Maiden Albums: Head to Head

[Number 6]

I forgot to post my votes.

"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. Pretty easy and straightforward choices (although I would've liked to see "Out of the Shadows" paired up with "Coming Home").

 

[Brigantium]

I couldn't vote in the second pair. I like both songs for completely different reasons.

 

[JudasMyGuide]

All AMOLAD, bar The Man Who Would Be King.

 

[Deus_Adrian]

Surprised at Breeg vs Avalon. Avalon is easily best on Frontier and Breeg is kinda meh.

 

[Number 6]

Both are amazing (and really close on my list), but "Breeg" is actually a tad bit better.

 

[Diesel 11]

"Avalon" has been growing on me, but I've always enjoyed "Breeg".

 

[Lampwick 43]

7-4 AMOLAD

 

[Collin]

I’m more surprised than Lord of Light is beating The Talisman, I always thought the Talisman was pretty well liked while Lord of Light was kinda meh..

 

[LooseCannon]

FTGGOG vs Starblind. Ouch.

 

[Number 6]

FTGGOG vs Starblind. Ouch.

Hurt me as well. Went with "Starblind" in the end.

 

[frus]

I’m more surprised than Lord of Light is beating The Talisman, I always thought the Talisman was pretty well liked while Lord of Light was kinda meh..

Lord Of Light >> Talisman, easily

FTGGOG vs Starblind was toughest, but went with Starblind

 

[mckindog]

A good, old-fashioned thumping as AMOLAD dumps The Final Frontier 9-2.
Not sure it's because the board's make-up has changed, or because TFF hasn't withstood the test of time, but it has evolved into one of the forum's less appreciated efforts.
There was a time when Starblind was a top-10 candidate around here and tracks like Wild Wind and Coming Home and Avalon would have performed a lot better than they did here.

On to Iron Maiden versus Piece of Mind.

 

[mckindog]

I like this matchup, because a lot of songs pair up well.

 

[Diesel 11]

Everything from POM except for "Phantom", "Burning Ambition", "Women In Uniform", and "Iron Maiden".

 

[Number 6]

Apart from "Phantom" and "Sanctuary", it's Piece of Mind all the way.

 

[Black Wizard]

Prowler vs Where Eagles Dare
Remember Tomorrow vs Revelations
Running Free vs Flight of Icarus
Phantom of the Opera vs Die With Your Boots On
Burning Ambition vs Cross Eyed Mary
Transylvania vs The Trooper
Strange World vs Still Life
Sanctuary vs Quest for Fire
Charlotte the Harlot vs Sun and Steel
Women in Uniform vs I Got the Fire
Iron Maiden vs To Tame A Land

8-3 to 'Piece of Mind', the greatest album. This head-to-head worked quite well as all the b-sides are coupled together.

 

[Palpy]

Prowler vs Where Eagles Dare
Remember Tomorrow vs Revelations
Running Free vs Flight of Icarus
Phantom of the Opera vs Die With Your Boots On
Burning Ambition vs Cross Eyed Mary
Transylvania vs The Trooper
Strange World vs Still Life
Sanctuary vs Quest for Fire
Charlotte the Harlot vs Sun and Steel
Women in Uniform vs I Got the Fire
Iron Maiden vs To Tame A Land

 

[Wogmidget]

Prowler/Where Eagles Dare
Remember Tomorrow/Revelations
Running Free/Icarus
Phantom/DWYBO
Burning Ambition/Cross-Eyed Mary
Transylvania/Trooper
Strange World/Still Life
Sanctuary/QFF
Charlotte/Sun and Steel
Women in Uniform/I Got the Fire
Iron Maiden/TTAL

 

[permanenteddie]

Prowler vs Where Eagles Dare
Remember Tomorrow vs Revelations
Running Free vs Flight of Icarus
Phantom of the Opera vs Die With Your Boots On
Burning Ambition vs Cross Eyed Mary
Transylvania vs The Trooper
Strange World vs Still Life
Sanctuary vs Quest for Fire
Charlotte the Harlot vs Sun and Steel
Women in Uniform vs I Got the Fire
Iron Maiden vs To Tame A Land

All PoM except for Phantom (best song on IM facing the least good on PoM...yeah, I even prefer, musically speaking, QFF to DWYBO)

 

[Srogyy]

Prowler
Where Eagles Dare
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Remember Tomorrow
Revelations
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Running Free
Flight of Icarus
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Phantom of the Opera
Die With Your Boots On
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Burning Ambition
Cross-Eyed Mary
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Transylvania
The Trooper
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Strange World
Still Life
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Sanctuary
Quest for Fire
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Charlotte the Harlot
Sun and Steel
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Women in Uniform
I Got the Fire
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Iron Maiden (Yup... It's weird, but I think I just don't enjoy To Tame a Land... The melodies sound annoying to me.)
To Tame A Land