Hot take: Maiden's first two albums are actually pretty underrated. Sure, it's not as refined as their later work, but it still has some of the strongest bangers they've ever written: Iron Maiden, Prowler, Phantom of The Opera, Remember Tomorrow, Killers, Wrathchild etc. It's pretty beloved around here in Brazil Plus Paul is actually a pretty good vocalist and fitting in the style of the first 2(I actually took a photo with him :) ), despite Bruce being way better
killers is the best sounding maiden record. after killers, the guitars got thin and hissy, and the bass lost any shred of balls, becoming a "clackity" mess.
i find the first 4 min or so of empire just a snooze fest. once the whole band picks up the opening theme, after all the verses, the song really takes off and is one of my fav maiden moments.
Paul Di'Anno was made for PROWLER. Bruce doesn't have enough anger in him for this song, and Paul's punk style fits it perfectly. He's perfect for it and it's a perfect song
@@KevinQ1989 you're right, Phantom sounds awesome with Bruce, and older songs sound better with Paul. Have to say that on The Number Of The Beast Bruce has kinda maintained a bit of Paul's anger and this album has all of my favourite Bruce moments because of this
@@Inductus The delicious ironic stupidity of Metal fans who actually believe their own Governments' propaganda, when 30 % of Metal songs' lyrics strongly advise against that.
I'm a huge Somewhere in Time stan. In fact, it's my favorite album of all time. I still go back to it from time to time and wonder at the awesome that is somewhere in time.
Anybody who likes Blaze Bailey's voice but found his Iron Maiden albums lackluster needs to listen to Silicon Messiah. One of the most slept on metal albums ever.
To me, the top tier list would be : #1 Fear of the Dark #2 Brave New World #3 The Number of the Beast #4 Piece of Mind #5 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son #6 Powerslave #7 Somewhere in Time # 8 No Prayer For the Dying I don't like the Vocals on the 4 Non Bruce Dickinson Albums... And I don't like 'Dance of Death' neither all the posterior ones...
I think The X Factor is underrated, it's very different to the others and dark but it always felt to me a class above Virtual XI. Also obviously Bruce is their best vocalist, but Afraid To Shoot Strangers with Bailey just sounds better. (there's the official video with this lineup on youtube)
I heard that song Bayley on vocals first time yesterday! (What a coincidence). Picked up Visions of the beast from flea market which had that video. I had no idea it existed, sounded awesome indeed, but can't say anything more about it by one listen.
The fact that he skipped the 3 most famous songs of number of the beast 😱😱. And the best on : hallowed be thy name. This song IS m'y favorite of all groups, it's just incredible
Literally, was thinking that myself. I didn't even realise how consistent Iron Maiden have been with good albums. Most bands max out at about 3 top tier albums
I think X Factor might be one of the albums I've listened to the most; there's some really good guitar work going on in the background, especially the smouldering stuff on The Unbeliever, and Blaze's voice is moody and dark. I basically put it on after dark and just let it wash over me.
You might be the only person I've ever seen ranking X Factor below Virtual XI. I REALLY like X Factor and think it's in the better half of Maiden's albums but I can get why people would dislike em. Sign of the Cross, Lord of the Flies and Fortunes of War are all bangers IMO
The Beatles did it, too and they were before😜 Technically, they had three guitars, as Paul played his Bass like a guitar, so give the English some love, too🤗
Lizzy are always who I think of when I think of Twin Guitar. When I think of Maiden I think of three of the bastards. It's great live -- Jannick Gers often doesn't have anything to do so he just prances round the stage like a pony, swinging his guitar around his neck in an attempt to windmill one of the other band members.
...if you listen on 1.25 speed ;p I mean songwriting is great but sadly Steve depression gave a mark on it. Nicko's drumming sounds like he was bored. It just sounds like Blaze is the only one who cared
Yes! The big weak point of that album is just how it's arranged. It starts out really strong (Lord of the Flies especially I feel is the most underrated Iron Maiden song of them all), but then there's three slow and somber songs about war, that together last 19 minutes and don't really feel connected to each other in any way. It bogs the whole album down and it never recovers. I did myself a different version of the album with better song order (also ditched couple and added one originally left out), and that made it so much better as a whole.
