I still hate the BOH Eddie.
Best Eddie
- Thread starter LooseCannon
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Is Futureal Real?
Run to the Hills eddie. Hell, he went down into the depths of the Underworld and fought the Beast, who bassically is the Devil. Plus as a fan of Native American culture, I find it badass that he wields a freaking' tomahawk
39. Maiden England '88 - (Monjeaud)
Overall: 5.55/10
Here's a challenge I wouldn't want as an artist: update one of the most iconic single covers of all time for no good reason. Yet Monjeaud takes a valiant stab at this, charging forward into the volleys of nostalgia used to power a three year stretch of our favourite East Enders. Let's be honest, the Eddie is fine, but I feel he somehow manages to look older than the original. This cover can never be better than average simply because it compares so well. A lot of the votes came in at 8 and 7, but more than enough went lower to drag this down to the middle rung.
Your votes:
10: 1
9: 3
8: 10
7: 12
6: 7
5: 6
4: 4
3: 6
2: 6
1: 3
38. Women in Uniform (Riggs)
Overall: 5.55/10
As we've learned, some people really like this older, more punk Eddie. I think we might have gotten bonus points for the Iron Lady being on the Iron Maiden cover, though. Nobody put a 10 through on this one, so it's not beloved. I think the Eddie's face looks weirdly proportioned, to be honest with you - this final form of Eddie with the Killers cover couldn't come soon enough.
Your votes:
10: 0
9: 4
8: 10
7: 9
6: 7
5: 7
4: 8
3: 7
2: 1
1: 3
Overall Rankings:
Overall: 5.55/10
Here's a challenge I wouldn't want as an artist: update one of the most iconic single covers of all time for no good reason. Yet Monjeaud takes a valiant stab at this, charging forward into the volleys of nostalgia used to power a three year stretch of our favourite East Enders. Let's be honest, the Eddie is fine, but I feel he somehow manages to look older than the original. This cover can never be better than average simply because it compares so well. A lot of the votes came in at 8 and 7, but more than enough went lower to drag this down to the middle rung.
Your votes:
10: 1
9: 3
8: 10
7: 12
6: 7
5: 6
4: 4
3: 6
2: 6
1: 3
38. Women in Uniform (Riggs)
Overall: 5.55/10
As we've learned, some people really like this older, more punk Eddie. I think we might have gotten bonus points for the Iron Lady being on the Iron Maiden cover, though. Nobody put a 10 through on this one, so it's not beloved. I think the Eddie's face looks weirdly proportioned, to be honest with you - this final form of Eddie with the Killers cover couldn't come soon enough.
Your votes:
10: 0
9: 4
8: 10
7: 9
6: 7
5: 7
4: 8
3: 7
2: 1
1: 3
Overall Rankings:
38 - Women in Uniform - single - Riggs
39 - Maiden England '88 - live album - Monjeaud
40 - Beast Over Hammersmith - live album - Riggs
41 - A Real Dead One - live album - Riggs
42 - The Final Frontier - album - Grant
43 - A Real Live One - live album - Riggs
44 - Rock in Rio - live album - Peacock
45 - Maiden Japan - alternate, EP - Riggs
46 - Twilight Zone - single - Riggs
47 - The Wicker Man - single - Wilkinson
48 - No Prayer For the Dying - album, remaster - Riggs
49 - From Here to Eternity - compilation album - Grant
50 - Live at the Rainbow - video - Riggs
51 - Iron Maiden - album, remaster - Riggs
52 - 12 Wasted Years - video - Riggs
53 - Holy Smoke - single - Riggs
54 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter - original, single - Riggs
55 - Virus, original - single - Riggs
56 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter - alternate, single - Riggs
57 - El Dorado - single - Dry
58 - Live at Donington - live album - Wilkinson
59 - Be Quick or Be Dead - single - Riggs
60 - En Vivo! - live album - Grant
61 - Hallowed Be Thy Name - single - Riggs
62 - BBC Archives - live album - Riggs
63 - Rainmaker - single - Watson
62 - Edward the Great - compilation album - Adams
65 - No More Lies - EP - Patchett
66 - The Early Days - video - Peacock
67 - The Final Frontier - single - Dry
68 - Out of the Silent Planet, alternate - single - Wilkinson
69 - Different World - single - Greenhalgh
70 - Virtual XI - album - Grant
71 - The X Factor - album - Syme
72 - Visions of the Beast - video - Peacock
73 - Man on the Edge - single - Syme
74 - Run to the Hills, Rock in Rio - single - Unknown
75 - The X Factor, alternate - Syme
76 - Best of the B-Sides - compilation album - Wilkinson
77 - Wildest Dreams - single - Greenhalgh
78 - Virus, second alternate - single - Syme
79 - Dance of Death - album - Patchett
80 - Lord of the Flies - single - Syme
81 - Futureal - single - Synthetic Dimensions
82 - Virus, first alternate - single - Unknown
83 - Ed Hunter - compilation album - Synthetic Dimensions
84 - The Angel and the Gambler - single - Synthetic Dimensions
