Leftover Songs that Should have been Included on the Album

[CA Bryers]

I love Kill Me Ce Soir but, like Holy Smoke (another track I love), I think it doesn't combine well with the album's ambiance. All In Your Mind IMO fits there amazingly. Something like:

Tailgunner
Public Enema Number One
No Prayer For The Dying
Fates Warning
The Assassin
All In Your Mind
Run Silent Run Deep
Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter
Mother Russia

Not that it's a top notch album, but really coherent and one without fillers IMO.

That's a solid lineup of songs, and yeah, upon a recent listen, All in Your Mind does fit the vibe of the album incredibly well.

It's not written by any of the Maiden members so no, also it really doesn't fit the rest of the album at all. Don't get me wrong, I love the song and it's a fantastic B-side but that's all it needed to be. SiT has by far the absolute strongest B-sides of any of the albums and I think that's cool in itself.

Agreed, which is why the only one I'd consider a contender for inclusion would be Reach Out, being an original composition that wasn't comedic a la Sheriff.

Juanita!

Jua-NO-ta!

It's a fun song, but a cover and veers too far from the established tone of the album, IMO.

I hate Satellite 15

As do I. Completely pointless oddball noise. While I don't like the title track of Senjutsu much, it does establish a feel for the album as an intro...just one that way overstays its welcome, IMO. Satellite leads into Final Frontier (the song) well enough, but just about anything would've been better and more memorable.

Satellite 15 is rather boring. As is most of the first half of TFF.
But El Dorado is a catchy rocker. And everything beginning with and after Isle of Avalon is gloriously triumphant.

Final Frontier is still the Maiden album I can't get excited about, but there are a few songs that have grown on me some. The latter half is stronger, and I've grown to like El Dorado quite a bit and the title track (minus Satellite).

 

[Jer]

Jua-NO-ta!

It's a fun song, but a cover and veers too far from the established tone of the album, IMO.

I was joking, of course.

 

[Ascendingthethrone]

That's a solid lineup of songs, and yeah, upon a recent listen, All in Your Mind does fit the vibe of the album incredibly well.

Agreed, which is why the only one I'd consider a contender for inclusion would be Reach Out, being an original composition that wasn't comedic a la Sheriff.

Jua-NO-ta!

It's a fun song, but a cover and veers too far from the established tone of the album, IMO.


As do I. Completely pointless oddball noise. While I don't like the title track of Senjutsu much, it does establish a feel for the album as an intro...just one that way overstays its welcome, IMO. Satellite leads into Final Frontier (the song) well enough, but just about anything would've been better and more memorable.


Final Frontier is still the Maiden album I can't get excited about, but there are a few songs that have grown on me some. The latter half is stronger, and I've grown to like El Dorado quite a bit and the title track (minus Satellite).

I really enjoy The Final Frontier but it is such a lopsided album. They should have mixed the shorter songs and epics.

 

[Azas]

I was joking, of course.

Yeah, man, that joke of yours about Juanita was really off course... I mean, choosing Juanita over that other girl? I was literally rolling my eyes in disbelief. How dare he!

 

[BludBrutha]

I did a challenge where I wanted to keep each album under 60 min, so I took the albums over 60 min and cut them down to see how that affected them.

No album needs to be more than an hour long.

 

[Ascendingthethrone]

No album needs to be more than an hour long.

But what happens if we need more seagull sound effects?

 

[BludBrutha]

But what happens if we need more seagull sound effects?

Edit out the two minutes of creaking boards to make room.

 

[karljant]

What happens if you only allow 8 songs per album to match the 80s albums?

No Prayer For The Dying
Tailgunner
No Prayer For The Dying
Public Enema Number One
Fates Warning
The Assassin
Run Silent Run Deep
Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter
Mother Russia

Fear Of The Dark
Be Quick Or Be Dead
Afraid To Shoot Strangers
Childhoods End
The Fugitive
Chains Of Misery
The Aparition
Judas Be My Guide
Fear Of The Dark

The X Factor
Sign Of The Cross
Lord Of The Flies
Man On The Edge
Fortunes Of War
Look For The Truth
Judgement Of Heaven
Edge Of Darkness
Judgement Day

Virtual XI
(as is...)