The final frontier is definitely very underrated, when the wild wind blows, coming home, el dorado, and the second half of satellite 15 should be classics.
Isle of Avalon. It takes I think two and half minutes of intense and constantly tightening built up. When the song finally kicks up and crashes into chorus I always get shivers and it just holds that grasp right till the end. Incredible songwriting.
I listened so incredbly much to AMOLAD back when it came out (while rebuilding a floor in my house). Ended up loving the album so much. Still enjoy being gatekept a tiny bit tho 😍
If eternity should fail from book of souls, is indeed one of my favourite intros to an album, out of iron maiden. Then again favourite albums, number of the beast is there (with total eclipse over ganglands) But dance of the death and brave new world are also up there
The best album is definitely Seventh son of a Seventh son, dynamic, the story telling, the melodies, drum patterns, the atmosphere just beyond my childhood life and it still gives me chills at my 22 years of life🗿
BNW is without a doubt their finest album. Every song just goes so hard. Forming what is basically a supergroup comprised of their own previous band members was the right call.
Brave new World and DOD are both S tier. Dream of Mirrors, Rainmaker, Dance of Death, Brave New World, etc Those two albums are slept on in comparison to the discography as a whole EDIT: commented this before I finished the video so glad that’s a common consensus lol
Could not agree more, DOD being probably my fave maiden song, if not in top 3. Brave new world being Bruce’s and Adrian’s 1st album back, it’s a shame how overlooked BNW is and dance of death too. I think the 4 albums from 2000-2010 are fantastic and not often included
@@B0bi_007 Honestly I won’t ever get sick of it, the melodies, the solos, the lyrics.. also it holds a special place in my heart as it reminds me of playing the original Tom clanceys ghost recon 1 (specifically mission 13) with my brother back in 2003
@@BrofUJu Meh, maybe Bruce sings it better but the atmosphere in the music is better on the album so the album version is still way better in my opinion.
Dude I’ve been loving this series! Your commentary is engaging and interesting, so that even if I don’t agree with your opinion, it’s super fun to listen to
Senjutsu is a Masterpiece! To me, it brings together so much of the best things they have done in one place. Maybe a bit derivative in comparison to more original early albums, but I LOVE it. Listened to it exclusively for months when it came out.
You missed some comedy gold by not talking about ‘Hooks in You’ off of NPFTD. 🎶Hooks in you, hooks in me, hooks in the ceiling for that well hung feeling🎶
IMO possibly their best song. Hits every detail you'd want a Maiden song to bit, and does it over 18 minutes with Bruce hitting ridiculous notes throughout. It's their magnum opus. Best song.
My list: S: NOTB, Piece of Mind, Powerslave. A: Somewhere in Time, Seventh Son, Brave New World. B: Iron Maiden, Dance of Death. C: Killers, Fear of the Dark. Dont really care about the rest tbh.
You are doing gods work here lol! Hey Bradley im sorry i havent been around but i will definitely become a regular on your streams. Anything i can do to support you and what you do. Rock on brotha
Somewhere in Time is easily my favorite Iron Maiden album. But I'm going to be nuts and actually put book of souls at my number two all time. In my opinion both of those albums are rock-solid and there is nothing uninteresting and there are no songs that I ever want to skip over between the two of them
I was listening to a NWOBHM playlist and all I could think of was that I totally get it why Iron Maiden is the most popular. They just did *everything* better than the other bands doing similar music. Song structure, riffs, basslines, melodies, solos, vocals (both Di'anno and Dickinson), just about everything was on point whereas other bands were lacking at least one aspect
Powerslave and Somewhere in Time are the favorites for me, and Book of Souls and Final Frontier are ones I quite like even if they aren't up to the caliber of the classics. I'm usually flipping between all 4 of these for my favorite Maiden title track.
I am a big fan of the Blaze fronted stuff. But I am very glad he made his way ( eventually) back to Wolfsbane as I need Wolfsbane AND Maiden in my life.
