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I started to listen to them about 2 months ago. And they are amazing. Can you tell me some good albums i should pick up?


I have:
A Matter Of Life And Death
A Real Live One
Piece Of Mind
 
I can see where this is going so I'll tell you: get all of them  :bigsmile:

Well no, but I would recommend you read the Commentary. If it helps you I started off with Brave New World and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son.
 
If you don't have Powerslave, Somewhere in Time and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son by the end of the month I will personally hunt you down and bludgeon you to death with my 'Early Days' DVD. :P

That said, I highly suggest you try and pick up all of Maiden's albums somewhere along the line.
 
Take me as a role model. All 14 studio albums a bit more than 2 years after I first heard them.  :yey:

Raven, you do know that all the albums you mentioned are not on the Early Days DVD? You'll have to wait till the new History DVD comes out and then you can bludgeon him with both.  :P
 
Tell ya what, Dolphins - ignore all them folks who posted before me. I shall answer your question.

Here's the albums you need, in the order you ought to buy them:

1. Live After Death. Contains live versions of songs from the first five Maiden albums (although, sadly, Killers is represented by a single song). This will give you a great overview of their early career. The live versions are almost perfect (the only fault being that Bruce's voice is a little rough on the opening song, "Aces High").

2. Brave New World. This album, in my opinion, stands out as the best thing they put out between #3 below and A Matter Of Life And Death. It's the first album with the current six-man, three-guitar lineup and it has many spectacular songs.

3. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son. More great songs from the classic 1980s lineup, wrapped around a somewhat loose and confusing concept / story.

4. The X Factor. One of the two albums with lead singer Blaze Bailey. This album contains some of Maiden's most ambitious and dark material.

These four purchases will give you a sufficient sample of Maiden's music to decide where you want to go from there.

If you like Live After Death, you may be interested in the studio albums from which that material was drawn - many great songs didn't make the cut for LAD. These albums are Iron Maiden, Killers, The Number Of The Beast and Powerslave. (You already have one of the five, Piece Of Mind.)

If you like Brave New World, then you'll probably enjoy Dance Of Death and Rock In Rio (the latter being another live album).

If you like Seventh Son, then Somewhere In Time should be high on your list also.

If you like The X Factor, then seek out Virtual XI, the other album with Blaze Bailey.

You mentioned that you have A Real Live One, which means you already have good live version of the best songs from No Prayer For The Dying and Fear Of The Dark. I'd leave those two albums till last, as many fans would say they are Maiden's weakest albums.

I hope that clarifies matters. And if Raven threatens you again, you have permission to take away his "Early Days" DVD and break it into many pieces. :bigsmile:
 
Natalie said:
Take me as a role model. All 14 studio albums a bit more than 2 years after I first heard them.  :yey:

Raven, you do know that all the albums you mentioned are not on the Early Days DVD? You'll have to wait till the new History DVD comes out and then you can bludgeon him with both.  :P
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I got the last two studio albums recently...and I'm only after being a fan for a year and a half :innocent:

And the instrument of his demise should he fail to acquire said albums has no relation to the albums themselves...although I'd happily bludgeon him to death with the World Slavery mummy Eddie, should I find one handy. :P

However, I would like to make one amendment to SMX's post.  Yes, I consider Fear of the Dark one of Maiden's weakest albums, but it should not be overlooked.  While some of the best songs from it (Be Quick or Be Dead, Afraid to Shoot Strangers, Fear of the Dark) are covered live on A Real Live Dead One, most of the underrated songs from that album demand attention.  If I were you, I would get Fear of the Dark for the said tracks and Childhood's End, The Fugitive and Judas Be My Guide.  For these 6 tracks alone, it's well worth it.

Or, you could hop onto SMX's brainchild and see what the top rated albums are for Maiden...although his system is flawed in this way, as Dance of Death is probably so high up due to the influence of Paschendale... :innocent:
 
Raven said:
Or, you could hop onto SMX's brainchild and see what the top rated albums are for Maiden...although his system is flawed in this way, as Dance of Death is probably so high up due to the influence of Paschendale... :innocent:
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The system is not flawed. It was designed to rate songs, not albums. I provide the "top albums" chart for interest only; it is not the point of the site. I have always recognized that many great albums are more than the sum of their parts (several Pink Floyd albums are classic cases of this). The albums chart is perhaps a rough approximation of what the actual best albums are, but it is no more.
 
Well for me, a good place to start is Brave New World, since it has lots of songs with very great themes. Take Blood Brothers, The Title Song, The extremely epic Nomad, and awesome Dream Of Mirrors.

From there, you may want to check out X Factor for dark themed songs with over the top song quality.
Powerslave and Seventh Son should not be missed at all.
Powerslave has a great opener, great nuclear war song, THE DUELLISTS, The beautiful title song, and the giant Rime Of The Ancient Mariner.
Seventh Son has a very very consistent song lineup with great melodies and an eerie theme. The opening is ominous and deep, the songs Infinite Dreams, Evil That Men Do, Clairvoyant shouldn't be missed. And yeah, the title track is among the best musical pieces Iron Maiden has to offer. Listen to it, it's plain epic and awesome.
 
Dolphins3416 said:
I started to listen to them about 2 months ago. And they are amazing. Can you tell me some good albums i should pick up?


