Maiden Albums: Head to Head

Vote for your favourite song from each pair

  • Total voters
    34
  • Poll closed .
"If Eternity Should Fail" vs "The Wicker Man"
"Speed of Light" vs "Ghost of the Navigator"
"The Great Unknown" vs "Brave New World"
"The Red and the Black" vs "Blood Brothers"
"When the River Runs Deep" vs "The Mercenary"
"The Book of Souls" vs "Dream of Mirrors"
"Death or Glory" vs "The Fallen Angel"
"Shadows of the Valley" vs "The Nomad"
"Tears of a Clown" vs "Out of the Silent Planet"
"The Man of Sorrows" vs "The Apparition"
"Empire of the Clouds" vs "The Thin Line Between Love and Hate"

6-5 for The Book of Souls. Pretty easy match-ups here, although some were very painful. "The Wicker Man", "The Great Unknown", "Blood Brothers", "Dream of Mirrors", "Shadows of the Valley" and "The Man of Sorrows" are all songs I didn't want to vote against, but I had to here since their counterparts were stronger. However, the only really tough match for me was the third one; other choices were pretty straightforward.
 
If Eternity Should Fail vs The Wicker Man
Speed of Light vs Ghost of the Navigator
The Great Unknown vs Brave New World
The Red and the Black vs Blood Brothers
When the River Runs Deep vs The Mercenary
The Book of Souls vs Dream of Mirrors
Death or Glory vs The Fallen Angel
Shadows of the Valley vs The Nomad
Tears of a Clown vs Out of the Silent Planet
The Man of Sorrows vs The Apparition
Empire of the Clouds vs The Thin Line Between Love And Hate

5 for TBOS, 6 for BNW......... fuck.
 
Let's see, I'd actually rank them all something like this:

  1. Empire of the Clouds
  2. The Apparition
  3. Out of the Silent Planet
  4. If Eternity Should Fail
  5. The Red and the Black
  6. Tears of a Clown
  7. The Wicker Man
  8. The Thin Line Between Love and Hate
  9. Dream of Mirrors
  10. The Mercenary
  11. Blood Brothers
  12. Death or Glory
  13. The Book of Souls
  14. The Nomad
  15. Brave New World
  16. Speed of Light
  17. The Great Unknown
  18. The Fallen Angel
  19. The Man of Sorrows
  20. Shadows of the Valley
  21. When the River Runs Deep
  22. Ghost of the Navigator
Wow, I trust myself no longer.
 
This one is really tough, probably the most difficult one until now. Just one easy choice...and that one is the uninvited guest :D

If Eternity Should Fail vs. The Wicker Man (the two strongest openers since the reunion...damn, this one is probably the toughest of them all)
Speed of Light vs Ghost of the Navigator (a little easier even if SoL is not bad at all)
The Great Unknown vs Brave New World (the only drawback of BNW is the 3 word repetition over and over again but all of the rest is really awesome )
The Red and the Black vs Blood Brothers
When the River Runs Deep vs The Mercenary (the two lesser good songs on their respective albums...well, flip the coin, WTRRD is less repetitive so here's my winner)
Book of Souls vs Dream of Mirrors
Death of Glory vs The Fallen Angel
Shadows of the Valley vs The Nomad (for the moment, I feel a little bit lonely with this one but they're both really close for me)
Tears of a Clown vs Out of the Silent Planet
The Man of Sorrows vs The Apparition (finally, an evident choice:p)
Empire of the Clouds vs The Thin Line Between Love and Hate
 
This was interesting. I much prefer Book of Souls as an album, but a lot of the matchups worked out in Brave New World's favor. I ended up voting 6-5 for BoS, but the last matchup easily could have gone either way.
 
That's a funny voting order:

First pair: TBOS.
Then the next 5 pairs: all BNW.
Then the last 5 pairs: all TBOS.

Makes: 6-5 for TBOS.
 
My thoughts on it have changed drastically. I used to think it flat out sucks; now while I still rank it fairly low I do enjoy it.
 
Easy.

If Eternity Should Fail vs The Wicker Man
Speed of Light vs Ghost of the Navigator
The Great Unknown vs Brave New World
The Red and the Black vs Blood Brothers
When the River Runs Deep vs The Mercenary
The Book of Souls vs Dream of Mirrors
Death or Glory vs The Fallen Angel
Shadows of the Valley vs The Nomad (the Beckett quote sours it a bit, though. :p)
Tears of a Clown vs Out of the Silent Planet
The Man of Sorrows vs The Apparition
Empire of the Clouds vs The Thin Line Between Love and Hate
 
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