Iron Maiden Album Art Showdown

[Kalata]

3 "Fear of the Dark (Live)" +3
2 "The Angel and the Gambler" [alt. picture disc] +2
1 "Aces High" +1
0 Maiden Japan [alt.]
0 "Wrathchild" [Japan]
0 "Futureal"

FOTD live single arts is just an instant like. Eddie plays bass, instantly cool. Even the one plain color is working for the best (the red continues ARLDO theme, which is nice). One of Derek's best drawings. A small gripe, it could have been a little more symmetrical on the left side.
Angel & The Gambler alt art is underrated. I love the colors (fit the album), probably the best idea for the song, and I like the nod to the Stranger In A Strange Land cover. Derek did a great Eddie with a classic vibe.
Aces High is just a classic, colors and Eddie's close up face. The cover looks dynamic(!), which is something.

Futureal cover is such a bad idea, one of their worst - they should have just used Derek's poster, which is cool enough. A missed opportunity for a memorable art since the early 90s. I didn't know Wratchild had a Japanese cover.

 

[Shmoolikipod]

6 "Fear of the Dark (Live)" +3
4 "The Angel and the Gambler" [alt. picture disc] +2
2 "Aces High" +1
0 Maiden Japan [alt.]
0 "Wrathchild" [Japan]
0 "Futureal"

 

[srfc]

8 "Fear of the Dark (Live)" +2
5 "Aces High" +3
4 "The Angel and the Gambler" [alt. picture disc] +2
1 Maiden Japan [alt.] +1
0 "Wrathchild" [Japan]
0 "Futureal"

Aces High is an all time classic, the back cover of the picture disc is great too with a plane spiraling as the record plays. Fear of the Dark Live is another great, better cover than the real live one album cover. Maiden Japan alt is a decent gag but I thought they executed it much better on the Hallowed Live single with Bruce. Also the normal Maiden Japan cover is better. The Angel and the Gambler is ok, whereas the steamboat cover is great so I gave the final vote to Maiden Japan. The other two aren't great at all. Particularly, for Futureal given they could have used the Futureal Powerslave image instead.