@@mateogilruth3228 i think he could easily make the video 20 minutes without losing watchtime and still including some side tangents or lore or whatever happens to happen during the livestream. tho maybe he just likes a bit faster paced videos
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.
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
Harris was changing things up after Killers, even though Beast has the same vibe. Paul could have worked on Beast too, but the songs on Piece of Mind was out of Paul`s league.
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.
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 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 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.
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...
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
@@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 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
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.
The Unbeliever is great! Well, regarding Blaze - he is a baritone and struggles with higher notes. He made some mistakes on the album, lol, no autotune there for sure. But I still think TXF is one of their best albums.
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.
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
Yeah, TXF is in my TOP 3. Well, music is subjective and Bradley evidently has a different taste than me based on IM albums and songs of the albums he prefers.
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.
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.
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!🤘
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 😍
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🎶
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!
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🗿
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.
@@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.
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.
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
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
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.
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.
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.
Fun Fact: The first Iron Maiden release was a 7" EP called The Soundhouse Tapes released in late 1979, which had earlier versions of the songs that would appear on the debut album like "Iron Maiden" & "Prowler" but "Invasion" ended up getting rerecorded as a B-side to the single "Women In Uniform" & later restructured & rewritten as "Invaders" from "The Number Of The Beast", The original pressing was limited to 5,000 copies and ended up becoming rare fetching I think $2,000-$3,000 or $1,000 im not too sure, but there are unofficial pressings of the EP that were also released on colored vinyl.
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
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
Doing the Blazed Bailey era and especially the making of "The X-Factor" album Steve Harris had a really dark period in his personal life. Death of parents, divorce and band struggles hence the darker theme of the album and I can speculate a lower energy put into it.
...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.
Just saw them live here in Argentina. They're rock solid as always and every band member is like 70 y old. It's insane. Just told my friends last night that I think Maiden is probably the most regular (stable in time) performant bands ever. They've never really had lows, dramas or breakups. Something truly rare to see in rock / metal. They're just legends. It's worth every penny and much more to go to their concerts. My favourite albums have to be Brave New World, The Number of the Beast, Seventh Son. Loved Dance of Death as well. Their entire discography is really pretty much perfect.
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...
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
As a kid I was never so much in to the first two albums, but as I've got (much) older I honestly hold them up as some of my favorites from the band. I think Paul's vocals are brilliant on them. Not sure he could have pulled of Number Of The Beast, but those first two records - they're classics.
I'm a major Maiden fan. Like you, they were one of the first Metal Bands I heard, and I first heard them around Brave New World / Dance of Death's released. My favourite thing about Maiden is that if you've heard one album, you've heard them all. You can guess where all the chord changes, solos, fills, etc are.
A little question to people that know more than me about this subject, which is most people here I assume. In the 2015 remasters of the first few albums, did they also redo the lyrics and vocals or is it still that guy before Bruce? What do you think about those remasters in general?
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.
definetely agree. There is no trash, their weakest are still better than almost all other bands. Both Senjustsu and Book of souls are A for me. their worst might be C for final frontier or no prayer.
Great video. Thanks. In my opinion, though you could compare the albums in terms of musicality, the fact is, the whole vibe of their music has been changing over time. Due to different factors of course.
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🔥🔥🔥
X Factor is a great album. People are shitting on in because Bruce is not on it, but if they gave it a chance they would understand that the song writing is top notch and the dark atmosphere is 👌🏻
There's too much whining for my taste: War is bad, I'm sad, god is dead. It's just too heavy but shines with 'Sign of the Cross', 'The Edge of Darkness' and 'Lord of the Flies'
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.
Hey, will you make a Judas priest Ranking too? Iron Maiden done, would be cool if you also did their counterparts, especially as their new album is great
My most listened album by them honestly. It was released right as I got into them, and back then I couldn’t download music and make cds because I was too young, so I blasted my dad’s bootleg Live After Death cd, Rock in Rio and AMOLAD non stop on my disc-man
The time I heard Maiden, I did not like them. The first album I listened to was "Somewhere in Time". Did not like it at all. I went back and listen to "Killers", liked it. Then "Powerslave", LOVED IT! I was hooked. Then I just listened to every Maiden album out at the time. This was before "Fear of the Dark". What was cool is that every album was a gem. Once I listened to all their albums, I went back to "Somewhere in Time", it's my favorite album. I actually do love the Blaze era. I wish the production was better and I wish they had tuned down for his voice. Listen to his solo band playing "Sign of the Cross". It's AWESOME! Since Bruce and Adrian rejoined, "Dance of Death" is my favorite. "Brave New World" is great, I wish "X-Factor" hand that production. LOVE "Book of Souls". I think it's interesting how some of those albums are ok recording but actually sound great live. I think I like more songs in "No Prayer for the Dying" than in "Fear of the Dark". In "Fear" I LOVE "Childhood's End". Very underrated song and I never hear people mention that song. I think it's their shortest epic song.