39 - Maiden England '88 - live album - Monjeaud
40 - Beast Over Hammersmith - live album - Riggs
41 - A Real Dead One - live album - Riggs
42 - The Final Frontier - album - Grant
43 - A Real Live One - live album - Riggs
44 - Rock in Rio - live album - Peacock
45 - Maiden Japan - alternate, EP - Riggs
46 - Twilight Zone - single - Riggs
47 - The Wicker Man - single - Wilkinson
48 - No Prayer For the Dying - album, remaster - Riggs
49 - From Here to Eternity - compilation album - Grant
50 - Live at the Rainbow - video - Riggs
51 - Iron Maiden - album, remaster - Riggs
52 - 12 Wasted Years - video - Riggs
53 - Holy Smoke - single - Riggs
54 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter - original, single - Riggs
55 - Virus, original - single - Riggs
56 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter - alternate, single - Riggs
57 - El Dorado - single - Dry
58 - Live at Donington - live album - Wilkinson
59 - Be Quick or Be Dead - single - Riggs
60 - En Vivo! - live album - Grant
61 - Hallowed Be Thy Name - single - Riggs
62 - BBC Archives - live album - Riggs
63 - Rainmaker - single - Watson
62 - Edward the Great - compilation album - Adams
65 - No More Lies - EP - Patchett
66 - The Early Days - video - Peacock
67 - The Final Frontier - single - Dry
68 - Out of the Silent Planet, alternate - single - Wilkinson
69 - Different World - single - Greenhalgh
70 - Virtual XI - album - Grant
71 - The X Factor - album - Syme
72 - Visions of the Beast - video - Peacock
73 - Man on the Edge - single - Syme
74 - Run to the Hills, Rock in Rio - single - Unknown
75 - The X Factor, alternate - Syme
76 - Best of the B-Sides - compilation album - Wilkinson
77 - Wildest Dreams - single - Greenhalgh
78 - Virus, second alternate - single - Syme
79 - Dance of Death - album - Patchett
80 - Lord of the Flies - single - Syme
81 - Futureal - single - Synthetic Dimensions
82 - Virus, first alternate - single - Unknown
83 - Ed Hunter - compilation album - Synthetic Dimensions
84 - The Angel and the Gambler - single - Synthetic Dimensions
37. Running Free - (Riggs)
Overall: 5.59/10
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Is this really an Eddie? We see someone who looks like Eddie in the background, and probably is - with his left arm detached. I think you're meant to believe that it's Eddie's arm going for the escaping fellow (who I always felt looks a hell of a lot like 1982 Bruce Dickinson) from the other side, some magic going on there. He's clutching a shattered bottle, it looks like. Not much to see here - I think this is a vote for the first appearance of Eddie moreso than the quality. By the virtue of a single vote at 10, this cover beats the Women in Uniform cover, as a tiebreak was required.
Your votes:
10: 1
9: 1
8: 13
7: 7
6: 13
5: 6
4: 5
3: 5
2: 2
1: 5
36. Death on the Road (Grant)
Overall: 5.60/10
I think I like the theory of this particular cover moreso than the execution. I'm certainly interested in learning more about the Edward & Son Undertakers. For example, who is the son of Edward? But this Eddie in particular is brutally bad, with a dull, featureless face and intestines slithering out of his body. Probably inferior to the actual Dance of Death Eddie, if a better cover. This one gets no votes at "1", a phenomena that will become more common as we head higher up the rankings. However, it's one of the last to have no votes at "10" either.
Your votes:
10: 0
9: 2
8: 10
7: 7
6: 16
5: 7
4: 5
3: 5
2: 6
1: 0
Overall Rankings:
Overall: 5.59/10
Is this really an Eddie? We see someone who looks like Eddie in the background, and probably is - with his left arm detached. I think you're meant to believe that it's Eddie's arm going for the escaping fellow (who I always felt looks a hell of a lot like 1982 Bruce Dickinson) from the other side, some magic going on there. He's clutching a shattered bottle, it looks like. Not much to see here - I think this is a vote for the first appearance of Eddie moreso than the quality. By the virtue of a single vote at 10, this cover beats the Women in Uniform cover, as a tiebreak was required.
Your votes:
10: 1
9: 1
8: 13
7: 7
6: 13
5: 6
4: 5
3: 5
2: 2
1: 5
36. Death on the Road (Grant)
Overall: 5.60/10
I think I like the theory of this particular cover moreso than the execution. I'm certainly interested in learning more about the Edward & Son Undertakers. For example, who is the son of Edward? But this Eddie in particular is brutally bad, with a dull, featureless face and intestines slithering out of his body. Probably inferior to the actual Dance of Death Eddie, if a better cover. This one gets no votes at "1", a phenomena that will become more common as we head higher up the rankings. However, it's one of the last to have no votes at "10" either.
