Iron Maiden - Album Ranking
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- Iron Maiden formed in 1975. They are one of the founding bands of the MWOBHM movement. Over their 46 year career, they have released 17 studio albums. Join me as I countdown and rank each album from this legendary band.
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Congratulations for this Ranking... i almost disagree entirely, but it feels fresh to see a very different take on these albums.
The new album is incredible! Peace of Mind is my all time favorite.
In my opinion, Piece of Mind is not only the best Iron Maiden album, it is generally my favorite album. And yes, Senjutsu is just fantastic, what an achievement after so many years. 🤘
i have an idea for you next rank all their album cover artworks
One of the more particular rankings of the Maiden albums I've seen thus far. But hey, then again we all hear those albums through our own ears and experience them in a different way. 😉🤘
Hi Carl! Yes and that’s the beauty of music. Up The Irons! 🤘
So true. Everyone has a special place in their heart for the first Maiden album they purchased.
Thank you for ranking No Prayer for the Dying so high. I love that album.
The fact that every Maiden ranking is so different is the ultimate testament to their legacy.
Yes. When it comes to Maiden, there are no rankings that are incorrect.
Somewhat crazy list, just goes to show how diverse this band is and how that's reflected in such different ways by fans' personal tastes!
Personally right now I rank Senjutsu in 8th, after the 7 first, untouchable classics.
My mood dictates a lot which music I like best in any given time.
Very cool video, cheers!
Yes mood certainly dictates how we hear and what we want to hear. On any given day this list could be different based on my mood too.
Because of this ranking, i’ll finally listen to the Blaze albums, Fear of the Dark, and No Prayer front to back for the first time. Thanks!
That’s music to my ears and hopefully you’ll enjoy the music playing in your ears from these great albums!
Wow. That’s an unusual ranking. To each his own.
Yes it’s what makes the world go around!
It's amazing how two people can both like a band and have 'completely' different taste in songs. I guess that's one of the reasons that Iron Maiden appeals to so many people. There is no way my top ten would include 'no pray for the dying' or 'virtual X' but I agree with your top 3. I'm loving the new album and again we differ, two of your fav tracks on the album are the two I like the least, for me Darkest Hour, The Parchment & Hell On Earth are my favs - so far ( but that may change ).
Well that’s true and as they say people hear things differently. But I think it has more to do with when someone got into a band. The first new album released when I learned of the band was 1992’s No Prayer For The Dying. I didn’t buy it because it was Iron Maiden, I bought it because I liked the music. So even though other old fans didn’t like it, I did. Coming into the band in the 90’s and on the last Bruce album meant I was going to be more open to Blaze joining. But to clarify, Virtual XI is not in my Top 10, it’s in last place at #17.
@@BrendonSnyder I came into Maiden in the 80s, for me the only 90s album I liked was Fear of the Dark, although I think I'm a little unique in that I've never liked that specific song!
What a great ranking! Although mine is different, it is so fresh to see a ranking that is not predictable. Here is my ranking.
1. Dance of Death
2. Somewhere in Time
3. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
4. Piece of Mind
5. X Factor
6. A Matter of Life and Death
7. The Final Frontier
8. Number of the Beast
9. Killers
10. Brave New World
11. Senjutsu
12. Powerslave
13. Book of Souls
14. Iron Maiden
15. Virtual XI
16. No Prayer for the Dying
17. Fear of the Dark
I’m glad you enjoyed the differences in my list. You list has a lot of unexpected placements too like your #1. Nice to see a later era album rank that high.
@@BrendonSnyder Power slave at 12, The final frontier, at 7, are you kidding me? Oh well, that's the beauty Of music I guess. I would guess at your age being 30-ish?
17. The X Factor
16. Virtual XI
15. The Book Of Souls
14. The Final Frontier
13. No Prayer For The Dying
12. Dance Of Death
11. Senjutsu
10. Fear Of The Dark
9. A Matter Of Life And Death
8. Somewhere In Time
7. The Number Of The Beast
6. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
5. Brave New World
4. Piece Of Mind
3. Powerslave
2. Iron Maiden
1. Killers
I love "A Matter of Life and Death", got some great tunes. #15? Much higher for me. Somewhere in Time is my #1 for sure. Struggling to get into the new album...songs are way too long for me. Love the channel.
I agree I think A Matter Of Life and Death has some good tunes but the mix just muddies it up for me. But I don’t dislike the album. Maiden doesn’t make bad albums.
17. Virtual XI
16. The Final Frontier
15. Fear Of The Dark
14. No Prayer For The Dying
13. The X Factor
12. Senjutsu
11. The Book Of Souls
10. Dance Of Death
9. Brave New World
8. A Matter Of Life Or Death
7. Iron Maiden
6. Killers
5. The Number Of The Beast
4. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
3. Somewhere In Time
2. Piece Of Mind
1. Powerslave
I rank my albums by the consistency of superb tracks per album ... the exceptions being Powerslave and Piece Of Mind, a couple of merely-good songs surrounded by several world-beaters--having said that, I adore every tune on Somewhere In Time and Seventh Son.
Senjutsu already ranks as number 12 as I think that it has more tracks, six of 'em, that I'd rank as very good than the ones ranked lower ... four or five great tracks each, the rest being just not as great.
My ten fave tunes from the bottom five:
Futurereal, The Clansman, El Dorado, Tailgunner, Bring Your Daughter ..., Holy Smoke, Fear Of The Dark, The Sign Of The Cross, Man On The Edge and Virus, the single.
Hi Brendon! New to your channel so that's why I'm commenting on old stuff. I really liked your ranking. I've always been kind of suspicious of people doing their OWN rankings and getting to the same albums placed in the same positions as ever. I think with people who really put attention, time and effort into music, like yourself, It's kind of impossible not to connect to what the music really makes them feel instead of focusing on what their opinion SHOULD be in order to be considered a "true metalhead" (true rocker,/true music fan, etc.) . You got my respect!
