"The loneliness of a long distance runner" isn't a cheesy title, it's a book and subsequent movie reference. A lot of Maiden songs are about this or that book, movie, theater piece, from which they borrow the title. The Prisoner, Murders in the rue Morgue, Days of Future Past, etc.
I am 55 years old and a fan since '82... not going to argue with fun ranking videos but AMOLD, in my opinion, might be their greatest work... like you, I am a bigger fan of their first 5-records, but you have A Matter of Life and Death way under-appreciated in this list.
Good Ranking I never get tired of these Ranking videos and seeing and hearing everyone's opinions. 17. Virtual X1 16. No Prayer for the Dying 15. Final Frontier 14. X Factor 13. Fear of the Dark 12. Dance of Death 11. Iron Maiden 10. Sehjutsu 9. Brave New World 8. Book of Souls 7. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 6. Number of the Beast 5. A Matter of Life and Death 4. Killers 3. Somewhere in Time 2. Piece of Mind 1. Powerslave
I recently noticed that the Somewhere In Time cover has a larger Eddie in the sky and buildings. The Moon surrounded by clouds is one eye, and the windows of the shops (on the left) are his teeth! 😮
Killers is my favorite because it is so heavy. Paul should have done a cover album of the songs on “Number of the Beast.” I would love to hear him have a go at it!
1. Somewhere In Time 2. Powerslave 3. Piece Of Mind 4. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son 5. The Number Of The Beast 6. Killers 7. Brave New World 8. Iron Maiden 9. Fear Of The Dark 10. No Prayer For The Dying 11. Dance Of Death 12. The Book Of Souls 13. The X Factor 14. Senjutsu 15. A Matter Of Life And Death 16. The Final Frontier 17. Virtual XI
I love 80's maiden too, but give the 90's a break. 1. Seventh son 2. SIT 3. Piece of mind 4. Powerslave 5. Senjutsu 6. The final frontier (Such a fucking great album! I really don't understand most Maiden fans!) 7. Number of the beast 8. Killers 9. Iron maiden 10. Brave new world 11. No prayer.. 12. Dance of death 13. The X factor 14. Fear of the dark 15. AMOLAD (Is it really so great? Really?) 16. Virtual XI (The only 'bad' album in my opinion)
1. Piece of Mind - There's this champion and then the rest of the field 2. Killers - Di Anno kills it on this one 3. Powerslave - Love it. Album cover hung above my bed the day I purchased it in 84' 4. A Matter of Life and Death - Criminally underrated 5. Iron Maiden - The Genesis 6. The Number of The Beast - Always ranked a little too high IMO 7. Dance of Death - Always ranked a little too low IMO 8. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - I could switch it to 9, I guess 9. Somewhere In Time - I could switch it to 8, I guess 10. Brave New World - Pretty good comeback. However, this starts the repeating chorus drill bit 11. No Prayer for The Dying - I like a few of the songs but the ship has started taking on water 12. Fear of The Dark - Judas Be My Guide is so damn good though 13. The Final Frontier - Great album cover and the songs are, the songs are........Great album cover 14. The Book of Souls - White noise to me. REM sleep in 3, 2, 1..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz 15. Senjutsu - Makes me want to listen to Book of Souls immediately 16. The X Factor - Just 17. Virtual XI - No
1. Somewhere 2. Powerslave 3. Number 4. Piece 5. Seventh 6. Brave 7. A Matter 8. Killers 9. Iron 10. Fear 11. No Prayer 12. Book 13. Senjutsu 14. Final 15. Dance 16. Virtual 17. X Factor
17. Virtual XL 16. X Factor 15. Senjitsu 14. Book of Souls 13. The Final Frontier 12. The Dance of Death 11. Brave New World 10. No Prayer for the Dying 9. A Matter of Life and Death 8. Fear of the Dark 7. Iron Maiden 6. Seventh Son of the Seventh Son 5. Somewhere in Time 4. Killers 3. Powerslave 2. Piece of Mind 1. The Number of the Beast
I agree the first 4 albums are the best. Personally, I rank them: 1. Killers. 2. Debut Iron Maiden, 3. Number of the Beast, 4. Piece of Mind. To me, Harris and Murray have always been the main driving forces in Maiden. I rank the albums according to over songwriting, and musicianship. To me, Clive Burr was ever bit as good as Nicko, health issues drove Burr out of the band, and D'Anno was different than Dickenson, but every bit as good in his own way. D'Anno did not like the fame, I know it sounds weird, but it's true. I remember Bruce, Bruce from his days in Sampson.
Great video, would love to see more content from you, love your take and taste on things. Dream theater or Megadeth would be a cool video as a suggestion.
1. Somewhere in Time 2. Piece of Mind 3. The Number of the Beast 4. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 5. Powerslave 6. Fear of the Dark 7. No Prayer for the Dying 8. Iron Maiden 9. Killers 10. The X Factor 11. Virtual XI 12. The Final Frontier 13. The Book of Souls 14. Brave New World 15. Dance of Death 16. Senjitsu 17. A Matter of Life and Death Something like that
@@gulanhem9495 Actually I'd switch X Factor and Virtual XI making Virtual tenth. Other than that, that's my list. And of course No Prayer is a rock and roll album, like the first one, just better.
