Non Album Maiden Songs - The Complete List

[Diesel 11]

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Hey y'all! As you may or may not have known, I really like the songs Maiden released but never made it to an actual album, and thus I decided to take the initiative to see what you guys think of them. I used LC's idea of a Google Forms poll to do this, so click the link to vote on each of the non album tracks on a scale of 1 - 10.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdWkcglXG-1a5Ymc9Xhpv7REtwziSY8YxgZXJ9yXqtglu_ZUQ/viewform

I've left off the tracks that eventually were released on albums, but I have included Mission From 'Arry just to see where it lands (if it doesn't win this whole thing...)

This will be open for about a month or so to give everyone a chance to vote, after which I shall compile it all to create a definite list. Yeah, I'm a hack, sue me.

Thanks!

(If there are any songs missing, something's wrong with the poll, or the link doesn't work, lemme know.)

 

[Forostar]

Are you aware of the polls on this forum? LC never asked us to vote somewhere else. He collected forum poll results and put them in a sheet. Check this subforum for examples of polls: https://forum.maidenfans.com/forums/best-of-worst-of-polls-forum.49/

Check this forum for topics, or if non-existent create topics for non every non album track here, if there was no poll, add a poll or let someone add it:
https://forum.maidenfans.com/categories/song-and-album-commentaries.66/

 

[Diesel 11]

I'm basically doing the same thing LC did with compiling the best Eddie list, and I actually shot him an email to make sure this wasn't already in the works, so yeah.

If any mods do have objections to this, I can take it down, but I'll leave it up for now.

 

[Forostar]

I am not aware of the best Eddie list.

Just wanted to point out that people do polls on the forum (I do now know if you know that) and I also think you will have more response if you organize it on the forum.

Good luck!

 

[Diesel 11]

I am not aware of the best Eddie list.

This was what I based this poll off of: https://forum.maidenfans.com/threads/best-eddie.61867/

Thanks for the advice though! I knew this would be kind of a shot in the dark from the beginning but I'll see how it goes.

 

[Forostar]

Ahh, hmm I might have missed that. I thought you meant LC's work (and spreadsheet) on the Maiden album song ratings. I saw a bigger relation between that and your poll.

 

[Diesel 11]

Nah, it was the Eddie poll plus my love of the B-sides and stuff that spurred this idea of mine.

 

[Black Bart]

I can't access it (I need to ask for an authorization) for the moment but I'm curious: have you thought about including "I Live My Way"?

 

[Diesel 11]

I can't access it (I need to ask for an authorization) for the moment but I'm curious: have you thought about including "I Live My Way"?

Oh yeah, that's in there!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/19CpGdPHetG3_I28x0FJgBp68G_XCvmOIOH46JrIkcNA/viewform

Does this one work?

 

[Diesel 11]

If you're wondering, this is how I'm voting:

Spoiler

Invasion - 4
Burning Ambition - 9
Women In Uniform - 8
I've Got The Fire - 7
Cross-Eyed Mary - 5
Rainbow's Gold - 6
Mission From 'Arry - 10
King of Twilight - 5
Reach Out - 10
Sheriff of Huddersfield - 9
That Girl - 10
Juanita - 10
Black Bart Blues - 9
Massacre - 9
All In Your Mind - 8
Kill Me Ce Soir - 9
I'm A Mover - 5
Communication Breakdown - 5
Nodding Donkey Blues - 6
Space Station #5 - 6
Bayswater Ain't a Bad Place to Be - 8
I Can't See My Feelings - 5
Roll Over Vic Vella - 7
Judgement Day - 10
Justice of the Peace - 10
I Live My Way - 9
My Generation - 6
Doctor Doctor - 9
Virus - 10
Pass The Jam - 5
More Tea Vicar - 2
Hocus Pocus - 7

 

[Black Bart]

Oh yeah, that's in there!

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/19CpGdPHetG3_I28x0FJgBp68G_XCvmOIOH46JrIkcNA/viewform

Does this one work?

It does now . I would have included "Sanctuary", "Twilight Zone" and "Total Eclipse" (which are not "canon" on albums) and "Space Truckin'" (released officially at least on the Classic Rock issue about Deep Purple's Machine Head).

 

[Diesel 11]

I would have included "Sanctuary", "Twilight Zone" and "Total Eclipse"

I would have loved to see where they placed as well, but that being said, this was basically intended to incorporate those songs that are skipped over in the official rankings, and since they're already there, I decided to leave them out.

"Space Truckin'"

I was debating about this one; if there's enough demand for it I can edit the poll and edit it in.

 

[Forostar]

For (com)P(l)ete's sake, let's edit it in.

 

[Diesel 11]

For (com)P(l)ete's sake, let's edit it in.

Alright, gimme a minute or two and I'll get it done.

Shall I also include Walking On Glass and Rhythm of the Beast?

 

[Black Bart]

Shall I also include Walking On Glass and Rhythm of the Beast?

Since you are asking, I would say that
- they are more "songs" than "Mission from 'Arry" is.
- BUT "Walking On Glass" doesn't appear on any official medium (while ROTB does). Including it would open the door to the covers of "Tush" (with the band Trust in 1982) and "Smoke On The Water" (at the Polish wedding).

 

[Perun]

Including it would open the door to the covers of "Tush" (with the band Trust in 1982)

Although this one is covered again on the AMOLAD bonus DVD.

 

[Black Bart]

Although this one is covered again on the AMOLAD bonus DVD.

I had forgotten that.

 

[Diesel 11]

Since you are asking, I would say that
- they are more "songs" than "Mission from 'Arry" is.
- BUT "Walking On Glass" doesn't appear on any official medium (while ROTB does). Including it would open the door to the covers of "Tush" (with the band Trust in 1982) and "Smoke On The Water" (at the Polish wedding).

True. I'll just add Space Truckin' for now and see how it goes.

EDIT: Alright, it's in now. I've gotten 11 votes so far by the way - thanks to all!

 

[Diesel 11]

19 responses thus far, and the voting is all over the place, wow. Can't wait to see where else this will go.

 

[AncientMariner_Essex]

I would definitely add in sanctuary, twilight zone and total eclipse. The opening post stated songs that never made it in an actual album. Well these didn’t unless you count the 1998 remasters and the I guess the US versions of the first two albums as they included sanctuary and twilight zone. I always see these three tracks as non album tracks myself as they were never on the original U.K. albums.