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!
Somewhere in Time is my favourite Maiden album and getting to see Alexander the Great live last year was amazing. Agree with all of the S tier albums. They are the albums I go back to most.
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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
@@mateogilruth3228 i think he could easily make the video 20 minutes without losing watchtime and still including some side tangents or lore or whatever happens to happen during the livestream. tho maybe he just likes a bit faster paced videos
@@geno1073 nah bro I was the one who made the video 🤣
@@geno1073 more than 15 mins is too much filler
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
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
@@KevinQ1989 Bruce can also sing killers pretty good too
Harris was changing things up after Killers, even though Beast has the same vibe. Paul could have worked on Beast too, but the songs on Piece of Mind was out of Paul`s league.
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
The Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner!
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!
Agree!!
I would argue Piece of Mind & Matter of Life & Death should’ve been there too 🤷♂️
Rest in metal Paul
there is not rest in metal only in GOD
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
Powerslave is my favorite, even after 30 years.
I still refer to Dance of Death as being "the new album".. damn I'm old
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
“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!!!
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.
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 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
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
The Unbeliever is great!
Well, regarding Blaze - he is a baritone and struggles with higher notes. He made some mistakes on the album, lol, no autotune there for sure. But I still think TXF is one of their best albums.
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.
Motherf R Us.
Silicon Messiah.
Great point.
Don't forget tenth dimension and blood and belief
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.
Yeah, TXF is in my TOP 3. Well, music is subjective and Bradley evidently has a different taste than me based on IM albums and songs of the albums he prefers.
X factor is underrated imo I love almost every song on it
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
@@John-k6f9kAnd the Allmans before Wishbone Ash.
And the Beatles before any of them, on And Your Bird Can Sing from Revolver in 1966.
How dare you not mention quest for fire. The single greatest line to open a song ever
caves were HOMEE
In a time when dinosaurs walked the earth 🦕🦖🔥
@@jimvthedragonator9888JOIN OUR QUESTION FOR FIREEEEE
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.
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.
Really enjoyed this... And I'm off to listen to everything Maiden! Well played Bradley, an awesome video!
Cheers Damo!
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.
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!🤘
Bro, your editing skills keep getting better and better!!! I absolutely love that kind of sense of humor!
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#
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
"I listen to every Iron Maiden album so you dont have to"
Albums so good he wants them all to himself
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🎶
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!
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🗿
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.
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.
@@BrofUJublaze on as live as it gets
You should make "Listening to Iron Maiden untill I start howling or making weird sounds"
There are no D or bin tier albums in their discog. #justice4Blaze
I agree with the tag and prpose a #respect4Blaze. A great human being it seems to me.😊
My favourite are Somewhere in Time and 7th Son.
All albums are good, I just think Virtual and Senjutsu are less good (love X factor tho)
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.
X Factor is F** AMAZING!
It sucks!!
@@jefferysteen1041 Nope!!!
Great video Brad, I was in for most of the stream and its amazing to see all the clips edited together perfectly!
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 just love the "Piece of mind" & Powerslave" in the Bruce æra & Paul, s Killer... 🤘🤘🤘
I can't believe I'm going to hear Alexander the Great LIVE
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
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.
Lately, I've been mucking around Piece of Mind this year. Still Life and To Tame a Land are incredible guitar and bass master pieces.
But I do want to listen to all their albums.
Who doesn't?
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.
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.
The worst album for me, by far.
Seventh Son is easily my favourite album, but I'll tell you what, getting to see Bruce sing the Clansman live is a real treat, that song is incredible
Bro Paul is a fucking beast. The best era.
You lost me at "i dont like Paul's voice"
Bayley albums are GREAT!
This was a good way to spend lunch at work. Thank you, sir.
Brave New World deserves S tier indeed
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.
It's insane how good you are at this RUclips thing man.
Iron Maiden and Killers are the best Maiden Albums !!
Exactly. No filler songs and those two albums.
Powerslave is my favourite, but everything up to and including Seventh Son are stone cold classics.
Agreed.❤
Yup. Exactly 💯
Listening to "2 minutes to midnight" today is so weird, because were officially at 90 seconds to midnight
I'd say even a minute.
Great point. It's really scary.
Definitely one of my favorite bands
Fun Fact: The first Iron Maiden release was a 7" EP called The Soundhouse Tapes released in late 1979, which had earlier versions of the songs that would appear on the debut album like "Iron Maiden" & "Prowler" but "Invasion" ended up getting rerecorded as a B-side to the single "Women In Uniform" & later restructured & rewritten as "Invaders" from "The Number Of The Beast", The original pressing was limited to 5,000 copies and ended up becoming rare fetching I think $2,000-$3,000 or $1,000 im not too sure, but there are unofficial pressings of the EP that were also released on colored vinyl.
