Iron Maiden Album Art Showdown
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The Dissident
Ancient Mariner
2 Dance of Death +2
0 The First Ten Years
0 The First Ten Years
MrKnickerbocker
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UGH FINE
3 Dance of Death +1
0 The First Ten Years
3 Dance of Death +1
0 The First Ten Years
Shmoolikipod
Stranger to the Light
4 Dance of Death +1
0 The First Ten Years
0 The First Ten Years
Diesel 11
As you scream into the web of silence...
fucking beautiful
Diesel 11
As you scream into the web of silence...
Promoted to the Finals:
Maiden England '88 - 23 points
Promoted to Round 2:
Rock in Rio [DVD] - 18 points
Dance of Death - 9 points
Eliminated from the Tournament:
The First Ten Years - 8 points
"From Here to Eternity" [alt. gatefold] - 1 point
Eddie's Archive - 1 point
Round 1: Ladder 11
1. The Essential Iron Maiden (2005)
2. The X Factor (1995)
3. "Holy Smoke" (1990)
4. "The Trooper" (1984)
5. "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" (1990)
6. "Man on the Edge" (1995)
Template
0 The Essential Iron Maiden
0 The X Factor
0 "Holy Smoke"
0 "The Trooper"
0 "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter"
0 "Man on the Edge"
Maiden England '88 - 23 points
Promoted to Round 2:
Rock in Rio [DVD] - 18 points
Dance of Death - 9 points
Eliminated from the Tournament:
The First Ten Years - 8 points
"From Here to Eternity" [alt. gatefold] - 1 point
Eddie's Archive - 1 point
Round 1: Ladder 11
1. The Essential Iron Maiden (2005)
2. The X Factor (1995)
3. "Holy Smoke" (1990)
4. "The Trooper" (1984)
5. "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" (1990)
6. "Man on the Edge" (1995)
Template
0 The Essential Iron Maiden
0 The X Factor
0 "Holy Smoke"
0 "The Trooper"
0 "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter"
0 "Man on the Edge"
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
3 "The Trooper" +3
2 "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" +2
1 "Holy Smoke" +1
0 The X Factor
0 "Man on the Edge"
0 The Essential Iron Maiden
Trooper Eddie and cover are just timeless. Like a perfect idea for the band. I guess it will be one of the Top 5 covers in the game.
BYD has a lot of stuff going on and it's a bit distracting from Eddie (the transparent logo too...?), but I appreciate the details and the background. IMO, it's the better cover of the 2.
Holy Smoke is by default really, good use of colors but not interesting and Eddie's face could have been better.
I didn't vote for TXF cover because while striking (one of THE striking images of Maiden), it's too realistic and ugly on purpose. If the bottom part wasn't shown, I probably would have voted for it. Overall, it's probably better than Holy Smoke. Man On The Edge is a no for me, one of my least favorites (and it's not creative at all).
2 "Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" +2
1 "Holy Smoke" +1
0 The X Factor
0 "Man on the Edge"
0 The Essential Iron Maiden
Trooper Eddie and cover are just timeless. Like a perfect idea for the band. I guess it will be one of the Top 5 covers in the game.
BYD has a lot of stuff going on and it's a bit distracting from Eddie (the transparent logo too...?), but I appreciate the details and the background. IMO, it's the better cover of the 2.
Holy Smoke is by default really, good use of colors but not interesting and Eddie's face could have been better.
I didn't vote for TXF cover because while striking (one of THE striking images of Maiden), it's too realistic and ugly on purpose. If the bottom part wasn't shown, I probably would have voted for it. Overall, it's probably better than Holy Smoke. Man On The Edge is a no for me, one of my least favorites (and it's not creative at all).
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Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
Some thoughts:
A drawn cover for TXF (used live as a backdrop for Man On The Edge) showed that it would be much better (same as DOD), but they wanted a change in the art style just for this album. Even the colors look better.