Great list. I love seeing everyone's different preferences and reasonings. None are alike but we're all a part of the Maiden family. I don't dislike any of the albums, just I prefer some over others in terms of how they spoke to me. Which kills me as Piece Of Mind is lower on my list than most others, and I appreciate the album more than I did when I first picked it up, but others do more for me. But here's my list: 17: Fear Of The Dark 16: The X Factor 15: Virtual XI 14: No Prayer For The Dying 13: Dance of Death 12: The Final Frontier 11: Piece Of Mind 10: Iron Maiden 9: Senjutsu 8: Somewhere In Time 7: Killers 6: Book Of Souls 5: Brave New World 4: Number Of The Beast 3: Powerslave 2: Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son 1: A Matter Of Life And Death
1 Powerslave 2 Iron Maiden 3 Somewhere in Time 4 Piece of Mind 5 Brave New World 6 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 7 Number of the Beast 8 Killers 9 Dance of Death 10 Senjitsu 11 Book of Souls 12 No Prayer for the Dying 13 Virtual XI 14 Fear of the Dark 15 X Factor 16 A Matter of Life and Death 17 Final Frontier
@@brucedickinson12 Yeah I know. But for some reasons Life & death does not do much for me. I just can't seem to get into that album. I've listened to that album so many times and saw them on that tour as well, but for some reason I just can't get into it. It's not a bad album, it just doesn't have any intensity in the songs. These Colours Don't Run could have been the next Trooper. Virtual at least has some more intensity to the songs plus they are shorter. Yeah, it has the Angel & the Gambler, but it does have some good songs like Future Real, Clansman, and Lightning Strikes Twice. Is Virtual XI a Classic, no, Is it a horrible album, no. My rating is A Matter of Life & Death gets a 3.6 and Virtual XI gets a 3.84
@@mirko1382 You can't get into Life & Death because it has weak songs, sloppy live-in-the-studio production, poor sound and Dickinson can't sing anymore. 🤗
1. Piece of Mind (1983) 2. The Number of The Beast (1982) 3. Powerslave (1984) 4. Killers (1981) 5. Somewhere In Time (1986) 6. Brave New World (2000) 7. Iron Maiden (1980) 8. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988) 9. Dance of Death (2003) 10. Senjutsu (2021) 11. A Matter of Life and Death (2006) 12. The Book of Souls (2015) 13. The X Factor (1995) 14. Fear of The Dark (1992) 15. No Prayer for The Dying (1990) 16. The Final Frontier (2010) 17. Virtual XI (1998)
That top nine would be my choices but not necessarily in that order. Seventh Son and first album higher and Powerslave a bit lower. I find the albums after Brave New World too overblown and overlong.
1) SIT 2) POM 3) Powerslave 4) 7th Son 5) Number 6) Senjutsu 7) AMOLAD 8) DOD 9) BNW 10) Final Frontier 11) Killers 12) IM 13) X Factor 14) No Prayer 15) FOTD 16) Virtual
My top 5: 5. Brave New World 4. Killers 3. Seventh son of a Seventh son 2. Somewhere in time 1. The Number of the Beast Two honorable mentions: Senjitsu, Iron Maiden.
Good reviews and a great channel. I think Piece of Mind and Number are interchangeable as No.1 for me. I think Number has bigger highlights but Piece of Mind is probably more consistent overall. It was also the 1st Maiden album I heard .
My list, best to worst… a caveat, I’ve been a fan since Powerslave when I was in high school, so that’s where I came in. Also, I actually wrote this before listening to your full ranking… 1. Powerslave - All killer, no filler. Monster classics. Legendary album. Legendary cover art. 2. Piece of Mind - Side 1 is one of my perfect album sides, I can do without Quest for Fire, but an amazing milestone album. Sometimes my No. 1. 3. A Matter of Life and Death - I don’t skip any of the first eight songs on this. Epic after epic after guitar-laden epic. Love it to death. 4. Somewhere in Time - The guitar work is impressive all over this album, and Bruce Dickinson sounds at the peak of his powers. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner is based on the short story of the same name, and contains outstanding guitar solos. 5. Brave New World - The reunion album with Bruce and Adrian back in the band. Hell yes! Another album I rarely skip songs on. The Wicker Man is my favorite album opener, and the cover art is one of my favorites. 6. Killers - Great raw NWOBHM sound, Paul Di’Anno sounds better than the debut. Some monster classics here. 7. Number of the Beast - The breakthrough album with Bruce. Hallowed Be Thy Name is my favorite Maiden song. Some bonafide classics, like the underrated The Prisoner. Should have had Total Eclipse on this. 8. Senjutsu - This started out about No. 12 for me and has just risen in my esteem. Many really good tracks on here, and I particularly love Hell On Earth and The Parchment. 9. Seventh Son of A Seventh Son - The concept album idea is ok, it’s just not a big favorite of mine. A few songs I love (I have belted out The Evil That Men Do in the car), others are kind of “meh.” 10. Dance of Death - Good but not great album, there’s still the deep cut excellence of Montsegur and the epic Paschendale. 11. Iron Maiden - Raw debut, but you can see good bones here, so to speak. Phantom of the Opera is an all-time classic. 12. Fear of the Dark - The title track alone moves this up a couple of notches for me. Not a fan of “raspy Bruce,” but there’s a few other good tracks here. 13. The Final Frontier - Hate the opening Satellite 15, wish they just started with the title track. I love Coming Home, my favorite song on this album. Rather muddy production to my ears. 14. The Book of Souls - Still the darker, sludgy production as on The Final Frontier, and it’s too darn long. That said, I do enjoy Empire of the Clouds and The Red and the Black. 15. No Prayer for the Dying - I definitely dislike Bruce’s raspy style on this, but Holy Smoke is fun and I enjoy Tailgunner and Run Silent, Run Deep - and little else. 16/17. The two Blaze Bayley albums, The X Factor and Virtual XI. Apart from the classics The Sign of the Cross and The Clansman (which sound better sung by Bruce), I find most of these two albums dark, depressing and unlistenable.
