SixesAlltheway
Ancient Mariner
How would you compile your favourite album out of the material Maiden has released in the 00s? For example, hypothetically speaking, say that Maiden has the last 4 albums worth of material lying around and has to cut it down to 10 songs that'll make an album. What would you leave out and what would you include? Consider the flow of the album as you pick the songs, do you want a balance between epic tracks and rockers or not, do you want to center the album around a specifc theme? etc..
Some guidelines: Only tracks from the last four studio albums. Brave New World, Dance of Death, A Matter of Life and Death and The Final Frontier. No live! Pick 10 songs only, seeing as they've all had 10 tracks, except Dance of Death with 11.
For the sake of the thread and discussion, maybe elaborate on your song choices so as to avoid this thread just turning into a listing...And sorry if this sort of thread has been done before I coulden't find anything in the search.
Ok, here is mine!
1) The Wicker Man (need a fast track to really kick the album off, and no better than The Wicker Man to do that! This track has served as the blueprint for the next three album openers, but Maiden haven't been able to match this one in my opinion. I would probably choose the US radio edit because of the extra vocals in the chorus that makes the track extra awesome)
2) The Fallen Angel (straight into another fast and aggressive track. A nice one-two combo! This track is really awesome, one of the best shorter tracks Maiden have written in the 00 decade imo!
3) Brighter Than a Thousand Suns (this monstrously heavy track is next, Steves thick basslines control the song while the band plays phenomenally around it)
4) Paschendale (After the sweeping end of the atomic cloud in Brighter hears suddenly the morse code signal on the hi-hat and the most heavy, yet also the most beautiful war epic Maiden wrote this decade has begun)
5) Blood Brothers (Perhaps the best of the slower songs written by Steve, very emotional lyrics. Seems fitting to fit this in now after the first four tracks to catch some breath!)
6) Rainmaker (Need a short rocker to pick up the tempo again, and I'm gonna do this with this little forgotten track, why Maiden never did more with this track is beyond me, one of the better Murray penned songs!!)
7) Coming Home (Second favorite track from The Final Frontier, just a great track where the band really shines)
8 ) Lord of Light (the ending of Coming Home fits pretty well with the start of this great track. When I first got into AMOLAD I was ecstatic about this track and still is, the best from that album I feel!)
9) Starblind (not much to say here, just the best track from the new album)
10) The Thin Line Between Love and Hate (Perfect way to end an album, I was considering picking Where The Wild Winds....But this one takes it, fantastic song with some great lyrics and arrangements to close up an album)
So there you go, phew
Some guidelines: Only tracks from the last four studio albums. Brave New World, Dance of Death, A Matter of Life and Death and The Final Frontier. No live! Pick 10 songs only, seeing as they've all had 10 tracks, except Dance of Death with 11.
For the sake of the thread and discussion, maybe elaborate on your song choices so as to avoid this thread just turning into a listing...And sorry if this sort of thread has been done before I coulden't find anything in the search.
Ok, here is mine!
1) The Wicker Man (need a fast track to really kick the album off, and no better than The Wicker Man to do that! This track has served as the blueprint for the next three album openers, but Maiden haven't been able to match this one in my opinion. I would probably choose the US radio edit because of the extra vocals in the chorus that makes the track extra awesome)
2) The Fallen Angel (straight into another fast and aggressive track. A nice one-two combo! This track is really awesome, one of the best shorter tracks Maiden have written in the 00 decade imo!
3) Brighter Than a Thousand Suns (this monstrously heavy track is next, Steves thick basslines control the song while the band plays phenomenally around it)
4) Paschendale (After the sweeping end of the atomic cloud in Brighter hears suddenly the morse code signal on the hi-hat and the most heavy, yet also the most beautiful war epic Maiden wrote this decade has begun)
5) Blood Brothers (Perhaps the best of the slower songs written by Steve, very emotional lyrics. Seems fitting to fit this in now after the first four tracks to catch some breath!)
6) Rainmaker (Need a short rocker to pick up the tempo again, and I'm gonna do this with this little forgotten track, why Maiden never did more with this track is beyond me, one of the better Murray penned songs!!)
7) Coming Home (Second favorite track from The Final Frontier, just a great track where the band really shines)
8 ) Lord of Light (the ending of Coming Home fits pretty well with the start of this great track. When I first got into AMOLAD I was ecstatic about this track and still is, the best from that album I feel!)
9) Starblind (not much to say here, just the best track from the new album)
10) The Thin Line Between Love and Hate (Perfect way to end an album, I was considering picking Where The Wild Winds....But this one takes it, fantastic song with some great lyrics and arrangements to close up an album)
So there you go, phew
Please help it become a discussion.
), but had no less than nine candidates for the tenth. I played all nine, made a smaller group of four, but still couldn't make up my mind which one to choose.
