First 2 Maiden Albums

mikeyrob73 · December 2018

Hate to say told you so but

told you so

MagicPigDetective · December 2018

mikeyrob73 said:

Hate to say told you so but

told you so

You did say and you were right and my opinion has been revised. I had criminally underrated them. I still love the 80’s Dickinson stuff tho. Live After Death is the shit.

pmbomb · December 2018

& while we're at it, the best 2 Sabbath albums by a country mile are the Dio ones.

Grumpyrocker · December 2018

Bollocks to punky nonsense, Seventh Son is the best metal album, not just the best Maiden album. And A Matter of Life and Death is an absolute masterpiece.

pmbomb said:

& while we're at it, the best 2 Sabbath albums by a country mile are the Dio ones.

I dunno, I'd put Headless Cross above Mob Rules, but I agree with the sentiment.

prowla · December 2018

Grumpyrocker said:

Bollocks to punky nonsense, Seventh Son is the best metal album, not just the best Maiden album. And A Matter of Life and Death is an absolute masterpiece.

pmbomb said:

& while we're at it, the best 2 Sabbath albums by a country mile are the Dio ones.

I dunno, I'd put Headless Cross above Mob Rules, but I agree with the sentiment.

I like Tyr a lot; Cozy on drums and Neil Murray on bass (having finally lost the funky jazz-rocky feel and got properly into playing rock).

Sabbath with Dio were really just like Rainbow, ie. Dio's backing band (which is great!).

Philly_Q · December 2018

prowla said:

Grumpyrocker said:

Bollocks to punky nonsense, Seventh Son is the best metal album, not just the best Maiden album. And A Matter of Life and Death is an absolute masterpiece.

pmbomb said:

& while we're at it, the best 2 Sabbath albums by a country mile are the Dio ones.

I dunno, I'd put Headless Cross above Mob Rules, but I agree with the sentiment.

I like Tyr a lot; Cozy on drums and Neil Murray on bass (having finally lost the funky jazz-rocky feel and got properly into playing rock).

Sabbath with Dio were really just like Rainbow, ie. Dio's backing band (which is great!).

Don't forget the third Dio Sabbath album, Dehumanizer, which is not very good at all. One of my least favourites, apart from the misguided Forbidden.

Anyway, I'm not putting any of them ahead of the first three albums or Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.

Grumpyrocker · December 2018

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is fantastic. It's Rick Wakeman's funky keys that elevate it. Fabulous.

viz · February 2019

Just bumped into Mr. Stratton and his partner in Stansted :-O

http://i.imgur.com/rmSrTct.jpg

Kebabkid · February 2019

Are classics - loved playing along to those as a teen!

fretmeister · February 2019

FarleyUK · February 2019

Anyone else been listening to the 'Top 50 Iron Maiden songs' playlist on Spotify? Was compiled by..... some magazine (forget the name) based on public votes.

I'm working my way through from 50 to 1, and something that is very clear is the stuff after Brave New World is incredibly formulaic and rather dull. Soft intro that then picks up? Check. Vocals that emulate the guitar melody? Check. Bass player thinking he's a lead guitarist? Check. Minimum of 8 minutes per song? Check.

I love Maiden, but listening to all the songs like this has really made it obvious just how dull the latest stuff is.

FastEddie · February 2019

A lot of great Maiden chat.

Their first two are up there. It's too soft nowadays. Almost compressed against the punk openness of the first two.

If they remastered them, would they be smoothing things out? (I'm not up on these matters)

digitalkettle · February 2019

FarleyUK said:

Anyone else been listening to the 'Top 50 Iron Maiden songs' playlist on Spotify? Was compiled by..... some magazine (forget the name) based on public votes.

I'm working my way through from 50 to 1, and something that is very clear is the stuff after Brave New World is incredibly formulaic and rather dull. Soft intro that then picks up? Check. Vocals that emulate the guitar melody? Check. Bass player thinking he's a lead guitarist? Check. Minimum of 8 minutes per song? Check.

I love Maiden, but listening to all the songs like this has really made it obvious just how dull the latest stuff is.

