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Rick Halmos

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Where would you rank Bruce's solo albums among the Maiden ones?
For example:

1- Somewhere in time
2- Live After Death
3- Powerslave
4- Accident of birth
5- Killers
6- Seventh son of a seventh son
7- Tyranny of souls
8- Brave New World
9- Chemical wedding
10- Number of the beast
11- Piece of mind
12- The X Factor
13- The final frontier
14- Dance of death
15- Skunkworks
16- Virtual X1
17- Fear of the dark
18- Iron Maiden
19- Tattooed Millionnaire
20- No prayer for the dying
21- A matter of life and death
22- Balls to picasso

that would be my ranking, what's yours?
notice i only put one live album, LAD, because i've always considered it like an album. Not to say i dislike Rock in rio, donnington 92, death on the road, real live/dead one, in vivo, or even Scream for me brazil and Alive in studio A/at the Marquee, but it woul've made too long of a list.
 
I've never thought about this too much, but Chemical Wedding would be in my top 3. Maybe even #1.
 
I only first heard Bruce's albums (CW > AoB > ToS) quite recently & while CW blew me away the other two have really grown on me; particularly ToS. I find it hard to put Maiden's in order as it is, so I'm not sure where I'd slot in Bruce's solo stuff...
 
For me I really like Bruce's solo stuff (and H's Primal Rock Rebellion come to that) but to me they aren't Maiden. So sorry guys whilst I do listen to and enjoy them they just don't grab me in the same way as a full blown Maiden album.
 
1. Somewhere in Time
2. The Chemical Wedding
3. Powerslave
4. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
5. Piece of Mind
6. A Matter of Life and Death
7. Accident of Birth
8. The Final Frontier
9. Brave New World
10. The Number of the Beast
11. The X Factor
12. Tyranny of Souls
13. Dance of Death
14. Iron Maiden
15. Balls to Picasso
16. Killers
17. No Prayer for the Dying
18. Virtual XI
19. Skunkworks
20. Tattooed Millionaire
21. Fear of the Dark
 
Some of mine are going to differ wildly from most others.
1. Powerslave
2. Seventh Son...
3. Somewhere in Time
4. Skunkworks
5. The Chemical Wedding
6. Piece of Mind
7. Iron Maiden
8. The Number of the Beast
9. No Prayer for the Dying
10. Killers
11. Tyranny of Souls
12. Accident of Birth
13. Brave New World
14. Fear of the Dark
15. The X Factor
16. A Matter of Life and Death
17. Balls to Picasso
18. The Final Frontier
19. Dance of Death
20. Virtual XI
21. Tattooed Millionaire
 
i would put all of them below the Maiden ones tbh. But then again like i have said music is moods so my mind changes to suit that loads of times. The only thing that never changes for me is=
1/ Seventh son
2/ Fear of the dark
3/ No prayer
Everything else changes wildly.
 
As far as ranking them with Maiden albums, I feel the same as Hermod.

Chemical Wedding is incredible, though, and definitely beats out a number of Maiden albums based on consistency alone.
 
1. A Matter of Life and Death
2. The X Factor
3. Somewhere in Time
4. The Final Frontier
5. Tyranny of Souls
6. Brave New World
7. Dance of Death
8. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
9. The Chemical Wedding
10. Tattooed Millionaire
11. Piece of Mind
12. Accident of Birth
13. Skunkworks
14. Powerslave
15. Iron Maiden
16. Killers
17. The Number of the Beast
18. Fear of the Dark
19. No Prayer for the Dying
20. Virtual XI
21. Balls To Picasso
 
1. Somewhere in Time
1. The Final Frontier (TIE)
3. Chemical Wedding
4. Piece of Mind
5. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
6. A Matter of Life and Death
7. Brave New World
8. Powerslave
9. Number of the Beast
10. Dance of Death
11. Tyranny of Souls
12. X Factor
13. Accident of Birth
14. Killers
15. Iron Maiden
16. No Prayer for the Dying
17. Tattooed Millionaire
18. Balls to Picasso
19. Fear of the Dark
20. Skunkworks
21. Virtual XI
 
I have an album ranking in the "Album rankings per person"-topic which was based on song ratings. Some of these ratings have changed but I also notice that I've hardly had an urge to play certain albums. So when I throw in good memories, nostalgic reasons, and the joy of playing a whole album (atmosphere and originality play a part here) it will look something like this. *ducks for tomatoes*

01. Somewhere in Time
02. Powerslave
03. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
04.Accident of Birth
05. No Prayer for the Dying
06. The X Factor
07. Piece of Mind
08. Balls to Picasso
09. The Chemical Wedding
10. Fear of the Dark
11. Iron Maiden
12. A Matter of Life and Death
13. Brave New World
14. Tyranny of Souls
15. Killers
16. Skunkworks
17. The Final Frontier
18. The Number of the Beast
19. Virtual XI
20. Dance of Death
21. Tattooed Millionaire
 
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