Adrian's Solo Discography Ranked - The Complete List

[Jer]

Oh yeah, Jer, are there any songs that topped 9/10?

Yes.

 

[Diesel 11]

And on that note, I’ve been looking through past stuff on here including the Adrian Smith Survivor, and I’m starting to wonder if “Tortured Tone” will actually end up the winner here. We’re in the Top 25 and the heat is unbearable; can’t wait to see how it all lines up!

 

[Jer]

24. Savage World
Primal Rock Rebellion
Average Score: 7.75/10
Awoken Broken 5/12

The countdown rolls back around to Awoken Broken, and this time it's "Savage World" taking its turn in the barrel. Most people weren't thrilled with the vocal delivery during the verse, but found plenty to like in the rest of the song.

Votes were spread around the upper end of the range, but most were clustered around 7-8/10.

Now it's time for this song to disappear into a cloud, and wake up in some other distant town...

Comments:

Another faster song. I like it.

Harsh verse, catchy but shaky chorus. Nice slower bridge. Solidly good, but not great.

This song also has not the coolest vocals in the couplets but on the other hand it has a nice contrasting, uplifting chorus. The slow midpiece gives it just enough variation to like it more than its predecessor.

I'm not as keen on "Savage World." [...] I think Mikee's delivery on the verrses is just a tick outside "controlled" and it makes it nearly impossible to understand him. [...] The chorus is solid, though, and I like the spacey breakdown before the solo section.

Votes:

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10 - 1
9 - 1
8 - 2
7 - 3
6 - 1
5 - 0
4 - 0
3 - 0
2 - 0
1 - 0

Overall:

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24. Savage World
25. My Lady
26. Welcome To The World
27. Innocence
28. Blood On The Ocean
29. Machine Men
30. Sins Of Your Father
31. Bright As A Fire
32. The Calling
33. I'm Alive
34. Countdown (Alternate Version)
35. Money To Burn
36. Animals
37. Keeping It Mellow
38. Down The Wire
39. Killing Floor
40. After The Storm
41. New Horizons
42. City Of Dreams
43. Western Shore
44. Black Leather Fantasy
45. Don't Ask Me
46. Hypocrisy
47. I See Lights
48. Fallen Heroes
49. Suicide
50. Welcome To The Pit
51. City Of Light
52. Life In The City
53. Into The Black
54. Rage
55. Long Time No Woman
56. Excuse Me
57. Snake Ladders
58. Misunderstood
59. Rock 'N' Roll Woman
60. Watch Me Walk Away
61. Killing Time
62. Scientist
63. No Loss To Me
64. Time Is A Hunter
65. World's On Fire
66. Fighting Man
67. Lifetime
68. Wishing Your Life Away
69. The Late Show
70. Last Goodbye
71. As Tears Come Falling From The Sky
72. You Could Be A King
73. Kid Gone Astray
74. (Can't) Wait
75. Just Like A Woman
76. Blood Brothers
77. School Days
78. Need Somebody
79. Get Up And Get Out
80. Madman
81. Little Girl
82. Mooncusser

Albums:

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Silver And Gold 8/10
State Of Mind 9/10
Welcome To The World 6/13
Awoken Broken 5/12
Collaborations 5/8
Limited Releases 18/20
B-sides 8/9

 

[Diesel 11]

Another note: you’re using a wonderful group of colors and the overall rankings seem bright and lively. I’m so gonna copy some of your style for the Blaze countdown.

 

[Jer]

Another note: you’re using a wonderful group of colors and the overall rankings seem bright and lively. I’m so gonna copy some of your style for the Blaze countdown.

LOL. I was just trying to use colors that evoked the album covers, and then more neutral colors for the non-album tracks.

I suppose if you tried to do that for the Blaze albums you'd wind up with everything just being black, except red for Blood & Belief and maybe grey for the Infinite Entanglement trilogy, which would be hard to parse...

 

[Diesel 11]

LOL. I was just trying to use colors that evoked the album covers, and then more neutral colors for the non-album tracks.

Yeah, that’s what I try to do as well, but I really thought you knocked it out of the park here, lol.

I suppose if you tried to do that for the Blaze albums you'd wind up with everything just being black, except red for Blood & Belief and maybe grey for the Infinite Entanglement trilogy, which would be hard to parse...

And that’s where some creativity comes in! I’m already formulating color scheme plans, so never fear.

