Good morning folks!
After embarrassingly believing that Phantom of the Opera was on The Number Of The Beast yesterday, I have some #IronMaiden homework todo.
Now, I know Maiden quite OK, but it's not like I know every song on every album. I'll be working on that and will do another A-Z run, another #Metaljourney I guess 🤔
Kicking things off with #IronMaiden's 1980 self titled debut and this killer track:
👉 #Prowler
Iron Maiden closes Iron Maiden by Iron Maiden.
What a track, easily in my Maiden top 10.
Somehow I am a bit sad that we never found out how they would have developed if they'd keep Di'Anno...
The debut album is a 3,5/5.
45 minutes to my next meeting, #Killers is 38 minutes long, so why not listening to #IronMaiden's sophomore release?
Exactely, so here's #Wrathchild
https://song.link/y/qgqVmAyTvIA
I never noticed, but Prodigal Son is an early Queen song sung by Roger Taylor.
#Nowplaying Iron Maiden - Prodigal Son
Here comes the big one: #TheNumberOfTheBeast.
Some say it's their best, some say it only has 3 good songs, the rest is average.
BUT: the 3 songs are The Number Of The Beast, Run To The Hills and Hallowed Be Thy Name. I mean...
#Nowplaying #IronMaiden - Children Of The Damned
#TheNumberOfTheBeast was the first #IronMaiden song I ever heard, soon to be followed by Run To The Hills. And I liked both from the beginning, although I wasn't a metalhead back then. I think I was (already) 16 years old when I first heard these great songs...
Oh, and of course the album marks Bruce Dickinson's entry to the band, but that's common knowledge I guess 😉
#Nowplaying Run To The Hills
Is #HallowedBeThyName my favourite #IronMaiden song? Might as well be...
https://song.link/y/HAQQUDbuudY
Anyhow, after (another) spin of this record, it's time for a rating: To me this is 4,5/5 (masterpiece). Yes, there might be weaker tracks, but the good ones are really really good.
Albums:
1. Beast 4,5
2. Iron Maiden 3,5
3. Killers 3
Songs:
1. Hallowed
2. Iron Maiden
3. Hills
4. Beast
5. Prowler
Continuing my #IronMaiden #Metaljourney with #PieceOfMind, an album I never listened to, except for The Trooper, of course.
#NowPlaying Where Eagles Dare
Somehow Piece Of Mind feels like a before Number Of The Beast album. Like in: they got a new singer, they changed their style a bit, but they're still not there yet.
#NowPlaying Die With Your Boots On
#TheTrooper, of course, is greatness.
Song ranking (up until Piece Of Mind):
1. Hallowed
2.Trooper
3. Iron Maiden
4. Hills
5. Beast
#NowPlaying The Trooper
Nope, I cannot say that I liked #PieceOfMind that much, hence my critical rating: 2/5
(at least some highlights but overall not my cup of tea).
Apart from The Trooper, only Sun And Steel stood out.
#Maiden Album ranking:
1. Beast 4,5
2. Iron Maiden 3,5
3. Killers 3
4. Piece of Mind 2
UPDATE:
I did a re-listen of this album and I have to say that I was an idiot when I did this rating. Piece Of Mind is really good!
Rating goes upt to 3,5/5
After an #IronMaiden album I surprisingly never listened to before, it is time for one I listened to a lot, which is also my favourite of theirs:
Kicking off with #AcesHigh this album is an absolute banger! 🤘
Maiden song ranking:
1. Hallowed
2. Trooper
3. Iron Maiden
4. Aces <--
5. Hills
#NowPlaying Iron Maiden - Aces High
#Powerslave is just so good! It's a 4,5 out of 5 in my book (=masterpiece). I also really love the title track and the atmosphere it transports.
💿 ranking:
1. Powerslave 4,5
2. Beast 4,5
3. Killers 3
4. Mind 2
🎶 ranking:
1. Hallowed
2. Powerslave
3. Iron Maiden
@derthomas for me it will always be a tie between Fear of the Dark and Seventh Son for best album, but best song is either Hallowed be thy name or The loneliness of the long distance runner.
But it's a tough call, Bring your daughter, Number of the beast, 2 minutes to midnight, the Rime of the ancient mariner. Maiden has been making music since the late seventies and there are so many classics in there that are just really, really great songs.
Thomas
Metalpoet 