Maiden Albums: Head to Head

[Diesel 11]

 

[The Flash]

It wasn't an easy choice for me, but I went with Thin Line as well.

 

[SixesAlltheway]

Easy for me. I'd much rather listen to Thin Line than Empire

 

[Black Wizard]

#MeToo

If Empire was significantly shorter then I'd pay more attention to it.

 

[Diesel 11]

How much shorter? Take anything out and that song would fall faster than the Hindenburg R101.

 

[Black Wizard]

How much shorter? Take anything out and that song would fall faster than the Hindenburg R101.

I agree that taking parts out would degrade the flow of the song, but if it had been written with the aim of being nine minutes long rather than eighteen I'm sure the result would've been fine.

 

[Forostar]

Satisfying to see a song (The Mercenary) that was way more criticized have more votes than its opponent (When the River Run Deep).

Current overall standing:
Brave New World vs The Book of Souls: 6-5.

 

[Diesel 11]

The Mercenary is a song that has an insane amount of repetition that should not have passed through.

....and yet it's one of the band's most enjoyable bangers ever.

 

[Forostar]

It has some repetition but also:

The Mercenary is a song that has an insane amount of better riffs, drums, vocals and guitar solos.

 

[SixesAlltheway]

To me the Mercenary is just the better version of two quite similar songs. it gets quicker to the point, has a fatter/heavier riff., a more memorable chorus and stays consistent in the tempo throughout...

 

[Brigantium]

IESF v Wicker Man. The ultimate opener duel?

 

[Brigantium]

With the exception of the final pair, I felt this round had the toughest choices yet.

 

[SixesAlltheway]

IESF is well ahead though....I can't decide if that's surprising or not, Wicker Man is certainly very strong. However IESF seems like the first song in a long time they actually wrote as an intro song..AND without using the template of Wicker Man, Wildest Dreams, Different World, Final Frontier ie short rockers....which makes it that much more special.

 

[Forostar]

With the exception of the final pair, I felt this round had the toughest choices yet.

9-2 for TBOS Brig! The biggest support from us all.

 

[Brigantium]

IESF is well ahead though....I can't decided if that's surprising or not, Wicker Man is certainly very strong. However IESF seems like the first song in a long time they actually wrote as an intro song..AND without using the template of Wicker Man, Wildest Dreams, Different World, Final Frontier ie short rockers....which makes it that much more special.

Yeah, they had three attempts at repeating the Wicker Man formula and never got it anywhere near as good. Even if I do have a soft spot for TFF (I'm classing S15 as an extended intro for the purpose of this discussion).

Eternity was fresh and has a lot of clout to it. It was a 'chicken skin' moment, as Mr Foro put it.

 

[frus]

With the exception of the final pair, I felt this round had the toughest choices yet.

Really? It was the easiest for me
The only "tough" pair was Nomad vs Shadows, as I don't care for either
6-5 TBOS

 

[Number 6]

"Death or Glory" doesn't deserve to be ahead of "The Fallen Angel".

 

[SixesAlltheway]

"Death or Glory" doesn't deserve to be ahead of "The Fallen Angel".

Agreed. Too much "monkey business"

 

[Black Wizard]

"Death or Glory" doesn't deserve to be ahead of "The Fallen Angel".

 

[frus]

Agreed. Too much "monkey business"

Well it's not that DOG is bad, but Fallen Angel ROCKS