Iron Maiden Album Art Showdown

[Siddharth]

23 “The Final Frontier” +2
17 “The Wicker Man" +3
6 Somewhere Back in Time - The Best of: 1980-1989 +1
4 "Different World"
4 "Virus" [alt. 1]
0 "Different World" [DVD]

Love the band photo on The Wicker Man! Also, I like the comic-book style art on The Final Frontier (Single), way better than the album version.

 

[Kalata]

It’s because it was released three different ways. Different bonus tracks on different CD releases, similar to “The Angel and the Gambler” and “The Wicker Man”.

I see. Eeeh, how the singles have fallen since 2006, it was fun with b-sides, live stuff and more (small) arts that add to the world of the albums.

I didn’t want to get too bogged down into all the art from the band because I figured the game was already long enough. The only non-cover art I included is Riggs’s “Futureal” poster and the “Tailgunner” Eddie, since I always felt like the fans embraced them as though they were actual single art.
But I’m also here to do the will of the people so if everyone wants album sleeve art etc I can add it. I just also can’t see any of it going far in the game, though.

Yeah, the game will be long, but it's curious to have them all. Idk, only the official covers is probably right. I think some have a good chance to go far in the game. Btw, iirc Steve said that the Tailgunner art could easily have been an album cover.

Spoiler

Stuff like:

SJ(battlefield scene)
SJ (in front of the castle with the knife, included in the 50th book)
SJ (Eddie with the arrow, the red background, Nicko used it for his drum kit)... an all additional arts for the album
maybe all the arts with Eddies in the booklets
maybe all the different backdrops for some songs with Eddie?
TBOS (the green one with the pyramid), plus the other two
Tailgunner
Futureal poster
The Clansman
Clairvoyant (2nd art)
Hooks In You
DOD (original cover)
NPFTD (the art with the hammer)
These Colours Don't Run
Live After Death (original cover)
maybe the arts from the POM comic book
the arts from BOTB booklet (Eddie with the key, the other Lord Of The Flies art, judge Eddie, reaper Eddie, the rejected A Real Live One art from Derek)

...

Somewhere Back in Time is just a rehash of the Best of the Beast and a few other ideas where they "revisit" previous ideas

A bad rehash and not needed (unlike for BOTB ). At least FFTE is better, even the 2011 Christmas card has some cool little ideas. It would have been great for a booklet, the Eddie in front of the train too (who is still curious with the house behind him). I would like to see an extended version of it - and for the other albums.

way better than the album version.

Wow. I think it was right not to use it as a main album cover.

 

[Diesel 11]

Live After Death (original cover)

What’s the original cover?

 

[Azas]

This one? It sucks, imo.