Best Track by Track

Moonchild
Revelations
Prisoner (tough 4 way tie with Can I Play With, BNW and BTATS)
Another Life
Trooper (very tough 6 way tie with Phantom,Genghis,Beast,Loneliness and Longest)
Translyvania
Judgement of Heaven (Tie breaker decided by X Factor not going to have any other songs represented but my favourite album powerslave will)
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Judas Be My Guide
Drifters
Run To the Hills (Flight 666)
 
I would like to contribute:
01. Different World
02. Infinite Dreams
03. Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
04. Heaven Can Wait
05. The Trooper
06. Stranger in a Strange Land
07. The Clairvoyant
08. For the Greater Good of God
09. Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter
10. The Legacy
 
I don't think your doing it right! (As in, your not doing it right :p)

It's not a favorite Maiden song ever list, it's a track by track list. So for number 1 you put your fav opener, for number 2 your favorite second song on an album, etc.
 
1 Caught Somewhere In Time (Special mention to Where Eagles Dare)
2 Revelations (Infinite Dreams, why couldn't you be another number?!? :()
3 Afraid To Shoot Strangers (Special mention to the criminally underrated Sea Of Madness)
4 22 Accacia Avenue
5 Phantom Of The Opera
6 Still Life (Yes! This song is so underrated it's not even funny!)
7 Powerslave
8 Hallowed Be Thy Name (Just edging out Rime and Paschendale)
9 To Tame A Land (One of the greatest usages of a bass guitar I have ever heard)
10 Purgatory (Not too much competition except Mother Russia)
11 Journeyman (Not a lot of choice)
12 Fear Of The Dark
 
1. Prowler
2. Murders in the Rue Morgue or Rainmaker if Ides of March counts as a song
3. Sea of Madness (why couln't Afraid to Shoot Strangers be somewhere else :(
4. Phantom of the Opera
5. The Trooper
6. Still Life
7. Killers
8. For the Greater Good of God (Why couldn't Total Eclipse have been on the album!?)
9. Face in the Sand
10. Purgatory
11. Journeyman
12. Fear of the Dark
 
Somewhere in time
phantom of the opera
purgatory
still life
quest for fire
to tame a land
flash of the blade
duellists
back in the village
run silent run deep
fates warning
seventh son
new frontier
gates of tommorow
 
1. Aces High
2. Wasted Years
3. Afraid to Shoot Strangers
4. Phantom of the Opera
5. The Trooper
6. Still Life
7. Powerslave
8. Rime of the Ancient Mariner
9. To Tame a Land
10. The Man Who Would Be King
11. Journeyman
12. Fear of the Dark

3 Powerslave, 3 Piece of Mind, 2 Fear of the Dark, 1 Somewhere in Time, 1 Iron Maiden, 1 Dance of Death, 1 The Final Frontier songs. That's nice.
 
Can I just name a favourite 3 or 4 tracks for a number of tracks?  :innocent: Bolded ones are the ones I'd pick if I had to choose only 1 song.

1.  Where Eagles Dare, Aces High, Caught Somewhere in Time, Moonchild (CSiT is my favourite song of all time, but some excellent openers)
2. Children of the Damned, Revelations, Infinite Dreams, Wasted Years (any of these could be #1 on any given day)
3. Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Prisoner, Sea of Madness, Afraid to Shoot Strangers (like track 2, any of these could be #1 on any given day)
4. Phantom of the Opera, Die With Your Boots on, The Evil That Men Do, Blood Brothers (not that close but still some good songs)
5. Transylvania, The Duellists, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, Dance of Death (some excellent songs including Maiden's best instrumental)
6. Still Life, Back in the Village, Stranger in a Strange Land, Isle of Avalon (2 very close songs with Back in the Village and Isle of Avalon a distant 3rd)
7. Powerslave, The Clairvoyant, The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg (Powerslave trumps everything before it)
8. Hallowed Be Thy Name, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Only the Good Die Young, Paschendale (HBTN just edges out Rime)
9. Purgatory, To Tame a Land (easiest choice so far)
10. The Legacy, When the Wild Wind Blows (not too much choice)
11. Journeyman (not much choice)
12. Fear of the Dark (what choice?)
 
Much tougher than the worst track by track, obviously, since Maiden have so much great material. I'm going to throw Fear of the Dark on the end anyway because well, even though I'm tired of it live, it is obviously one of their greatest songs.

1. Caught Somewhere in Time (sorry Moonchild, you came so close :p)
2. Revelations
3. The Prisoner
4. The Evil That Men Do (My favorite Maiden song)
5. Phantom of the Opera
6. Isle of Avalon, but damn is Still Life close.
7. The Clairvoyant (Maiden's best song)
8. Paschendale, I love Rime, but the first time I heard "Blood is Falling like the RAAAAAAAIIIIIN" I was in tears.
9. The Edge of Darkness (Blaze's enthusiasm really shines through here)
10. Judas Be My Guide
11. The Unbeliever (I love The Journeyman and if we went with live versions, it'd win out for sure, but I'm in love with the Unbeliever's chorus)
12. Fear of the Dark

Wow. Mine's a pretty damn good collection from across all eras. It's funny how Fear of the Dark fills much of my bottom tier but is tied with Seventh Son and The X Factor for the most representation. To be fair, it's that default inclusion that brings it up there.
 