For Man On The Edge, I guess a cover idea wasn't easy to come up with (they ended up with a generic and easy for them idea; just the head is also striking because of the design), footage from the video for inspiration with Eddie falling down? Maybe they could have used an idea with the walk-on Eddie from the tour (imo, a strong design), it would have been cool. The artists' decisions during 1992-1996 were odd.
The Essentials comp cover is a rare case for the band.
A drawn cover for TXF (used live as a backdrop for Man On The Edge) showed that it would be much better (same as DOD), but they wanted a change in the art style just for this album. Even the colors look better.
At 1:15.
For Man On The Edge, I guess a cover idea wasn't easy to come up with (they ended up with a generic and easy for them idea; just the head is also striking because of the design), footage from the video for inspiration with Eddie falling down? Maybe they could have used an idea with the walk-on Eddie from the tour (imo, a strong design), it would have been cool. The artists' decisions during 1992-1996 were odd.
The Essentials comp cover is a rare case for the band.
MrKnickerbocker
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9 “The Trooper" +3
5 “Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" +1
3 “Holy Smoke" +2
1 The X Factor
0 "Man on the Edge"
0 The Essential Iron Maiden
Bring Your Daughter is neat except for the daughter, whose design I’ve always disliked. Looks like a weird Roger Rabbit design.
5 “Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" +1
3 “Holy Smoke" +2
1 The X Factor
0 "Man on the Edge"
0 The Essential Iron Maiden
Bring Your Daughter is neat except for the daughter, whose design I’ve always disliked. Looks like a weird Roger Rabbit design.
srfc
Ancient Mariner
12 “The Trooper" +3
7 “Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" +2
4 “Holy Smoke" +1
1 The X Factor
0 "Man on the Edge"
0 The Essential Iron Maiden
Trooper is obviously a good bit better than the rest, but I think Holy Smoke and Bring Your Daughter are good too, I prefer the other Bring Your Daughter cover, but I like that there's a few Riggs easter eggs in this cover which gave it the nod over Holy Smoke, but both good covers from the days when there was barely a bad Maiden cover. I was never a big fan of the X Factor stuff, the Man on the Edge picture disc cover being the best from the whole album but still not among my faves. The Essential is just a stock photo from a generic Sony hits package, not sure I really consider this a proper Maiden release.
7 “Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" +2
4 “Holy Smoke" +1
1 The X Factor
0 "Man on the Edge"
0 The Essential Iron Maiden
Trooper is obviously a good bit better than the rest, but I think Holy Smoke and Bring Your Daughter are good too, I prefer the other Bring Your Daughter cover, but I like that there's a few Riggs easter eggs in this cover which gave it the nod over Holy Smoke, but both good covers from the days when there was barely a bad Maiden cover. I was never a big fan of the X Factor stuff, the Man on the Edge picture disc cover being the best from the whole album but still not among my faves. The Essential is just a stock photo from a generic Sony hits package, not sure I really consider this a proper Maiden release.
srfc
Ancient Mariner
I think it's absolutely supposed to
Diesel 11
As you scream into the web of silence...
13 “The Trooper" +1
9 “Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" +2
4 “Holy Smoke"
4 The X Factor +3
0 "Man on the Edge"
0 The Essential Iron Maiden
I can't lie. None of these covers actually speak to me. The X Factor comes closest, but it all depends on the lighting of the image. "Trooper" is great in concept, but I kind of wish that the colors were a bit sleeker.
9 “Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" +2
4 “Holy Smoke"
4 The X Factor +3
0 "Man on the Edge"
0 The Essential Iron Maiden
I can't lie. None of these covers actually speak to me. The X Factor comes closest, but it all depends on the lighting of the image. "Trooper" is great in concept, but I kind of wish that the colors were a bit sleeker.
Shmoolikipod
Stranger to the Light
14 “The Trooper" +1
11 “Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" +2
7 “Holy Smoke" +3
4 The X Factor
0 "Man on the Edge"
0 The Essential Iron Maiden
I'm realizing I never looked at many of those closely at all...
11 “Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter" +2
7 “Holy Smoke" +3
4 The X Factor
0 "Man on the Edge"
0 The Essential Iron Maiden
I'm realizing I never looked at many of those closely at all...