My Iron Maiden Discography Re Ranked

A big list to rank the discography of Iron Maiden and it's again a change up from what I used to do on my previous ranking list. What a beloved amount of records that was pretty easy to rank with different words on each album.
#ironmaiden #albums #albumsranked #metal #heavymetal

[@pavelzemanek]

Somewhere in Time, the best metal album in the world. Cover, vocals by Bruce, best solos, best choruses, unbeatable sound.

[@hollowayscc]

It‘s so crazy, my ranking changes so often. Even the first four places (POM, Powerslave, SIT, SSOASS) change depending on my mood. That‘s hilarious! I simply love Maiden! ❤

[@Amager-do4gx]

1 Powerslave 2 Sevent son of a seventh son 3 Number of beast 4 Iron Maiden 5 Somewhere in time 6 Piece of mind 7 A matter of life and death 8 Brave bew world 9 Senjitsu 10 Final frontier 11 Killers 12 Book of souls 13 Fear of the dark 14 Dance of death 15 Virtual 11 16 X-factor 17 No prayer for the dying

[@Dems-fk8sh]

I appreciate your list a lot because it is genuine. The X Factor is indeed amazing with 2am being my favorite song on this album, but No Prayer at the last position is personally impossible for me. It's possibly my favorite album although it's not their best. Mother Russia is outstanding.

[@kevinbrown1893]

1. Piece of Mind (1983) 2. The Number of The Beast (1982) 3. Powerslave (1984) 4. Killers (1981) 5. Somewhere In Time (1986) 6. Brave New World (2000) 7. Iron Maiden (1980) 8. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) 9. Dance of Death (2003) 10. Senjutsu (2021) 11. A Matter of Life and Death (2006) 12. The Book of Souls (2015) 13. The X Factor (1995) 14. Fear of The Dark (1992) 15. No Prayer for The Dying (1990) 16. The Final Frontier (2010) 17. Virtual XI (1998)

[@dariiofernando]

1 Iron Maiden 2 Killers 3 Powerslave 4 Somewhere in Time

[@RAAZR-]

Ranked (Fav song): 17. The X Factor (Sign of the Cross) 16. No Prayer for the Dying (Run Silent Run Deep) 15. Senjutsu (Stratego) 14. The Book of Souls (Death or Glory) 13. A Matter of Life and Death (The Longest Day) 12. The Final Frontier (When the Wild Wind Blows) 11. Iron Maiden (Phantom of the Opera) 10. Virtual XI (The Educated Fool) 9. Killers (Wraithchild) 8. Number of the Beast (22 Acacia Avenue) 7. Brave New World (The Wicker Man) 6. Dance of Death (Rainmaker) 5. Piece of Mind (Where Eagles Dare) 4. Fear of the Dark (Judas Be My Guide) 3. SSoaSS (The Evil That Men Do) 2. Powerslave (Powerslave) 1. Somewhere in Time (Caught Somewhere in Time)

[@prosperoeaton8201]

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

[@postmortemjunkie]

1. Somewhere In Time 2. Powerslave 3. Piece Of Mind 4. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son 5. The Number Of The Beast 6. Killers 7. Iron Maiden 8. Brave New World 9. Fear Of The Dark 10. No Prayer For The Dying 11. Dance Of Death 12. The Book Of Souls 13. A Matter Of Life And Death 14. The X Factor 15. The Final Frontier 16. Virtual XI 17. Senjutsu EDIT: It always puzzles me when people forget to mention the absolute masterpiece Judas Be My Guide off Fear Of The Dark.

[@tehasut]

It's my favorite IM song. And the most underrated of course.

[@whambulance8607]

The X Factor has some of their best melodies to date. Makes Brave New World sound awkward and simple by comparison. I really enjoy Blaze's voice on this album my favorite songs from it are Fortunes of War, The Aftermath, and Edge of Darkness.

[@necroplastful]

I love X Factor. But I would never for the life of me put it where you did, it would probably go in the middle somewhere. But ay to each their own.

