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 fact that every Maiden ranking is so different is the ultimate testament to their legacy.
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.
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! 👍
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.
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.
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.
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..
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.
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
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!
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.
Great Channel Brendon. Thank you.
You’re welcome. I’m glad you’re enjoying it.
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!
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!
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
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.
Wow. That’s an unusual ranking. To each his own.
Yes it’s what makes the world go around!
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
Thanks for the video.
You’re welcome Thomas!
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.
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.
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?
Great vid Brendon. I’m with you for the most part except my top 2 are Seventh Son followed by Powerslave.
Cool! 👍
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 🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟👍👍👋👋
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 🇮🇹
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.
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!
I have a question when you said that Power slave was the first album you got from iron Maiden did you get it in 1984
No I bought it in 1989. First new album from Maiden that I bought was 1992’s Fear Of The Dark.
Well, Brendon, this is definitely one of the wildest Maiden album rankings I have seen 👍
😂😂😂….👊
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
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.
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).
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?
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.
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. 🤘
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?
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!
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,,
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.
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 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!
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
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? 😂
Excellent rankings
Thanks Sean.
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
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
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.
Brandon, I thought you said 1992 fear of the dark was your 1st album you got from the band, Then you say power slave is also your 1st album. So what is it?
Fear of the Dark was the first album he purchased at time of release (in 1992).
Powerslave I bought on cassette in 1989. Later I would by Fear Of The Dark on CD as a new release. Enjoying a new album with all its singles, videos and promotion is different than coming into an album after it’s been out for years. I was just making a distinction between my first album and my first new release album.
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 !
Which album was the first one you bought? You said it was Fear of The Dark then you said it was Powerslave.
Powerslave was the first one I bought 1989. But the first album bought that was a new release at the time meaning all the promotion, etc. was Fear Of The Dark.
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.
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. 😉🤘
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.
1. Somewhere In Time
2. Powerslave
3. Brave New World
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!
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.
"Put them in the iron maiden." "Iron Maiden?! Excellent!"
Nice review. My favourite is the one playing....
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)
😆 At one point Brendon I thought you’d gone totally tonto with this ranking but you just about regained sanity towards the end ...... almost . I really like Final Frontier too and pleased you weren’t tempted to sneak in Flo on the wall just to finish me off , however I still enjoyed it and it made the chore of making the tea bearable even if I did drop the lasagne at the Number of the beast placing ! Respect my friend
Was probably always highly unlikely that my ranking would match up with most people. With 17 albums and a 46 year career there are a lot of eras too. Obviously coming into the band in the late 80’s and early 90’s was going to skew things. But they’re just my honest opinions about what I like.
@@BrendonSnyder I really enjoyed your ranking , it’s entertaining and I don’t take it seriously at all , keep up the great work flying the flag Brendon
That’s good. Some people are taking it way to serious. It’s funny how worked up some people get.
@@BrendonSnyder Unfortunately you’ll get the odd nutter like the one who jumped on me for daring to compare the track records of Megadeth and Metallica
Hi Brendon..I am with you..Virus single and X Factor are great and deserve some honour among the ranks. Up the Irons.
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.
Awesome list! How about a Megadeth album ranking next?
I’m going to be waiting until the new album comes out so I can include it in the countdown.
I'll make that quick & easy... #1 "Peace Sells... But Whos Buying?" #2 "Rust In Peace" Nuff said!!
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!
Interesting ranking. I'm one of that apparently small minority whose favorites are the first two albums with Di'Anno on vocals. I can listen to those two on repeat and never get bored. I'd rank the first album #1 and Killers #2. Then Powerslave, Number of the Beast, and Piece of Mind in that order. It's probably nostalgia because those were the Maiden albums I played to death as a teenager. I'd have to think more than I want to in order to rank the rest. I like select songs off most of them, but I don't listen to them straight through like I do the first five. On the new Senjutsu album, I do enjoy Nicko's drums on the title track. That one will probably grow on me.
I’ve seen a number of lists with the first two album at the top spots. I think if I grew up with those two albums when they came out they would probably rank very higher due to the amount of classic tracks. They are good albums.
I to love the 1st two albums, just great attitude Paul gives out and the songs are catchy as hell and strange world is a masterpiece, try as he might Bruce just doesn't sound as good on early dianno stuff. The only real problem with them I found is the drums are a little to quiet especially on the debut, first hesrd it in early 90's before any remaster.
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
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.
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
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
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.
Interesting ranking; I'm a fan since 1984 and The X Factor ranks as my 6th, too: a masterpiece. The Number and debut aren't the be all, end all, in their discography as some say, also.
Sounds like you and have similar views on things. I’m glad to see another fan willing to admit the same.
'a fan since 1984',... enough said, you missed the boat.
Sounds more like you went down with the boat…😂
@@BrendonSnyder I get people rank albums differently in retrospect, but when those albums were new, well that was something special. If someone wasn't there they don't get it I guess.
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! 😂
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.
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.
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
Hey, B-Man.... You know, these album ranking of yours makes life worth living!(there, I said it).... Seriously though, this was as offbeat a Maiden ranking as I've come across(and that's a good thing)....The point of contention I have is that Piece Of Mind loses everytime to Somewhere In Time in the ol' boxing ring - - - - wait, please hear me out: The deep tracks on SomewhereIT are simply better than POM!.....Deja Vu, Loneliness, Sea Of Madness are absolute stunning songs whereas To Tame, Sun And Steel, along with Quest For Fire are rather pedestrian tunes that simply round out an otherwise superb album..... By the way, what in the Good Lord's name did Seventh Son ever do to you?(haha, just kidding dude!)... Keep this train of yours on YT a rollin' and Take Care, Ghostrider Rick
Haha…yeah I’ve been getting told my ranking is not conventional, and is weird and bizarre. But that’s fine, it’s only my opinion on my favorite albums. And when there are 17 it’s going to be hard to have rankings all match up. But to me this also makes it more interesting for everyone. And Seventh Son is still a good album, but just never clicked. For me it sounded forced like they were trying to get radio play. And I know that comment could be said about a number of their songs/albums. But this one in particular just has always felt that way so it doesn’t rank as high for me. But bottom line Maiden doesn’t make bad albums.
