BOS if released in the 80's where would it be in the discography ?

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I am not just hyped about this new release, but I'm gushing over it. Although it's new modern Maiden it also has their old late 80s mojo to it. I'm curious if this would have been released in the 80's it may fit nicely between SIT and 7th son. Or maybe even replace NPFTD. For me, no prayer was an album that just sounded thrown together. I'm going out on a limb by saying BOS is an instant classic! What do you guys think?!?
 
This album could never have been released in the 80's.

It's very representative of where iron maiden are today and just wouldn't fit being released at any other time in their career other than right now. Yes when I listen to it I can hear snippets in songs that remind of the 80's or other tracks or periods but that's not surprising as it's written and performed by the same core of guys that wrote and played the earlier classics.

As much as I love all the different periods in maidens career I've been so impressed with how they have matured as song writers in the reunion era. book of souls oozes so much quality and honestly I just don't think it could have been written in the 80's. It's taken maiden 35 years of writing and touring and improving as musicians with their instruments to be in a position to give us something like BOS.
 
Wayne Bond said:
This album could never have been released in the 80's.

It's very representative of where iron maiden are today and just wouldn't fit being released at any other time in their career other than right now. Yes when I listen to it I can hear snippets in songs that remind of the 80's or other tracks or periods but that's not surprising as it's written and performed by the same core of guys that wrote and played the earlier classics.

As much as I love all the different periods in maidens career I've been so impressed with how they have matured as song writers in the reunion era. book of souls oozes so much quality and honestly I just don't think it could have been written in the 80's. It's taken maiden 35 years of writing and touring and improving as musicians with their instruments to be in a position to give us something like BOS.
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I totally agree with you, the arraingments are way more complex than what they were doing in the 80's . I guess I'm so impressed with this album that I feel it's an instant classic and I haven't felt this vibe about a Maiden release since Powerslave and 7th son!
 
I think that as much as we love the 80's era, Maiden is all about (i think) going forward.

I think what you're trying to say is that this album is so good that it could've come out in the 80's, since this is considered by (some) people their "classic" era. But let's face it... This band has reached all new heights since the reunion and, frankly, i just can't see this album being released in the 80's. It fits really well as it is today, simply because it represents this band's constant evolution, you know what i mean?

I see this album as an extension of everything i love about Maiden with an extra bit of freshness to it at the same time. And yes, it truly deserves the word CLASSIC associated with it!
 
Wayne Bond said:
This album could never have been released in the 80's.

It's very representative of where iron maiden are today and just wouldn't fit being released at any other time in their career other than right now. Yes when I listen to it I can hear snippets in songs that remind of the 80's or other tracks or periods but that's not surprising as it's written and performed by the same core of guys that wrote and played the earlier classics.

As much as I love all the different periods in maidens career I've been so impressed with how they have matured as song writers in the reunion era. book of souls oozes so much quality and honestly I just don't think it could have been written in the 80's. It's taken maiden 35 years of writing and touring and improving as musicians with their instruments to be in a position to give us something like BOS.
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I agree completely.

But just for the sake of the sake of the thread I'll say 1985, because of Powerslave like riffs in some places + keyboards which would be SiT.

But yeah... not really. This is Maiden showing something new and it's so amazing to see. My brain keeps aching when I read about people saying things like "they lost their creativity, they try to sound like their former selves but fail". Or "It's just riffs blended in together and the music has no structure.".
Haha excuse me? I'm sorry but that's.... no, I won't say anything since it might sound like an insult. But that is crazy talk.
 
It's the age-old question, how would any music be received in an earlier decade or era? What is in keeping with music and wider culture today probably wouldn't fit what was going on in another time, whether you're of the opinion that today's music has gone to the dogs or believe it's more sophisticated.
 
nuno_c said:
I think that as much as we love the 80's era, Maiden is all about (i think) going forward.

I think what you're trying to say is that this album is so good that it could've come out in the 80's, since this is considered by (some) people their "classic" era. But let's face it... This band has reached all new heights since the reunion and, frankly, i just can't see this album being released in the 80's. It fits really well as it is today, simply because it represents this band's constant evolution, you know what i mean?

I see this album as an extension of everything i love about Maiden with an extra bit of freshness to it at the same time. And yes, it truly deserves the word CLASSIC associated with it!
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You nailed it. Although it is modern maiden, I think you could bring it up discussing the classics because this album is so darn good. Like someone else posted and I was kind of leaning toward what they said "1985. With some of the riffs close to Powerslave and the progressive sound of SIT. Also, I love themed albums... Powerslave had the Egyptian thing and BOS has the Mayan thing, which I think lends itself to one hell of a live show up to their standards!
 
I'm leaning towards 1989 after 7th son, dunno, seems like a natural progression to me. And, well, if we want to be realy accurate, NPFTD is in fact an 80's record as decades are counted from 1 to 10, since there's no year 0. So, Iron Maiden is in fact released at the last year of the 70's while NPFTD at the last year of the 80's.
 
I'm not claiming, it's true, 1990 is the last year of the decade that started on 1981, that's the 80's. Of course people tend to think of the 80's as the years from 1980 to 1989, but, as I said, as there's no year 0 in our timeline, that's not correct.
 
Mock me if you wish, but what I said is completely accurate. Mind you, your opinion is indeed the popular one, but no, it doesn't make it any more correct, it's very simple math really. If you don't mind the first decade AD (for example) having only 9 years, well, here you go, you're correct and I'm wrong.

Not that wikipedia is always right, but here's a fairly accurate description of this, citing arguments of both points of view:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium#Viewpoint_1:_x001.E2.80.93y000
 
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Well the first Maiden record (which came out in 1980) still sounds like it was from 1979, while Killers sound 80's
so there you go
 
Had something like TBOS been released in the eighties it would have been ridiculed by journalists and , probably, hated by the fans . The metal community in the eighties was extremely close-minded and thus albums like Celtic Frost's "into the pandemonium " were seen as soft and wimpy . If you actually lived at the eighties you would know that many people hated SIT and SSOASS . Hell, i actually think that SIT was a mistake by Maiden . In 1986 when "master of puppets" and "reign in blood" were released , Maiden should have released "Powerslave part 2" in terms of musical direction as the succesor to powerslave . I honestly believe that they would have reached a similar to Metallica status in the U.S market had they done that .
 
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