Nice video! Somewhere In Time and A Matter of Life and Death way too low, Dance Of Death a bit too high...but that's my opinion. You nailed it: in Iron you are not gonna have any musical slops.
17 - Fear of the Dark 🌑 16 - No Prayer for the Dying 🪦 15 - Virtual XI 🕹 14 - The Final Frontier 🪐 13 - The X Factor ✖ 12 - Senjutsu ⚔ 11 - Dance of Death 🦹🏼♀ 10 - The Book of Souls 📖 09 - Iron Maiden ⚰ 08 - Killers 🔪 07 - A Matter of Life and Death 💣 06 - Piece of Mind 🧠 05 - Brave New World 🌎 04 - The Number of the Beast 👹 03 - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 🔮 02 - Somewhere in Time ⏳ 01 - Powerslave ⛓
1. Somewhere in Time 10/10 2. Piece of Mind 10/10 3. Powerslave 9.5/10 4. Iron Maiden 9.5/10 5. Killers 9.5/10 6. The Number of the Beast 9/10 7. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 9/10 8. Fear of the dark 6/10 9. No prayer for the dying 5/10 10. Everything after Fear of the Dark (1992) is garbage. 1-3/10
Maiden was in my top three favorite bands when I was in high school. I’ve been back on Maiden for a few weeks. I seen them live on somewhere in Time, and seven son of a seventh son tours. I stopped listening to them in the early 90s because I wasn’t a fan of what they were putting out. I decided to give them a listen again. I recently purchased Apple Music and I decided to go through the whole discography. I started with Senjutsu the recent album and I have to disagree with you. Let me tell you it brought me back to that time period. I think it’s a fantastic album for Maiden to put out so late in their career. I wasn’t crazy about the Blaze Bailey stuff. Most of the stuff 90s and forward is hit or miss. Every album through the years has a couple standout tracks. The thing I regret most is not going to see them live since 88. Shame on me. I’ve wanted to on a number of occasions, but never made it. If they do it again I’m definitely going with no excuses. My favorites are probably Powerslave, The Number of the Beast, Somewhere in Time, Peace of Mind, Senjutsu. Brave New World is pretty good. It all depends on my mood what’s my favorite, but it’s usually between The Number of the Beast, and Powerslave.
17) Virtual XI, 16) The X Factor, 15) The Final Frontier, 14) The Book Of Souls, 13) No Prayer For The Dying, 12) Senjutsu, 11) Dance Of Death, 10) A Matter Of Life And Death, 9) Fear Of The Dark, 8) Iron Maiden, 7) Brave New World, 6) Killers, 5) The Number Of The Beast, 4) Powerslave, 3) Piece Of Mind, 2) Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son, 1) Somewhere In Time
I think the band means Virtual Chi with the album 'Virtual XI'. That's the same pronouncement with 'The X factor'. You don't call it The Tenth Factor.
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I like your ranking videos. Do you listen to King Diamond? My Iron Maiden ranking: 1. 7th son of a 7th son 2. Somewhere in time 3. Powerslave 4. Piece of mind 5. Iron Maiden 6. Fear of the dark 7. The Number Of The Beast 8. Brave new world 9. No prayer for the dying 10. The X Factor 11. A matter of life and death 12. Dance of death 13. The book of souls 14. SENJUTSU 15. Virtual XI 16. The Final frontier
Iron maiden is my favorite band of all time even though Ronnie James Dio is my favorite singer I have been listening to maiden since I was I can't be the only one who loves The x Factor and no prayer for dying. Although I have to say seventh son of a seventh son or fear of the dark. But honestly my favorite iron maiden album is whichever one I am listening to at that..
I must say, doing this is tough because i dn't think they have ever released a bad album. if i had to do a tier list, none of these would be below "A" tier and half of them would be S and then i would have to invent special double S and triple S tiers. . .except maybe no prayer and killers, i would put those in B i was originally on the "i hate the replacement singer" bandwagon, but many songs from the blaze bayley albums are some of the best things iron maiden has put out. the clansman, when two worlds collide, futureal, lord of the flies, man on the edge, edge of darkness are all top tier songs, but then again, i guess you are ranking whole albums. . but then again, , bruce wasn't the original singer either, and the first 2 albums, the eponymous one and killers are kinda mediocre, compared to number of the beast which is when Bruce became the singer and then they really started to get good and never stopped even through X factor and virtual XI (which are kind of clever, because X is the 10th album and XI is the eleventh, get it? roman numerals? although, i like to pronounce xi as "zai" and not "eleven". it rolls off the tongue better. "virtual zai" i know it doesn't make sense, but i like how it sounds. and then brave new world was just a masterpiece, a great comback for bruce. honesllty, i think their 3 most recent albums have fallen short, but they are still better than the first 2. no prayer for the dying is also bottom tier as well IMO. if i just ranked them in order of my favorite to least, it would be #1 number of the beast #2 powerslave #3 piece of mind #4 brave new world #5 somewhere in time #6 dance of Death #7 x factor #8 virtual xi #9 seventh son of seventh son #10 fear of the dark #11 final frontier #12 matter of life and death #13 senjutsu #14 book of souls #15 iron maiden #16 killers #17 no prayer for the dying again, i reiterate. i love all of these, but if i have to put them in order, this is the order. if i put them in orer of most listened to though, then brave new world, x factor somewhere in time virtual xi dance of death seventh son are my most listened to albums by them
I'd have to place Book of Souls as my least favorite then Senjutsu. The albums have just become too bloated for my taste. I think the songs are better on Senjetsu than Book of Souls, but they're still kind of not the best, being that I don't find the songs memorable. Once the albums are over I can't remember much about them.
