Maiden Albums: Head to Head

[Forostar]

Be careful with counting @mckindog (and with voting everybody!) because you switched album positions in the final battle:
WTWWB vs The Legacy should have been The Legacy vs WTWWB.

My votes:
The first 5 for AMOLAD, then 3 votes for TFF, then 1 for AMOLAD, 1 for TFF and finally 1 for AMOLAD:

7-4 for AMOLAD.

 

[Edington]

My third favourite album vs one of my least favourite? The Final Frontier didn't stand much of a chance, I only picked Coming Home, The Talisman, TMWWBK* and Wild Wind from it.

*Thought if it were against Lord of Light, I think I would've picked the latter.

 

[The Flash]

Hocus Pocus vs The Man Who Would Be King

Seriously?

Hocus Pocus is a terrible cover of a great song.

 

[Diesel 11]

"Hocus Pocus" is a fun cover of a better song. It isn't perfect, but the band members are really into it.

The same cannot be said for that mess of a song "The Man Who Would Be King".... though I will say it was the toughest choice of this round.

 

[The Flash]

"Hocus Pocus" is a fun cover of a better song.

The actual song is the fun and quirky one, the Maiden version is bland with Nicko making random noises on top of it.

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

With the exception of The Alchemist, AMOLAD gets all of my votes.

Lord of Light vs The Talisman was really tough, though.

 

[Forostar]

With the exception of The Alchemist, AMOLAD gets all of my votes.

Lord of Light vs The Talisman was really tough, though.

Here we go already, watch the last vote @MrKnickerbocker: in every battle an AMOLAD song comes first, but in the last battle it comes last. You voted for the TFF song while you wanted to vote for the AMOLAD song.

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

Here we go already, watch the last vote @MrKnickerbocker: in every battle an AMOLAD song comes first, but in the last battle it comes last. You voted for the TFF song while you wanted to vote for the AMOLAD song.

Ahhh! You’re right! But I still voted for the correct song, just means I gave 2 votes to TFF instead of 1.

 

[Forostar]

At least some mistake was made.

 

[permanenteddie]

Different World vs Satellite 15
These Colours don't Run vs The Final Frontier
Brighter than a Thousand Suns vs El Dorado
The Pilgrim vs Mother of Mercy
The Longest Day vs Coming Home
Out of the Shadows vs The Alchemist
The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg vs Isle of Avalon
For the Greater Good of God vs Starblind
Lord of Light vs The Talisman
Hocus Pocus vs The Man Who Would Be King
The Legacy vs When the Wild Wind Blows

8-3 for AMOLAD, that's an easy since TFF is for me the weakest album since the reunion (and one of their least good overall)

 

[Edington]

Hm, Out of the Shadows is less popular than I was expecting...

 

[Wogmidget]

8-3 AMOLAD

 

[Shmoolikipod]

7-4 TFF

 

[Black Wizard]

Different World vs Satellite 15
These Colours don't Run vs The Final Frontier
Brighter than a Thousand Suns vs El Dorado
The Pilgrim vs Mother of Mercy
The Longest Day vs Coming Home
Out of the Shadows vs The Alchemist
The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg vs Isle of Avalon
For the Greater Good of God vs Starblind
Lord of Light vs The Talisman
Hocus Pocus vs The Man Who Would Be King
The Legacy vs When the Wild Wind Blows

8-3 for 'A Matter of Life and Death'. Walkover.

 

[Cat Milk Supreme]

8-3 AMOLAD
TFF votes for Mother of Mercy, The Alchemist and TMWWBK.
I genuinely like the first 2 but they would likely have lost against most of the rest of AMOLAD.
TMWWBK is ok, like Avalon and Starblind, there's some great elements in those songs but overall it isn't fabulous. However, it was always going to win over a cover.

TFF is the weakest reunion album, for me and is in my Bottom 5 overall. AMOLAD goes up and down in my estimation but in general I rank it fairly high.

 

[Confeos]

Different World vs Satellite
These Colours Don't Run vs The Final Frontier
Brighter than a Thousand Suns vs El Dorado
The Pilgrim vs Mother of Mercy
The Longest Day vs Coming Home
Out of the Shadows vs The Alchemist
Benjamin Breeg vs Isle of Avalon (tough choice)
For the Greater Good of God vs Starblind
Lord of Light vs The Talisman
Hocus Pocus vs The Man Who Would Be King
The Legacy vs When the Wild Wind Blows (don't worry Foro, I got the correct one!)

7-4.
Favourite reunion era-album versus my least favourite one from the same period.

 

[Srogyy]

Different World As far as I love Satellite 15 as an intro, Different World is more of a song, and it's a really good one. And I still don't like the division of S15 and TFF in this game.
Satellite 15...
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These Colours Don't Run
The Final Frontier
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Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
El Dorado
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The Pilgrim
Mother of Mercy
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Longest Day
Coming Home
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Out of the Shadows
The Alchemist
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The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg
Isle of Avalon
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For the Greater Good of God
Starblind
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Lord of Light
The Talisman
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Hocus Pocus
The Man Who Would be King
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When the Wild Wind Blows
The Legacy

 

[Palpy]

Different World vs Satellite 15
These Colours Don't Run vs The Final Frontier
Brighter than a Thousand Suns vs El Dorado
The Pilgrim vs Mother of Mercy
The Longest Day vs Coming Home
Out of the Shadows vs The Alchemist
The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg vs Isle of Avalon
For the Greater Good of God vs Starblind
Lord of Light vs The Talisman
Hocus Pocus vs The Man Who Would Be King
The Legacy vs When the Wild Wind Blows

 

[Collin]

Different World
Colours
El Dorado
Mercy
Longest Day
Alchemist
Isle
FTGGOG
Talisman
King
WTWWB

7-4 for TFF. I always thought the AMOLAD hate here was strong, but this makes me think differently.

 

[Black Wizard]

I always thought the AMOLAD hate here was strong

In some other thread someone said that 'A Matter of Life and Death' is only loved on this forum, but hated everywhere else.