I know I'm not even close to be the only person having this opinion, but as hardcore Maiden fan, I think that Somewhere in Time is so much above the others. Everything about the album is perfect. The riffs, the harmonies, the solos, the ambience, the tone, the progressions. Apart from the songs being absolute bangers, they all have a sort of space/retrofuturistic vibe that always give me the chills. When I listen to this record, I always listen to the whole thing without skipping a single song. More than a decade doing it, and I never get tired. They are all 10/10 for me. I love popping when I'm traveling and I wander through the earth, and my mind. The best Maiden album. Fuck it, this is my favorite piece of music of all time.
enjoyed songs from different albums actually. Such as Wrathchild, Children of the damned, Two Minutes to midnight, Wasted Years, The Evil that men do, Hallowed be thy name, Acacia aveneu, Somewhere in time...
When you said "Brave New World" is the best Iron Maiden album of all time, you spoke right into my heart. AT LAST, someone who agrees with me. Not a single filler on that album. Masterpiece!
For a band that was founded in the 70s, it is crazy how they could release an album during the 2000s (brave new world) and it´s that amazing! That is true longevity!
Totally disagree on Blaze!. He did an amazing job, considering Bruce was no longer there (+ Bruce did not return with his best voice IMHO). Still my favorite band, although I prefer the first half, esp. the 82-88 era.
I was introduced to Maiden at age 10 with their first disc and been a fan since the very first track. I still remember going at lunch to get Seventh Son and being late to class listening. I did not buy the ones in Blaze but own multiple copies of all the others including Bruce's solo work and if you haven't ever listened to it Accident of Birth is one of the best discs ever (Adrian played on it) and it sound like 80s Maiden and shortly after is when they rejoined Maiden. The release of Brave New World came with such excitement and was definitely a breath of fresh air, as was Accident of Birth. Don't exactly agree with your list but close enough except for No Prayer... Holy Smoke makes that disk worth it! ;) Great video!!!
I disagree... I don't like the Vocals on the 4 Non Bruce Dickinson Albums... And I don't like 'Dance of Death' neither all the posterior ones... Those last albums are really uninspiring...
I almost jumped for joy ehen you mentioned the dance of death solo, for the longest time i always thought it was so amazing, but no one else really talked about it. Finnaly got some light🔥🔥🔥
Good video...I can tell you were excited when Bruce and Adrian came back on BNW! My fav album changes, but my least fav is definitely Virtual XI (however I still listen to it)
Personally Senjutsu and Somewhere In Time are both my favorites, but man the title track of Killers is probably one of my favorite songs ever Playing it on bass is super super fun and imo has one of the best bass intros/main riffs of all time. W band.
Senjutsu is A tier IMO. I like the progressive elements in that album and especially love the song Hell on Earth. Saw them play that in Indio at Powertrip festival and damn it was good. I actually agree with the rest of your grades, but would move the D's to C's because it's Maiden. Even their bad albums are better than most bands good albums.
My childhood bedroom was covered in the classic large Iron Maiden posters - Trooper, Killers, Aces High, Powerslave, Piece of Mind, Somewhere in Time, Stranger in a Strange Land and of course, Number of the Beast. Those posters are so hard to find now.
It's obvious that you've listened to some albums, but it seems to me that you're not a real Maiden fan because most of the time you don't know what you're talking about.
Somewhere in Time will always be my favorite because it was my introduction to Maiden when I was 10 years old. The album was brand new at the time and my buddy’s older brother had it on cassette. My buddy snuck it to school and we listened to it on the tape recorder in our classroom. As soon as I heard Wasted Years, I was hooked for life!🤘
Для меня The final frontier один из лучших альбомов iron maiden. Он вроде длинный, но я этого совершенно не почувствовал, прислушалось всё на одном дыхании.
I've still got a lot of love for Iron Maidens Phantom of the Opera Also like the pipe organ tune the Phantom of the Opera plays, Bach's Toccata in d minor (fuguest of all the keys) - pretty metal
Up the Irons! What's your favorite Maiden album??
Dance of death (cover only)
Fear of the dark or their debut album
Fear of the dark or debut album
Somewhere in Time. By far their best.
Somewhere in Time
Only Bradley could pull off an iron maiden video like this that does not mention lead songwriter (bass aside) Steve Harris by name even once.
he did mention it in the livestream, in these videos you can't go off the rails too much tho
To be fair he mostly just mentioned people who left and came back
Hot take: Maiden's first two albums are actually pretty underrated. Sure, it's not as refined as their later work, but it still has some of the strongest bangers they've ever written: Iron Maiden, Prowler, Phantom of The Opera, Remember Tomorrow, Killers, Wrathchild etc. It's pretty beloved around here in Brazil
Plus Paul is actually a pretty good vocalist and fitting in the style of the first 2(I actually took a photo with him :) ), despite Bruce being way better
Bro, Wrathchild is very good. The speediness of that song.