Thanks man, I appreciate that! I don’t believe in being fake and following what people think I should like. I’ve got my own faves for my own reasons. That’s what I like about music. It hits us all differently.
Very controversial but bold rankings there. I wouldn't put TNOTB and TBOS so low or TXF, TFF, NPFTD or FOTD so high but I do enjoy all their albums. Good video. 🤘
You're probably the only person on utube that ranks Maiden albums who has No prayer for the Dying ranked in the top 5!That's awesome!It's one of my favorites!
Cool man, nice to meet another No Prayer fan!!
@@BrendonSnyder i would place no prayer in my top 5 to. Fantastic record
17 - Virtual XI
16 - The Final Frontier
15 - Dance Of Death
14 - A Matter of Life and Death
13 - Book Of Souls
12 - Senjutsu
11 - Brave New World
10 - Fear Of The Dark
09 - No Prayer For The Dying
08 - The X Factor
07 - Iron Maiden
06 - The Number Of The Beast
05 - Somewhere In Time
04 - Seventh Son of the Seven S
03 - Powerslave
02 - Piece Of Mind
01 - Killers
Interestingly I’ve been seeing X-Factor in the middle spot on a lot of these rankings and I wouldn’t have expected it. Nice to see at least that album getting some love as I thought it was really good.
When you put SSoaSS as low as you did I realized that you were not taking prisoners! And I gasped when I realized that NPFtD hadn’t been mentioned yet so close to the end. Mad respect to you, well reasoned picks!
Fear of the Dark was the first album I bought live. Just curious. I'm 46. How old are you?
I’m 47…guess we came into it about the same time. I’ve found that timing has a lot to do with which albums are our favorites. Often times they may not be the best by the band but if that’s the album we first bought it will often be the one that holds that special place in our heart. I have a lot of favorites that aren’t the “big” or “popular” albums.
4:14 The moment i became really interested on this list, and that was just the beginning. Good choices Brendon, i´m with you. 😉
Glad you enjoyed it!
Hey Brendon, glad to see your channel putting up some numbers. I enjoyed this ranking even with it being close to a shuffle from a “typical” Maiden countdown. Either way, you’re correct about which 2 records are their best 😉.
As far as your order, while there are some surprises, I’m not very surprised by your preference of No Prayer and FotD over 7th son for example. Those two records are pretty much as straight up hard rock or even “hair metal” sounding as Maiden would get and I know you’re a fan of that sound. It helps cement this as *your* Maiden countdown.
I’m happy to see the Final Frontier climb up this list a bit compared to others as it holds a special place for me being the first album to come out during my fandom of the band.
Thanks for the video!
Hi Alec! Yes it seems these recent Maiden videos have helped spike my numbers which was nice. Certainly my background and introduction to a band at a particular time will skew things. But that’s what makes these lists so much fun. It’s that different perspective that everyone brings to it.
It is so so hard. My list after two hours of moving vinyl records on the floor:
1) brave new world (maybe due to personal nostalgia)
2) seventh son
3) somewhere in time
4) x-factor
5) matter of life and death
6) piece of mind
7) iron maiden
8) dance of death
9)senjutsu
10)book of souls
11) the number of the beast
12) powerslave
13)killers
14) final frontier
15)no prayer for the dying
16) fear of the dark
17) virtual xi
Shit i feel like a traitor to the last ten albums which i absolutely love.
IMO they’re all really good albums. There are no bad Maiden albums. So ranking them was really hard because I wanted every album in the Top 5. In the end I had to slit hairs just to get them to fall into some kind of position. But it was a fun exercise. And it made me re-evaluate several albums as well.
I was waiting for that one ! Thank you. I wasn't paying too much attention on Piece Of Mind at first, but it's been growing on me since then ; it's probably in my top 5, with Killers, Powerslave, Somewhere In Time and Dance Of Death. And I agree with you on Number Of The Beast : always high in the lists of heavy metal masterpieces, but it just doesn't click with me. Your video makes me want to put No Prayer For The Dying back on and reconsider it :-)
Hi Marc! Well that’s half the fun of these lists is to see what others rate as their faves and then re-evaluate our own ideas about an album. I hope No Prayer turns out to be better than you remembered.
I've been a fan from before they released their first album. Yes, I own the original Soundhouse Tapes. I dropped off for a few years after 7th Son
but have now gotten back into them. During lockdown, whist working at home, I played all of the albums in chronological order and had a couple of the best days at work on ages.
That’s cool to have been with the band from the start!
Thanks for video, I’m fan IM since 1980, my list :
1 Somewhere in time
2 Senjutsu
3 Powerslave
4 Piece of mind
5 Seventh son
6 Killers
7 BNW
8 AMOLAD
9 The final Frontier
10 Iron Maiden
11 Book of souls
12 Dance of Death
13 The number of the beast
14 Fear of the dark
15 no prayer
16 X factor
17 Virtual Xl
Wow Mike that’s a big statement to place Senjutsu so high! Are you sure it’s not just the newness of it that is making it so good?
@@BrendonSnyder Yes I know, but this first time since Somewhere love album so much !
Very interesting and against the grain ranking. I've never been a huge Maiden fan and have neve listened to any album past Seventh Son, (I'm an old guy, lol) but Somewhere in Time was always my favorite of the ones I knew.
This was a very enjoyable watch, it was great fun hearing your album ranking video's.
I was very surprised that you ranked Book of Souls second last. You had a very interesting and surprising ranking. Your top 3 albums are identical to my three fave Maiden albums. Piece of mind is amazing !
A lot of people have said as much so I may have to watch some other rankings to see how mine is different. I know I don’t follow the norm with Number and Seventh Son. For me I just ranked based on my personal preference. Cool to see we matched in the top 3 at least!
@@BrendonSnyder If we all ranked albums exactly the same , it would be very boring indeed. Thats why your video is very interesting..
I couldnt disagree more about Seventh son of a seventh son. This might be their most poetic album. If i had to put a commercial - friendly album, it would be piece of mind, which has radio hits such as Flight of Icarus. The lyics from each song from SSOASS cod be written in golden pages. So artistic. So theatrical. And this is what Maiden have been pursuing in their live performances as well; to create a theatrical atmosphere.
