Good job, respect.
I havent done that yet. But I can provide my Top 20.
Many of mine seem to be in the upper part of your list as well, others not.
I generally consider their later work as less attractive, though some songs on Book of souls are surprisingly enjoyable.
Well, thats what makes it interesting to share, as always.
Cheers, man.

1. Rime of the ancient mariner
2. Hallowed Be Thy Name (in particular the Live version)
3. Afraid to shoot strangers (in particular the Live version)
4. Fear of the Dark
5. Infinite dreams
6. Seventh son of a seventh son
7. Remember Tomorrow
8. No prayer for the dying
9. Caught somewhere in time
10. Phantom of the opera
11. Aces High
12. Transylvania
13. The Trooper
14. The book of souls
15. Children of the damned
16. The number of the beast
17. The loneliness of the long-distance runner
18. Powerslave
19. Alexander the Great
20. Wasting love

Closely following, I guess, I would have stuff like
The red and the black
Run silent run deep
Two minutes to midnight
Run to the hills
The Evil that Men do
Flight of Icarus
Moon child
The clairvoyant

That's a very nice list. And indeed it seems like we do have a lot of common songs in our top 20. With Iron Maiden there's so many great songs to choose from, it becomes hard to make a list. I like their later work a lot some of it is on par with their 80s albums imo (Brave New World and The Book Of Souls most notably and A Matter Of Life And Death comes close). But it's different that's for sure and not everyone will enjoy it as much, I'm fully aware of that. I've come across people that like their 90s period a lot (which I think was very spotty) but that shows that everyone has their favourite record.

And that does make it interesting to share things like favourite songs and albums (like you said).

Good God, how do you even begin with such a massive undertaking? Good list though, especially since you've managed to correctly identify Maiden's best and worst song. "22 Acacia Avenue" is surprisingly low however - I'd place it at least a 100 places higher.

Now I feel tempted to try this myself... seems like an interesting challenge. (P.S. I think you meant Exile in 115.)

Written by Azarath on 23.05.2018 at 23:26

Good God, how do you even begin with such a massive undertaking? Good list though, especially since you've managed to correctly identify Maiden's best and worst song. "22 Acacia Avenue" is surprisingly low however - I'd place it at least a 100 places higher.

Now I feel tempted to try this myself... seems like an interesting challenge. (P.S. I think you meant Exile in 115.)

The way I started with this was giving each song an individual score an then go from one album to the next. After I had done that, I ranked them according to the score I gave them. Giving them scores from the start made it a bit easier to rank them.

Infinite Dreams is such a magnificent song. It has great guitar riffs. The lyrics are fantastic and they really felt relatable. On top of that I think it's one of Bruce's best performances imo (in fact that whole album has probably my favourite Bruce performance).

As for The Angel And The Gambler... The repitition of the already weak lyrics on top of the mediocre riffs and the overall weak production makes that song by far my least favourite Maiden song. It's just a very disappointing and dull song imo.

It's quite interesting you mention 22 Acacia Avenue because I often have a discussion with one of my good friends about that song. He absolutely loves it. And for some reason I never got into that one. He saw this list and was surprised I ranked Starblind so high. It shows that there's a lot to discuss about when we're are talking about Maiden's discography.

And you're right, it should be Exile. Well spotted! (going to change that). Don't know where I got "kill" from (probably from the album name).

Written by tominator on 24.05.2018 at 00:17

It's quite interesting you mention 22 Acacia Avenue because I often have a discussion with one of my good friends about that song. He absolutely loves it. And for some reason I never got into that one. He saw this list and was surprised I ranked Starblind so high. It shows that there's a lot to discuss about when we're are talking about Maiden's discography.

"22 Acacia Avenue" is, for me, a top 3 song on a top 3 Maiden album. "Starblind" is a great song, but I probably wouldn't put it as high as you did. Of course, with such a vast discography everyone's going to have wildly different personal favourites and rankings.