Brave New World
The Wicker Man
Ghost Of the Navigator
Brave New World
Blood Brothers
The Mercenary
The Fallen Angel
Out Of The Silent Planet
The Thin Line Between Love And Hate

Dance Of Death
Montségur
Rainmaker
No More Lies
Dance Of Death
Gates Of Tomorrow
Paschendale
Face In The Sand
Journeyman

A Matter Of Life And Death
Different World
These Colors Don't Run
Brighter Than A 1000 Suns
The Longest Day
The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg
For The Greater Good Of God
Lord Of Light
The Legacy

The Final Frontier
Satellite 15... The Final Frontier
El Dorado
Mother Of Mercy
The Alchemist
Isle Of Avalon
Starblind
The Talisman
When The Wild Wind Blows

The Book Of Souls
If Eternity Should Fail
Speed Of Light
The Great Unknown
The Red And the Black
When The River Runs Deep
The Book Of Souls
Death Or Glory
Empire Of The Clouds

Senjutsu
Senjutsu
Stratego
The Writing On The Wall
Lost In A Lost World
Days Of Future Past
The Time Machine
The Parchment
Hell On Earth

 

[CA Bryers]

Fear Of The Dark
Be Quick Or Be Dead
Afraid To Shoot Strangers
Childhoods End
The Fugitive
Chains Of Misery
The Aparition
Judas Be My Guide
Fear Of The Dark

Keeping The Apparition is a bold move around these parts... Unpopular song, but I like it too. It's simple-but-unique, and has a nice sentiment to the lyrics. I'd keep it too.

 

[karljant]

Keeping The Apparition is a bold move around these parts... Unpopular song, but I like it too. It's simple-but-unique, and has a nice sentiment to the lyrics. I'd keep it too.

It's not that I like it a lot. To be fair I don't since it looks like a sketch of a song, an unfinished work. It's just that I much rather have it there then the other four I ditched.

 

[Hangdalar13]

BRAVE NEW WORLD - 55 min 29 sec
1. The Wicker Man
2. Brave New World
3. Blood Brothers
4. Dream of Mirrors
5. The Fallen Angel
6. The Nomad
7. Out of the Silent Planet
8. The Thin Line Between Love and Hate

No Ghost of the Navigator? One of their best songs. Personally I prefer it over Fallen Angel or Nomad, if we stick around your tracklist.

 

[Hangdalar13]

It's not that I like it a lot. To be fair I don't since it looks like a sketch of a song, an unfinished work. It's just that I much rather have it there then the other four I ditched.

Why everyone hates Wasting Love? I absolutely adore it. But I'm a sucker for ballads anyway. But hey, everyone is different. For example, I can't stand Sanctuary and Running Free. On the albums they are okay, but stretching them for 10 minutes? Please no. Sometimes I just stop LAD or Maiden England after Run to the Hills.

 

[MindRuler]

Why everyone hates Wasting Love? I absolutely adore it. But I'm a sucker for ballads anyway. But hey, everyone is different. For example, I can't stand Sanctuary and Running Free. On the albums they are okay, but stretching them for 10 minutes? Please no. Sometimes I just stop LAD or Maiden England after Run to the Hills.

Wasting Love is Son Of A Gun 2.0 but I like it.

 

[Eddieson]

No Prayer For The Dying
Tailgunner
No Prayer For The Dying
Public Enema Number One
Fates Warning
The Assassin
Run Silent Run Deep
Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter
Mother Russia

Fear Of The Dark
Be Quick Or Be Dead
Afraid To Shoot Strangers
Childhoods End
The Fugitive
Chains Of Misery
The Aparition
Judas Be My Guide
Fear Of The Dark

The X Factor
Sign Of The Cross
Lord Of The Flies
Man On The Edge
Fortunes Of War
Look For The Truth
Judgement Of Heaven
Edge Of Darkness
Judgement Day

Virtual XI
(as is...)

Brave New World
The Wicker Man
Ghost Of the Navigator
Brave New World
Blood Brothers
The Mercenary
The Fallen Angel
Out Of The Silent Planet
The Thin Line Between Love And Hate

Dance Of Death
Montségur
Rainmaker
No More Lies
Dance Of Death
Gates Of Tomorrow
Paschendale
Face In The Sand
Journeyman

A Matter Of Life And Death
Different World
These Colors Don't Run
Brighter Than A 1000 Suns
The Longest Day
The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg
For The Greater Good Of God
Lord Of Light
The Legacy

The Final Frontier
Satellite 15... The Final Frontier
El Dorado
Mother Of Mercy
The Alchemist
Isle Of Avalon
Starblind
The Talisman
When The Wild Wind Blows

The Book Of Souls
If Eternity Should Fail
Speed Of Light
The Great Unknown
The Red And the Black
When The River Runs Deep
The Book Of Souls
Death Or Glory
Empire Of The Clouds

Senjutsu
Senjutsu
Stratego
The Writing On The Wall
Lost In A Lost World
Days Of Future Past
The Time Machine
The Parchment
Hell On Earth

Interesting, cutting both Dream of Mirrors and The Nomad, 2 out of my 3 favourite songs of Brave New World. But enjoyable lists!