That’s ok, everyone has their own favorite
"Seventh Son" is a masterpiece!
@@toddlesiak3837I actually think this is the last truely great Maiden album, it was downhill from here.
@@quolizzy1554 "Brave New World" was actually pretty good, but is not even near the same level as "SSOASS." Unfortunately for Maiden, the best music they made after "SSOASS" didn't come from them... it came from Bruce. "Balls To Picasso," "Accident Of Birth," "The Chemical Wedding," & "Tyranny Of Souls" are all better than anything Maiden did after 1988... especially "Accident Of Birth" & "The Chemical Wedding" which are really incredible albums!!
@@toddlesiak3837 dont get me wrong, I like all Maiden, but if I am being specific or picky, I think when certain band members leave and others take their place it upsets the ship. When Adrian Smith left after SSOASS things were never the same for me personally. So for me anything post SSOASS wasn't the Maiden I listen to as often.
Great Channel Brendon. Thank you.
You’re welcome. I’m glad you’re enjoying it.
17. Virtual XI
16. The X Factor
15. Senjetsu
14. Killers
13. Fear of the Dark
12. No Prayer For Dying
11. Iron Maiden
10. Brave New World
9. The Number of the Beast
8. Powerslave
7. Dance of Death
6. Somewhere In Time
5. Piece of Mind
4. The Final Frontier
3. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
2. The Book of Souls
1. A Matter of Life and Death
Just goes to show we all have different opinions based on what we hear. Your top 3 are not my favorites. But they are still good albums and I enjoy them.
It's always interesting to see how people rank the Maiden albums. Seems like every one of them has their loyal supporters. I discovered Maiden only when they were releasing Dance of Death, so to me the post-reunion sound is the one I originally fell in love with. Still, ranking these albums is insanely difficult.
17. No Prayer For the Dying
16. Fear of the Dark
15. Iron Maiden
14. Killers
13. Virtual XI
12. The Book of Souls
11. The Final Frontier
10. Dance of Death
9. The Number of the Beast
8. The X-Factor
7. Powerslave
6. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
5. A Matter of Life And Death
4. Senjutsu
3. Piece of Mind
2. Brave New World
1. Somewhere in Time
That's why I love Maiden. Every ranking I see is so different. Love and appreciation for every album.
17. The Final Frontier
16. A Matter of Life And Death
15. The Book of Souls
14. Senjutsu
13. Virtual XI
12. Dance of Death
11. Fear of the Dark
10. No Prayer For the Dying
9. Brave New World
8. Iron Maiden
7. The Number of the Beast
6. Piece of Mind
5. The X-Factor
4. Powerslave
3. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
2.Killers
1. Somewhere in Time
Here's my iron maiden album tier list, my favourite band in the whole,
17: X Factor
16: Virtual XI
15: NPFTD
14: Iron Maiden
13: Final Frontier
12: The Book of Souls
11: Fear Of The Dark
10: Number of the beast
9: Powerslave
8: Brave new world
7: Killers
6: Senjustu
5: Dance of Death
4: Piece of mind
3: A Matter Of Life and Death
2: Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
1: Somewhere in time
A cool, crazy list. Appreciate your tastes.
I fell out off love with the band after brave new world. I tried. But just don't get on with very much at all after then.
My top 10 is:
1. Iron maiden
2. X factor
3. Seventh son
4. Powerslave
5. Piece of mind
6. Somewhere in time
7. Killers
8. Number of the beast
9. Virtual xi
10. Brave new world
Do u like blaze batley solo stuff? With the exception of one album his solo stuff is stunning.
I’m a huge fan of his solo work. His latest album War Within Me is one of his best albums if not the very best. It will be ranking high in my top albums for 2021.
@@BrendonSnyder cool man! I'd be interested to hear your ranking for them! My fave is the man who would not die. If it wasn't for King of metal his discography would be perfect!
He's also a lovely bloke every time I meet him at gigs.
Love Blaze.. unfortunately the poor guy is slowly morphing into Shrek.
I love the album The Man Who Would Not Die. I also really like Blood & Belief. Along with the new album and or Silicon Messiah, they would be in the top spots. I agree, I don’t know what happened on King Of Metal.
Hey Chives, when did he start turning green? 😂
Well, Brendon, this is definitely one of the wildest Maiden album rankings I have seen 👍
😂😂😂….👊
Your ranking is fairly similar to mine. Somewhere in Time is my favorite. I also like Seventh Son and Number of the Beast a lot more. Still need to get the new album, but the songs I've heard are pretty good.
There really are no bad Iron Maiden albums. Even Virtual XI which is in last places is still an album I listen to.
It’s so refreshing seeing someone rank No Prayer For The Dying so highly, especially after seeing so many people criticize it for so many years. It’s personally my favorite album, it’s got a few good “headbanger” songs. Sure it’s not as in-depth and epic as most of Maiden’s iconic songs, but they’re still great to listen to. “Fates Warning”, “Run Silent Run Deep”, “Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter” are my favorites.
Yeah Run silent is amazing. What about mother russia?
Wow, your ranking varies quite a bit from others I've watched (and my own). I love that. Thanks for sharing!
Yeah I just go off how I feel. I don’t create these rankings for anyone but myself. I’m glad you can appreciate an alternate opinion! 👍
17. Virtual X
16. The X Factor
15. No Prayer for the Dying
14. The Final Frontier
13. Fear of the Dark
12. Killers
11. The Book of Souls
10. Iron Maiden
9. A Matter of Life and Death
8. Senjutsu
7. Dance of Death
6. Piece of Mind
5. Brave New World
4. Somewhere in Time
3. Number of the Beast
2. Powerslave
1. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
These are my opinions of course.