Without Paul there wouldn't be a Maiden he was the reason they got a name for themselves. The different Atmosphere on the first 2 albums is amazing!
Como um brasileiro, confirmo, adoro os dois primeiros álbuns, mas ainda acho que não merecem o S, que nem vários outros
killers is the best sounding maiden record. after killers, the guitars got thin and hissy, and the bass lost any shred of balls, becoming a "clackity" mess.
First 2are not underrated in any sense
Empire of the Clouds is a godlike song imo. And yeah I would tend to agree on Seventh Son being one of my favorites as well, it's just so good lol.
i find the first 4 min or so of empire just a snooze fest. once the whole band picks up the opening theme, after all the verses, the song really takes off and is one of my fav maiden moments.
I fully agree on both.
Book of Souls is slept on. It's a fantastic album
Anyone who says they don’t like Maiden, that’s the song I point them to first. REALLY FUCKING LOUD
TBOS is their worst album
Paul Di'Anno was made for PROWLER. Bruce doesn't have enough anger in him for this song, and Paul's punk style fits it perfectly. He's perfect for it and it's a perfect song
Paul was made for all songs from the first two albums. Phantom of the Opera is the only song Bruce can pull off as good.
@@KevinQ1989 you're right, Phantom sounds awesome with Bruce, and older songs sound better with Paul. Have to say that on The Number Of The Beast Bruce has kinda maintained a bit of Paul's anger and this album has all of my favourite Bruce moments because of this
for those who don't know, on RUclips, there is a full version of Prowler from 1977 (badly recorded) with the singer before Paul Di'Anno
Iron Maiden's gonna get you! 🤘 Up the Irons, thanks for the video @BradleyHallGuitar
All the best to you and your country from a subscriber. Up the irons indeed.
@@Inductus Amen to that💯🙏
@@Inductus The delicious ironic stupidity of Metal fans who actually believe their own Governments' propaganda, when 30 % of Metal songs' lyrics strongly advise against that.
I'm a huge Somewhere in Time stan. In fact, it's my favorite album of all time.
I still go back to it from time to time and wonder at the awesome that is somewhere in time.
Wasted years!!!
It is their best album.
"you can't play heavy metal with synthesizers"
SAME SAME SAME ABSOLUTELY SAME HERE
Anybody who likes Blaze Bailey's voice but found his Iron Maiden albums lackluster needs to listen to Silicon Messiah. One of the most slept on metal albums ever.
“Killers” is still my favorite album and lineup
Absolutly yes
Killers is one of the band's best songs but that albumas a whole is so mid imo
To me, the top tier list would be :
#1 Fear of the Dark
#2 Brave New World
#3 The Number of the Beast
#4 Piece of Mind
#5 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
#6 Powerslave
#7 Somewhere in Time
# 8 No Prayer For the Dying
I don't like the Vocals on the 4 Non Bruce Dickinson Albums...
And I don't like 'Dance of Death' neither all the posterior ones...
@@BradleyHallGuitar people will say this then put the number of the beast on their top 5 Maiden songs (not you specifically)
fuck yeah!!!
There are no D or bin tier albums in their discog. #justice4Blaze
I think The X Factor is underrated, it's very different to the others and dark but it always felt to me a class above Virtual XI.
Also obviously Bruce is their best vocalist, but Afraid To Shoot Strangers with Bailey just sounds better. (there's the official video with this lineup on youtube)
Some songs go the other way tbf, live version of Sign of the Cross with Bruce is way better than the studio.
It lacks in production, but its great overall
I heard that song Bayley on vocals first time yesterday! (What a coincidence). Picked up Visions of the beast from flea market which had that video.
I had no idea it existed, sounded awesome indeed, but can't say anything more about it by one listen.
@@MrBonified66 Yeah definitely.
@TheSonics11 But it goes more the other way. Have you heard Bailey doing The Trooper live? LOL
The fact that he skipped the 3 most famous songs of number of the beast 😱😱. And the best on : hallowed be thy name. This song IS m'y favorite of all groups, it's just incredible
man they have 17 albums you can't fit everything in the video haha
Probably because someone else wrote it...
