Maiden Albums: Head to Head

Vote for your favourite song from each pair

  • Total voters
    34
  • Poll closed .
Invaders/Aces High
Children of the Damned/Two Minutes
Prisoner/Losfer Words
22AA/Flash of the Blade
Prowler '88/Duellists
Number of the Beast/Back in the Village
Run to the Hills/Powerslave
Gangland/King of Twilight
Total Eclipse/Rainbow's Gold
Charlotte '88/Mission from 'Arry
Hallowed/ROTAM
 
Aces High
Children of the Damned
The Prisoner
22 Acacia Avenue
The Duellists
Number of the Beast
Powerslave
Gangland
Total Eclipse
Charlotte '88
Rime of the Ancient Mariner

7-4 to Number of the Beast... why is Charlotte '88 here when it wasn't on either release?

 
6-5 for Powerslave:

  1. Invaders
  2. Aces High
  3. ------------------------
  4. Children of the Damned
  5. Two Minutes to Midnight
  6. ------------------------
  7. The Prisoner
  8. Losfer Words
  9. ------------------------
  10. 22 Acacia Avenue
  11. Flash of the Blade
  12. ------------------------
  13. Prowler '88
  14. The Duellists
  15. ------------------------
  16. Number of the Beast
  17. Back in the Village
  18. ------------------------
  19. Run to the Hills
  20. Powerslave
  21. ------------------------
  22. Gangland
  23. King of Twilight
  24. ------------------------
  25. Total Eclipse
  26. Rainbow's Gold
  27. ------------------------
  28. Charlotte '88
  29. Mission From 'Arry
  30. ------------------------
  31. Hallowed Be Thy Name
  32. Rime of the Ancient Mariner
 
Mission from 'Arry should win from Charlotte '88. It's not music but a highly entertaining and (original) "artwork", directed and recorded by Bruce Dickinson.

Also: Children > Minutes
 
Invaders/Aces High
Children of the Damned/Two Minutes
Prisoner/Losfer Words
22AA/Flash of the Blade
Prowler '88/Duellists
Number of the Beast/Back in the Village
Run to the Hills/Powerslave
Gangland/King of Twilight
Total Eclipse/Rainbow's Gold
Charlotte '88/Mission from 'Arry
Hallowed/ROTAM

8-3 for TNOTB
 
Invaders vs Aces High
Children of the Damned vs 2 Minutes to Midnight
The Prisoner vs Losfer Words
22 Acacia Avenue vs Flash of the Blade
Prowler ‘88 vs The Duellists
The Number of the Beast vs Back in the Village
Run to the Hills vs Powerslave
Gangland vs King of Twilight
Total Eclipse vs Rainbow’s Gold
Charlotte ‘88 vs Mission from ‘Arry
Hallowed Be Thy Name vs Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Powerslave ftw
 
Invaders vs Aces High
Children of the Damned vs 2 Minutes to Midnight
The Prisoner vs Losfer Words
22 Acacia Avenue vs Flash of the Blade
Prowler '88 vs The Duellists
Number of the Beast vs Back in the Village
Run to the Hills vs Powerslave
Gangland vs King of Twilight
Total Eclipse vs Rainbow's Gold
Charlotte '88 vs Mission from 'Arry
Hallowed Be Thy Name vs Rime of the Ancient Mariner

7-4 for Powerslave.
I was sorely tempted to vote Powerslave all the way, especially after I realised I prefer stuff like Losfer Words to The Prisoner, which I usually rank as one of the better songs from TNOTB (and the majority seems to think so too). The b-sides did make it look a little less one-sided, and though I adore Back in the Village, I couldn't bring myself to vote against the Beast title track. The match-ups surely are becoming interesting now!
 
This is going to be 8-3 for Beast. Bye bye Powerslave with the less popular b-sides.

Extra Beast advantage: Gangland won because it was up against a non-album track while it probably would have lost from most if not all Powerslave album songs.
 
This is an upset in my books. Think it’s more matchups than b-sides though.
I mean, how many matches is Rime going to lose?
 
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