 

[Jer]

23. Something Real
Psycho Motel
Average Score: 7.89/10
Welcome To The World 7/13

Welcome To The World crosses the halfway mark with the loss of "Something Real", a funky rocker with a memorable pre-chorus and chorus. The strength it once held in its hand has apparently now long gone.

Most votes were clustered around 9/10, but a couple of 5/10 votes pulled the average down in the end.

Comments:

This is about searching for something tangible in a very materialistic world.

Good song once again.

great song

Nice funky rhythms through the verse and pre-chorus. Not a big fan of the verse vocals, but the pre-chorus and chorus are great. Sweet solo and a very cool and funky instrumental break.

Votes:

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10 - 1
9 - 4
8 - 1
7 - 1
6 - 0
5 - 2
4 - 0
3 - 0
2 - 0
1 - 0

Overall:

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23. Something Real
24. Savage World
25. My Lady
26. Welcome To The World
27. Innocence
28. Blood On The Ocean
29. Machine Men
30. Sins Of Your Father
31. Bright As A Fire
32. The Calling
33. I'm Alive
34. Countdown (Alternate Version)
35. Money To Burn
36. Animals
37. Keeping It Mellow
38. Down The Wire
39. Killing Floor
40. After The Storm
41. New Horizons
42. City Of Dreams
43. Western Shore
44. Black Leather Fantasy
45. Don't Ask Me
46. Hypocrisy
47. I See Lights
48. Fallen Heroes
49. Suicide
50. Welcome To The Pit
51. City Of Light
52. Life In The City
53. Into The Black
54. Rage
55. Long Time No Woman
56. Excuse Me
57. Snake Ladders
58. Misunderstood
59. Rock 'N' Roll Woman
60. Watch Me Walk Away
61. Killing Time
62. Scientist
63. No Loss To Me
64. Time Is A Hunter
65. World's On Fire
66. Fighting Man
67. Lifetime
68. Wishing Your Life Away
69. The Late Show
70. Last Goodbye
71. As Tears Come Falling From The Sky
72. You Could Be A King
73. Kid Gone Astray
74. (Can't) Wait
75. Just Like A Woman
76. Blood Brothers
77. School Days
78. Need Somebody
79. Get Up And Get Out
80. Madman
81. Little Girl
82. Mooncusser

Albums:

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Silver And Gold 8/10
State Of Mind 9/10
Welcome To The World 7/13
Awoken Broken 5/12
Collaborations 5/8
Limited Releases 18/20
B-sides 8/9

 

[Diesel 11]

Remaining songs:

SaG: 2
SoM: 1
WttW: 6
AB: 7
C: 3
LR: 2
B-s: 1

= 22

God, this is getting closer and closer.

 

[Jer]

22. A Quarter To Heaven
Psycho Motel
Average Score: 7.90/10
Welcome To The World 8/13

The clock on the wall has struck once again. Welcome To The World appears to be falling down back to earth with the loss of its fourth track over the past six countdown slots.

This song is strong, but not quite a stunner, as evidenced by the votes all being closely clustered around 8/10.

Comments:

This was a combination thing – I wanted to talk about suicide and also the fact that we are constantly trying to achieve our own personal level of happiness or utopia but whenever we reach our goals we find that sometimes they aren’t quite what we imagined – hence a quarter to heaven rather than heaven itself.

Strong verse with nice guitar stylings and a great buildup through the pre-chorus. The chorus unfortunately loses that head of steam, but is still pretty good.

This one is good too. The chorus isn't as good as the pre-chorus, but as a whole the song is quite strong.

Votes:

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10 - 0
9 - 3
8 - 3
7 - 4
6 - 0
5 - 0
4 - 0
3 - 0
2 - 0
1 - 0

Overall:

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22. A Quarter To Heaven
23. Something Real
24. Savage World
25. My Lady
26. Welcome To The World
27. Innocence
28. Blood On The Ocean
29. Machine Men
30. Sins Of Your Father
31. Bright As A Fire
32. The Calling
33. I'm Alive
34. Countdown (Alternate Version)
35. Money To Burn
36. Animals
37. Keeping It Mellow
38. Down The Wire
39. Killing Floor
40. After The Storm
41. New Horizons
42. City Of Dreams
43. Western Shore
44. Black Leather Fantasy
45. Don't Ask Me
46. Hypocrisy
47. I See Lights
48. Fallen Heroes
49. Suicide
50. Welcome To The Pit
51. City Of Light
52. Life In The City
53. Into The Black
54. Rage
55. Long Time No Woman
56. Excuse Me
57. Snake Ladders
58. Misunderstood
59. Rock 'N' Roll Woman
60. Watch Me Walk Away
61. Killing Time
62. Scientist
63. No Loss To Me
64. Time Is A Hunter
65. World's On Fire
66. Fighting Man
67. Lifetime
68. Wishing Your Life Away
69. The Late Show
70. Last Goodbye
71. As Tears Come Falling From The Sky
72. You Could Be A King
73. Kid Gone Astray
74. (Can't) Wait
75. Just Like A Woman
76. Blood Brothers
77. School Days
78. Need Somebody
79. Get Up And Get Out
80. Madman
81. Little Girl
82. Mooncusser