Individual scores for each song might work. I've already been thinking about a rudimentary tier system to get a handle on this. I'm going to do it. Damn you.

Written by Azarath on 24.05.2018 at 22:48

Individual scores for each song might work. I've already been thinking about a rudimentary tier system to get a handle on this. I'm going to do it. Damn you.

Hahaha, excellent, I'm looking forward to seeing your list.

Written by Redel on 23.05.2018 at 00:09

Good job, respect.
I havent done that yet. But I can provide my Top 20.
Many of mine seem to be in the upper part of your list as well, others not.
I generally consider their later work as less attractive, though some songs on Book of souls are surprisingly enjoyable.
Well, thats what makes it interesting to share, as always.
Cheers, man.

1. Rime of the ancient mariner
2. Hallowed Be Thy Name (in particular the Live version)
3. Afraid to shoot strangers (in particular the Live version)
4. Fear of the Dark
5. Infinite dreams
6. Seventh son of a seventh son
7. Remember Tomorrow
8. No prayer for the dying
9. Caught somewhere in time
10. Phantom of the opera
11. Aces High
12. Transylvania
13. The Trooper
14. The book of souls
15. Children of the damned
16. The number of the beast
17. The loneliness of the long-distance runner
18. Powerslave
19. Alexander the Great
20. Wasting love

Closely following, I guess, I would have stuff like
The red and the black
Run silent run deep
Two minutes to midnight
Run to the hills
The Evil that Men do
Flight of Icarus
Moon child
The clairvoyant

Hell yeah! Great collection of songs!
My list would be something like:
1. Hallowed Be Thy Name
2. Rime of the Ancient Mariner
3. Fear of the Dark
4. Alexander the Great
5. Two Minutes to Midnight
6. The Clairvoyant
7. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
8. Powerslave
9. The Trooper
10. Caught Somewhere in Time
11. Wasted Years
12. Children of the Damned
13. The Duellists
14. Loneliness of the Long-Distance Runner
15. Stranger in a Strange Land
16. Number of the Beast
17. Deja Vu
18. Aces High
19. Moonchild
20. Infinite Dreams
21. Sea of Madness
22. Flight of Icarus

That's a time consuming endeavor, isn't it?
I admire your effort and patience to do such a list.

Written by JoHn Doe on 28.09.2021 at 18:33

That's a time consuming endeavor, isn't it?
I admire your effort and patience to do such a list.

It was to be honest.

I will have to update it one of these days with the songs from the new album, but I'm taking my time with it. I want to let them sink in a bit before I do that.

Written by tominator on 28.09.2021 at 18:38

Written by JoHn Doe on 28.09.2021 at 18:33

That's a time consuming endeavor, isn't it?
I admire your effort and patience to do such a list.

It was to be honest.

I will have to update it one of these days with the songs from the new album, but I'm taking my time with it. I want to let them sink in a bit before I do that.

I want to add the new album to my Maiden list, but it's not an album that begs for another listen. During my third listen, i gave up after CD 1.

Nice list I will give you my top 10:

1. Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
2. Hallowed Be Thy Name
3. The Trooper
4. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
5. Phantom Of The Opera (Live After Death)
6. Fear Of The Dark
7. Powerslave
8. The Clansmen (Live Rio)
9. Alexander The Great
10. Paschendale

The list is of this moment and is likely to change at times.

Written by JoHn Doe on 28.09.2021 at 18:49

I want to add the nee album to my Maiden list, but it's not an album that begs for another listen. During my third listen, i gave up after CD 1.

Oof, seems like I'm enjoying the album a bit more than you.

Written by tominator on 28.09.2021 at 22:52

Written by JoHn Doe on 28.09.2021 at 18:49

I want to add the nee album to my Maiden list, but it's not an album that begs for another listen. During my third listen, i gave up after CD 1.

Oof, seems like I'm enjoying the album a bit more than you.

you're probably right.
Before I add it, I'll probably have to give the new album another listen, as well as Book of Souls and AMOLAD. And see where is its place.