Your votes:
10: 0
9: 2
8: 10
7: 7
6: 16
5: 7
4: 5
3: 5
2: 6
1: 0
Overall Rankings:
36 - Death on the Road - live album - Grant
37 - Running Free - single - Riggs
38 - Women in Uniform - single - Riggs
39 - Maiden England '88 - live album - Monjeaud
40 - Beast Over Hammersmith - live album - Riggs
41 - A Real Dead One - live album - Riggs
42 - The Final Frontier - album - Grant
43 - A Real Live One - live album - Riggs
44 - Rock in Rio - live album - Peacock
45 - Maiden Japan - alternate, EP - Riggs
46 - Twilight Zone - single - Riggs
47 - The Wicker Man - single - Wilkinson
48 - No Prayer For the Dying - album, remaster - Riggs
49 - From Here to Eternity - compilation album - Grant
50 - Live at the Rainbow - video - Riggs
51 - Iron Maiden - album, remaster - Riggs
52 - 12 Wasted Years - video - Riggs
53 - Holy Smoke - single - Riggs
54 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter - original, single - Riggs
55 - Virus, original - single - Riggs
56 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter - alternate, single - Riggs
57 - El Dorado - single - Dry
58 - Live at Donington - live album - Wilkinson
59 - Be Quick or Be Dead - single - Riggs
60 - En Vivo! - live album - Grant
61 - Hallowed Be Thy Name - single - Riggs
62 - BBC Archives - live album - Riggs
63 - Rainmaker - single - Watson
62 - Edward the Great - compilation album - Adams
65 - No More Lies - EP - Patchett
66 - The Early Days - video - Peacock
67 - The Final Frontier - single - Dry
68 - Out of the Silent Planet, alternate - single - Wilkinson
69 - Different World - single - Greenhalgh
70 - Virtual XI - album - Grant
71 - The X Factor - album - Syme
72 - Visions of the Beast - video - Peacock
73 - Man on the Edge - single - Syme
74 - Run to the Hills, Rock in Rio - single - Unknown
75 - The X Factor, alternate - Syme
76 - Best of the B-Sides - compilation album - Wilkinson
77 - Wildest Dreams - single - Greenhalgh
78 - Virus, second alternate - single - Syme
79 - Dance of Death - album - Patchett
80 - Lord of the Flies - single - Syme
81 - Futureal - single - Synthetic Dimensions
82 - Virus, first alternate - single - Unknown
83 - Ed Hunter - compilation album - Synthetic Dimensions
84 - The Angel and the Gambler - single - Synthetic Dimensions
37 - Running Free - single - Riggs
38 - Women in Uniform - single - Riggs
39 - Maiden England '88 - live album - Monjeaud
40 - Beast Over Hammersmith - live album - Riggs
41 - A Real Dead One - live album - Riggs
42 - The Final Frontier - album - Grant
43 - A Real Live One - live album - Riggs
44 - Rock in Rio - live album - Peacock
45 - Maiden Japan - alternate, EP - Riggs
46 - Twilight Zone - single - Riggs
47 - The Wicker Man - single - Wilkinson
48 - No Prayer For the Dying - album, remaster - Riggs
49 - From Here to Eternity - compilation album - Grant
50 - Live at the Rainbow - video - Riggs
51 - Iron Maiden - album, remaster - Riggs
52 - 12 Wasted Years - video - Riggs
53 - Holy Smoke - single - Riggs
54 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter - original, single - Riggs
55 - Virus, original - single - Riggs
56 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter - alternate, single - Riggs
57 - El Dorado - single - Dry
58 - Live at Donington - live album - Wilkinson
59 - Be Quick or Be Dead - single - Riggs
60 - En Vivo! - live album - Grant
61 - Hallowed Be Thy Name - single - Riggs
62 - BBC Archives - live album - Riggs
63 - Rainmaker - single - Watson
62 - Edward the Great - compilation album - Adams
65 - No More Lies - EP - Patchett
66 - The Early Days - video - Peacock
67 - The Final Frontier - single - Dry
68 - Out of the Silent Planet, alternate - single - Wilkinson
69 - Different World - single - Greenhalgh
70 - Virtual XI - album - Grant
71 - The X Factor - album - Syme
72 - Visions of the Beast - video - Peacock
73 - Man on the Edge - single - Syme
74 - Run to the Hills, Rock in Rio - single - Unknown
75 - The X Factor, alternate - Syme
76 - Best of the B-Sides - compilation album - Wilkinson
77 - Wildest Dreams - single - Greenhalgh
78 - Virus, second alternate - single - Syme
79 - Dance of Death - album - Patchett
80 - Lord of the Flies - single - Syme
81 - Futureal - single - Synthetic Dimensions
82 - Virus, first alternate - single - Unknown
83 - Ed Hunter - compilation album - Synthetic Dimensions
84 - The Angel and the Gambler - single - Synthetic Dimensions
Diesel 11
As you scream into the web of silence...
Puppets can't be undertakers.
Diesel 11
As you scream into the web of silence...
Welsh Phantom
Ancient Mariner
I don't think his arm is meant to be detached .... it's just out of view in that angle.37. Running Free - (Riggs)
Overall: 5.59/10
Is this really an Eddie? We see someone who looks like Eddie in the background, and probably is - with his left arm detached. I think you're meant to believe that it's Eddie's arm going for the escaping fellow (who I always felt looks a hell of a lot like 1982 Bruce Dickinson) from the other side, some magic going on there. He's clutching a shattered bottle, it looks like. Not much to see here - I think this is a vote for the first appearance of Eddie moreso than the quality. By the virtue of a single vote at 10, this cover beats the Women in Uniform cover, as a tiebreak was required.
Your votes:
10: 1
9: 1
8: 13
7: 7
6: 13
5: 6
4: 5
3: 5
2: 2
1: 5
36. Death on the Road (Grant)
Overall: 5.60/10
I think I like the theory of this particular cover moreso than the execution. I'm certainly interested in learning more about the Edward & Son Undertakers. For example, who is the son of Edward? But this Eddie in particular is brutally bad, with a dull, featureless face and intestines slithering out of his body. Probably inferior to the actual Dance of Death Eddie, if a better cover. This one gets no votes at "1", a phenomena that will become more common as we head higher up the rankings. However, it's one of the last to have no votes at "10" either.