It’s almost like you have to separate their catalog into eras. The first 2, golden era from NOTB to Powerslave. Experimental with SIT and 7th son. Slight downfall with the next 2. Blaze Bailey era, and reunion since 2000.
Maiden were good but never as heavy as Sabbath. I think this is because they used major chords a lot, as opposed to minor, or they used simple power chords.
One writer humorously pointed out that Iron Maiden just took Barracuda by Heart and used that song as a template for the rollicking vibe of their sound.
Gers -- dead weight. Yeah, he's contributed songs. Lousy ones. And you're putting the first two albums over Powerslave and 7th Son?. No way. Even the guys in the band would say that.
Pretty bad list . Putting the two blaze albums lowest cos it’s not Bruce signing . X factor is a masterpiece. Stick to listening to number of the beast, it’s more radio friendly for your taste 👍🏻, I’d rank X factor higher than some of their albums in last fifteen years
lovely videos overall! thank you. Something I picked up from this one and maybe gives an answer en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Loneliness_of_the_Long-Distance_Runner
17. No Prayer for the Dying 16. Virtual XI 15. Fear of the Dark 14. X-Factor 13. Dance of Death 12. Final Frontier 11. Brave New World 10. Senjutsu 9. Book of Souls 8. Killers 7. Iron Maiden 6. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 5. A Matter of Life and Death 4. Somewhere in Time 3. Number of the Beast 2. Piece of Mind 1. Powerslave
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Honestly going to have to say the debut and Killers are my favourite, Paul's vocals just really do it for me
"The loneliness of a long distance runner" isn't a cheesy title, it's a book and subsequent movie reference. A lot of Maiden songs are about this or that book, movie, theater piece, from which they borrow the title. The Prisoner, Murders in the rue Morgue, Days of Future Past, etc.
One of their 15 best songs, IMO. Maiden perfection.
The Assassin is one of their worst songs, along with “Gambler” and “Apparition”. “Weekend” is appalling, too.
I am 55 years old and a fan since '82... not going to argue with fun ranking videos but AMOLD, in my opinion, might be their greatest work... like you, I am a bigger fan of their first 5-records, but you have A Matter of Life and Death way under-appreciated in this list.
1 Somewhere in Time
2 The Number of the Beast
3 Piece of Mind
Somewhere in Time, the best metal album in the world. Cover, vocals by Bruce, best solos, best choruses, unbeatable sound.
I really love that album! I don't find anything weak on that one at all. Same for Seventh Son IMO, but Somewhere in Time is solid.
@@mattirealm Two of the band's best albums, although somewhere in time is a bit higher. best vocals, best solos and best drums.
Good Ranking I never get tired of these Ranking videos and seeing and hearing everyone's opinions.
17. Virtual X1
16. No Prayer for the Dying
15. Final Frontier
14. X Factor
13. Fear of the Dark
12. Dance of Death
11. Iron Maiden
10. Sehjutsu
9. Brave New World
8. Book of Souls
7. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
6. Number of the Beast
5. A Matter of Life and Death
4. Killers
3. Somewhere in Time
2. Piece of Mind
1. Powerslave
1. SIT
2. Powerslave
3. NOTB
4. SSOASS
5. POM
6. AMOLAD
7. Iron Maiden
8. BNW
9. NPFTD
10. FF
11. Killers
12. FOTD
13. DOD
14. BOS
15. Senjutsu
16. X-F
17. V11
Great list! Killers should be in the top 8, but you ranked almost all the modern albums low, which is proper.
Piano in Empire of the Clouds is literally what makes the song.
Terrible
@facepalm486 nah
I recently noticed that the Somewhere In Time cover has a larger Eddie in the sky and buildings.
The Moon surrounded by clouds is one eye, and the windows of the shops (on the left) are his teeth! 😮
Powerslave and seventh son are maybe the favourites but I love the debut
Killers is my favorite because it is so heavy.
Paul should have done a cover album of the songs on “Number of the Beast.”
I would love to hear him have a go at it!
1. Somewhere In Time
2. Powerslave
3. Piece Of Mind
4. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
5. The Number Of The Beast
6. Killers
7. Brave New World
8. Iron Maiden
9. Fear Of The Dark
10. No Prayer For The Dying
11. Dance Of Death
12. The Book Of Souls
13. The X Factor
14. Senjutsu
15. A Matter Of Life And Death
16. The Final Frontier
17. Virtual XI
Senjitsu so low? Masterpiece imo. I appreciate your ranking. Fun to listen too
Absolutely stellar album.