@@MarmiteTheDog huh?
@@MarmiteTheDogSomeone else wrote a small section of the lyrics. That doesn’t mean “someone else wrote it”.
Hallowed must be the most generic and boring Iron Maiden song ever, and the receipt for Em, C and D chords over and over and over. Jeeeeez.
Powerslave is my favorite, even after 30 years.
6 s tier is crazy just shows how great Maiden has been!
Literally, was thinking that myself. I didn't even realise how consistent Iron Maiden have been with good albums. Most bands max out at about 3 top tier albums
@@Agnes135 Most bands are lucky to get 1!
I think X Factor might be one of the albums I've listened to the most; there's some really good guitar work going on in the background, especially the smouldering stuff on The Unbeliever, and Blaze's voice is moody and dark. I basically put it on after dark and just let it wash over me.
Imagine if they downtuned to accommodate for Blaze's voice
You might be the only person I've ever seen ranking X Factor below Virtual XI. I REALLY like X Factor and think it's in the better half of Maiden's albums but I can get why people would dislike em. Sign of the Cross, Lord of the Flies and Fortunes of War are all bangers IMO
I honestly don't think he put any thought into the order of the bin tier. He just collectively didn't like those albums.
@@Brandonmtlhd he said that V11 is better because songs are funny 😆
For me Factor X it is easy B or C.
@@Werewolt I guess his take on music in general is comedy. What an wanker.
Thin Lizzy did guitarmonies before those other bands just saying, Give us Irish some credit lol
The Beatles did it, too and they were before😜 Technically, they had three guitars, as Paul played his Bass like a guitar, so give the English some love, too🤗
Lizzy are always who I think of when I think of Twin Guitar.
When I think of Maiden I think of three of the bastards. It's great live -- Jannick Gers often doesn't have anything to do so he just prances round the stage like a pony, swinging his guitar around his neck in an attempt to windmill one of the other band members.
And Wishbone Ash before Thin Lizzy
X-Factor underrated
Yes.
agree
One of my top 3 favorite Maiden albums
It's so good
garbage
Hot take: The X Factor is a great album and the best of Maiden in the 90s
Hot take? It's just true!
...if you listen on 1.25 speed ;p I mean songwriting is great but sadly Steve depression gave a mark on it. Nicko's drumming sounds like he was bored. It just sounds like Blaze is the only one who cared
At the very least it should not have been in the bin.
Yes!
The big weak point of that album is just how it's arranged. It starts out really strong (Lord of the Flies especially I feel is the most underrated Iron Maiden song of them all), but then there's three slow and somber songs about war, that together last 19 minutes and don't really feel connected to each other in any way.
It bogs the whole album down and it never recovers.
I did myself a different version of the album with better song order (also ditched couple and added one originally left out), and that made it so much better as a whole.
X Factor is a masterpiece .... So different and dark album.
X factor is underrated imo I love almost every song on it
X Factor is F** AMAZING!
It sucks!!
@@jefferysteen1041 Nope!!!
How dare you not mention quest for fire. The single greatest line to open a song ever
caves were HOMEE
Probably one of (if not the) best metal debut albums ever.
Agreed
@@Puccmin Black Sabbath
@@Eu_mesminhozinho good band as well
@@Eu_mesminhozinho sabbath didn't really get going to paranoid
Nah not really.
Listening to Maiden in my teen years was the best thing that could happen to me. Adds another level of magic.
Coming Home best track change my mind
The Final Frontier underated album. Love Coming Home En Vivo (2011) version
The final frontier is definitely very underrated, when the wild wind blows, coming home, el dorado, and the second half of satellite 15 should be classics.
Isle of Avalon. It takes I think two and half minutes of intense and constantly tightening built up. When the song finally kicks up and crashes into chorus I always get shivers and it just holds that grasp right till the end.
Incredible songwriting.
@@marcoantoniorodriguez5376 Coming home, starblind, isle of avalon. Amazing songwriting
One of my favourite maiden songs, and a very underrated album.
Seventh son, closely followed by a Matter of Life and Death!