Great review. Wasted years is also one of my favorites. Somewhere in time and powerslave are my favorites. Senjutsu is pretty darn good...hell on earth and time machine are solid
Very interesting ranking! Its refreshing to see some other opinions
Here is my ranking:
1. A Matter of Life and Death
2. The Book of Souls
3. The Final Frontier
4. Senjutsu
5. The Number of the Beast
6. Fear of the Dark
7. Brave New World
8. Somewhere In Time
9. Powerslave
10. Iron Maiden
11. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
12. Dance of Death
13. Piece of Mind
14. Killers
15. Virtual XI
16. No Prayer for the Dying
17. The X Factor
This is just my opinion of course, i dont understand why some people think its so hard to respect peoples opinions xD
Cheers! Have a good day
Yeah tell me about it! Haha…everyone just needs to realize these are just opinions. In all cases we’re all just fans of the band. It really doesn’t matter what album we like as best as long as we like the band.
@@BrendonSnyder Exactly
My ranking :
17 - Dance of Death
16 - Fear of the Dark
15 - No Prayer for the Dying
14 - A Matter of Life and Death
13 - Killers
12 - The Number of the Beast
11 - Virtual XI
10 - Brave New World
09 - Somewhere in Time
08 - Iron Maiden
07 - Powerslave
06 - The X Factor
05 - The Book of Souls
04 - Senjutsu
03 - The Final Frontier
02 - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
01 - Piece of Mind
Lmfaoooo virtual better than number
Great vid Brendon. I’m with you for the most part except my top 2 are Seventh Son followed by Powerslave.
Cool! 👍
Good Ranking there are some underrated Iron Maiden albums very high but for me Brave New World, The Book of Souls, The Number of the Beast and Killers are some of my Favourite Iron Maiden albums of course all rankings and likes are respectable.
They’re all good album and I do like them but some albums have to fall at the end. That is the nature of a ranking.
1. Somewhere In Time
2. Powerslave
3. Brave New World
That's definitely a very unique ranking, this is mine:
1) Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
2) Powerslave
3) Somewhere in Time
4) The Book of Souls
5) Brave New World
6) Piece of Mind
7) A Matter of Life and Death
8) Number of the Beast
9) Senjutsu
10) Killers
11) Iron Maiden
12) Final Frontier
13) Dance of Death
14) Fear of the Dark
15) X Factor
16) No Prayer for the Dying
17) Virtual XI
You think my list is unique but then I would turn around and say the same about yours 😂
@@BrendonSnyder Fair enough lol
This is your most bizarre ranking yet. I almost feel like it’s a joke or something
Haha….?? Don’t know how to respond to that one.
I was shocked by your insane list, but after reading all comments I felt relieved, it's you that are crazy and I'm perfectly normal 😂
I'm totally cool with your top 3 though.
Anyway...you've just earned a new sub! 😉👌🏻
Hi Ben thanks for joining in the fun! Yes there are a lot of people who have disagreed with me. But everyone has their favorites and I think it just has to do with when you discover a band. Still, Maiden doesn’t make bad albums. So even if your favorites didn’t rank high in my list, it’s not that I don’t like them. It’s just that some of the albums had to fall at the end…haha! Hopefully you’ll find some other content on my channel that we align more with.
@@BrendonSnyder Totally agree, each Maiden album has in any way 2/3 solid songs, the others usually contain cool riffs, epic solos and magic melodies, even when I dislike the track in its entireness.
I'm used to rank a band discography not only considering my past/current emotions and my music tastes, but also looking at the whole album.
I mean the entire structure, lyrics, tracklist, atmosphere, etc..
For instance "Powerslave", "Number of the Beast" and "Somewhere in Time" are almost perfect imho. On the contrary "Peace of mind" is one step below, due to last 3 songs that are nothing special...even if "Die with your boots on" is probably in my overall top 5. 😍
The new album is not bad 🤘🏻 a little slow..but has its (Japanese) reason. Sounds like a unique entire infinite song.
Cheers from Italy 🇮🇹
Can't really go wrong with Iron Maiden; Killers is my usual go to but when Piece of Mind came out was the summer of 1983 and me and my buddies played that record/cassette on constant replay.
Able to see them live five times: Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, Powerslave, Somewhere in Time, Book of Souls tours.
One of the best bands ever, imo.
You're spot on, Brendon as really think the Blaze-era Maiden doesn't get the respect it should.
Great rankings and post. 💯
Wow those first 4 early tours must have been amazing! What stage show did you like best?
@@BrendonSnyder
Number of the Beast was stripped down as think Powerslave was probably the best of all. The cool thing is kind of a nice reminder of that tour was Live After Death album. Real close to set list of the Powerslave tour. Book of Souls tour was a confirmation of Maiden's career badassness (if even a word, lol).
Major respect putting No Prayer so high. I really like that album and it's not as bad as people say it is
Yeah I don’t know why people are so against it. But when placed next to the polished sheen of the last couple albums before it, I understand it was probably a shock at the time.
@@BrendonSnyder After "Somewhere In Time" & "Seventh Son," "No Prayer" was a massive shock & still somewhat of a disappointment to me
Yes, I don't know why most fans prefer Fear of the Dark, No Prayer is a much stronger album in my opinion.
@@malakasquad2214 Most fans prefer Fear Of The Dark because it's a better overall album than No Prayer, which was a major disappointment when it came out after the incredible Seventh Son. Fear Of The Dark is not very good though either
@Todd Lesiak If we talk about the albums that preceded No Prayer for the Dying, I feel that each of these albums deserves to have fans who consider it their favorite Maiden album. I bought No Prayer when it came out, I always saw it more as a kind of back to the roots, and I still like it a lot. Fear of the Dark was really disappointing for me. The album already start badly with Be Quick or Be Dead plus most of the songs on the B-side are forgettable, Weekend Warrior could have been on Bruce's Tattooed Millionaire, which isn't a bad album at all, but it's a whole different story, it's not Maiden. That's how I see it. In the end, everyone finds their own. My favorite Maiden album is Piece of Mind, that might be an additional evidence. 😉🤘
First Brendon thanks very much for compiling your own ranking of Iron maiden albums very much appreciated as a huge Iron maiden fan who has seen them 8 times every iron maiden fan will put together their own ranking in different ways just like myself as you say every one to their own way as much as myself but the absolute number 1 ranking is Iron maiden have stood the test of time as one brilliant metal band 🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟👍👍👋👋
Here’s my ranking, I have been relistening since your last video so some might have changed from my previous post. I am not going to rank Senjutsu yet. I need more time with it but I think its very strong. I like the epic, dark, brooding feel as you said.