Your votes:
10: 0
9: 2
8: 10
7: 7
6: 16
5: 7
4: 5
3: 5
2: 6
1: 0
Overall Rankings:
36 - Death on the Road - live album - Grant
37 - Running Free - single - Riggs
38 - Women in Uniform - single - Riggs
39 - Maiden England '88 - live album - Monjeaud
40 - Beast Over Hammersmith - live album - Riggs
41 - A Real Dead One - live album - Riggs
42 - The Final Frontier - album - Grant
43 - A Real Live One - live album - Riggs
44 - Rock in Rio - live album - Peacock
45 - Maiden Japan - alternate, EP - Riggs
46 - Twilight Zone - single - Riggs
47 - The Wicker Man - single - Wilkinson
48 - No Prayer For the Dying - album, remaster - Riggs
49 - From Here to Eternity - compilation album - Grant
50 - Live at the Rainbow - video - Riggs
51 - Iron Maiden - album, remaster - Riggs
52 - 12 Wasted Years - video - Riggs
53 - Holy Smoke - single - Riggs
54 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter - original, single - Riggs
55 - Virus, original - single - Riggs
56 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter - alternate, single - Riggs
57 - El Dorado - single - Dry
58 - Live at Donington - live album - Wilkinson
59 - Be Quick or Be Dead - single - Riggs
60 - En Vivo! - live album - Grant
61 - Hallowed Be Thy Name - single - Riggs
62 - BBC Archives - live album - Riggs
63 - Rainmaker - single - Watson
62 - Edward the Great - compilation album - Adams
65 - No More Lies - EP - Patchett
66 - The Early Days - video - Peacock
67 - The Final Frontier - single - Dry
68 - Out of the Silent Planet, alternate - single - Wilkinson
69 - Different World - single - Greenhalgh
70 - Virtual XI - album - Grant
71 - The X Factor - album - Syme
72 - Visions of the Beast - video - Peacock
73 - Man on the Edge - single - Syme
74 - Run to the Hills, Rock in Rio - single - Unknown
75 - The X Factor, alternate - Syme
76 - Best of the B-Sides - compilation album - Wilkinson
77 - Wildest Dreams - single - Greenhalgh
78 - Virus, second alternate - single - Syme
79 - Dance of Death - album - Patchett
80 - Lord of the Flies - single - Syme
81 - Futureal - single - Synthetic Dimensions
82 - Virus, first alternate - single - Unknown
83 - Ed Hunter - compilation album - Synthetic Dimensions
84 - The Angel and the Gambler - single - Synthetic Dimensions
Surely if the arm in the foreground was meant to be the arm you cannot see it would be a left arm .... but the one in the foreground is a right arm. My guess is that Eddie was not fully realised at this stage and maybe there was more than one 'monster' in mind when Riggs painted this.
I still love the artwork though
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35. Out of the Silent Planet - original (Riggs, Wilkinson)
Overall: 5.64/10
I came really close to not including this one, since it's mostly a rebuild of the BNW Eddie (which we won't be seeing for quite awhile), but the hands were made by a different artist (Wilkinson, who drew the TBOS Eddie, also we will not be seeing that for awhile). Nobody rated this very high, and it is the final cover without a single 10. After this at least one person thought every cover going forward is perfect. A very thick cluster of votes in the 7-4 range puts this firmly in the middle rankings.
Your votes:
10: 0
9: 2
8: 5
7: 12
6: 15
5: 8
4: 10
3: 3
2: 3
1: 0
34. No Prayer For the Dying - original (Riggs)
Overall: 5.69/10
One of the themes we'll be discussing is "classic Riggs". Which was the last of the classic Riggs covers? This was the final unedited Derek Riggs cover to make the front of an Iron Maiden studio album; subsequent covers were created by Melvyn Grant, Mark Wilkinson, that Patchett guy, Bradstreet, and of course, Riggs with CG modifications. But does that make this the last classic Riggs? The last classic Riggs cover? I'd argue no. I think there was a clear step backwards on this particular cover. It might be that such was intended due to the musical content of the album (with NPFTD being more stripped down, trying to mimic the style of the first couple albums rather than the more produced Somewhere in Time and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. But the result is a dull beast of an Eddie, technically good, but that would infest Riggs's work over the rest of the 90s. Similarly, Riggs returned for two major compilations with reduxes of his previous work, both of which are higher rated than this cover, but do re-drawings of your famous paintings count as classics?
Your votes:
10: 1
9: 3
8: 6
7: 10
6: 13
5: 11
4: 6
3: 3
2: 4
1: 1
Overall Rankings:
Overall: 5.64/10
I came really close to not including this one, since it's mostly a rebuild of the BNW Eddie (which we won't be seeing for quite awhile), but the hands were made by a different artist (Wilkinson, who drew the TBOS Eddie, also we will not be seeing that for awhile). Nobody rated this very high, and it is the final cover without a single 10. After this at least one person thought every cover going forward is perfect. A very thick cluster of votes in the 7-4 range puts this firmly in the middle rankings.
Your votes:
10: 0
9: 2
8: 5
7: 12
6: 15
5: 8
4: 10
3: 3
2: 3
1: 0
34. No Prayer For the Dying - original (Riggs)
Overall: 5.69/10
One of the themes we'll be discussing is "classic Riggs". Which was the last of the classic Riggs covers? This was the final unedited Derek Riggs cover to make the front of an Iron Maiden studio album; subsequent covers were created by Melvyn Grant, Mark Wilkinson, that Patchett guy, Bradstreet, and of course, Riggs with CG modifications. But does that make this the last classic Riggs? The last classic Riggs cover? I'd argue no. I think there was a clear step backwards on this particular cover. It might be that such was intended due to the musical content of the album (with NPFTD being more stripped down, trying to mimic the style of the first couple albums rather than the more produced Somewhere in Time and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. But the result is a dull beast of an Eddie, technically good, but that would infest Riggs's work over the rest of the 90s. Similarly, Riggs returned for two major compilations with reduxes of his previous work, both of which are higher rated than this cover, but do re-drawings of your famous paintings count as classics?