@@stillhuman4662 help up, seventh son is one of their best, matter of life an death is good, but definitely not the best
Your all good
I listened so incredbly much to AMOLAD back when it came out (while rebuilding a floor in my house). Ended up loving the album so much.
Still enjoy being gatekept a tiny bit tho 😍
Im always switching between these two as well lol.. but usually Matter of life and death is number 1#
Great video Brad, I was in for most of the stream and its amazing to see all the clips edited together perfectly!
But I do want to listen to all their albums.
Sorry - harmonized twin guitars = Thin Lizzy
Bayley albums are GREAT!
If eternity should fail from book of souls, is indeed one of my favourite intros to an album, out of iron maiden.
Then again favourite albums, number of the beast is there (with total eclipse over ganglands)
But dance of the death and brave new world are also up there
Also the Book of Souls title song is really really good. It is a top album post-2000.
Phantom at the Opera is such a good song for a debut album
Definitely the best on the album
Exactly this song made me a fan of irons
Their self-titled album is my favourite. Dickinson made them stars, but I have a soft spot for the spit and snarl of the Di'Anno albums.
The best album is definitely Seventh son of a Seventh son, dynamic, the story telling, the melodies, drum patterns, the atmosphere just beyond my childhood life and it still gives me chills at my 22 years of life🗿
Bro, your editing skills keep getting better and better!!! I absolutely love that kind of sense of humor!
It's insane how good you are at this RUclips thing man.
Really enjoyed this... And I'm off to listen to everything Maiden! Well played Bradley, an awesome video!
Cheers Damo!
Somewhere in Time is a masterpiece along with the first 2 Maiden albums.
How bout seventh
@@Ruckshuk4101 it’s not my favorite from the 80s catalog but I still listen to it.
Bro Paul is a fucking beast. The best era.
BNW is without a doubt their finest album. Every song just goes so hard. Forming what is basically a supergroup comprised of their own previous band members was the right call.
Brave new World and DOD are both S tier. Dream of Mirrors, Rainmaker, Dance of Death, Brave New World, etc
Those two albums are slept on in comparison to the discography as a whole
EDIT: commented this before I finished the video so glad that’s a common consensus lol
Could not agree more, DOD being probably my fave maiden song, if not in top 3. Brave new world being Bruce’s and Adrian’s 1st album back, it’s a shame how overlooked BNW is and dance of death too. I think the 4 albums from 2000-2010 are fantastic and not often included
@@wolowizard4441 I've finally found someone who also thinks that Dance of Death is their best song
@@B0bi_007 Honestly I won’t ever get sick of it, the melodies, the solos, the lyrics.. also it holds a special place in my heart as it reminds me of playing the original Tom clanceys ghost recon 1 (specifically mission 13) with my brother back in 2003
@@wolowizard4441 yep, it's a darn complete song, it has everything... Also thanks for sharing the cool memory of yours :)
Up the irons!!
Uff rainmaker. The video is sick too
The sign of the cross by itself won't allow me to place the album on BLAZE BINLEY
The live versions with Bruce are so much better though lol
@@BrofUJu Meh, maybe Bruce sings it better but the atmosphere in the music is better on the album so the album version is still way better in my opinion.
Dude I’ve been loving this series! Your commentary is engaging and interesting, so that even if I don’t agree with your opinion, it’s super fun to listen to
Another great video squire!
Senjutsu is a Masterpiece! To me, it brings together so much of the best things they have done in one place. Maybe a bit derivative in comparison to more original early albums, but I LOVE it. Listened to it exclusively for months when it came out.
A Matter of Life and Death is still the best post-Reunion album IMHO and very underrated.
I don't disagree, but I'd say Brave New World, A Matter of Life and Death and Book of Souls is their top three albums post-2000.
Great video dude!!
You missed some comedy gold by not talking about ‘Hooks in You’ off of NPFTD.
🎶Hooks in you, hooks in me, hooks in the ceiling for that well hung feeling🎶
This was a good way to spend lunch at work. Thank you, sir.
Brave New World deserves S tier indeed
Thanks for sharing some love to Dance of Death, so many people forget about this (amazing) album
Powerslave is my favourite, but everything up to and including Seventh Son are stone cold classics.
Empire Of The Clouds is not a song, is history.
