Vaenyr
Ancient Mariner
What a disgrace. Both 10/10s.
Anyway, just like last time:
Phantom Of The Opera
Aces High
Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
Wasted Years
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What a disgrace. Both 10/10s.
Anyway, just like last time:
Phantom Of The Opera
Aces High
Rime Of The Ancient Mariner
Wasted Years
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
DOD is out! What? For some reason I thought Revelations would make the Top 10. GOTN is an underrated classic.
I voted for:
Phantom Of The Opera
Infinite Dreams
The Book Of Souls
Same as the previous round.
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
For me are Aces High and The Wicker Man. I can add also WED, CSIT, SOTC, BQOBD, Moonchild, Futureal and Senjutsu for an album opener.
It's not about that. It's just that Maiden have so many amazing songs and different favorites and that's great. Sometimes you just prefer one song over another (a bit) because melodies, chorus, vocals. And it's perfectly normal to think that Hell On Earth is better than some old classics.
Tbh, Hell On Earth would have been my best and favorite Maiden song IF the chorus was repeated 1/2 times more. Now it's only my 2nd or 3rd favorite Maiden song!
JudasMyGuide
Ancient Mariner
The weird structure is one of the reasons I like it so much, similar to The Legacy, The Thin Line and to an extent, SSOASS. It is also extraordinarily appropriate for the closing song, IMHO.
Also it helps against oversaturation with the catchiest part.
And just to put my tuppence in, yes, I love Hell much more than many PlayClassics staples. Just as Dance of Death is my favourite Maiden song overall and I don't think 20 years counts as "recency".
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
I also appreciate weird structures (Thin Line, Seventh Son), but I want to be ''oversaturated'' with the chorus. It's too good not to be repeated again, especially since every other chorus in the album is repeated at least twice. In Thin Line and Seventh Son is the same. As for The Legacy, I think its second chorus/refrain is better than the actual chorus, which is only repeated once.
That's great to hear. Two masterpieces! Btw, I love the intros of both songs - one has a lot of singing, the other doesn't. DOD's 3-minutes long intro is a perfect example how to make a great long intro (with different parts) for a long song imo.
And again.
Less than an hour left 
Eliminated after Round 40:
Phantom Of The Opera - 12 votes
Fear Of The Dark - 12 votes
Aces High - 11 votes
Infinite Dreams - 11 votes
Top 10 begins!
Phantom Of The Opera and Infinite Dreams miss out on Top 10 for the first time after 6 consecutive appearances. The Trooper and Hell On Earth make it to Top 10 for the first time.
Jer
A window to the west, a blazing star above
Hallelujah.
- Caught Somewhere In Time
- Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son
- The Book Of Souls
The Dissident
Ancient Mariner
Trooper
Seventh Son
Rime
Seventh Son
Rime
MrKnickerbocker
clap hands
Trooper
CSIT
ALEX
CSIT
ALEX
KidInTheDark666
What's yours is mine and what's mine is mine too
Trooper
Powerslave
Rime
Powerslave
Rime
Kalata
Out of the Silent Planet
POTO and especially FOTD are surprising eliminations. Aces High is one of Maiden's best classics! Top 10 songs for sure.
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As for the stats, I'm surprised about Trooper and very happy about Hell On Earth.
I voted for:
Caught Somewhere In Time
Wasted Years
The Book Of Souls
All the songs are amazing, so it all comes down to small preferences - Wasted Years because imo the other songs are stronger (Aces High should have been in its place) and it's not in my Top 10 (maybe because they overplayed it in recent years, idk). CSIT, it was either it or Seventh Son, and I chose the latter because of its majestic feel.
Voted for Rime, The Book Of Souls and Hell On Earth. I was actually thinking of only voting for Hell On Earth just to get it the fuck out. Shouldn't be anywhere near Top 10, let alone having less votes than 7 songs in the poll.