Your votes:
10: 1
9: 3
8: 6
7: 10
6: 13
5: 11
4: 6
3: 3
2: 4
1: 1
Overall Rankings:
34 - No Prayer For the Dying - original, album - Riggs
35 - Out of the Silent Planet - original, single - Riggs/Wilkinson
36 - Death on the Road - live album - Grant
37 - Running Free - single - Riggs
38 - Women in Uniform - single - Riggs
39 - Maiden England '88 - live album - Monjeaud
40 - Beast Over Hammersmith - live album - Riggs
41 - A Real Dead One - live album - Riggs
42 - The Final Frontier - album - Grant
43 - A Real Live One - live album - Riggs
44 - Rock in Rio - live album - Peacock
45 - Maiden Japan - alternate, EP - Riggs
46 - Twilight Zone - single - Riggs
47 - The Wicker Man - single - Wilkinson
48 - No Prayer For the Dying - album, remaster - Riggs
49 - From Here to Eternity - compilation album - Grant
50 - Live at the Rainbow - video - Riggs
51 - Iron Maiden - album, remaster - Riggs
52 - 12 Wasted Years - video - Riggs
53 - Holy Smoke - single - Riggs
54 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter - original, single - Riggs
55 - Virus, original - single - Riggs
56 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter - alternate, single - Riggs
57 - El Dorado - single - Dry
58 - Live at Donington - live album - Wilkinson
59 - Be Quick or Be Dead - single - Riggs
60 - En Vivo! - live album - Grant
61 - Hallowed Be Thy Name - single - Riggs
62 - BBC Archives - live album - Riggs
63 - Rainmaker - single - Watson
62 - Edward the Great - compilation album - Adams
65 - No More Lies - EP - Patchett
66 - The Early Days - video - Peacock
67 - The Final Frontier - single - Dry
68 - Out of the Silent Planet, alternate - single - Wilkinson
69 - Different World - single - Greenhalgh
70 - Virtual XI - album - Grant
71 - The X Factor - album - Syme
72 - Visions of the Beast - video - Peacock
73 - Man on the Edge - single - Syme
74 - Run to the Hills, Rock in Rio - single - Unknown
75 - The X Factor, alternate - Syme
76 - Best of the B-Sides - compilation album - Wilkinson
77 - Wildest Dreams - single - Greenhalgh
78 - Virus, second alternate - single - Syme
79 - Dance of Death - album - Patchett
80 - Lord of the Flies - single - Syme
81 - Futureal - single - Synthetic Dimensions
82 - Virus, first alternate - single - Unknown
83 - Ed Hunter - compilation album - Synthetic Dimensions
84 - The Angel and the Gambler - single - Synthetic Dimensions
35 - Out of the Silent Planet - original, single - Riggs/Wilkinson
36 - Death on the Road - live album - Grant
37 - Running Free - single - Riggs
38 - Women in Uniform - single - Riggs
39 - Maiden England '88 - live album - Monjeaud
40 - Beast Over Hammersmith - live album - Riggs
41 - A Real Dead One - live album - Riggs
42 - The Final Frontier - album - Grant
43 - A Real Live One - live album - Riggs
44 - Rock in Rio - live album - Peacock
45 - Maiden Japan - alternate, EP - Riggs
46 - Twilight Zone - single - Riggs
47 - The Wicker Man - single - Wilkinson
48 - No Prayer For the Dying - album, remaster - Riggs
49 - From Here to Eternity - compilation album - Grant
50 - Live at the Rainbow - video - Riggs
51 - Iron Maiden - album, remaster - Riggs
52 - 12 Wasted Years - video - Riggs
53 - Holy Smoke - single - Riggs
54 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter - original, single - Riggs
55 - Virus, original - single - Riggs
56 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter - alternate, single - Riggs
57 - El Dorado - single - Dry
58 - Live at Donington - live album - Wilkinson
59 - Be Quick or Be Dead - single - Riggs
60 - En Vivo! - live album - Grant
61 - Hallowed Be Thy Name - single - Riggs
62 - BBC Archives - live album - Riggs
63 - Rainmaker - single - Watson
62 - Edward the Great - compilation album - Adams
65 - No More Lies - EP - Patchett
66 - The Early Days - video - Peacock
67 - The Final Frontier - single - Dry
68 - Out of the Silent Planet, alternate - single - Wilkinson
69 - Different World - single - Greenhalgh
70 - Virtual XI - album - Grant
71 - The X Factor - album - Syme
72 - Visions of the Beast - video - Peacock
73 - Man on the Edge - single - Syme
74 - Run to the Hills, Rock in Rio - single - Unknown
75 - The X Factor, alternate - Syme
76 - Best of the B-Sides - compilation album - Wilkinson
77 - Wildest Dreams - single - Greenhalgh
78 - Virus, second alternate - single - Syme
79 - Dance of Death - album - Patchett
80 - Lord of the Flies - single - Syme
81 - Futureal - single - Synthetic Dimensions
82 - Virus, first alternate - single - Unknown
83 - Ed Hunter - compilation album - Synthetic Dimensions
84 - The Angel and the Gambler - single - Synthetic Dimensions
33. Fear of the Dark (Riggs)
Overall: 5.78/10
Monster Eddie as Steve Harris. It's technically fine, I guess. I just don't have much to say here. I don't like the early 1990s Eddie, and I don't like him here, but it's an alright image. Still, you get the sense that Derek Riggs had already checked out hard by this point. One of you loves it, though.
Your votes:
10: 1
9: 4
8: 7
7: 7
6: 14
5: 11
4: 5
3: 7
2: 2
1: 0
32. Maiden England/Infinite Dreams (Riggs)
Overall: 6.00/10
This is an interesting Eddie, because it's a shot of what might have been. This Eddie goes back towards the "punkish" influence, with the heavy leather jacket and the resurgent rock and roll hair; however, unlike the post-NPFTD Eddies, he retains the additions given to him over the years - the lobotomy scars & bolts, the artificial SIT eye. Even in the modern era with the excellent TBOS cover I find myself missing those nods to history. Yet the execution is poor. Eddie's face is torn into a grimace and he seems hastily slapped together. The beginning of the decline of Riggs.
Your votes:
10: 1
9: 5
8: 11
7: 8
6: 10
5: 11
4: 4
3: 4
2: 2
1: 2
Overall Rankings:
Overall: 5.78/10
Monster Eddie as Steve Harris. It's technically fine, I guess. I just don't have much to say here. I don't like the early 1990s Eddie, and I don't like him here, but it's an alright image. Still, you get the sense that Derek Riggs had already checked out hard by this point. One of you loves it, though.
