If you had to make a 2-CD greatest hits (with some surprises) album. What would it be?

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Prowler

Ancient Mariner
Greatest hits albums are boring and too predictable most of the time. Of course the hits have to be there, but imo some deeper cuts should be included in a "greatest hits" album, so that a new listener understands exactly what to expect from a band. I tried to include songs from as many albums as possible. I left out No Prayer, FF and BOS, because I wanted to include a Blaze song or two. The only real hits that missed out are 2MTM, CIPWM and Daughter.

Disc 1:
1. Iron Maiden
2. Running Free
3. Phantom of the Opera
4. Wrathchild
5. Killers
6. The Number of the Beast
7. Run to the Hills
8. Hallowed be thy Name
9. Revelations
10. Flight of Icarus
11. The Trooper
12. Aces High
13. Powerslave
14. Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Disc 2:
1. Wasted Years
2. Stranger in a Strange Land
3. The Evil that Men Do
4. The Clairvoyant
5. Fear of the Dark
6. The Sign of the Cross
7. Futureal
8. The Wicker Man
9. Ghost of the Navigator
10. Dance of Death
11. The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg
12. Hell on Earth

So what's yours?
 
Two is too few. I would throw in another one. Hell, 21 of those 26 tracks you listed are before this side of the millennia.
 
Abas said:
Two is too few. I would throw in another one. Hell, 21 of those 26 tracks you listed are before this side of the millennia.
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2 is too few, indeed. I think it's fair that most of the songs are from the 80s, because compilation albums are for new listeners to get to know an artist. Also, the reunion era has many long songs and it was difficult to include many of them.
*I'd also make it a 3CD, at least, but best of albums are 1-2CDs most of the time.
 
A mix between personal favorites and hits.

Disc 1:
  1. Iron Maiden
  2. Phantom of the Opera
  3. Wrathchild
  4. Murders in the Rue Morgue
  5. The Number of the Beast
  6. Run To the Hills
  7. Hallowed Be Thy Name
  8. The Trooper
  9. Revelations
  10. Aces high
  11. Powerslave
  12. Rime of the Ancient Mariner
  13. Caught Somewhere in Time
  14. Wasted Years
  15. Loneliness Of the Long Distance Runner
  16. Can I Play with Madness
  17. Infinite Dreams
Disc 2:
  1. Moonchild
  2. Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter
  3. Fear of the Dark
  4. Sign Of the Cross
  5. Man On the Edge
  6. The Clansman
  7. The Wicker Man
  8. Rainmaker
  9. Montsegur
  10. For The Greater Good of God
  11. These Colors Don't Run
  12. The Talisman
  13. When The Wild Wind Blows
  14. The Book of Souls
  15. Stratego
  16. The Writing on the Wall
Not sure it's length wise viable (79 mins each disc). If not a handful of tunes could be ditched (Rainmaker, Stratego,...)
 
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If it was just personal favorites:

Disc 1:
  1. Sanctuary
  2. Phantom of The Opera
  3. Murders In the Rue Morgue
  4. Genghis Khan
  5. The Number of the Beast
  6. The Trooper
  7. Revelations
  8. Still Life
  9. To Tame a Land
  10. Aces High
  11. Powerslave
  12. Rime of the Ancient Mariner
  13. Caught Somewhere in Time
  14. Wasted Years
  15. Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
  16. Heaven Can Wait

Disc 2:
  1. Moonchild
  2. Can I Play with Madness
  3. Infinite Dreams
  4. The Prophecy
  5. Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter
  6. Be Quick Or Be Dead
  7. Sign Of the Cross
  8. Man On the Edge
  9. Fortunes Of War
  10. Futureal
  11. Montsegur
  12. For The Greater Good of God
  13. These Colors Don't Run
  14. The Talisman
  15. When The Wild Wind Blows
  16. The Book of Souls
  17. The Writing on the Wall
 
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