Maybe the best song from iron maiden
IMO possibly their best song. Hits every detail you'd want a Maiden song to bit, and does it over 18 minutes with Bruce hitting ridiculous notes throughout.
It's their magnum opus. Best song.
Definitely one of my favorite bands
I love these dives and commentary
My list:
S: NOTB, Piece of Mind, Powerslave.
A: Somewhere in Time, Seventh Son, Brave New World.
B: Iron Maiden, Dance of Death.
C: Killers, Fear of the Dark.
Dont really care about the rest tbh.
The amount of Blaze Bayley slander in this video is absurd.
That means this video goes in the ‘Binley Hall’ level of my tier list!
Blazes albums are definitely some of my favorite ones
Because they ARE awful albums sung by an awful voice.
Been a Maiden fan since 96 and liking this before watching
You are doing gods work here lol! Hey Bradley im sorry i havent been around but i will definitely become a regular on your streams. Anything i can do to support you and what you do. Rock on brotha
Somewhere in Time is easily my favorite Iron Maiden album. But I'm going to be nuts and actually put book of souls at my number two all time. In my opinion both of those albums are rock-solid and there is nothing uninteresting and there are no songs that I ever want to skip over between the two of them
The Final Frontier rules. It's very proggy.
YES.
Mother of mercy is amazing.
@@rockinpalermo odd. That's the one song I think is bad.
@@rockinpalermo The chorus is sick
Listening to "2 minutes to midnight" today is so weird, because were officially at 90 seconds to midnight
I'd say even a minute.
I was listening to a NWOBHM playlist and all I could think of was that I totally get it why Iron Maiden is the most popular. They just did *everything* better than the other bands doing similar music. Song structure, riffs, basslines, melodies, solos, vocals (both Di'anno and Dickinson), just about everything was on point whereas other bands were lacking at least one aspect
Powerslave and Somewhere in Time are the favorites for me, and Book of Souls and Final Frontier are ones I quite like even if they aren't up to the caliber of the classics. I'm usually flipping between all 4 of these for my favorite Maiden title track.
X Factor is a masterpiece
Steve Harris was so instrumental in making their iconic sound. Dude is a beast.
I am a big fan of the Blaze fronted stuff. But I am very glad he made his way ( eventually) back to Wolfsbane as I need Wolfsbane AND Maiden in my life.
I know I'm not even close to be the only person having this opinion, but as hardcore Maiden fan, I think that Somewhere in Time is so much above the others. Everything about the album is perfect. The riffs, the harmonies, the solos, the ambience, the tone, the progressions. Apart from the songs being absolute bangers, they all have a sort of space/retrofuturistic vibe that always give me the chills. When I listen to this record, I always listen to the whole thing without skipping a single song. More than a decade doing it, and I never get tired. They are all 10/10 for me. I love popping when I'm traveling and I wander through the earth, and my mind. The best Maiden album. Fuck it, this is my favorite piece of music of all time.
You look like Stuttering John.
1) Killers
2) Seventh Son
Can't be arsed with the rest but IMO Killers is their best album if you separate it from the "classic" Maiden sound.
enjoyed songs from different albums actually. Such as Wrathchild, Children of the damned, Two Minutes to midnight, Wasted Years, The Evil that men do, Hallowed be thy name, Acacia aveneu, Somewhere in time...
When you said "Brave New World" is the best Iron Maiden album of all time, you spoke right into my heart.
AT LAST, someone who agrees with me. Not a single filler on that album. Masterpiece!
I fully agree. Really every track is good on that album the rest of the albums just have a few good ones and the rest are annoying.
THANK YOU for giving props to "Out of the Silent Planet." No one ever gives that track love.
The Rock In Rio version fucking slays.
They never played silent planet on the rock in Rio album @@Powermad-bu4em
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Correct. I was thinking Blood Brothers. My bad.
They didn't play it because it is the only bad track off Brave New World. I don't get why people like it. Boring song and chorus.
@@rabarebra I respect your opinion but don't agree
Bradley you should really listen to Blaze Bayleys solo stuff. So much better than the 2 Maiden albums he did. U might enjoy them
Yep. He is putting out better stuff than them currently. War Within Me is great.
Listened to all of them in a row before their concert in Hyvinkää, Finland 2022.
Best 17 hours of my life.