1. Powerslave
2. Number of the Beast
3. Killers
4. Piece of Mind
5. Seventh Son
6. Somewhere in Time
7. Iron Maiden
8. Brave New World
9. Book of Souls
10. Dance of Death
11. Final Frontier
12. Matter of Life and Death
13. Fear of the Dark
14. No Prayer for the Dying
15. Virtual XI
16. X Factor
Not a fan of Blaze?
My Ranking:
17- No prayer for the dying
16-The X factor
15- Virtual XI
14-Senjutsu
13- Dance of death
12- The final frontier
11- The book of souls
10- Killers
09- Fear of the dark
08- A matter of life and death
07- Brave new world
06- Piece of mind
05- Number of the beast
04- Seventh son of a seventh son
03- Iron Maiden
02- Powersalve
01- Somewhere in time
Good list. I like seeing Powerslave so high. Such a classic.
I like your opinions and ranking im always interested in people's opinions to me no Maiden albums is terrible by any means so it's always difficult for me to rank them but anyway here is mine
17. Virtual X1
16. No Prayer for the Dying
15. Final Frontier
14. The X Factor
13. Dance of Death
12. Fear of the Dark
11. Iron Maiden
10. Shinjutsu
9. Brave New World
8. 7th Son of a 7th Son
7. Killers
6. Book of Souls
5. Number of the Beast
4. Somewhere in Time
3. A Matter of Life and Death
2. Piece of Mind
1. Powerslave
Excellent job but strange list. I never liked the Blaze records and I been following Maiden since 1981. Piece Of Mind always been my favorite.
I didn’t really think my list was that out of the norm but I’m getting lots of comments that it’s “strange” or “bizarre”. I get that not a lot of people like the Blaze era and generally speaking fans aren’t as happy with No Prayer and Fear, but other than that I didn’t think it would ruffle as many feathers. Interesting.
My fav Maiden album will always be No Prayer For The Dying
Don’t think I’ve heard an iron maiden ranking as alternate to yours. I prefer that though as good to get a different insight than all too familiar iron maiden rankings.
I agree with no prayer being an excellent album, along with the X factor.
I can’t really rank the albums from 80 to 95 as it changes all the time
I found that matter of life and death would be in my top 6
1) killers
2) seventh son
3) iron maiden
4) powerslave
5) number of the beast
6) matter of life and death
7) no prayer
8) piece of mind
9) X factor
10) somewhere in time
You’re right! That is the fun of it! If we all agreed and everything was the same, what fun would that be? Plus I think it has to do with when you first heard the band and what was the first album you bought. And that varies from person to person.
Thanks for giving your thoughts on each album. I just did my third revision of Maiden (which seems to change every time)! I put mine into tiers as well. I agree X-Factor is a very good album, with only a couple tracks that are filler for me. Shows how strong the Maiden catalog is. (My previous list had Powerslave #1, and original list had Piece of Mind #1 - just to show how things change for me - great band!)
1. Somewhere in Time (1)
2. The Number of the Beast (3)
3. Piece of Mind (9)
4. Powerslave (4)
5. Killers (2)
6. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (8)
7. Iron Maiden (7)
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8. Brave New World (6)
9. Senjutsu (10)
10. The Final Frontier (11)
11. The Book of Souls (14)
12. No Prayer for the Dying (5)
13. Dance of Death (15)
14. A Matter of Life and Death (12)
15. Fear of the Dark (13)
16. The X-Factor (17)
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17. Virtual XI (16)
My list below is ever changing but this is where i'm at right now.Must say i've been listening to No Prayer quite a bit of late and for the first time i'm really beginning to appreciate what I used to consider to be some fairly weak songs but now think they're great!Even Hooks in You is quite good!!
17 - X Factor
16 - Dance Of Death
15 - Virtual IX
14 - Fear Of The Dark
13 - The Final Frontier
12 - No Prayer For The Dying
11 - A Matter Of Life and Death
10 - Iron Maiden
09 - Book Of Souls
08 - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
07 - Killers
06 - The Number Of The Beast
05 - Brave New World
04 - Somewhere In Time
03 - Senjutsu
02 - Piece Of Mind
01 - Powerslave
Great list. Love your top 2. Nice to see Senjutsu so high. Also love glad you’re finally enjoying what I consider to be one of their great albums No Prayer. It’s fun to find an album you already own and be albums to connect to it in a new way.
I found it interesting that your put brave new world so far down I consider that one the best of the new era along with Senjutsu :) I really like Senjutsu I got it as my back patch :)
I've been revisiting BNW and it's a very comercial, radio friendly album with a polished production. Some songs on the second half sound more like Helloween than Maiden tbh
@@bernabefernandeztouceda7315 well your entitled to your opinion its cool infact
Thanks Brendon ! ✌️🔥
My Ranking:
17. Virtual XI
16. The X Factor
15. No Prayer for the Dying
14. Fear of the Dark
13. Dance of Death
12. The Final Frontier
11. A Matter of Life and Death
10. Brave New World
9. The Book of Souls
8. Iron Maiden
7. Senjutsu
6. Killers
5. Piece of Mind
4. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
3. The Number of the Beast
2. Powerslave
1. Somewhere in Time
Four of my favorites are in last place on your list 😂… but I know we all hear things differently and of course there are many factors that play into why we like one album over another. Bottom line, Maiden don’t make bad albums. Some are just better than others.
Great list . Great to see X factor getting some love , it’s a masterpiece
It’s so underrated!