I have:
A Matter Of Life And Death
A Real Live One
Piece Of Mind
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If you want something closest to A Matter Of Life And Death, choose Brave New World.  If you want something closest to Piece Of Mind, choose one of the other golden age albums -- The Number of the Beast or Powerslave.  I'm not trying to imply that the albums are the same, because they are certainly not.  The two newer ones I mentioned have more of an epic feel, while the golden ages albums are quite diverse, especially Piece of Mind.  But you already know this.  The other two golden age albums have some of the best known classics, like Run to the Hills and Aces High and some gems, like The Duellists and 22 Acacia Avenue.  I agree with Raven in that you should also not neglect Fear of the Dark or No Prayer For the Dying, as both have great gems, like Childhood's End and The Assassin.  If you want something completely different, you may wish to go for one of Di'Anno years albums (Killers or Iron Maiden) or Blaze albums (Virtual XI or The X Factor).  As Natalie said, if you really enjoy Maiden, you'll want to have all the studio albums, plus live ones.  I did not wait long to get them all.  But that really depends on you.
 
Dolphins3416 said:
I started to listen to them about 2 months ago. And they are amazing. Can you tell me some good albums i should pick up?


I have:
A Matter Of Life And Death
A Real Live One
Piece Of Mind
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YES MAIDEN ARE FREAKIN' AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!! AS A NEWBIE TO THIS FORUM AND NOT THE BAND , I WOULD HAVE TO POINT AWAY FROM THE BLAZE BAILEY ALBUMS , DONT GET ME WRONG THEY HAVE MERIT , BUT BRUCIE HAS ALWAYS HAD THE UPPER HAND WHEN IT COMES TO WHO IS THE BEST FOR THE BAND . so FOR NOW AVOID " X FACTOR , AND VIRTUAL XI .
OTHER THAN THAT , IF I REALLY HAD TO CHOSE AN ALBUM FOR YOU , THEN , I WOULD CHOOSE "DANCE OF DEATH" PURELY COZ ITS GOT THE MAIDEN STAMP ALL OVER IT BUT HAS ENUFF VARIETY OF THERE STYLE TO MAKE YOU GIGGLE WITH JOY FOR MONTHS TO COME . UP THE IRONS AND ENJOY CATCHING UP WITH THE OTHER 15 OR SO ALBUMS THAT U BEEN MISSING OUT ON !!!


Moderator edit: A translation by SMX.
I agree, Iron Maiden are a very good band. Though I am new to this forum, I have been listening to Iron Maiden for quite some time. In my personal opinion, Bruce Dickinson is a better singer than Blaze Bailey. On that basis, I recommend avoiding The X Factor and Virtual XI. Though I find it difficult to recommend a single album for you, I would choose Dance Of Death if I were forced to choose just one. It is quintessential Iron Maiden but also has a variety of sounds. It should provide you with much enjoyment. I wish you well in your quest to purchase further Iron Maiden albums.

Translator's note: All translations lose something when the material is presented in a new language. I fear what has been lost here is the unadulterated idiocy which the original version contained. However, I have made this post palatable for those of us with brains; I consider this exchange of pros and cons to be acceptable.

Moral of the story: If you post in all-caps, moderators feel no guilt about fucking with your post.
 
Dance of Death does have the most variety, in my opinion, so that is a good way to get an overall taste of more Maiden.

Could you stop using Caps Lock and what it the point of that spolier tag, stewjay?
 
stewjay said:
YES MAIDEN ARE FREAKIN' AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!! AS A NEWBIE TO THIS FORUM AND NOT THE BAND , I WOULD HAVE TO POINT AWAY FROM THE BLAZE BAILEY ALBUMS , DONT GET ME WRONG THEY HAVE MERIT , BUT BRUCIE HAS ALWAYS HAD THE UPPER HAND WHEN IT COMES TO WHO IS THE BEST FOR THE BAND . so FOR NOW AVOID " X FACTOR , AND VIRTUAL XI .
OTHER THAN THAT , IF I REALLY HAD TO CHOSE AN ALBUM FOR YOU , THEN , I WOULD CHOOSE "DANCE OF DEATH" PURELY COZ ITS GOT THE MAIDEN STAMP ALL OVER IT BUT HAS ENUFF VARIETY OF THERE STYLE TO MAKE YOU GIGGLE WITH JOY FOR MONTHS TO COME . UP THE IRONS AND ENJOY CATCHING UP WITH THE OTHER 15 OR SO ALBUMS THAT U BEEN MISSING OUT ON !!!


Moderator edit: A translation by SMX.
I agree, Iron Maiden are a very good band. Though I am new to this forum, I have been listening to Iron Maiden for quite some time. In my personal opinion, Bruce Dickinson is a better singer than Blaze Bailey. On that basis, I recommend avoiding The X Factor and Virtual XI. Though I find it difficult to recommend a single album for you, I would choose Dance Of Death if I were forced to choose just one. It is quintessential Iron Maiden but also has a variety of sounds. It should provide you with much enjoyment. I wish you well in your quest to purchase further Iron Maiden albums.

Translator's note: All translations lose something when the material is presented in a new language. I fear what has been lost here is the unadulterated idiocy which the original version contained. However, I have made this post palatable for those of us with brains; I consider this exchange of pros and cons to be acceptable.

Moral of the story: If you post in all-caps, moderators feel no guilt about fucking with your post.
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Brilliant SMX  :clap:, absolutely brilliant :D
 
stewjay said:
Translator's note: All translations lose something when the material is presented in a new language.
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This has to be one of the best phrases I've ever read on this board!  :bigsmile:
 
Fantastic edit, SMX :ok:

This bit is the best in my humble opinion: 'All translations lose something when the material is presented in a new language. I fear what has been lost here is the unadulterated idiocy which the original version contained.'

:lol:
 
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