Maiden Albums: Head to Head

[Confeos]

I don't think winning head-to-head against 4 other albums and only barely loosing to the juggernaut that is Piece of Mind suggests NOTB is a weak album. It has 4-6 all time classics.

I never said it was weak - the rest of my post elaborated that it is a fine album, but by Maiden standards it doesn't belong among their best. Can't argue with the classics, but there's a lot of filler too. That's of course only my opinion and entirely subjective, otherwise it obviously wouldn't be in this match-up

 

[mckindog]

Piece of Mind lays an old-fashioned stomping on the Beast and qualifies for the final.
It will meet the winner of 7th Son and Somewhere in Time.

 

[mckindog]

Probably the only round for me where Caught Somewhere in Time is going to win its matchup.
Only Evil saves 7th Son from being completely shut out.

 

[MW564]

Genuinely concerned that I may not be able to choose between all but a couple of these

 

[Palpy]

Moonchild
Wasted Years
Sea of Madness
Heaven Can Wait
Reach Out
The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Stranger in a Strange Land
Dejà Vù
Black Bart Blues
Sheriff of Huddersfield
Only the Good Die Young

 

[Number 6]

6-5 for Seventh Son, much closer than predicted though. SIT choices were "Wasted Years", "Sea of Madness", "Reach Out", "Stranger In a Strange Land" and "Juanita".

 

[Diesel 11]

7-4 in favor of SiT.

 

[soundwave]

7-4 for SiT as well for me. Though if we're only counting proper album tracks then I would have it at a draw of 4-4. The SiT b-sides are superior and give it the edge for me.

 

[Wogmidget]

God, this was a tricky one

CSIT/Moonchild
Wasted Years/Infinite Dreams
Sea of Madness/CIPWM
Heaven Can Wait/TETMD
Reach Out/Massacre
TLOTLDR/Seventh Son
SIASL/The Prophecy
Deja Vu/Clairvoyant
That Girl/Black Bart Blues
Juanita/Sheriff of Huddersfield
Alexander the Great/OTGDY

6-5 Seventh Son, decided by B-sides

 

[Collin]

8-3 SiT

 

[Edington]

I went with:

Caught Somewhere in Time
Infinite Dreams
Sea of Madness
The Evil That Men Do
Seventh Son
Stranger in a Strange Land
The Clairvoyant
Alexander the Great

Equal. But if I voted for the B-Sides... Somewhere in Time wins, but I'd rather Seventh Son won. Hmm.

 

[Shmoolikipod]

Caught Somewhere in Time
Infinite Dreams
Sea of Madness
Heaven Can Wait
Reach Out
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
Stranger in a Strange Land
Deja Vu
That Girl
Juanita
Only the Good Die Young

8-3 SiT

 

[Saapanael]

Voted for the favourite in each round.
SIT 7-4.

 

[permanenteddie]

Based on albums tracks only, it would have been a perfect draw. But SIT b'sides are among the best they've done so 7-4 for SIT

Caught somewhere in time vs Moonchild
Wasted years vs Infinite dreams
Sea of Madness vs Can I play with madness
Heaven can wait vs The evil that men do
Reach out vs Massacre
The loneliness of the long distance runner vs Seventh son of a seventh son
Stranger in a strange land vs The prophecy
Déjà-vu vs The clairvoyant
That girl vs Black bart blues
Juanita vs Sheriff of Huddersfield
Alexander the great vs Only the good die young

 

[Forostar]

6-5 Seventh Son (one of these 6 songs is a SIT-era b-side)

 

[Forostar]

Satisfying to see Infinite Dreams doing better than Wasted Years (at the moment, at least). Eat that, Maiden.

 

[Confeos]

CSIT vs Moonchild
Wasted Years vs Infinite Dreams
Sea of Madness vs Can I Play With Madness
Heaven Can Wait vs The Evil that Men Do
Reach Out vs Massacre
TLOTLDR vs SSOASS
Stranger in a Strange Land vs The Prophecy
Deja-Vu vs The Clairvoyant
That Girl vs Black Bart Blues
Juanita vs Sheriff of Huddersfield
Alexander the Great vs Only the Good Die Young

9-2 for SSOASS.
Fingers crossed - with Powerslave out, you're my only hope!

 

[Brigantium]

Mostly SSOASS

 

[LooseCannon]

SIT wins for me on b-side strength.

 

[The Flash]

8-3 for SIT.