This: https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-50-best-iron-maiden-songs-of-all-time

FarleyUK · February 2019

digitalkettle said:

FarleyUK said:

Anyone else been listening to the 'Top 50 Iron Maiden songs' playlist on Spotify? Was compiled by..... some magazine (forget the name) based on public votes.

I'm working my way through from 50 to 1, and something that is very clear is the stuff after Brave New World is incredibly formulaic and rather dull. Soft intro that then picks up? Check. Vocals that emulate the guitar melody? Check. Bass player thinking he's a lead guitarist? Check. Minimum of 8 minutes per song? Check.

I love Maiden, but listening to all the songs like this has really made it obvious just how dull the latest stuff is.

This: https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-50-best-iron-maiden-songs-of-all-time

Yep, that's the list.

pmbomb · February 2019

oh look ******** ********* ********* ******** is number 1. Who'd have thought?

duotone · February 2019

Listened to their 1st album yesterday. The wah pedal was getting a lot of use on it!

Really enjoyed it though, one track in particular reminded me of where Metallica could have ‘got inspiration’ from, for their “Nothing Else Matters” song

joneve · February 2019

FarleyUK said:

Anyone else been listening to the 'Top 50 Iron Maiden songs' playlist on Spotify? Was compiled by..... some magazine (forget the name) based on public votes.

I'm working my way through from 50 to 1, and something that is very clear is the stuff after Brave New World is incredibly formulaic and rather dull. Soft intro that then picks up? Check. Vocals that emulate the guitar melody? Check. Bass player thinking he's a lead guitarist? Check. Minimum of 8 minutes per song? Check.

I love Maiden, but listening to all the songs like this has really made it obvious just how dull the latest stuff is.

I agree - except I'd say anything after Dance of Death. The production on the album was absolutely fucking terrible, but as far as the song writing goes, it was the last album full of bangers before the last 3 became dreary and formulaic.

I love a long song as much as the next guy, but an album full of 8 minute maiden songs that all sound the same, is hard work to listen to.

Philly_Q · February 2019

joneve said:

FarleyUK said:

Anyone else been listening to the 'Top 50 Iron Maiden songs' playlist on Spotify? Was compiled by..... some magazine (forget the name) based on public votes.

I'm working my way through from 50 to 1, and something that is very clear is the stuff after Brave New World is incredibly formulaic and rather dull. Soft intro that then picks up? Check. Vocals that emulate the guitar melody? Check. Bass player thinking he's a lead guitarist? Check. Minimum of 8 minutes per song? Check.

I love Maiden, but listening to all the songs like this has really made it obvious just how dull the latest stuff is.

I agree - except I'd say anything after Dance of Death. The production on the album was absolutely fucking terrible, but as far as the song writing goes, it was the last album full of bangers before the last 3 became dreary and formulaic.

I love a long song as much as the next guy, but an album full of 8 minute maiden songs that all sound the same, is hard work to listen to.

Agreed 100%.

Regarding the "vocals that emulate the guitar melody" thing, I've always thought that many of the songs sound like Bruce went in the studio with the lyrics on a bit of paper then just read them out loud, making up the tune as he went along. Starting with Rime of the Ancient Mariner.

Alterlifeson · February 2019

I agree with the later albums, with the exception of A Matter of Life and Death. That's easily as good a Brave New World for me. Production/mixing has steadily decreased in quality too. I really need to give Dance of Death a good listen I think.

joneve · February 2019

Alterlifeson said:

I agree with the later albums, with the exception of A Matter of Life and Death. That's easily as good a Brave New World for me. Production/mixing has steadily decreased in quality too. I really need to give Dance of Death a good listen I think.

Some of the lyrics in DoD are cheesy as hell (especially in the title track), but the short bangers like Rainmaker are great. And No More Lies, Paschendale and the like are all great tracks.

I really wanted to like AMoLaD but too many REALLY FUCKING LONG songs. A Different World is 3 minutes of pure perfection though - easily one of my favourite Maiden solos.

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