For a band that was founded in the 70s, it is crazy how they could release an album during the 2000s (brave new world) and it´s that amazing! That is true longevity!
When I think of harmonized guitars I think of Thin Lizzy then Iron Maiden.
Totally disagree on Blaze!. He did an amazing job, considering Bruce was no longer there (+ Bruce did not return with his best voice IMHO). Still my favorite band, although I prefer the first half, esp. the 82-88 era.
They could've got whoever but Blaze, and pull it off better.
I think this is the first time I agree with you on most things, specially on your takes on the 80s material
I was introduced to Maiden at age 10 with their first disc and been a fan since the very first track. I still remember going at lunch to get Seventh Son and being late to class listening. I did not buy the ones in Blaze but own multiple copies of all the others including Bruce's solo work and if you haven't ever listened to it Accident of Birth is one of the best discs ever (Adrian played on it) and it sound like 80s Maiden and shortly after is when they rejoined Maiden. The release of Brave New World came with such excitement and was definitely a breath of fresh air, as was Accident of Birth. Don't exactly agree with your list but close enough except for No Prayer... Holy Smoke makes that disk worth it! ;) Great video!!!
Can we agree that they have no bad albums?
W pfp. Mustaine should cameo in Breaking Bad 2.
I disagree...
I don't like the Vocals on the 4 Non Bruce Dickinson Albums...
And I don't like 'Dance of Death' neither all the posterior ones...
Those last albums are really uninspiring...
@@IsaacTuduriLlabres I don't really like The Final frontier, TMOLAD and The Book of souls, but Senjutsu is comparable to their 80's albums (imo).
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I almost jumped for joy ehen you mentioned the dance of death solo, for the longest time i always thought it was so amazing, but no one else really talked about it. Finnaly got some light🔥🔥🔥
Good video...I can tell you were excited when Bruce and Adrian came back on BNW! My fav album changes, but my least fav is definitely Virtual XI (however I still listen to it)
Personally Senjutsu and Somewhere In Time are both my favorites, but man the title track of Killers is probably one of my favorite songs ever
Playing it on bass is super super fun and imo has one of the best bass intros/main riffs of all time. W band.
Senjutsu is A tier IMO. I like the progressive elements in that album and especially love the song Hell on Earth. Saw them play that in Indio at Powertrip festival and damn it was good. I actually agree with the rest of your grades, but would move the D's to C's because it's Maiden. Even their bad albums are better than most bands good albums.
my personal top 5 (unordered because impossible) is
- Virtual XI
- Brave New World
- Somewhere in Time
- Powerslave
- The Number of the Beast
My childhood bedroom was covered in the classic large Iron Maiden posters - Trooper, Killers, Aces High, Powerslave, Piece of Mind, Somewhere in Time, Stranger in a Strange Land and of course, Number of the Beast. Those posters are so hard to find now.
Senjutsu is a good album and I'm tired of pretending it's not.
It's obvious that you've listened to some albums, but it seems to me that you're not a real Maiden fan because most of the time you don't know what you're talking about.
Paul Dianno ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!
Being of a certain vintage myself .its (like metallica),the first 3 or four albums for me
bloody love maiden, but they have essentially released the same album for 30+ years.
Somewhere in Time will always be my favorite because it was my introduction to Maiden when I was 10 years old. The album was brand new at the time and my buddy’s older brother had it on cassette. My buddy snuck it to school and we listened to it on the tape recorder in our classroom. As soon as I heard Wasted Years, I was hooked for life!🤘
Для меня The final frontier один из лучших альбомов iron maiden. Он вроде длинный, но я этого совершенно не почувствовал, прислушалось всё на одном дыхании.
I've still got a lot of love for Iron Maidens Phantom of the Opera
Also like the pipe organ tune the Phantom of the Opera plays, Bach's Toccata in d minor (fuguest of all the keys) - pretty metal
Great🎉 as usual. Up the irons
2:30 that gay scream made my day
I LOVE Book of Souls, I would definetely put it at A tier. But I agree with you about Brave New World, probably their best album ever
Amazing! I bought Edward The Great - Greatest Hits as my first Maiden Album too aged about 12. I'm 36 now - so similar time to you!
Same here although I first heard 2 minutes to midnight on GTA vice city
@@Mowmauf Ha! That's why I bought the album!