[@TheStrongBoyz19]

That's fair enough. I am maybe one of the fans who admires the record that much.

[@andreas0101]

1. Seventh son 2. Somewhere in Time 3. Number of the beast. 4. Powerslave 5. Killers

[@mindful2864]

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

[@TheStrongBoyz19]

It's some very surprising and unexpected ranking but I appreciate your list. Lol

[@holspa]

Having a lot of fun watching this video. I am checking some of the songs you talk about that i dont remember much, and some i like more then you and then others you like more then me. Also i think Prayer.. is a very good album lol anyway, i keep watching this video.

[@opaque4742]

In no universe can X Factor even be in the sane galaxy as Seventh Son, let alone ranked higher lol. It simply isn't possible. Nice video though.

[@TheStrongBoyz19]

Opinions... but glad you liked the video.

[@Trackbonus]

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

[@lucasjankowski7117]

Bold move to put The X Factor so high on the list. For me it falls somewhere in the middle, but I think it's a very solid album and definitely underrated. I like it's dark atmosphere, and I think Blaze's vocals fits the music on the album very well.

[@RolstadLandbruksdrift]

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

[@Trackbonus]

Finally someone who loves The Book of Souls as much as I do

[@tiborosz1825]

I gotta say ...hearing No Prayer songs live was awesome. You gotta smoke serious crack to prefer a Blaze album over it. The sound on No Prayer is not that different than Piece of Mind.

[@supertenor2767]

I've always loved No Prayer. Very underrated.

[@fearedlegend]

1- piece of mind 2- somewhere in time 3- Powerslave 4- number of the beast Best song - hallowed be thy name

[@billybishop1997]

My favorite Iron Maiden album is Piece of Mind because of The Trooper. The Book of Souls is my second favorite Iron Maiden album.

[@supertenor2767]

Interesting list. I can't fault your reasoning. To me, they're ALL great albums. I have a soft spot for No Prayer... as it's the first one I bought on release day. I think it's solid, from start to finish... with the Title track being especially thought provoking. I wouldn't put The X Factor near the top... but I do appreciate it. My top 5 would be: 1. Somewhere In Time 2. Seventh Son 3. Powerslave 4. Piece of Mind 5. Number of The Beast... with Brave New World being #6, maybe. \m/

[@mirko1382]

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

[@tiborosz1825]

Blaze's two register vocal capabilities over Somewhere in Time😂😂😂😂😂😂 oh man...too funny.

[@TheStrongBoyz19]

It wasn't a talk on vocals only obviously. Bruce is always the strongest when I hear their albums, but I thought Blaze did fit the kind of sound Harris was going with on The X Factor. Paul's vocals before Bruce were great too.

[@tiborosz1825]

@@TheStrongBoyz19 yeah..X factor is missing Smiths melodies and solos. The album has a constricted feel and sonic wise it just sounds bad. Vocals are essential to maiden since its used as an instrument. Blaze has a limited register. His lows are not low enough and his highs aren't high enough. Iisten to sign of the cross with Bruce or Lord of the Flies.

[@danw4490]

I love Senjutsu but I can't argue about the mixing. For me, Iron Maiden doesn't have any bad albums because I'll take bad Iron Maiden over almost anything else any day. My personal ranking keeps changing, but I would list it as: 1. Brave New World (I just rediscovered this album and I'm loving it) 2. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (this got me into metal) 3. Caught Somewhere in Time 4. Number of the Beast 5. Final Frontier 6. Senjutsu 7. Fear of the Dark 8. Powerslave 9. Piece of Mind 10. Dance of Death 11. A Matter of Life and Death 12. No Prayer for the Dying 13. Book of Souls 14. X Factor 15. Iron Maiden 16. Virtual XI 17. Killers

[@alessandrozannettino918]

my iron maiden albums ranked: 1 - killers 2 - the number of the beast 3 - somewhere in time 4 - powerslave 5 - seventh son of a seventh son 6 - iron maiden 7 - piece of mind

[@mytmouse57]

My top 5: Somewhere in Time A Matter of Life and Death Piece of Mind Book of Souls Powerslave

[@JCStorm76]

1. Somewhere In Time 2. Number Of The Beast 3. Seventh Son 4. Piece Of Mind 5. Powerslave 6. Iron Maiden 7. Brave New World 8. Fear Of The Dark 9. Killers 10. No Prayer For The Dying 11. Dance Of Death 12. X Factor 13. Virtual 11 14. AMOLAD 15. Book Of Souls 16. Final Frontier 17. Senjutzu Don’t love the last 4 albums. They’re kind of getting worse as they go along. The most underrated album for me is Fear Of The Dark.