1. Sign Of The Cross
2. Infinite Dreams
3. No Prayer For The Dying
4. Blood Brothers
5. Dance Of Death
6. Stranger in A Strange Land
7. Deja Vu
8. Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
9. The Edge Of Darkness
10. The Thin Line Between Love And Hate
11. The Unbeliever
12. Fear Of The Dark
 
01. Where Eagles Dare
02. Infinite Dreams
03. The Prisoner
04. Phantom of the Opera
05. Dance of Death
06. Dream of Mirrors
07. Powerslave
08. Hallowed Be Thy Name
09. To Tame a Land
10. When the Wild Wind Blows
11. Journeyman
12. Fear of the Dark
 
1 - Caught Somewhere In Time
2 - These Colours Don't Run
3 - Sea Of Madness
4 - The Evil That Men Do
5 - The Longest Day
6 - Isle Of Avalon
7 - Starblind
8 - Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
9 - The Man Who Would Be King
10 - The Thin Line Between Love And Hate
11 - The Unbeliever
12 - Pass.  Oh? Ok then, it's...Fear Of The Dark
 
1 Moonchild
2 11:58pm
3 Brighter than 1000 suns
4 Blood Brothers
5 Longest day
6 Still life OR Isle of avalon
7 Clairvoyant
8 Rime of the ancient mariner
9 Out of the silent planet
10 When the wild wind blows
11 Drfiters
12 Fear of the dark, ONLY ONE I CAN CHOOSE
 
Can I just name a favourite 3 or 4 tracks for a number of tracks? :innocent: Bolded ones are the ones I'd pick if I had to choose only 1 song.

1. Where Eagles Dare, Aces High, Caught Somewhere in Time, Moonchild (CSiT is my favourite song of all time, but some excellent openers)
2. Children of the Damned, Revelations, Infinite Dreams, Wasted Years (any of these could be #1 on any given day)
3. Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Prisoner, Sea of Madness, Afraid to Shoot Strangers (like track 2, any of these could be #1 on any given day)
4. Phantom of the Opera, Die With Your Boots on, The Evil That Men Do, Blood Brothers (not that close but still some good songs)
5. Transylvania, The Duellists, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, Dance of Death (some excellent songs including Maiden's best instrumental)
6. Still Life, Back in the Village, Stranger in a Strange Land, Isle of Avalon (2 very close songs with Back in the Village and Isle of Avalon a distant 3rd)
7. Powerslave, The Clairvoyant, The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg (Powerslave trumps everything before it)
8. Hallowed Be Thy Name, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Only the Good Die Young, Paschendale (HBTN just edges out Rime)
9. Purgatory, To Tame a Land (easiest choice so far)
10. The Legacy, When the Wild Wind Blows (not too much choice)
11. Journeyman (not much choice)
12. Fear of the Dark (what choice?)

Interesting. Most of the above is still there, although quite a few songs have changed for me. If I don't say anything for that particular track, then the above still holds true.
1. Caught Somewhere in Time (those other songs are still up there, but CSIT is CSIT)
2. Infinite Dreams, (Revelations has dropped massively, the others are still very close)
3. Afraid to Shoot Strangers (the other 3 songs from before are still extremely close and Lightning Strikes Twice is coming up to this level)
4. Phantom of the Opera
5. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
6. Stranger in a Strange Land (Still Life is very close)
7. Powerslave
8. Rime of the Ancient Mariner (edges out Paschendale, and Hallowed has dropped a lot although not as much as Revelations)
9. To Tame a Land
10. When the Wild Wind Blows
11. The Unbeliever (Journeyman isn't that good anymore)
12. Fear of the Dark
 
1. The Wicker Man
2. Remember Tomorrow - If not for the "original pressing" thing, then this spot would be Children of the Damned
3. Flight of Icarus - As above, Remember Tomorrow would be bumped to this slot.
4. The Evil That Men Do
5. Dance of Death
6. Dream of Mirrors
7. The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg
8. Hallowed be Thy Name
9. Out of the Silent Planet
10. When the Wild Wind Blows - Edges out Age of Innocence, just.
11. Journeyman
12. Fear of the Dark
 
It's been almost two years since my post on this thread, update :

1. Caught Somewhere in Time
2. Infinite Dreams
3. Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
4. Phantom of the Opera
5. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
6. Stranger in a Strange Land
7. Starblind
8. Rime of the Ancient Mariner
9. To Tame a Land
10. When the Wild Wind Blows
11. The Unbeliever
12. Fear of the Dark

The 6th could've been Still Life in another day.
 
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