Albums:

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Silver And Gold 8/10
State Of Mind 9/10
Welcome To The World 8/13
Awoken Broken 5/12
Collaborations 5/8
Limited Releases 18/20
B-sides 8/9

 

[Diesel 11]

One more song before we reach the Top 20. I’m gonna go out on a limb and guess that it’ll be When She’s Gone.

 

[Jer]

21. The Last Chain
Psycho Motel
Average Score: 7.90/10
Welcome To The World 9/13

The bloodbath continues as yet another song from Welcome To The World hits the wall and paints the countdown red. This time it's the album opener that takes a fall, a strong track that debuted Andy Makin's grungier take on the Psycho Motel formula.

Most of the votes were in the 7-8/10 range, but a couple of 10/10 votes ultimately pushed this song to finish at #21.

Comments:

This was about drugs – fairly self explanatory, I just had a cool line and we wrapped a song around it basically. “Addiction slowly wrapped around the place I once thought solid ground – and now my highs just bring me down…”

Cool industrial intro, love the dark feel. Strong verse, pretty good pre-chorus, and a great chorus. Nice instrumental break with a sweet bluesy solo. Digging Andy Makin's vocals.

Yeah, this is different from the previous album. Production is slicker, the vocalist is more grungy... I like it.

Votes:

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10 - 2
9 - 0
8 - 4
7 - 3
6 - 1
5 - 0
4 - 0
3 - 0
2 - 0
1 - 0

Overall:

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21. The Last Chain
22. A Quarter To Heaven
23. Something Real
24. Savage World
25. My Lady
26. Welcome To The World
27. Innocence
28. Blood On The Ocean
29. Machine Men
30. Sins Of Your Father
31. Bright As A Fire
32. The Calling
33. I'm Alive
34. Countdown (Alternate Version)
35. Money To Burn
36. Animals
37. Keeping It Mellow
38. Down The Wire
39. Killing Floor
40. After The Storm
41. New Horizons
42. City Of Dreams
43. Western Shore
44. Black Leather Fantasy
45. Don't Ask Me
46. Hypocrisy
47. I See Lights
48. Fallen Heroes
49. Suicide
50. Welcome To The Pit
51. City Of Light
52. Life In The City
53. Into The Black
54. Rage
55. Long Time No Woman
56. Excuse Me
57. Snake Ladders
58. Misunderstood
59. Rock 'N' Roll Woman
60. Watch Me Walk Away
61. Killing Time
62. Scientist
63. No Loss To Me
64. Time Is A Hunter
65. World's On Fire
66. Fighting Man
67. Lifetime
68. Wishing Your Life Away
69. The Late Show
70. Last Goodbye
71. As Tears Come Falling From The Sky
72. You Could Be A King
73. Kid Gone Astray
74. (Can't) Wait
75. Just Like A Woman
76. Blood Brothers
77. School Days
78. Need Somebody
79. Get Up And Get Out
80. Madman
81. Little Girl
82. Mooncusser

Albums:

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Silver And Gold 8/10
State Of Mind 9/10
Welcome To The World 9/13
Awoken Broken 5/12
Collaborations 5/8
Limited Releases 18/20
B-sides 8/9

 

[Jer]

Sorry, @Diesel 11 , but "When She's Gone" is still in the running...

 

[Diesel 11]

Right, I was wrong about my guess (I’m glad too because I love “When She’s Gone” lol). A “sea of red” in the overall rankings right now... alright, what’s fallin’ next?

Hello Top 20!

 

[Jer]

20. Countdown
Urchin
Average Score: 8.00/10
Limited Releases 19/20

As we enter the top 20, our average song ratings graduate from the 7's to the 8's, so every song from here on out was collectively considered to be great by the voters.

This original version of the Urchin song (whose alternate version was eliminated at #34) is definitely a little stronger overall. Votes were mostly clustered around 7/10 and 9/10.