I love 80's maiden too, but give the 90's a break.
1. Seventh son
2. SIT
3. Piece of mind
4. Powerslave
5. Senjutsu
6. The final frontier (Such a fucking great album! I really don't understand most Maiden fans!)
7. Number of the beast
8. Killers
9. Iron maiden
10. Brave new world
11. No prayer..
12. Dance of death
13. The X factor
14. Fear of the dark
15. AMOLAD (Is it really so great? Really?)
16. Virtual XI (The only 'bad' album in my opinion)
1. Piece of Mind - There's this champion and then the rest of the field
2. Killers - Di Anno kills it on this one
3. Powerslave - Love it. Album cover hung above my bed the day I purchased it in 84'
4. A Matter of Life and Death - Criminally underrated
5. Iron Maiden - The Genesis
6. The Number of The Beast - Always ranked a little too high IMO
7. Dance of Death - Always ranked a little too low IMO
8. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - I could switch it to 9, I guess
9. Somewhere In Time - I could switch it to 8, I guess
10. Brave New World - Pretty good comeback. However, this starts the repeating chorus drill bit
11. No Prayer for The Dying - I like a few of the songs but the ship has started taking on water
12. Fear of The Dark - Judas Be My Guide is so damn good though
13. The Final Frontier - Great album cover and the songs are, the songs are........Great album cover
14. The Book of Souls - White noise to me. REM sleep in 3, 2, 1..zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz
15. Senjutsu - Makes me want to listen to Book of Souls immediately
16. The X Factor - Just
17. Virtual XI - No
1. Somewhere
2. Powerslave
3. Number
4. Piece
5. Seventh
6. Brave
7. A Matter
8. Killers
9. Iron
10. Fear
11. No Prayer
12. Book
13. Senjutsu
14. Final
15. Dance
16. Virtual
17. X Factor
Brave better than killers????
No prayer better than dance of death!??
The loneliness of a long-distance runner is a short novel and a film based on it. Not a funny name, just the name of their inspiration for the song.
17. Virtual XL
16. X Factor
15. Senjitsu
14. Book of Souls
13. The Final Frontier
12. The Dance of Death
11. Brave New World
10. No Prayer for the Dying
9. A Matter of Life and Death
8. Fear of the Dark
7. Iron Maiden
6. Seventh Son of the Seventh Son
5. Somewhere in Time
4. Killers
3. Powerslave
2. Piece of Mind
1. The Number of the Beast
I would have ranked 7th Son of a 7th Son as #7 😊
I agree the first 4 albums are the best. Personally, I rank them: 1. Killers. 2. Debut Iron Maiden, 3. Number of the Beast, 4. Piece of Mind. To me, Harris and Murray have always been the main driving forces in Maiden. I rank the albums according to over songwriting, and musicianship. To me, Clive Burr was ever bit as good as Nicko, health issues drove Burr out of the band, and D'Anno was different than Dickenson, but every bit as good in his own way. D'Anno did not like the fame, I know it sounds weird, but it's true. I remember Bruce, Bruce from his days in Sampson.
Yeah, the two Samson albums that Dickinson are on were pretty darn good. Outside of the vocals not particularly Maiden-like, but I like them.
Great video, would love to see more content from you, love your take and taste on things. Dream theater or Megadeth would be a cool video as a suggestion.
1. Somewhere in Time
2. Piece of Mind
3. The Number of the Beast
4. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
5. Powerslave
6. Fear of the Dark
7. No Prayer for the Dying
8. Iron Maiden
9. Killers
10. The X Factor
11. Virtual XI
12. The Final Frontier
13. The Book of Souls
14. Brave New World
15. Dance of Death
16. Senjitsu
17. A Matter of Life and Death
Something like that
Almost like mine, I just think Fear of the Dark & No Prayer for the Dying mark the beginning of the decline, while Iron Maiden & Killers are superb.
@@gulanhem9495 Actually I'd switch X Factor and Virtual XI making Virtual tenth. Other than that, that's my list. And of course No Prayer is a rock and roll album, like the first one, just better.
Great video! I think Dance of Death is a great and underrated album.
You should rank Judas Priest’s albums next!
Done!
Great list. I love seeing everyone's different preferences and reasonings. None are alike but we're all a part of the Maiden family. I don't dislike any of the albums, just I prefer some over others in terms of how they spoke to me. Which kills me as Piece Of Mind is lower on my list than most others, and I appreciate the album more than I did when I first picked it up, but others do more for me. But here's my list:
17: Fear Of The Dark
16: The X Factor
15: Virtual XI
14: No Prayer For The Dying
13: Dance of Death
12: The Final Frontier
11: Piece Of Mind
10: Iron Maiden
9: Senjutsu
8: Somewhere In Time
7: Killers
6: Book Of Souls
5: Brave New World
4: Number Of The Beast
3: Powerslave
2: Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
1: A Matter Of Life And Death
1 Powerslave
2 Iron Maiden
3 Somewhere in Time
4 Piece of Mind
5 Brave New World
6 Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
7 Number of the Beast
8 Killers
9 Dance of Death
10 Senjitsu
11 Book of Souls
12 No Prayer for the Dying
13 Virtual XI
14 Fear of the Dark
15 X Factor
16 A Matter of Life and Death
17 Final Frontier
Virtual xl higher than a matter of life . Disgraceful
@@brucedickinson12 Yeah I know. But for some reasons Life & death does not do much for me. I just can't seem to get into that album. I've listened to that album so many times and saw them on that tour as well, but for some reason I just can't get into it. It's not a bad album, it just doesn't have any intensity in the songs. These Colours Don't Run could have been the next Trooper. Virtual at least has some more intensity to the songs plus they are shorter. Yeah, it has the Angel & the Gambler, but it does have some good songs like Future Real, Clansman, and Lightning Strikes Twice. Is Virtual XI a Classic, no, Is it a horrible album, no. My rating is
A Matter of Life & Death gets a 3.6 and Virtual XI gets a 3.84
Super list. I would rate Brave New World lower than all the 7 classic albums, but other than that, great list.