Your votes:
10: 1
9: 4
8: 7
7: 7
6: 14
5: 11
4: 5
3: 7
2: 2
1: 0
32. Maiden England/Infinite Dreams (Riggs)
Overall: 6.00/10
This is an interesting Eddie, because it's a shot of what might have been. This Eddie goes back towards the "punkish" influence, with the heavy leather jacket and the resurgent rock and roll hair; however, unlike the post-NPFTD Eddies, he retains the additions given to him over the years - the lobotomy scars & bolts, the artificial SIT eye. Even in the modern era with the excellent TBOS cover I find myself missing those nods to history. Yet the execution is poor. Eddie's face is torn into a grimace and he seems hastily slapped together. The beginning of the decline of Riggs.
Your votes:
10: 1
9: 5
8: 11
7: 8
6: 10
5: 11
4: 4
3: 4
2: 2
1: 2
Overall Rankings:
32 - Maiden England/Infinite Dreams - EP/single - Riggs
33 - Fear of the Dark - single - Riggs
34 - No Prayer For the Dying - original, album - Riggs
35 - Out of the Silent Planet - original, single - Riggs/Wilkinson
36 - Death on the Road - live album - Grant
37 - Running Free - single - Riggs
38 - Women in Uniform - single - Riggs
39 - Maiden England '88 - live album - Monjeaud
40 - Beast Over Hammersmith - live album - Riggs
41 - A Real Dead One - live album - Riggs
42 - The Final Frontier - album - Grant
43 - A Real Live One - live album - Riggs
44 - Rock in Rio - live album - Peacock
45 - Maiden Japan - alternate, EP - Riggs
46 - Twilight Zone - single - Riggs
47 - The Wicker Man - single - Wilkinson
48 - No Prayer For the Dying - album, remaster - Riggs
49 - From Here to Eternity - compilation album - Grant
50 - Live at the Rainbow - video - Riggs
51 - Iron Maiden - album, remaster - Riggs
52 - 12 Wasted Years - video - Riggs
53 - Holy Smoke - single - Riggs
54 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter - original, single - Riggs
55 - Virus, original - single - Riggs
56 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter - alternate, single - Riggs
57 - El Dorado - single - Dry
58 - Live at Donington - live album - Wilkinson
59 - Be Quick or Be Dead - single - Riggs
60 - En Vivo! - live album - Grant
61 - Hallowed Be Thy Name - single - Riggs
62 - BBC Archives - live album - Riggs
63 - Rainmaker - single - Watson
62 - Edward the Great - compilation album - Adams
65 - No More Lies - EP - Patchett
66 - The Early Days - video - Peacock
67 - The Final Frontier - single - Dry
68 - Out of the Silent Planet, alternate - single - Wilkinson
69 - Different World - single - Greenhalgh
70 - Virtual XI - album - Grant
71 - The X Factor - album - Syme
72 - Visions of the Beast - video - Peacock
73 - Man on the Edge - single - Syme
74 - Run to the Hills, Rock in Rio - single - Unknown
75 - The X Factor, alternate - Syme
76 - Best of the B-Sides - compilation album - Wilkinson
77 - Wildest Dreams - single - Greenhalgh
78 - Virus, second alternate - single - Syme
79 - Dance of Death - album - Patchett
80 - Lord of the Flies - single - Syme
81 - Futureal - single - Synthetic Dimensions
82 - Virus, first alternate - single - Unknown
83 - Ed Hunter - compilation album - Synthetic Dimensions
84 - The Angel and the Gambler - single - Synthetic Dimensions
33 - Fear of the Dark - single - Riggs
34 - No Prayer For the Dying - original, album - Riggs
35 - Out of the Silent Planet - original, single - Riggs/Wilkinson
36 - Death on the Road - live album - Grant
37 - Running Free - single - Riggs
38 - Women in Uniform - single - Riggs
39 - Maiden England '88 - live album - Monjeaud
40 - Beast Over Hammersmith - live album - Riggs
41 - A Real Dead One - live album - Riggs
42 - The Final Frontier - album - Grant
43 - A Real Live One - live album - Riggs
44 - Rock in Rio - live album - Peacock
45 - Maiden Japan - alternate, EP - Riggs
46 - Twilight Zone - single - Riggs
47 - The Wicker Man - single - Wilkinson
48 - No Prayer For the Dying - album, remaster - Riggs
49 - From Here to Eternity - compilation album - Grant
50 - Live at the Rainbow - video - Riggs
51 - Iron Maiden - album, remaster - Riggs
52 - 12 Wasted Years - video - Riggs
53 - Holy Smoke - single - Riggs
54 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter - original, single - Riggs
55 - Virus, original - single - Riggs
56 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter - alternate, single - Riggs
57 - El Dorado - single - Dry
58 - Live at Donington - live album - Wilkinson
59 - Be Quick or Be Dead - single - Riggs
60 - En Vivo! - live album - Grant
61 - Hallowed Be Thy Name - single - Riggs
62 - BBC Archives - live album - Riggs
63 - Rainmaker - single - Watson
62 - Edward the Great - compilation album - Adams
65 - No More Lies - EP - Patchett
66 - The Early Days - video - Peacock
67 - The Final Frontier - single - Dry
68 - Out of the Silent Planet, alternate - single - Wilkinson
69 - Different World - single - Greenhalgh
70 - Virtual XI - album - Grant
71 - The X Factor - album - Syme
72 - Visions of the Beast - video - Peacock
73 - Man on the Edge - single - Syme
74 - Run to the Hills, Rock in Rio - single - Unknown
75 - The X Factor, alternate - Syme
76 - Best of the B-Sides - compilation album - Wilkinson
77 - Wildest Dreams - single - Greenhalgh
78 - Virus, second alternate - single - Syme
79 - Dance of Death - album - Patchett
80 - Lord of the Flies - single - Syme
81 - Futureal - single - Synthetic Dimensions
82 - Virus, first alternate - single - Unknown
83 - Ed Hunter - compilation album - Synthetic Dimensions
84 - The Angel and the Gambler - single - Synthetic Dimensions
Diesel 11
As you scream into the web of silence...