As mentioned before, a number of elements of this song were repurposed for Iron Maiden's "22 Acacia Avenue".

Comments:

Classic, straightforward rock song [...] really good.

A soft, moody intro leads into a nice verse, then kicks up the heaviness. (Hmm, it sounds like Adrian reused parts of this in "22 Acacia Avenue"!) Good verse, OK chorus. Decent harmonized guitar break followed by a very good solo.

Next up: McKay sues Iron Maiden LLP in the name of Adrian Smith for plagiarising the Urchin song Countdown in the Iron Maiden song 22 Accacia Avenue. The result: Adrian Smith pays 400 000 pounds to himself, while Steve Harris pays 400 000 pounds to McKay, presuming that he will give the money to mr. Smith.

Don't you find that ["Countdown"] sticks out for [its] melodic quality?

Are the "Countdown" tracks gonna win it from Urchin?

You could have listened to Countdown at least.

Votes:

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10 - 0
9 - 2
8 - 1
7 - 2
6 - 0
5 - 0
4 - 0
3 - 0
2 - 0
1 - 0

Overall:

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20. Countdown
21. The Last Chain
22. A Quarter To Heaven
23. Something Real
24. Savage World
25. My Lady
26. Welcome To The World
27. Innocence
28. Blood On The Ocean
29. Machine Men
30. Sins Of Your Father
31. Bright As A Fire
32. The Calling
33. I'm Alive
34. Countdown (Alternate Version)
35. Money To Burn
36. Animals
37. Keeping It Mellow
38. Down The Wire
39. Killing Floor
40. After The Storm
41. New Horizons
42. City Of Dreams
43. Western Shore
44. Black Leather Fantasy
45. Don't Ask Me
46. Hypocrisy
47. I See Lights
48. Fallen Heroes
49. Suicide
50. Welcome To The Pit
51. City Of Light
52. Life In The City
53. Into The Black
54. Rage
55. Long Time No Woman
56. Excuse Me
57. Snake Ladders
58. Misunderstood
59. Rock 'N' Roll Woman
60. Watch Me Walk Away
61. Killing Time
62. Scientist
63. No Loss To Me
64. Time Is A Hunter
65. World's On Fire
66. Fighting Man
67. Lifetime
68. Wishing Your Life Away
69. The Late Show
70. Last Goodbye
71. As Tears Come Falling From The Sky
72. You Could Be A King
73. Kid Gone Astray
74. (Can't) Wait
75. Just Like A Woman
76. Blood Brothers
77. School Days
78. Need Somebody
79. Get Up And Get Out
80. Madman
81. Little Girl
82. Mooncusser

Albums:

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Silver And Gold 8/10
State Of Mind 9/10
Welcome To The World 9/13
Awoken Broken 5/12
Collaborations 5/8
Limited Releases 19/20
B-sides 8/9

 

[Jer]

Well, @Diesel 11 , you were almost half right about the "Countdown" tracks...

 

[Diesel 11]

I still haven’t heard the song, but seeing @Forostar giving both 10/10 scores kinda grabbed my interest, so #20 is the kinda rank I was more or less expecting.

Uh oh... we’re only 9 songs away from the Top 10 now...!!!

 

[Jer]

19. She's A Roller
Urchin
Average Score: 8.00/10
Limited Releases 20/20

...and then there were none. The final Urchin track is eliminated from the countdown, and this time it's the band's second single, which was the first official release with Adrian on vocals.

Votes were spread equally across the upper half of the scoring spectrum, but a single 10/10 vote broke the tie with "Countdown" to enable this song to finish at #19.

Comments:

"She's a Roller" dates from the Urchin days and part of it live can be seen in the video 12 Wasted Years.

Always liked She's a Roller

Adrian's on lead vocals. Strong verse, decent pre-chorus and chorus, good solo. Moderately catchy.

I'd be sad to see She's a Roller go. It may not be a complex song, but it's very catchy and it's of high sentimental value to me.