@@BrendonSnyder yeah definitely, I’m amazed at how many of these lists have X factor at the bottom, I think a lot of fans don’t really give it a chance , I think lord of the flies is one of the best singles they have ever released
Interesting ranking! I'm surprised to see "Book of Souls" so low. I like the album pretty much, but you're right, most of the songs are long. One thing I like about Maiden so much. No Prayer ... - was always a letdown for me, not a single long song on it 🙁
Somewhere In Time - I always loved this one, my entrance album to Maiden.
"The Book Of Souls" is just very long & boring to many ppl, but I can also understand why some ppl like it
Hi Brendon.
I was really happy to see Somewhere In Time so high up there. I have recently been listening to all of these albums myself again and the whole feel of the Somewhere In Time album had me now thinking it's my favourite album. As much as I loved Blaze Batley as a front man for them live, I can't get on with the two albums and I am also a Wolfsbane fan, so figure that one out!
Mine:
1. Fortune Of Snow
2. British Inheritence
3. Melly Melly Arr. 3f
4. No Aires
5. Form P
Say what?! 😳
"Put them in the iron maiden." "Iron Maiden?! Excellent!"
Hi Brendon!! thanks for doing a ranking of my favorite band............ and for been so different from mine and many others!!! Yours really have a couple of surprises like "X Factor" and "No Prayer" and 7th Son!!!! but that's ok we all hear music in different ways and discover the band at different ages. cheers and be well
I don’t know what it is with Seventh Son. The number of people who I’ve upset with it is crazy to me. But we all hear things differently. I even re-listened to the album before the ranking just to confirm. Others albums adjusted based on re-listenings. Somewhere In Time moved up for me and Piece Of Mind overtook my previous #1 Powerslave. But like you I think it’s the differences that make these lists fun. I’m glad you enjoyed it with all of its differences.
Cool, honest, personal list 👍 Whilst i would place some records differently i do agree with your number 1, that album is gold. X factor is the only album i own of their's on cassette, i don't mind Mr Bayley, shame he recieved so much flack for replacing the replacement 😆
Thanks Joe! Yeah no one was ever going to live up to Bruce. But I think Blaze was unique and did his own thing well. I’m glad Maiden didn’t just choose a clone. This way they have had 3 distinct singers.
I made a 40 song maiden playlist that I play constantly. 31 Bruce songs,6 Paul songs and 3 Blaze songs And whenever a blaze song comes on, I smile! Sure I prefer Bruce and when the blaze era was going on I thought it sucked but 20 some years later I’m glad he was in the band! I enjoy those albums now it gives the maiden catalog a lot of diversity!
Great reviews there.opinions vary so much amongst fans.for me personally seventh son was there greatest and also a masterpiece of metal in my opinion.cheers
The varying opinions is probably one reason the band is so successful. No matter what they do someone is always a fan of that style! 😂
I'm glad, finally seeing someone who recognizes the true value of No Prayer for the Dying.
Up the Irons! 🤘
Yeah it’s great! Glad to see you like it too!
It is #2 in my list, #1 being Fear of the Dark which is a jewel in my opinion.
I agree on the Blaze Bayley era...way better than people give it credit for...nice ranking... I'm pretty similar but number of the beast is a bit higher in my ranking.. I'd put it at number 3...my top 5:
1-Piece of Mind
2-Powerslave
3-Number if the Beast
4-Killers
5-The X Factor
Thanks!
Nice to see X-Factor so high. I wanted it higher in my list but so many good albums competing for that top spot.
Thank you for you refreshing ranking. It's unsual to see Seventh Son of a Seventh Son so low and X-Factor/Fear of the Dark/No prayer so high, but it's nice to hear different opinions,,
I got to agree with you on this Brendon. Great list
Wow someone actually agrees with my list!! I actually didn’t think that would happen! Kudos for having a unique opinion on Maiden albums too!
My Top 5 :
1 Brave New World
2 Dance of Death
3. Piece of Mind
4. A Matter of Life and Death
5. Book of Souls
Interesting Top 5. What year did you discover the band? I’m curious since 4 of your top 5 are reunion era albums.
@@BrendonSnyder
First Listen to Maiden 1983
But Maiden is propably the only Band who i prefer the Later Albums since 2000 . I like this newer Progressiv Metal . (Except the new Album Senjutsu)
I'm always fascinated by lists like these. There doesn't seem to be any pattern at all in terms of me trying to understand your taste. However, while you placed X-Factor and No Prayer way up high (and I would have them jostling for last place) you had Virtual XI last, as I would, and Powerslave and Piece of Mind 2nd and 1st respectively, as I would!
Yeah in the end it’s always just personal preference! Lots of factors go into it like the first album that introduces us to a band, how old we were when we got into the band, and how they were discovered and the memories associated with it. They all play a role in the end that makes each of our experiences unique. That’s the beauty of music!
01. Somewhere In Time
02. Number Of The Beast
03. Piece Of Mind
04. Powerslave
05. No Prayer For The Dying
06. Killers
07. Iron Maiden
08. Fear Of The Dark
09. Seventh Son
No reunion albums for you?
@@BrendonSnyder I used to have Brave New World and Dance Of Death. Neither one of them clicked with me. I haven't really heard anything past those two.
I do like some of Bruce's solo stuff. I absolutely love Adrian Smith's 2nd Psycho Motel album, Welcome To The World. I've never been able to track down their 1st album, State Of Mind.
Interesting ranking. I do agree that The X Factor is amazing. Can't go with No Prayer being over Seventh or Number Of The Beast
Compared to "Seventh Son" & "TNOTB," I wouldn't even use "No Prayer" as toilet paper even if I was all out!!!
Hi Brendon..I am with you..Virus single and X Factor are great and deserve some honour among the ranks. Up the Irons.
Very interesting ranking. I didn't expect this at all and I'm happy we are so different in our perspectives.
For me, Senjutsu and Seventh Son are at the top of Maiden's pyramid.
There is nothing I don't like, other than Virtual XI. (I love Blaze.)
Brave New World is also near the top for me with Somewhere in Time.