@@mirko1382
You can't get into Life & Death because it has weak songs, sloppy live-in-the-studio production, poor sound and Dickinson can't sing anymore. 🤗
1. Piece of Mind (1983)
2. The Number of The Beast (1982)
3. Powerslave (1984)
4. Killers (1981)
5. Somewhere In Time (1986)
6. Brave New World (2000)
7. Iron Maiden (1980)
8. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)
9. Dance of Death (2003)
10. Senjutsu (2021)
11. A Matter of Life and Death (2006)
12. The Book of Souls (2015)
13. The X Factor (1995)
14. Fear of The Dark (1992)
15. No Prayer for The Dying (1990)
16. The Final Frontier (2010)
17. Virtual XI (1998)
Piece of Mind is my favourite also, though this does not seem to be a very common opinion
That top nine would be my choices but not necessarily in that order. Seventh Son and first album higher and Powerslave a bit lower. I find the albums after Brave New World too overblown and overlong.
Beast is very very special album.
1) SIT
2) POM
3) Powerslave
4) 7th Son
5) Number
6) Senjutsu
7) AMOLAD
8) DOD
9) BNW
10) Final Frontier
11) Killers
12) IM
13) X Factor
14) No Prayer
15) FOTD
16) Virtual
My top 5:
5. Brave New World
4. Killers
3. Seventh son of a Seventh son
2. Somewhere in time
1. The Number of the Beast
Two honorable mentions: Senjitsu, Iron Maiden.
Good reviews and a great channel. I think Piece of Mind and Number are interchangeable as No.1 for me. I think Number has bigger highlights but Piece of Mind is probably more consistent overall. It was also the 1st Maiden album I heard .
My list, best to worst… a caveat, I’ve been a fan since Powerslave when I was in high school, so that’s where I came in. Also, I actually wrote this before listening to your full ranking…
1. Powerslave - All killer, no filler. Monster classics. Legendary album. Legendary cover art.
2. Piece of Mind - Side 1 is one of my perfect album sides, I can do without Quest for Fire, but an amazing milestone album. Sometimes my No. 1.
3. A Matter of Life and Death - I don’t skip any of the first eight songs on this. Epic after epic after guitar-laden epic. Love it to death.
4. Somewhere in Time - The guitar work is impressive all over this album, and Bruce Dickinson sounds at the peak of his powers. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner is based on the short story of the same name, and contains outstanding guitar solos.
5. Brave New World - The reunion album with Bruce and Adrian back in the band. Hell yes! Another album I rarely skip songs on. The Wicker Man is my favorite album opener, and the cover art is one of my favorites.
6. Killers - Great raw NWOBHM sound, Paul Di’Anno sounds better than the debut. Some monster classics here.
7. Number of the Beast - The breakthrough album with Bruce. Hallowed Be Thy Name is my favorite Maiden song. Some bonafide classics, like the underrated The Prisoner. Should have had Total Eclipse on this.
8. Senjutsu - This started out about No. 12 for me and has just risen in my esteem. Many really good tracks on here, and I particularly love Hell On Earth and The Parchment.
9. Seventh Son of A Seventh Son - The concept album idea is ok, it’s just not a big favorite of mine. A few songs I love (I have belted out The Evil That Men Do in the car), others are kind of “meh.”
10. Dance of Death - Good but not great album, there’s still the deep cut excellence of Montsegur and the epic Paschendale.
11. Iron Maiden - Raw debut, but you can see good bones here, so to speak. Phantom of the Opera is an all-time classic.
12. Fear of the Dark - The title track alone moves this up a couple of notches for me. Not a fan of “raspy Bruce,” but there’s a few other good tracks here.
13. The Final Frontier - Hate the opening Satellite 15, wish they just started with the title track. I love Coming Home, my favorite song on this album. Rather muddy production to my ears.
14. The Book of Souls - Still the darker, sludgy production as on The Final Frontier, and it’s too darn long. That said, I do enjoy Empire of the Clouds and The Red and the Black.
15. No Prayer for the Dying - I definitely dislike Bruce’s raspy style on this, but Holy Smoke is fun and I enjoy Tailgunner and Run Silent, Run Deep - and little else.
16/17. The two Blaze Bayley albums, The X Factor and Virtual XI. Apart from the classics The Sign of the Cross and The Clansman (which sound better sung by Bruce), I find most of these two albums dark, depressing and unlistenable.
Good list! Poor Blaze, but hey, we calls we likes we sees ‘em.
nice... i'm a brazilian for me the 3 bests is: 1 -Dance of Death / 2 - Brave new World / 3 - Powerslave !!
but, your list its pretty good !!!
