independenceltd.]

My favorite Di'Anno album and a top 5 Maiden album.

[@arthurprediger4054]

Running Free is a lot more exciting when played live while Bruce is interacting with the crowd, I guess they used it a lot as the final song of many early live albums.

[@ericv7720]

Interestingly, DiAnno wrote that tune, then it became their biggest selling single well into the Bruce era!

[@justindevoe9556]

I’m so glad you’re back and posting again! Loving that you’re doing album reactions now, those are my favorites and are few and far between

[@sumonjamal1653]

I highly recommend u check out the Iron Maiden short concert video 'Live at the Rainbow'... it was filmed in London in late 1980 just after guitarist Adrian Smith had replaced Dennis Stratton (who played on the first Maiden album) and featured Paul Di'Anno on vocals and (the late) Clive Burr on drums w/ Steve Harris (bass) and Dave Murray (guitar). 6 songs in that video (4 from this album - 'Remember tomorrow'... 'Phantom of the Opera'... 'Transylvania'... and 'Iron Maiden') and 2 songs from the 2nd album 'Killers' ('Wrathchild'... and 'Killers')... It captured the majesty of early Iron Maiden.

[@robertphelps1574]

Great choice brilliant video and and one of the best concerts I went to that year

[@Nitro1000]

It’s impossible to pick a favorite song on that album because the whole thing is a masterpiece with a different vibe every song. I love watching your reactions because it takes me back to when I first heard these songs and had a very similar reaction.

[@SirDrunkalot1]

Absolutely nailed it with the prog rock vibe! Coming from Pink Floyd Strange World and Remember Tomorrow are right up that street. It's why I prefer their earlier stuff over Dickinson era stuff, there's just a different vibe.

[@bonhzeppelin55]

WTF?!!! YOU'RE BACK?! 🤯 For Crikeys sake where u been Sheila?! I thought you eloped & went off to Siberia & became a nomadic reindeer herder! 😁 WELCOME BACK! I HOPE!

[@kiillabytez]

Hey, Kira! You're back! Don't know about everyone, but I really did miss you and your content. Welcome back!

[@djpeternice]

Welcome back! As a Paul fan you should do the full Killers album - deffo my personal favourite.

[@johnfelix4611]

I love that reaction and shared it with two other Maiden fans besides myself.

[@euandrecampos]

At last! There isn't a single time I listen to this album without getting goosebumps. So many memories, so many moments, so many friends from that time. btw: i love the hair.

[@zeenpark]

been waiting you to upload new stuffs! good to see you again from Korea!

[@brokenws70]

holy shit shes back , very cool to come across . love maiden and well your reactions as well . glad your back rollin

[@ThirdEye...]

Love your reactions!

[@mikh9202]

Very important part of metal history and Maiden. Its a unique album, and great, glad you listened to this.👍👍

[@esoterica412]

I’m Glad your back :) and I love this album and Iron Maiden!!!

[@WokeBegone]

It's good you got it on vinyl, you'll find that the album is very organic so you can put it on and listen to it all the way through and it's great to play in the background while doing tasks.

[@jorgepla9577]

When I was 15, I started listening to Iron Maiden, in 1984, and it took me, I think, 30 seconds to understand that I had found musical El Dorado. From that time I have an EP recorded live in Japan, Maiden Japan, with Paul, which is absolutely mind-blowing. Congrats by the reacts.

[@anthonypirera7598]

Great to have you back I'll check it out later it's lunch time here in Melbourne Australia and going out

[@andrespinzon1554]

Hi Kira ! Great, iron maiden's debut album, for me they are all great, it's my favorite heavy band, all the songs bring back good memories I am very happy to see you again and I enjoyed the experience of seeing you and reacting 🥰🥰

[@porkins74]

So glad you're back!

[@darkelfling65]

The US release of the album has 9 songs - the one that is missing from the international release is a song called Sanctuary.

[@GilesArt]

Prowler from the Soundhouse Tapes is hands-down it's ultimate form. :)

[@jonnydavies6968]

Although it is a good, raw version of it, I have to disagree. During the build up before the guitar solo, it is plainly obvious that one of the guitars is vastly out of tune. Perhaps that's what they wanted to go back and rectify before the multi tracks were erased. Album version is the one for me.

[@GilesArt]

@@jonnydavies6968 Bleugh. That's the worst reason to prefer the album version ever...?

[@jonnydavies6968]

@@GilesArt Lol. The album version is the first version I heard, so I naturally biased. I do own an original Soundhouse Tapes, and I do prefer the version of "Iron Maiden" that's on there to the album one, but "Prowler" has that horrid out of tune bit which spoils it for me. Otherwise it's a cracking version.

[@GilesArt]

@@jonnydavies6968 Well, that's a very nice response considering I gave you such a bellendish reply. So however the discussion goes, you've got the moral victory. LOL. I actually heard the soundhouse tapes version many many years after I heard the album one, but then again, I generally favour demo's for their roughness and unpolished qualities. Don't get me wrong, it can sometimes go horribly (like when you get drums up too high or too low!) but I think ultimately, the Soundhouse version is the closest to feeling live in their early days, which I would have loved to have been around for. - L:ive albums typically never capture what they're supposed to, in my opinion - given all the mixing they go through!

[@juanselainez9828]

Killers, my favorite IM album.