Yeah, I don’t like Maiden England much, mainly because I don’t think it fits the Infinite Dreams single at all. It also feels a bit of a let down, certainly after the magnificence of LAD. I’d probably rank it higher than the re-released version’s cover though.
To me it just says Bat Out of Hell and looks like it's pitched at bikers.
I love the idea of Steve Eddie, but not so much the execution. It's another one of those monster freak Eddies rather than a more human looking one. Or 'immam' looking, as my phone wanted to type.
31. The Clairvoyant (Riggs)
Overall: 6.00/10
The experimental Seventh Son of a Seventh Son-era single covers brought some unique works to the Eddie catalogue. This one is pretty cool, if extremely grotesque. It reminds me of a Janus statue, but of Eddies. The centrepiece of the arrangement being a drill is interesting - perhaps a harkening to Eddie's lobotomy? Either way, this was one of the last classic Riggs covers, though not drawn with the same attention to detail as some of the earlier ones, certainly it is recognizable as an Eddie of the 1980s golden age.
Your votes:
10: 3
9: 9
8: 10
7: 4
6: 9
5: 4
4: 7
3: 4
2: 7
1: 1
30. The Evil That Men Do (Riggs)
Overall: 6.22/10
Again, experimental Eddie heads, and this is a really cool concept. The soul trapped in Eddie's mouth, the fire, the contract held by the demon. I sometimes get the feeling that this is Eddie at his lowest, where the situation on the cover of The Number of the Beast has been reversed; now Eddie is the puppet. But I'm not sure that we're supposed to read much into this one. A significant increase over the 6.00 of the previous album covers are driven by 7 #1 votes, so this one has some love.
Your votes:
10: 7
9: 2
8: 10
7: 11
6: 5
5: 9
4: 5
3: 3
2: 6
1: 0
Overall Rankings:
Overall: 6.00/10
The experimental Seventh Son of a Seventh Son-era single covers brought some unique works to the Eddie catalogue. This one is pretty cool, if extremely grotesque. It reminds me of a Janus statue, but of Eddies. The centrepiece of the arrangement being a drill is interesting - perhaps a harkening to Eddie's lobotomy? Either way, this was one of the last classic Riggs covers, though not drawn with the same attention to detail as some of the earlier ones, certainly it is recognizable as an Eddie of the 1980s golden age.
Your votes:
10: 3
9: 9
8: 10
7: 4
6: 9
5: 4
4: 7
3: 4
2: 7
1: 1
30. The Evil That Men Do (Riggs)
Overall: 6.22/10
Again, experimental Eddie heads, and this is a really cool concept. The soul trapped in Eddie's mouth, the fire, the contract held by the demon. I sometimes get the feeling that this is Eddie at his lowest, where the situation on the cover of The Number of the Beast has been reversed; now Eddie is the puppet. But I'm not sure that we're supposed to read much into this one. A significant increase over the 6.00 of the previous album covers are driven by 7 #1 votes, so this one has some love.
Your votes:
10: 7
9: 2
8: 10
7: 11
6: 5
5: 9
4: 5
3: 3
2: 6
1: 0
Overall Rankings:
30 - The Evil That Men Do - single - Riggs
31 - The Clairvoyant - single - Riggs
32 - Maiden England/Infinite Dreams - EP/single - Riggs
33 - Fear of the Dark - single - Riggs
34 - No Prayer For the Dying - original, album - Riggs
35 - Out of the Silent Planet - original, single - Riggs/Wilkinson
36 - Death on the Road - live album - Grant
37 - Running Free - single - Riggs
38 - Women in Uniform - single - Riggs
39 - Maiden England '88 - live album - Monjeaud
40 - Beast Over Hammersmith - live album - Riggs
41 - A Real Dead One - live album - Riggs
42 - The Final Frontier - album - Grant
43 - A Real Live One - live album - Riggs
44 - Rock in Rio - live album - Peacock
45 - Maiden Japan - alternate, EP - Riggs
46 - Twilight Zone - single - Riggs
47 - The Wicker Man - single - Wilkinson
48 - No Prayer For the Dying - album, remaster - Riggs
49 - From Here to Eternity - compilation album - Grant
50 - Live at the Rainbow - video - Riggs
51 - Iron Maiden - album, remaster - Riggs
52 - 12 Wasted Years - video - Riggs
53 - Holy Smoke - single - Riggs
54 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter - original, single - Riggs
55 - Virus, original - single - Riggs
56 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter - alternate, single - Riggs
57 - El Dorado - single - Dry
58 - Live at Donington - live album - Wilkinson
59 - Be Quick or Be Dead - single - Riggs
60 - En Vivo! - live album - Grant
61 - Hallowed Be Thy Name - single - Riggs
62 - BBC Archives - live album - Riggs
63 - Rainmaker - single - Watson
62 - Edward the Great - compilation album - Adams
65 - No More Lies - EP - Patchett
66 - The Early Days - video - Peacock
67 - The Final Frontier - single - Dry
68 - Out of the Silent Planet, alternate - single - Wilkinson
69 - Different World - single - Greenhalgh
70 - Virtual XI - album - Grant
71 - The X Factor - album - Syme
72 - Visions of the Beast - video - Peacock
73 - Man on the Edge - single - Syme
74 - Run to the Hills, Rock in Rio - single - Unknown
75 - The X Factor, alternate - Syme
76 - Best of the B-Sides - compilation album - Wilkinson
77 - Wildest Dreams - single - Greenhalgh
78 - Virus, second alternate - single - Syme
79 - Dance of Death - album - Patchett
80 - Lord of the Flies - single - Syme
81 - Futureal - single - Synthetic Dimensions
82 - Virus, first alternate - single - Unknown
83 - Ed Hunter - compilation album - Synthetic Dimensions