[@cri774]

Nice video, very entertaining! On TXF you make some interesting points, and I also came to the conclusion the album is a journey into depression, through its many rough sides, and at the same time a way out of it; in that darkness some parts are luminous rays so that it's almost therapeutic in itself. I share your view about the loose concept of TFF, but opposite to your opinion I think they delivered a great album. My ranking: 17 VXI 16 FOTD 15 DOD 14 TXF 13 BNW 12 IM 11 BOS 10 NPFTD 9 POM 8 SSOASS 7 TFF 6 Ks 5 Su 4 P 3 TNOTB 2 AMOLAD 1 SIT

[@johnkaufman5474]

5, The Book of Souls 4. The Number of the Beast 3. Piece of Mind 2. Powerslave 1. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son Meanwhile, to put a Blaze Bailey album over the Bruce / Paul discs is pure lunacy!

[@mattyrab3477]

Mr bungle cd excellent 😊

[@hectorescobar9450]

Book of Souls imo was just a bag of recycled riffs from past efforts. Also introduced the squiky guitar sound that was so prominent in songs like Stratego later on..

[@lucasjankowski7117]

I have similar impressions while listening to Book of Souls (too much auto plagiarism). Matter of life and death is probably the last IM album I really liked.

[@hectorescobar9450]

@@lucasjankowski7117 agree

[@tiborosz1825]

X factor better than Seventh Son and Beast😅😅😅😅😅 oh god.

[@TheStrongBoyz19]

You know it's an opinion, right? As it always should be, yet subjective.

[@tiborosz1825]

@@TheStrongBoyz19 yeah..I know ...and disagreeing is as well but even opinions need merít. The fact is aetistically X factor is lackluster voth from a lyrical and musical perspective. Arfuong is fun and no one gets hurt.

[@NelsonMontana1234]

Everything that doesn’t have that stupid third guitar is great, everything afterward -- meh.

[@anony-moon]

english pls

[@YinWhoo-zx2sz]

Senjutsu and Book of Souls are boring with no memorable tracks. Maiden hasn't released anything good since Brave New World 2000. I don't like their newer stuff, it's overblown and just too long. The Book of Souls is 92 mins FFS!!

[@MAMMOUTH88]

Rien que pour la performance de Bruce, No Prayer est un album génial.....t'as d'la merde dans les oreilles.....

[@TheStrongBoyz19]

Do I? Why don't you come and clean them off for me? I think Bruce's vocals are not at one of his strongest as he did sound not as inspired, imo.

[@gazelliott2414]

book of souls is unbearable too listen too, worst maiden ever along with final frontier

[@rf5390]

In my opinion, if you don't feel Piece of Mind is one of the top 3 Iron Maiden albums, then you definitely just don't get Maiden. Sorry if that's harsh, but there's no way you ever gave the album a chance then and you don't know what you are missing.

[@TheStrongBoyz19]

I don't need to understand the band because of a different opinion as I went into the band differently as other people have discovered them in their own journey, yet your opinion is cool to see. It's cool you love the album more, but as I said there were other albums I'd prefer and choose over that great album.

[@RAAZR-]

2nd half of that album blows

[@anony-moon]

Yeah cuz yk you are the god of opinions

[@johnandrews8590]

That hairstyle should be banned for all eternity.

[@TheStrongBoyz19]

All grown with a great look and you won't change my mind.

[@supertenor2767]

I notice you haven't shared YOUR stunning glamor shot. Lol