CriedWhenBrucieLeft
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'Tis that. Also, I'm assuming it was also slightly tongue-in-cheek.
Favourite (non-Maiden) albums by bandmembers
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Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
I've found this list of Bruce's ten favorite albums: https://rateyourmusic.com/list/barbanet/top_10_favorite_albums___bruce_dickinson___iron_maiden/
Whether it is accurate, idk. I just wanted to resurrect this fantastic thread. Cheers @Forostar
Some of them that are not mentioned in this thread so far (from the list above) are:
AC/DC - Highway To Hell
Deep Purple - Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple - Burn
Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
Whether it is accurate, idk. I just wanted to resurrect this fantastic thread. Cheers @Forostar
Some of them that are not mentioned in this thread so far (from the list above) are:
AC/DC - Highway To Hell
Deep Purple - Deep Purple In Rock
Deep Purple - Burn
Judas Priest - Sad Wings Of Destiny
srfc
Ancient Mariner
I've got a flexi disc that came free with Metal Hammer in 92 which contains and interview with Steve (and Bruce). He says they were trying to get Van Halen on the bill for Donington 92.
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
You can add a couple of Van der Graaf Generator's albums to Bruce's list:
Pawn Hearts
H to He Who Am the Only One
You can hear some of that on Empire of the Clouds.
Pawn Hearts
H to He Who Am the Only One
You can hear some of that on Empire of the Clouds.
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
Steve really likes Beckett's only album (no shit Sherlock! 
) and Nektar's A Tab in the Ocean.
Both Steve and Bruce are big fans of that masterpiece that is Argus by Wishbone Ash.
) and Nektar's A Tab in the Ocean.Both Steve and Bruce are big fans of that masterpiece that is Argus by Wishbone Ash.
John Silver
Electric Buddy
Didn't he once state - during some interview - that he really liked Soul Cages by Sting and also Soundgarden?
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
He also likes Benito Lertxundi, but neither of his albums nor those you have highlighted tend to be mentioned by him when talking about his favourite albums of all time.
Black Abyss Babe
I live for my dreams and a pocket full of gold
Surprised it took so long for this to be mentioned. Steve said that if anyone wanted to understand the twin guitars in the early Maiden albums all they needed to do was listen to Argus. So I did and guess what? Steve was right!
Black Abyss Babe
I live for my dreams and a pocket full of gold
In the most recent FC mag Janick says that "one of [his] favourite Deep Purple albums" is Fireball.
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
Argus is definitely one of my desert island discs. An absolute masterpiece.
Black Abyss Babe
I live for my dreams and a pocket full of gold
Agreed. I actually ended up seeing Wishbone Ash live last month, when they came to Southampton. I was aware of a great sense of gratitude - to them because they inspired Maiden, and also to Steve because if he hadn't named them as a primary influence I would never have heard of them. And I would have missed out on one hell of a great band!
GhostofCain
Ancient Mariner
Do not miss Martin Turner (bass player/singer of classic Wishbone Ash) if he plays in your neck of the woods. Probably more classic Wishbone Ash nowadays than Andy Powell's band.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
Not only Dark Passion Play but Imaginaerum too. Here's the quote:
“When I heard [2007’s] Dark Passion Play, I couldn’t believe it. I thought, ‘Now, this is a proper fucking album.’ It’s got everything bar the kitchen sink in there. It was controversial because of the new singer [Anette Olzon], but she was brilliant. No disrespect to Tarja, but Anette’s voice suited them a lot better. There’s heavy stuff, classical, even a bit of Disney – all kinds of shit in there. I think it’s one of the best-sounding albums I’ve ever heard in my life. “Then I got the next one, [2011’s] Imaginaerum. ''Storytime'' is a fantastic, instant song. The rest of the album took me a while to get into. Dark Passion Play was so good, I thought there was no way they could ever come up with an album that’s anywhere near that, but the more I got into Imaginaerum, the more I loved it. “I haven’t heard the new one with Floor Jansen yet, but those two albums for me – I don’t think there’s anything else that I’ve heard out there that’s even close.”
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Trooper
Dave and Janick both Rory Gallagher fans
Jer
A window to the west, a blazing star above
Steve likes Vangelis’s 1492: Conquest Of Paradise:
Jer
A window to the west, a blazing star above
The most embarrassing album Bruce owned as of 1997 was Bedside Manners Are Extra by Green Slade.
The most embarrassing album Adrian owned at that time was an unnamed Perry Como Christmas record.
The most embarrassing album Adrian owned at that time was an unnamed Perry Como Christmas record.
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Clubs, mostly. In terms of attendance, Bruce's all time highs were a bit like Maiden's all time lows (i.e The X Factour in the USA). He did have nice spots in festival during his 2002 summer tour though. Looking at setlist.fm he was playing in some pretty insignificant venues in the UK -...
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Forostar
Ancient Mariner
@Kalata after all these decades we see the Free, Humble Pie, The Who and Thin Lizzy albums popping up again!I think we can include Black Sabbath's first album as one of Bruce's favourite. He mentioned it several times on interviews.
In the 80's there was a very popular magazine here in Brazil called Revista Metal and on number 20 they had a list of the 10 favourite albums of Steve and Adrian. The pic is not good, but here it is:
PhantomOfTheOpera
Ancient Mariner
Yep, I think he mentioned those in few interviews (was in on his "What Does This Button Do?" I can't recall) and here picture of some german magazine where Bruce is holding the album.
MindRuler
Ancient Mariner
Trapped inside a web of fiery gravity that fuels all our needs
chaotic energy that sucks the life from H to He
PhantomOfTheOpera
Ancient Mariner
Good catch, I did not remember that one.