@@BrendonSnyder No harm done, B... Quirky is always a welcomed breath of fresh air!... Up The Irons
Mine:
1. Fortune Of Snow
2. British Inheritence
3. Melly Melly Arr. 3f
4. No Aires
5. Form P
Say what?! 😳
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.
I commend you for the fair rating of 'The final frontier'. I agree, best post reunion album. In my top 5! The most underrated album in their entire catalogue. I also agree that 'No prayer.'.. and 'The X factor' are very underrated. Piece of mind is in my top three.
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
Curiosa, sorprendente y sobre todo sincera clasificación de albums Maiden, por eso quizás y aunque no comparto el orden en su totalidad, me ha gustado tanto. Up The Irons!!!
So good to hear positive things being said about the blaze era, I too like the x factor but I remember getting it when it came out and being a big fan at the time of Nicko's drumming I hated the use of the really small kit and I find they are too loud and thuddy and the guitars are a little thin in places, for example blood on the world's hands sounds really flat and weak compared to the live version, same with edge of darkness which is a great song. Fortunes of war is one of my all time favourite songs, Give nick a full kit with a better sound, fix the thin guitar sound on a few tracks remove the awful unbeliever and put one of the outtakes from the album judgement day (how that awesome track wasn't on album I'll never know) at track 10 and close with 2am and for me you'd have a perfect album. Virtual xi I love it, I find myself listening to it more than most, love two worlds collide and lightning strikes twice, wish they were still played live. Can't really disagree with your number 1 choice.
Would be interesting to hear your thoughts on blaze bayley solo albums, his latest war within me is really good.
I agree, Fortunes Of War is an epic track and love it! The Blaze years really should be given there due. And in time I hope they will.
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.
Brendon perhaps maybe one of the Mount Rushmore's of Album Ranking
It definitely was necessary to be done!
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.
Piece of mind number 2 ...number of the beast ..1 only my opinion great break down though lways enjoy because you give reasons
Hi Vic! I always hope that by providing the reasons make the rankings that much more interesting than other ones where people just simply countdown with no explanation. I always find those boring.
Like i said agree or disagree always fascinating
It sure is!
Iron Maiden is one of my favorite metal bands of all time. They were my introduction to metal music back in 4th grade. I heard my brother playing “The Number Of The Beast” on is phone and that’s where it all started for me. Here’s my ranking:
1. Iron Maiden (debut)
2. Killers
3. Powerslave
4. Piece of Mind
5. The Number Of The Beast
6. Somewhere In Time
7. No Prayer For The Dying
8. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
9. Senjutsu
10. Brave New World
11. Fear Of The Dark
12. Book Of Souls
13. A Matter Of Life And Death
14. The Final Frontier
15. The X Factor
16. Dance Of Death
17. Virtual X
Nice to see No Prayer high in your list. Doesn’t usually get a lot of love.
@@BrendonSnyder NPFTD is very underrated
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.
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.
Well got the iron maiden on the way getit Thursday also got mccartney blackstar by Bowie boz scaggs foreigner diver down by van halen
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.
Everyone has different opinions of ranking albums which i think makes great conversation.My own personal favourite is Powerslave of the studio albums but all time favourite is Live After Death but as we all know live albums dont count.Powerslave has also my favourite album cover.
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
Nice to hear someone's honest individual viewpoints. I give my vote for favorite to SEVENTH SON OF A SEVENTH SON, which seems to be nearly perfect high energy music, somewhat like Somewhere In Time, which sounds flat and too progressive by comparison. SENJUTSU is also one of my favorites, and consider it commercial sounding like Seventh Son, even if the songs are much longer, and the pace is slower... it's a great introduction of Iron Maiden, along with Seventh Son, to newbies who might hope to find the hooks to become big fans. DANCE.. is also a great album, I agree with the review completely on it, and especially like the opening track. BOOK OF SOULS sounds similar to Senjutsu, except it falls flat by comparison, especially with the snare(?) drums on the second track, opening it up... it makes the track start like a Grand Funk or Doobie Brothers tune from the 70s.. not Iron Maiden (made me laugh and drop my jaw in surprise at the sound of it). Book Of Souls falls flat compared to Senjutsu, in much the same way that Somewhere In Time falls flat compared to Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son: similar, but "lesser" music. I'm still being introducing myself to Iron Maiden albums a few each month... and very much enjoying the process. nice review, and definitely full of surprises!
Hi Mark, I appreciate that you’re open to an honest alternate opinion. People went nuts on this one unsubscribing because they didn’t like my ranking 😂. I’m not sure why so many took it that seriously. Everyone hears music differently and that’s the cool thing.
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)
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!!!
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.
After 4 or 5 listens now to Senjutsu in its entirety my rankings from Best to Least Best (because there's really no such thing as a bad Maiden album)...
1 - Powerslave
2 - The Number of the Beast
3 - Killers
4 - Iron Maiden
5 - Somewhere in Time
6 - Piece of Mind
7 - Seventh Son of A Seventh Son
8 - Dance of Death
9 - The Final Frontier
10 - Brave New World
11 - No Prayer for the Dying
12 - The Book of Souls
13 - Senjutsu
14 - A Matter of Life and Death
15 - The X Factor
16 - Fear of the Dark
17 - Virtual XI
Nick you are absolutely right! There is no such thing as a bad Iron Maiden album.