Maiden is my favorite band. Period.
Interesting ranking! Here's mine:
1) Piece of Mind
2) Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
3) Number of the Beast
4) Brave New World
5) Book of Souls
6) Somewhere in Time
7) Dance of Death
8) Final Frontier
9) Senjutsu
10) Powerslave
11) Matter of Life and Death
12) Fear of the Dark
13) Iron Maiden
14) Killers
15) No Prayer for the Dying
16)Virtual XI
17) X Factor
Hi Jeffrey! Wow can’t believe Powerslave is so low! What is it that you don’t like about it?
@@BrendonSnyder I like the popular songs (2Minutes, Rime, etc), but I don't feel it's a "complete" album in the way Piece of Mind or Seventh Son are. The deep cuts just aren't that good, IMO. I've always felt Powerslave was overrated.
1) SIT
2) Piece of Mind
3) Powerslave
4) Seventh Son
5) Number
6) Senjutsu
7) Matter of Life
8) Brave new World
9) dance of death
10) killers
11) final frontier
12) debut
13) book of souls
14) X factor
15) no prayer
16) fear
17) virtual
17) Virtual XI, 16) The X Factor, 15) The Final Frontier, 14) The Book Of Souls, 13) No Prayer For The Dying, 12) Senjutsu, 11) Dance Of Death, 10) A Matter Of Life And Death, 9) Fear Of The Dark, 8) Iron Maiden, 7) Brave New World, 6) Killers, 5) The Number Of The Beast, 4) Powerslave, 3) Piece Of Mind, 2) Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son, 1) Somewhere In Time
Glad you love Seventh Son so much!
@@BrendonSnyder I'm really glad too!
My list:
16. Virtual XI
15. X Factor
14. No Prayer For The Dying
13. Fear Of The Dark
12. Somewhere In Time
11. Brave New World
10. A Matter Of Life And Death
9. Killers
8. Dance Of Death
7. The Final Frontier
6. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
5. Iron Maiden
4. Book Of Souls
3. The Number Of The Beast
2. Powerslave
1. Piece Of Mind
I didn't rank Senjutsu yet because it's too early but I see potential for it to crack my top 5!
That’s big praise for the new album. I originally had it higher in my ranking. But there are just so many good albums that given the choice I’d still listen to album Senjutsu. But that’s not to say it’s not a great album.
Good show and a rather unique order of picks. I have a meandering opinion of the "Number of the Beast" album, as I used to like "Run to the Hills", but now it seems dated and is currently overplayed to death; on the other hand, I used to dislike the title track, but now I like it much better, and its other cuts like "Prisoner," "Hallowed Be Thy Name", and "Invaders" rank as some of Maiden's best. Kudos for "Somewhere In Time"; that one has gained more favor in my book (all killer, no filler) and I would put it at #2 over "Powerslave." And I agree with "Piece of Mind" being their best. I still need to dig in more to the post 90's stuff, but I like what I've heard so far.
I knew my list would no follow the norms but it’s my honest opinions and feelings about the albums. I’m finding it interesting though how upset & confused some people are by my rankings…haha 😂 Definitely give their later albums a chance when you’re next dying for some new Maiden and don’t have any.
I just gonna tell my top 5
5: a matter of life and death
4: piece of mind
3: the final frontier
2: powerslave
1: seventh son of a seventh son
Your list is interest man, have a great day
Was looking forward to your ranking..I agree with some of your slotting and disagree with others... imagine that..a different opinion lol ..how boring would these rankings be if they were all the same...here's my two cents
1. Piece of mind
2. Killers
3. Powerslave
4. The Number of the Beast
5. Seventh son of a seventh son
The rest changes daily
Any plans for a cheap trick ranking?
Exactly! If we all agreed it wouldn’t be any fun to do them. It’s more fun to see people get worked up over it. They’re just lists and opinions but some take it way to seriously. Regarding Cheap Trick, not at the moment. But perhaps somewhere down the line. They’re such a great band and deserve one.
Without putting live albums in my top ten:
10 Brave New World
9 No Prayer For The Dying
8 The X Factor
7 Seventh Son…
6 Powerslave
5 Killers
4 Piece Of Mind
3 Iron Maiden
2 Somewhere In Time
1 Number Of The Beast
Somewhere In Time is a great album. I love seeing it high on your list.
@@BrendonSnyder I love the guitars on Somewhere In Time. I’d have Live After Death up there if I included live albums, that’s a great live album
Thanks for the video.
You’re welcome Thomas!
Ranking "Seventh Son" at #13 is just criminal! It's a masterpiece!!! "The Number Of The Beast" is also ranked way way too low! "The Final Frontier" "No Prayer For The Dying" & "The X Factor" are all very weak albums that belong near the bottom!
And that’s your opinion just as mine is an opinion and they are ranked where I have them because I feel they are better than you described them. It’s all just music man. 👍
@@BrendonSnyder You're entitled to your own opinion, but just remember that there is a big reason why they no longer play songs in concert from "No Prayer," "The X Factor," & "The Final Frontier," & it's not because they're too good. Cheers, mate:)
No, AMoLaD was not a rough mix. It was properly mixed, but Steve didn’t like how it sounded when it was mastered. So, they released an unmastered (NOT unmixed) version. Mixing and mastering are two completely different things. But it has since been mastered. I believe in 2015.
👍
Interesting ranking. I am rather new to Iron Maiden (surely I knew the name, but not really the band). The new albums just sound different from the 80s oldies. Though I still do not know all albums of them, I agree so far as "Piece of Mind" is my favorite, "Flight of Icarus" is one of my favorite Metal Songs of all bands, a real Metal "ballad". However, I have somehow problems with "Fear of the dark" and "no prayer for the dying" (sorry, you ranked them on 5 or 4, others also commented on these albums here...) May I dare to say that they sound almost like ordinary metal bands to me there? On the other hand (and that might also be unusual) I liked both albums with Blaze.
Yeah it seems I’m in the minority with my love for No Prayer and Fear. But that’s ok, these rankings are just opinion based.
