Maiden studio album shoot-out, Part 16

SSOASS vs. BNW

  • Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

    Votes: 29 67.4%

  • Brave New World

    Votes: 14 32.6%
  • Total voters
    43
  • Poll closed .
Dick Brucinson

Dick Brucinson

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The very interesting thing to sort out today:

The better album - is it Brave New World? Or is it Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son? :innocent:

Rules as usual: 24 hours time to vote, poll results again can't be viewed before having voted, once casted vote cannot be changed, poll will be closed after 24 hours for then the next comparison will start.
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still in: Brave New World, Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son, Powerslave, A Matter Of Strive And Stress
already knocked out: Somewhere In Tyne, Piece Of Mint, Iron Maiden, The Vinyl Frontier, Fear Of The Dork, Fillers, Glans Of Death, Virual XI, The Number Of The Beats, The X Tractor, Senjutsu, No Prayer For The Dining, The Cook Of Souls

RESULTS FROM ROUND #3:
A Matter Of Life And Death 70% (The Book Of Souls 30%)
XXX ?% (XXX ?%)
XXX ?% (XXX ?%)

RESULTS FROM ROUND #2:
Brave New World 76% (Iron Maiden 24%)
Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son 64% (Powerslave 36%)
The Book Of Souls 70% (The Final Frontier 30%)
A Matter Of Life And Death 74% (Fear Of The Dark 26%)
Powerslave 64% (Piece Of Mind 36%)

RESULTS FROM ROUND #1:
A Matter Of Life And Death 77% (Killers 23%)
The Book Of Souls 74% (Dance Of Death 26%)
Fear Of The Dark 69% (Virtual XI 31%)
Brave New World 61% (The Number Of The Beast 39%)
The Final Frontier 55% (The X Factor 45%)
Piece Of Mind 53% (Senjutsu 47%)
Iron Maiden 57% (No Prayer For The Dying 43%)
Powerslave 58% (Somewhere In Time 42%)
Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son 76% (Senjutsu 24%)
 
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My two favourites, but Brave New World reigns supreme. It's everything I love most in Maiden: the ferocious energy of the eighties with the progressive elements of the 21st century, and it's the best line-up with everyone playing at their peak.
 
Once again, the choice is really tough (as steel). But, I vote for 'Brave New World', even if I adore 'Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son'. The reason is that 'Brave New World' opened a new chapter for Iron Maiden. Contrary to 'Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son', which was a problematic record for Adrian Smith who wanted it more melodic and less heavy. It was the beginning of the end of the golden years for the band, the exit album for Adrian, despite his nice contribution on this 7th Maiden's masterpiece. All is almost perfect on this record (the melodies, the harmonies, the riffs, the rythms, the atmospheres) but I feel some weariness sometimes coming from the band, and this is more obvious on 'Maiden England'. And in 1989, you all know what happened to the band : its main composer besides Steve Harris left the boat... That's why I've chosen 'Brave New World' : it's a very energic record, with a lot of joyful melodies and you feel that the musicians are really happy to play together again. :)
 
TheMercenary said:
Once again, the choice is really tough (as steel). But, I vote for 'Brave New World', even if I adore 'Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son'. The reason is that 'Brave New World' opened a new chapter for Iron Maiden. Contrary to 'Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son', which was a problematic record for Adrian Smith who wanted it more melodic and less heavy. It was the beginning of the end of the golden years for the band, the exit album for Adrian, despite his nice contribution on this 7th Maiden's masterpiece. All is almost perfect on this record (the melodies, the harmonies, the riffs, the rythms, the atmospheres) but I feel some weariness sometimes coming from the band, and this is more obvious on 'Maiden England'. And in 1989, you all know what happened to the band : its main composer besides Steve Harris left the boat... That's why I've chosen 'Brave New World' : it's a very energic record, with a lot of joyful melodies and you feel that the musicians are really happy to play together again. :)
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I thought that Adrian was happy with 7th son, and that it wasn't until writing began on NPFTD that he became unhappy with its back to basic musicality, as he wanted to continue in a more progressive direction.
 
Eddie620 said:
I thought that Adrian was happy with 7th son, and that it wasn't until writing began on NPFTD that he became unhappy with its back to basic musicality, as he wanted to continue in a more progressive direction.
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This. Adrian felt 7th Son was the direction the band should be taking and it wasn’t until No Prayer that his doubts kicked in.

The only negative comment I recall Adrian making was regarding the speed of the live shows around that time.
 
Get this Seventh Shit off my screen. It’s a good album, but it’s overrated and does not come together like a record should. BNW meanwhile is one of the pinnacles of the Iron Maiden discography. Like Edington said, it’s everything I love about Maiden.
 
Dick Brucinson said:
What's wrong with the Golden Years? :scared:
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There's nothing wrong, just my musical taste is different I guess. IMO the golden years started with Brave New World, and the albums they have released since then are much better compared to the 80s/90s. I mostly like the long epics with beautiful guitar/vocal melodies and the prog sound or whatever it is called+3 amigos each bringing another flavor to the music. Of course there are some songs that I like very much from the 80s as well, but the only song that could make it to my top 15 would be Children of the Damned, and the rest would all be from the last 6 albums.

Edit: I forgot Fear of the Dark from the 90s, the special song that introduced Maiden to me. Definetely in my top 15.
 
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