Thanks for the comment, Miguel. Those are great records! My #8 being your # 1 demonstrates how strong their collection is. Just an amazing band.
The x factor is an unappreciated masterpiece
Great video, you know your stuff! I agree with you on Dance of Death. Amazing album.
the loneliness of the long distance runner is inspired by movie with Dustin Hoffman, you should see it
I’m embarrassed I didn’t know this! Thank you.
Nice video! Somewhere In Time and A Matter of Life and Death way too low, Dance Of Death a bit too high...but that's my opinion. You nailed it: in Iron you are not gonna have any musical slops.
Great list. My first concert was Powerslave with Twisted opening in California at the Cow Palace
That’s a heck of a first concert to see!
Why does everyone seem to "gloss over " Somewhere in Time,,?
Its widely recognized as one of the greatest metal albums period ....
17 - Fear of the Dark 🌑
16 - No Prayer for the Dying 🪦
15 - Virtual XI 🕹
14 - The Final Frontier 🪐
13 - The X Factor ✖
12 - Senjutsu ⚔
11 - Dance of Death 🦹🏼♀
10 - The Book of Souls 📖
09 - Iron Maiden ⚰
08 - Killers 🔪
07 - A Matter of Life and Death 💣
06 - Piece of Mind 🧠
05 - Brave New World 🌎
04 - The Number of the Beast 👹
03 - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 🔮
02 - Somewhere in Time ⏳
01 - Powerslave ⛓
Dude is this your first time on TH-cam. You Drone On and On and On... Geeeesh
That hurt my feelings. I always speak highly of your videos.
I liked your AC/DC rankings. How would youb rank Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, and AC/DC?
Iron Maiden? They are the best. In my opinion, Brave New World is my favorite album. Seventh Son and Somewhere in Time are easily in the top 3.
1. Somewhere in Time 10/10
2. Piece of Mind 10/10
3. Powerslave 9.5/10
4. Iron Maiden 9.5/10
5. Killers 9.5/10
6. The Number of the Beast 9/10
7. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 9/10
8. Fear of the dark 6/10
9. No prayer for the dying 5/10
10. Everything after Fear of the Dark (1992) is garbage. 1-3/10
Maiden was in my top three favorite bands when I was in high school. I’ve been back on Maiden for a few weeks. I seen them live on somewhere in Time, and seven son of a seventh son tours. I stopped listening to them in the early 90s because I wasn’t a fan of what they were putting out. I decided to give them a listen again. I recently purchased Apple Music and I decided to go through the whole discography. I started with Senjutsu the recent album and I have to disagree with you. Let me tell you it brought me back to that time period. I think it’s a fantastic album for Maiden to put out so late in their career. I wasn’t crazy about the Blaze Bailey stuff. Most of the stuff 90s and forward is hit or miss. Every album through the years has a couple standout tracks. The thing I regret most is not going to see them live since 88. Shame on me. I’ve wanted to on a number of occasions, but never made it. If they do it again I’m definitely going with no excuses. My favorites are probably Powerslave, The Number of the Beast, Somewhere in Time, Peace of Mind, Senjutsu. Brave New World is pretty good. It all depends on my mood what’s my favorite, but it’s usually between The Number of the Beast, and Powerslave.
So many great albums!
This is great stuff! I’m just curious. What are the other four songs on the Crimean War that would make the top five?
>Blaze stuff at the bottom and not No Prayer For the Dying
Well, I can't say I'm interested anymore. XD
For me, fear of the dark and virtual are the “worst”. I like x factor a lot. The First place is gard to choose . All others albums Could be number 1
17) Virtual XI, 16) The X Factor, 15) The Final Frontier, 14) The Book Of Souls, 13) No Prayer For The Dying, 12) Senjutsu, 11) Dance Of Death, 10) A Matter Of Life And Death, 9) Fear Of The Dark, 8) Iron Maiden, 7) Brave New World, 6) Killers, 5) The Number Of The Beast, 4) Powerslave, 3) Piece Of Mind, 2) Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son, 1) Somewhere In Time
No Prayer has a great raw edge and punch. Unlike FOD the guitars have a bite and there aren't any hair metal anthems.
I think the band means Virtual Chi with the album 'Virtual XI'. That's the same pronouncement with 'The X factor'. You don't call it The Tenth Factor.
I like your ranking videos.
Do you listen to King Diamond?
My Iron Maiden ranking:
1. 7th son of a 7th son
2. Somewhere in time
3. Powerslave
4. Piece of mind
5. Iron Maiden
6. Fear of the dark
7. The Number Of The Beast
8. Brave new world
9. No prayer for the dying
10. The X Factor
11. A matter of life and death
12. Dance of death
13. The book of souls
14. SENJUTSU
15. Virtual XI
16. The Final frontier
Absolutely love King Diamond. Saw Mercyful Fate a couple of months in Detroit, was awesome.
@@michaelhaughey8921 cool. Maybe you will do a ranking for Mercyful fate or King Diamond. 🦇
It's a crime to have Somewhere in Time at #9. A crime, I say. Send this man to jail.
X factor is easily top 4. I honestly don't get all the hate. Good list tho.
Iron maiden is my favorite band of all time even though Ronnie James Dio is my favorite singer
I have been listening to maiden since I was I can't be the only one who loves The x Factor and no prayer for dying.
Although I have to say seventh son of a seventh son or fear of the dark.