1. Powerslave
2. Piece of Mind
3. The Number of the Beast
4. Killers
5. Somewhere in Time
6. Iron Maiden
7. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
8. Brave New World
9. The X Factor
10. A Matter of Life and Death
11. Dance of Death
12. The Final Frontier
13. Senjutsu
14. The Book of Souls
15. No Prayer for the Dying
16. Fear of the Dark
17. Virtual XI
I should have just kept Senjutsu out. It's too new for me to judge but..
It was hard for me to judge Senjutsu too. I gave it a lot of listens over the last 4 days and then listened to the other albums around it. My ranking could change down the road. But I feel pretty confident that I like it more than the albums that sit behind it. Those others I’ve lived with longer and know how I feel about them so they were easy to place behind it. But in the end I don’t hate or dislike any of their albums. They’re all good IMO. Just to varying degrees of goodness! 🤘
Maiden was one of those bands that I could never get into. I think Bruce's vocals were just too "theatrical" for me. But as one of the founding fathers of NWOBHM, I give them credit for still putting out new music after all these years. Nice job on the video, Brendon...
I used to think the same thing growing up when friends first played Somewhere In Time and Seventh Son. Then I heard Powerslave and it all changed for me. I don’t know why but I found myself loving his voice at that point. My second purchase was No Prayer. But when 1992’s Fear Of The Dark was released I was all in. That was the first “new” album I bought by the band after becoming a fan.
His voice is definitely that now (definitely sounded better in days past). Straining so much now, sometimes i cant make out the words despite him being high in the mix (well, could be my english). But a fan i am still.
You should go back and listen to the first two albums, which were recorded before Bruce joined the band. Those are my two favorites. Di'Anno doesn't sing in that way.
@@matsetizar65 I wish Bruce would simply do what his voice will allow and not try so much to be the Bruce of 30 years ago. I think he would still sound good.
Albums ranked worst to best with my favourtie track.
17. The X Factor (Man On The Edge)
16. The Final Frontier (Title Track)
15. Virtual XI (Futereal)
14. Fear Of The Dark (Be Quick Or Be Dead)
13. No Prayer For The Dying (Bring Your Daughter... ...To The Slaughter)
12. Brave New World (The Thin Line Between Love And Hate)
11. Senjetsu (The Writing On The Wall)
10. A Matter Of Life And Death (The Longest Day)
9. Killers (Murders In The Rue Morgue)
8. Iron Maiden (Prowler)
7. The Number Of The Beast (Run To The Hills)
6. The Book Of Souls (Speed Of Light)
5. Dance Of Death (Rainmaker)
4. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (Moonchild)
3. Powerslave (Aces High)
2. Somewhere In Time (The Lonliness Of The Long Distance Runner)
1. Piece Of Mind (Flight Of Icarus)
My ranking.
S tier:
Somewhere In Time
Powerslave
Peace Of Mind
Iron Maiden
Brave New World
A tier:
Killers
Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
Number Of The Beast
Dance Of Death
The Final Frontier
B tier:
A Matter Of Life And Death
Senjutsu
C tier:
Fear Of The Dark
Book Of Souls
D tier:
No Prayer For The Dying
The X Factor
F tier:
Virtual XI
Nice list, though our lists differ quite a bit. I like where you placed No Prayer, and Piece is also my favorite. I have been a huge fan since I purchased Killers when it first came out. And kudos for no profanity
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
16. Virtual XI
15. The X Factor
14. Killers
13. Fear of the Dark
12. No Prayer For Dying
11. Iron Maiden
10. Brave New World
9. The Number of the Beast
8. Powerslave
7. Dance of Death
6. Somewhere In Time
5. Piece of Mind
4. The Final Frontier
3. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
2. The Book of Souls
1. A Matter of Life and Death
Note: I have heard Senjetsu and it's a very good album but I feel like it would be too early for me to rank it. I really like Senjetsu as well, it had a lot of great songs. However I think that it's not even close to be as good as the fantastic Book of Souls, A Matter of Life and Death and Final Frontier. It had a lot of great solo too and some interesting tracks and I really like Senjetsu but I like I said it's way to early to rank it. As time passes I will include it in the ranking. Also I know I have some unpopular opinions in my ranking but I just want to say that I love the new albums far more than other people do. I absolutely love most of their albums so don't get pissed off because I have some unpopular choices.
Interesting to see 2 post reunion albums place in the top spots! Their current output is very high quality IMO.
I definitely disagree with a lot of the placements of these albums but I respect your opinion. I would’ve had The Final Frontier a lot lower and Seventh Son a lot higher. Nice to see some love for The X Factor though. One of their most underrated albums!
Yeah seems like a lot of people love Seventh Son. That seems to be people’s biggest complaint. I know it’s a big album but just not one of my faves. Although with all the love it’s been getting I’m going to be re-listening to it with a new light. Who knows next time it could rise.
Seventh son is their most interesting album musically speaking. I can imagine working out all the arrangements was exhausting and probably caused several arguments, possibly one of the reasons Adrian Smith left after this album. I’d imagine it’s probably why no prayer for the dying was stripped down a bit. I get why some folks don’t like it so much but musically speaking it’s their most complex and well arranged album of all time. Complicated music is not always the most popular, that’s why Nirvana got so popular.
It's a question of taste but for me in the first 7 positions there are the 80's masterpieces: 1.Killers 2.Seventh Son 3.Powerslave 4.Somewhere in Time 5.Piece of Mind 6.The Number of the Beast 7.Iron Maiden
After the top three, this is easily the most contrarian list I've seen (not on purpose, I'm sure). It just shows how good Maiden was making albums that differ in ways, yet are satisfying for the majority of their fan base.
Constrained? You seem to be in the minority of that opinion. Others seem to think my list is weird and bizarre. But hey it’s what I like.
Contrarian, as in different than most. Don't know where you read constrained? Besides, I don't ever tell anyone what to like and not to like. Music is way too subjective for that.