No one knew this. 🙈
Some of those tunes are on the impressive Best of the Beast compilation.
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.
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
X-Factor underrated
Yes.
agree
One of my top 3 favorite Maiden albums
It's so good
garbage
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
I think, Somewhere in Time is the most "Adrians" album, mb thats why it is my favorite one.
Doing the Blazed Bailey era and especially the making of "The X-Factor" album Steve Harris had a really dark period in his personal life. Death of parents, divorce and band struggles hence the darker theme of the album and I can speculate a lower energy put into it.
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.
Just saw them live here in Argentina. They're rock solid as always and every band member is like 70 y old. It's insane. Just told my friends last night that I think Maiden is probably the most regular (stable in time) performant bands ever. They've never really had lows, dramas or breakups. Something truly rare to see in rock / metal. They're just legends. It's worth every penny and much more to go to their concerts. My favourite albums have to be Brave New World, The Number of the Beast, Seventh Son. Loved Dance of Death as well. Their entire discography is really pretty much perfect.
Steve Harris was so instrumental in making their iconic sound. Dude is a beast.
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...
Paul Dianno ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!
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
Listening to Maiden in my teen years was the best thing that could happen to me. Adds another level of magic.
As a kid I was never so much in to the first two albums, but as I've got (much) older I honestly hold them up as some of my favorites from the band. I think Paul's vocals are brilliant on them. Not sure he could have pulled of Number Of The Beast, but those first two records - they're classics.
Been a Maiden fan since 96 and liking this before watching
Nice to hear some love for Revelations - one of my all time favourites.
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.
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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!
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
That's cool, but I'm also going to listen to all of them. Many more times.
4:54 best part of the video
I'm a major Maiden fan. Like you, they were one of the first Metal Bands I heard, and I first heard them around Brave New World / Dance of Death's released.
My favourite thing about Maiden is that if you've heard one album, you've heard them all. You can guess where all the chord changes, solos, fills, etc are.
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.
A little question to people that know more than me about this subject, which is most people here I assume. In the 2015 remasters of the first few albums, did they also redo the lyrics and vocals or is it still that guy before Bruce? What do you think about those remasters in general?
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.
definetely agree. There is no trash, their weakest are still better than almost all other bands. Both Senjustsu and Book of souls are A for me. their worst might be C for final frontier or no prayer.
Great video. Thanks. In my opinion, though you could compare the albums in terms of musicality, the fact is, the whole vibe of their music has been changing over time. Due to different factors of course.
Senjutsu is a good album and I'm tired of pretending it's not.
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🔥🔥🔥
1. All of them
X Factor is a great album. People are shitting on in because Bruce is not on it, but if they gave it a chance they would understand that the song writing is top notch and the dark atmosphere is 👌🏻
There's too much whining for my taste: War is bad, I'm sad, god is dead. It's just too heavy but shines with 'Sign of the Cross', 'The Edge of Darkness' and 'Lord of the Flies'
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.
Hey, will you make a Judas priest Ranking too? Iron Maiden done, would be cool if you also did their counterparts, especially as their new album is great
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.
My most listened album by them honestly. It was released right as I got into them, and back then I couldn’t download music and make cds because I was too young, so I blasted my dad’s bootleg Live After Death cd, Rock in Rio and AMOLAD non stop on my disc-man
The time I heard Maiden, I did not like them. The first album I listened to was "Somewhere in Time". Did not like it at all. I went back and listen to "Killers", liked it. Then "Powerslave", LOVED IT! I was hooked. Then I just listened to every Maiden album out at the time. This was before "Fear of the Dark". What was cool is that every album was a gem. Once I listened to all their albums, I went back to "Somewhere in Time", it's my favorite album. I actually do love the Blaze era. I wish the production was better and I wish they had tuned down for his voice. Listen to his solo band playing "Sign of the Cross". It's AWESOME! Since Bruce and Adrian rejoined, "Dance of Death" is my favorite. "Brave New World" is great, I wish "X-Factor" hand that production. LOVE "Book of Souls". I think it's interesting how some of those albums are ok recording but actually sound great live. I think I like more songs in "No Prayer for the Dying" than in "Fear of the Dark". In "Fear" I LOVE "Childhood's End". Very underrated song and I never hear people mention that song. I think it's their shortest epic song.
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.
Teacher: tomorrow we’re going to be dressing as our last names
Bruce Dickinson’s son: 😨😰😬
Babe wake up, Bradley Hall just uploaded
Somewhere in Time is my favourite Maiden album and getting to see Alexander the Great live last year was amazing.
Agree with all of the S tier albums. They are the albums I go back to most.