[@chrisbanks6659]

Wow. Its midnight 30 here and I need my ugly sleep but rest assured I will watch. It's gonna be awesome. Hope you had the best break - but now back to what we all love best. A Kira being sparkly mad 😊

[@kirawasareactor]

yea random upload times are going to start as i take a looser approach!! it's 11:40am here in Melbourne.

[@rauldiasgimenez4611]

It's so hard to find any person who likes Maiden praising Transylvania + Strange World, and they've been my absolute favorites from the first time I listened to them. So glad you enjoyed it!

[@Ramble1234]

This album is one of my faves from Maiden

[@maksphoto78]

Man, Paul's voice, all the time called very rough, sand-paper, was so delicate here.

[@xristospats2180]

Welcome back, keep digging metal! I am listening to Iron Maiden 25 years, every time is better than the last one, you will see...

[@JimmyRJump]

Kira, elbower of plantlife, takes me back 42 year to a time when the NWoBHM (New Wave of British Heavy Metal) was at its peak, and my friends and me were right in the middle of it all at the 1980 UK Reading Rock Festival (which coincidentally also had a small band called Samson on the bill. The latter had an unknown singer named "Bruce Bruce", a young Bruce Dickinson sporting a full beard and a bit of an attitude. Later he lost both, luckily). Funny you had a toss-up between two albums that helped shape (or re-shape) the musical landscape in their era. 1970's Deep Purple In Rock was a pivotal album that showed the way to Hard Rock-dom and Iron Maiden did the same for Heavy Metal in 1980 and the album became a beacon that lighted how things needed to be done. Iron Maiden (the band) have the distinction to have done it twice, the second time with 1982's "The Number Of The Beast". Hugs and warm greetings from Belgium.

[@scenxad]

Good to have you back reacting.

[@jingtroc23]

Love this album, glad you gave it a try. My fav Maiden album is Seventh Son, it's a very heavy concept album, if you ever get round to reacting to the full album maybe have a quick look up about the whole concept of it so you get the lyrics more through the journeys concept(based on a novel i believe). You may not gel with it though as i recall you're were a bit lukewarm to Bruce's vocals.

[@cocainebarda5002]

You are BACK 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍... YOU ARE THE BEST ❤️

[@rddrum2003]

Can't wait for more of your thoughts..!!!!❤

[@wyattmacburnie740]

Nice to see ya back dudet🤟

[@alfredthegreatkingofwessex6838]

There will never be a sound like the one in iron maiden and killers.

[@celticsarebest]

Good to see you back.I love this album.It’s a classic now.How about doing another sabbath video.How bout Sabbath Bloody Sabbath or Sabatage

[@rolandconnor575]

In Rock is one of the most important albums in the history of music

[@joeljones8066]

oh man, Sanctuary wasn't on that version. Glad to see you back.

[@vibingwithvinyl]

Metallica's "...And Justice For All" is very heavy and very complex. It can be described as progressive thrash metal. It's my favourite Metallica album these days.

[@juanselainez9828]

My fav reaction is your coverage of Rising by Rainbow.

[@KevPage-Witkicker]

Yes... Into The Lungs Of Hell is a flawless, amazing tune.

[@haycockjeff]

The first album is pure quality.

[@kevinmuzerMetalMind64]

Thinkk you would like Poison Idea(punk) for the rhythm guitar, the riffs. fast drums and vocal delivery!

[@nonrevnosnibormetalbeerrev6251]

Iron maiden, oooooh yeah yeah, great video kira, hope you are keeping well 🤘🤘

[@richpeltier9519]

Yeah, those three are my favorite song off the album too. LOL 🤘🧙‍♂️🤘 Rich the Ancient Metal Beast

[@aaronmaiden3606]

If you liked remember tomorrow, you may like sorcerers by angel witch, same vibe

[@rafaelsevero3274]

Great album! Great to see you back in the screen!

[@fhermeneses7999]

2great álbums .... greatting from COSTA RICA 🇨🇷😘

[@ranieritomelin8840]

Fantastic.....very good songs and you.

[@dariiofernando]

Remember Tomorrow, Phantom of the Opera and Strange World my favs

[@davidellis5141]

The Cure warned in Charlotte Sometimes about the repercussions for the behavior of Charlotte & Iron Maiden sing of the sad fate in " Charlotte The Harlot " 🎸 🧛‍♂️ 🦇

[@anthonypirera7598]

Hi I'm glad your back and the first side the better side and Killers the next album is amazing too so is Deep Purple in Rock is fantastic too with Child in Time

[@TrollingInTheDeep]

Yes girl!! hope you can listen to every Maiden albums

[@hmpz36911]

Punky Maiden rules

[@SonicProfessor_a.k.a._T._Andra]

The 2 Di'Anno albums are my favorites & the only Maiden albums I own. Truly unique.🤘🤘

[@andywessel]

Great reaction 🤘.

[@Lazze376]

I remember so well 1983 A Little boy At a friend’s house his older sister’s boyfriend put this on the vinyl that was the Day i became a metalhead, a 7 y Old kid first musical endevour was indeed this very album. Very soon to be 40 y ago.

[@gzeuskraiste]

Welcome back!

[@jimthompson114]

LOVE remember Tomorow and Strange World, was hoping you would really like those as well!

[@MarcusAsenlund]

The European version featured a secret song called Sanctuary.