Maiden Albums: Head to Head

[Saapanael]

A one-vote win by River over Mercenary means a one-vote 6-5 win for Book of Souls in one of our tightest battles yet.

Guess I shouldn't have been lazy and voted for The Mercenary, especially considering that Loosey would've voted for it as well. Oh well.

 

[SixesAlltheway]

Uh, I can see just by the pairings that this doesn't look good for No Prayer....

 

[Mosh]

Could’ve been a lot worse: 8 - 3 for POM

 

[The Flash]

Clean sweep for POM. 11-0.

 

[LooseCannon]

yeah that's going to be a murderous round.

 

[JudasMyGuide]

7-4 for POM.

 

[SixesAlltheway]

Lets take a moment to remember how awesome the original version of I've Got The Fire Was....Good pick by Maiden!

 

[Number 6]

8-3 for Piece of Mind. No Prayer... wins the last 3 pairings for me.

 

[Black Wizard]

Where Eagles Dare vs Tailgunner
Revelations vs Holy Smoke
Flight of Icarus vs No Prayer for the Dying
Die With Your Boots On vs Public Enema Number One
Cross Eyed Mary vs Fates Warning
The Trooper vs The Assassin
Still Life vs Run Silent, Run Deep
Quest for Fire vs Hooks in You
Sun and Steel vs Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter
I Got The Fire vs Kill Me Ce Soir
To Tame A Land vs Mother Russia

8-3 to 'Piece of Mind', predictably comfortable. 'The Trooper' vs 'The Assassin' is a laughable match-up: one of the very best Iron Maiden songs against the very worst. The hardest was 'Quest for Fire' vs 'Hooks in You' though.

 

[Diesel 11]

Where Eagles Dare vs Tailgunner
Revelations vs Holy Smoke
Flight of Icarus vs No Prayer for the Dying
Die With Your Boots On vs Public Enema Number One
Cross Eyed Mary vs Fates Warning
The Trooper vs The Assassin
Still Life vs Run Silent Run Deep
Quest For Fire vs Hooks In You
Sun and Steel vs Bring Your Daughter... To The Slaughter
I Got The Fire vs Kill Me Ce Soir
To Tame A Land vs Mother Russia

6-5 in favor of POM. Really close.

 

[permanenteddie]

Where Eagles Dare vs Tailgunner
Revelations vs Holy Smoke
Flight of Icarus vs No Prayer for the Dying
Die With Your Boots On vs Public Enema Number One
Cross Eyed Mary vs Fates Warning
The Trooper vs The Assassin
Still Life vs Run Silent, Run Deep
Quest for Fire vs Hooks in You
Sun and Steel vs Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter
I Got the Fire vs Kill Me Ce Soir
To Tame a Land vs Mother Russia

A lot of easy choices, the only tough one was TTAL vs MR and maybe FOI vs NPFTD

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

9-2 for POM. Only votes towards NPFTD were for Fates Warning & Bring Your Daughter.

 

[Diesel 11]

Only votes towards NPFTD were for Fates Warning

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

 

[Number 6]

Has @Magnus actually voted "The Assassin" over "The Trooper"?

 

[Magnus]

Has @Magnus actually voted "The Assassin" over "The Trooper"?

Great song, The Assassin.

 

[SixesAlltheway]

It's not bad actually...

They played it on the No Prayer tour too so I guess they thought it was one of the live worthy songs they had on that album.....

Official b-side:

 

[Forostar]

8-3 for No Prayer.

The three selected POM songs:

Flight of Icarus
The Trooper
Quest for Fire

 

[SixesAlltheway]

Run Silent, Run Deep deserves better but it's up against that other song about water....Still Life...

 

[Forostar]

The Assassin deserves better but it's up against that other song about taking a life....The Trooper...