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For the third time: No Prayer, X Factor and AMOLAD. Since I think No Prayer will go next, I am already thinking of my replacement choice.

I adore TBoS. My gripes with AMOLAD are not the sound but the songwriting. I have listened to it three times recently and I still don't remember how any of the songs go except for the choruses of the first two. After midway through the third song my mind loses focus.

10/10. Totally. Everything in this song works. The way they play the verse melody as an intro ending in that sustained B note which makes it sound like something the Phantom is playing on organ. Clive's drumming, one of his best. The guitar and vocal harmonies. (ASIDE: does anybody else wish...

8/10. Great song, one of the best with Paul. The Maiden Japan version is stellar, but it overdoes a bit the "speeding up".

7/10. Perfect for a debut single. Worked better live in the old days, but it only works properly with Paul and Clive. I heard it first in the LAD version and I didn't like it much. I still think the LAD version is the very worst, but none of the later versions are much better. Give me the...

Interesting. I would have guessed that the preferred Maiden albums would be Powerslave, NOTB or SSoaSS, which are the ones I usually see mentioned.

My votes are to the three albums I find less memorable (as in "I don't remember half the songs go after it's over"): No Prayer, X Factor and AMOLAD. PS: All you who are voting for Killers are weird O_o

I wonder if its status as The Opener Of The Tour From Which There Remains (Almost) No Trace contributes a bit to that.

Well, I think SiT kind of loses spark in the second side (except for "Stranger") ans I'm not fond of the guitar sound in that album, besides the solos seem to be too wanky and directionless. My favourite solos from SiT are WY and SIASL. I'm not so enamoured of CSiT as others are - yes, they are...

Yeah, from what heard the Tull version of "Cross-eyed Mary" has always been a staple of US classic rock radio, and you only need that a lot of DJs at the same time think "hey guys look what a cool thing there is in the B-side" to have such an effect. I remember something similar happening with...

You gotta understand Steve. As much as he denies it, I'm convinced that deep down he was a bit bitter that the first single he did not write was the one to break them in the States.

No competition. Powerslave is a very good solo, and I'm not a fan of Alexander the Great. Actually I'm not a fan of Somewhere in Time, period.

1. Different World 2. From Here to Eternity (in CLOSE competition with Rainmaker and These Colours Don't Run) 3. Lightning Strikes Twice 4. Public Enema Number One (or Fear is the Key) 5. Look for the Truth (also considered Long Distance Runner) 6. The Educated Fool 7. Run Silent Run Deep 8...

I was playing it on the guitar the other day, using the A Real Dead One tab book I think. Since the main riff is a bit reminiscent of "Matchbox" (the Carl Perkins song covered by the Beatles) I automatically played it with a tiny bit of swing like I'm used to with these kind of riffs. Then a...

Oh, well, they did like I described in 7/14. Maybe they have been rehearsing it?

Adrian totally.

That's one thing that I noticed about Adrian - he probably picked some bad habits when he was learning because while Dave looks very relaxed, Adrian always looks like he has a lot of tension which he has learned to work around instead of getting rid of it. In the Live After Death video he always...

I voted for Dave. Sure, Adrian is a better songwriter and has a very good technique, but I love improvisation and Adrian's solos usually sound too "composed" for my tastes.

Oh, I'm an idiot. OF COURSE now I remember which part I was reminded of by the SoL verse - the song "Killers", the link between the end of the chorus and the repeat of the main riff (1:34 in this clip):

Yes - but also the riff moves in a chord progression that also sounds familiar. Like I said much of the song is subtle in that it's reminiscent of the 80s without doing really blatant quotes, and I think the video clip supports the assertion that they were after a "retro" vibe.