84 - The Angel and the Gambler - single - Synthetic Dimensions
31 - The Clairvoyant - single - Riggs
32 - Maiden England/Infinite Dreams - EP/single - Riggs
33 - Fear of the Dark - single - Riggs
34 - No Prayer For the Dying - original, album - Riggs
35 - Out of the Silent Planet - original, single - Riggs/Wilkinson
36 - Death on the Road - live album - Grant
37 - Running Free - single - Riggs
38 - Women in Uniform - single - Riggs
39 - Maiden England '88 - live album - Monjeaud
40 - Beast Over Hammersmith - live album - Riggs
41 - A Real Dead One - live album - Riggs
42 - The Final Frontier - album - Grant
43 - A Real Live One - live album - Riggs
44 - Rock in Rio - live album - Peacock
45 - Maiden Japan - alternate, EP - Riggs
46 - Twilight Zone - single - Riggs
47 - The Wicker Man - single - Wilkinson
48 - No Prayer For the Dying - album, remaster - Riggs
49 - From Here to Eternity - compilation album - Grant
50 - Live at the Rainbow - video - Riggs
51 - Iron Maiden - album, remaster - Riggs
52 - 12 Wasted Years - video - Riggs
53 - Holy Smoke - single - Riggs
54 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter - original, single - Riggs
55 - Virus, original - single - Riggs
56 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter - alternate, single - Riggs
57 - El Dorado - single - Dry
58 - Live at Donington - live album - Wilkinson
59 - Be Quick or Be Dead - single - Riggs
60 - En Vivo! - live album - Grant
61 - Hallowed Be Thy Name - single - Riggs
62 - BBC Archives - live album - Riggs
63 - Rainmaker - single - Watson
62 - Edward the Great - compilation album - Adams
65 - No More Lies - EP - Patchett
66 - The Early Days - video - Peacock
67 - The Final Frontier - single - Dry
68 - Out of the Silent Planet, alternate - single - Wilkinson
69 - Different World - single - Greenhalgh
70 - Virtual XI - album - Grant
71 - The X Factor - album - Syme
72 - Visions of the Beast - video - Peacock
73 - Man on the Edge - single - Syme
74 - Run to the Hills, Rock in Rio - single - Unknown
75 - The X Factor, alternate - Syme
76 - Best of the B-Sides - compilation album - Wilkinson
77 - Wildest Dreams - single - Greenhalgh
78 - Virus, second alternate - single - Syme
79 - Dance of Death - album - Patchett
80 - Lord of the Flies - single - Syme
81 - Futureal - single - Synthetic Dimensions
82 - Virus, first alternate - single - Unknown
83 - Ed Hunter - compilation album - Synthetic Dimensions
84 - The Angel and the Gambler - single - Synthetic Dimensions
Palpy
Blacker than the night
I just want to say that those two are incredibly underrated. These little masterpieces are full of references and hidden meanings and should be ranked rlly higher.
In The Clairvoyant cover Eddie become Lucifer as described in Dante's Inferno, where it has three faces. Even if they should be of different colours the most used ones (yellow, red and black) are the same. His eyes symbolize technology, (laser) nature (lightning) and clairvoyance (the third eye) and the burning tongues can refer to the Pentecost or to the ability to harm with his words.
TETMD's cover (my favourite Eddie) shows someone who's prisoner of smth bigger than him, which can be the society in which Romeo and Juliet meet: a society with a closed mind (the screws) which is harming itself (the trickle of blood) with smth evil inside. (the snakes) This society is ruled by deception, or perhaps compromise (the contract, i.e. pact, with the devil, on top of Eddie's head) and will lead to the prisoner's (Romeo?) death, as the flames get higher.
In The Clairvoyant cover Eddie become Lucifer as described in Dante's Inferno, where it has three faces. Even if they should be of different colours the most used ones (yellow, red and black) are the same. His eyes symbolize technology, (laser) nature (lightning) and clairvoyance (the third eye) and the burning tongues can refer to the Pentecost or to the ability to harm with his words.
TETMD's cover (my favourite Eddie) shows someone who's prisoner of smth bigger than him, which can be the society in which Romeo and Juliet meet: a society with a closed mind (the screws) which is harming itself (the trickle of blood) with smth evil inside. (the snakes) This society is ruled by deception, or perhaps compromise (the contract, i.e. pact, with the devil, on top of Eddie's head) and will lead to the prisoner's (Romeo?) death, as the flames get higher.
Great analysis! I also think these are underrated, and I think they lost points for not having the "complete" Eddie. I double-checked the math and it is correct. Now that we're past the 6.0 range the scores start to shoot up very quickly.
Black Bart
Ancient Mariner
It can be recalled that Derek Riggs himself reproaches Queen for ripping it off on the cover of their Miracle album (1989).31. The Clairvoyant (Riggs)
Overall: 6.00/10
The experimental Seventh Son of a Seventh Son-era single covers brought some unique works to the Eddie catalogue. This one is pretty cool, if extremely grotesque. It reminds me of a Janus statue, but of Eddies. The centrepiece of the arrangement being a drill is interesting - perhaps a harkening to Eddie's lobotomy? Either way, this was one of the last classic Riggs covers, though not drawn with the same attention to detail as some of the earlier ones, certainly it is recognizable as an Eddie of the 1980s golden age.
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