But honestly my favorite iron maiden album is whichever one I am listening to at that..
I must say, doing this is tough because i dn't think they have ever released a bad album. if i had to do a tier list, none of these would be below "A" tier and half of them would be S and then i would have to invent special double S and triple S tiers. . .except maybe no prayer and killers, i would put those in B
i was originally on the "i hate the replacement singer" bandwagon, but many songs from the blaze bayley albums are some of the best things iron maiden has put out.
the clansman, when two worlds collide, futureal, lord of the flies, man on the edge, edge of darkness are all top tier songs, but then again, i guess you are ranking whole albums. .
but then again, , bruce wasn't the original singer either, and the first 2 albums, the eponymous one and killers are kinda mediocre, compared to number of the beast which is when Bruce became the singer and then they really started to get good and never stopped even through X factor and virtual XI (which are kind of clever, because X is the 10th album and XI is the eleventh, get it? roman numerals? although, i like to pronounce xi as "zai" and not "eleven". it rolls off the tongue better. "virtual zai" i know it doesn't make sense, but i like how it sounds.
and then brave new world was just a masterpiece, a great comback for bruce.
honesllty, i think their 3 most recent albums have fallen short, but they are still better than the first 2. no prayer for the dying is also bottom tier as well IMO.
if i just ranked them in order of my favorite to least, it would be
#1 number of the beast
#2 powerslave
#3 piece of mind
#4 brave new world
#5 somewhere in time
#6 dance of Death
#7 x factor
#8 virtual xi
#9 seventh son of seventh son
#10 fear of the dark
#11 final frontier
#12 matter of life and death
#13 senjutsu
#14 book of souls
#15 iron maiden
#16 killers
#17 no prayer for the dying
again, i reiterate. i love all of these, but if i have to put them in order, this is the order.
if i put them in orer of most listened to though, then
brave new world,
x factor
somewhere in time
virtual xi
dance of death
seventh son
are my most listened to albums by them
Dude, putting DOD ahead of SIT is an abomination.
We get it. You cant comprehend long song's. Should have stayed with napalm death as your favorite band.
1. Somewhere in time
Where’s that Abba review?
Poor Blaze
I felt so sorry for him
He got a raw deal
Replacing Bruce is like comparing ice cream to dog shit
I'd have to place Book of Souls as my least favorite then Senjutsu. The albums have just become too bloated for my taste. I think the songs are better on Senjetsu than Book of Souls, but they're still kind of not the best, being that I don't find the songs memorable. Once the albums are over I can't remember much about them.
It’s almost like you have to separate their catalog into eras. The first 2, golden era from NOTB to Powerslave. Experimental with SIT and 7th son. Slight downfall with the next 2. Blaze Bailey era, and reunion since 2000.
Piece of Mind 🤘
Ranked monster cereals next please
I love iron maiden álbum breve New word
It’s everything Maiden fans could’ve wanted in Dickinson and Smith’s return.
can you please do megdath and metalica one day?
Thanks for sharing; I enjoyed listening to your commentary. My ranking would be similar to yours.
Great minds…
I love the long songs
Your the worst(best )review on tube , keep up the good work 👍
As far as Google searches. Metallica has, unfortunately, the most searches. 😒 Especially since Stranger Things.
Maiden were good but never as heavy as Sabbath. I think this is because they used major chords a lot, as opposed to minor, or they used simple power chords.
One writer humorously pointed out that Iron Maiden just took Barracuda by Heart and used that song as a template for the rollicking vibe of their sound.
I'll take the x factor as a top 5 .
Gers -- dead weight. Yeah, he's contributed songs. Lousy ones. And you're putting the first two albums over Powerslave and 7th Son?. No way. Even the guys in the band would say that.
Blaise Bailey get bad rap he Iron Maiden album not that bad in my opinion but I'm more of guitar and drum guy then who the singer is
as soon as i saw Virtual XI at the last place i knew it was gonna be one of those boring generic rankings that almost everyone on youtube has
Ok, I’ll redo it and put Virtual XI at No.1. Maybe Piece of Mind at 17. You know, so it’s not generic.
@@michaelhaughey8921let's not go that far but Xf an VXI are good albums
Metallica sold out Antarctica
piece of ... sounds like a bad demo .... slave not any better ... some good live songs ...
Sorry man but this is just a typical maiden worst til Best list
No surprises there 😢
Next time I’ll juggle.
@@michaelhaughey8921 Cat juggle? 🤪
Pretty bad list . Putting the two blaze albums lowest cos it’s not Bruce signing . X factor is a masterpiece. Stick to listening to number of the beast, it’s more radio friendly for your taste 👍🏻, I’d rank X factor higher than some of their albums in last fifteen years
Dude. I said the same thing.
lovely videos overall! thank you. Something I picked up from this one and maybe gives an answer
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Loneliness_of_the_Long-Distance_Runner
I have a controversal opinion: I don't like any Album after 1992.
17. No Prayer for the Dying
16. Virtual XI
15. Fear of the Dark
14. X-Factor
13. Dance of Death
12. Final Frontier
11. Brave New World
10. Senjutsu
9. Book of Souls
8. Killers
7. Iron Maiden
6. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
5. A Matter of Life and Death
4. Somewhere in Time
3. Number of the Beast
2. Piece of Mind
1. Powerslave
Nice to see AMOLD admirers. So many great releases, tough to rank.