Votes:

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10 - 1
9 - 1
8 - 1
7 - 1
6 - 1
5 - 0
4 - 0
3 - 0
2 - 0
1 - 0

Overall:

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19. She's A Roller
20. Countdown
21. The Last Chain
22. A Quarter To Heaven
23. Something Real
24. Savage World
25. My Lady
26. Welcome To The World
27. Innocence
28. Blood On The Ocean
29. Machine Men
30. Sins Of Your Father
31. Bright As A Fire
32. The Calling
33. I'm Alive
34. Countdown (Alternate Version)
35. Money To Burn
36. Animals
37. Keeping It Mellow
38. Down The Wire
39. Killing Floor
40. After The Storm
41. New Horizons
42. City Of Dreams
43. Western Shore
44. Black Leather Fantasy
45. Don't Ask Me
46. Hypocrisy
47. I See Lights
48. Fallen Heroes
49. Suicide
50. Welcome To The Pit
51. City Of Light
52. Life In The City
53. Into The Black
54. Rage
55. Long Time No Woman
56. Excuse Me
57. Snake Ladders
58. Misunderstood
59. Rock 'N' Roll Woman
60. Watch Me Walk Away
61. Killing Time
62. Scientist
63. No Loss To Me
64. Time Is A Hunter
65. World's On Fire
66. Fighting Man
67. Lifetime
68. Wishing Your Life Away
69. The Late Show
70. Last Goodbye
71. As Tears Come Falling From The Sky
72. You Could Be A King
73. Kid Gone Astray
74. (Can't) Wait
75. Just Like A Woman
76. Blood Brothers
77. School Days
78. Need Somebody
79. Get Up And Get Out
80. Madman
81. Little Girl
82. Mooncusser

Albums:

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Silver And Gold 8/10
State Of Mind 9/10
Welcome To The World 9/13
Awoken Broken 5/12
Collaborations 5/8
B-sides 8/9
Limited Releases 20/20 (6.87 avg.)

 

[Diesel 11]

And there it is...

 

[Jer]

18. Awoken Broken
Primal Rock Rebellion
Average Score: 8.00/10
Awoken Broken 6/12

Awoken Broken hits the halfway mark with the loss of its title track, a crushing meat grinder of a song. While this song was generally popular, not everyone was fond of the chorus.

Votes were spread across the upper half of the spectrum, centered around 8/10.

Comments:

[One of] my fav. (currently).

It's that ridiculous vocal that irritates me [...] Screamiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing. It sounds a bit dumb, very low and fake. [...] The "scream into the night" part is pretty good though. And the instrumental part as well [...] Too bad the song is so one dimensional, I prefer the stuff with more variation, depth or melody.

Another badass yet melodic riff starts off this steamroller. Aggressive verse, neat off-kilter melodic pre-chorus, and an even more aggressive chorus. [...] Very cool.

Intense. Great title track.

Votes:

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10 - 1
9 - 2
8 - 2
7 - 2
6 - 1
5 - 0
4 - 0
3 - 0
2 - 0
1 - 0

Overall:

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18. Awoken Broken
19. She's A Roller
20. Countdown
21. The Last Chain
22. A Quarter To Heaven
23. Something Real
24. Savage World
25. My Lady
26. Welcome To The World
27. Innocence
28. Blood On The Ocean
29. Machine Men
30. Sins Of Your Father
31. Bright As A Fire
32. The Calling
33. I'm Alive
34. Countdown (Alternate Version)
35. Money To Burn
36. Animals
37. Keeping It Mellow
38. Down The Wire
39. Killing Floor
40. After The Storm
41. New Horizons
42. City Of Dreams
43. Western Shore
44. Black Leather Fantasy
45. Don't Ask Me
46. Hypocrisy
47. I See Lights
48. Fallen Heroes
49. Suicide
50. Welcome To The Pit
51. City Of Light
52. Life In The City
53. Into The Black
54. Rage
55. Long Time No Woman
56. Excuse Me
57. Snake Ladders
58. Misunderstood
59. Rock 'N' Roll Woman
60. Watch Me Walk Away
61. Killing Time
62. Scientist
63. No Loss To Me
64. Time Is A Hunter
65. World's On Fire
66. Fighting Man
67. Lifetime
68. Wishing Your Life Away
69. The Late Show
70. Last Goodbye
71. As Tears Come Falling From The Sky
72. You Could Be A King
73. Kid Gone Astray
74. (Can't) Wait
75. Just Like A Woman
76. Blood Brothers
77. School Days
78. Need Somebody
79. Get Up And Get Out
80. Madman
81. Little Girl
82. Mooncusser

Albums:

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Silver And Gold 8/10
State Of Mind 9/10
Welcome To The World 9/13
Awoken Broken 6/12
Collaborations 5/8
B-sides 8/9
Limited Releases 20/20 (6.87 avg.)

 

[Diesel 11]

Gracious sakes. I’ve no doubt that that album will come in first via the averages.