Rank Iron Maiden opening songs from best to worst from their 17 studio albums

Aces High
Where Eagles Dare
Caught Somewhere in Time
Sign of the Cross (as a song, it's here. As an album opener? Lower)
The Wicker Man
Moonchild
If Eternity Should Fail
The Ides of March
Different World
Be Quick or Be Dead
Satellite 15... The Final Frontier
Prowler
Futureal
Tailgunner
Senjutsu
Wildest Dreams
Invaders
 
1. Moonchild
2. Tailgunner
3. Satellite 15...The Final Frontier
4. If Eternity Should Fail
5. Senjutsu
6. Sign of the Cross
7. Invaders
8. Where Eagles Dare
9. Caught Somewhere in Time
10. The Wicker Man
11. Wildest Dreams
12. Be Quick or Be Dead
13. Aces High
14. Futureal
15. Ides of March
16. Different World
17. Prowler
 
I will contribute with my opinion in form of a chronological tier list, because I am a coward.

S:
Where Eagles Dare
Aces High
Caught Somewhere in Time
Moonchild
Sign of the Cross
Futureal
The Wicker Man (would have been an A without that last whooaaa-whoa-hoa part)
Different World
The Final Frontier

A:
Prowler
The Ides of March
Be Quick or Be Dead

B:
If Eternity Should Fail
Senjutsu

C:
Invaders
Tailgunner

D:
Wildest Dreams
 
Be Quick or Be Dead
Prowler
Moonchild
Aces High
Where Eagles Dare
Caught Somewhere in Time
The Wicker Man
Sign of the Cross
If Eternity Should Fail
The Ides of March
Wildest Dreams
Senjutsu
Satellite 15... The Final Frontier
Tailgunner
Invaders
Futureal
Different World
 
Aces high
Caught somewhere in time
The wicker man
Prowler
The ides of march
Sign of the cross
Moonchild
Where eagles dare
Senjutsu
Be quick or be dead
Tailgunner
Futureal
If eternity should fail
Invaders
Different world
Satelitte 15…the final frontier
Wildest dreams
 
  1. Aces High
  2. If Eternity Should Fail
  3. Caught Somewhere in Time
  4. Senjutsu
  5. Futureal
  6. Moonchild
  7. Satellite 15...The Final Frontier
  8. Where Eagles Dare
  9. Prowler
  10. The Ides of March/ Wrathchild
  11. Be Quick or Be Dead
  12. Different world
  13. Invaders
  14. Sign of the Cross
  15. Tailgunner
  16. The Wicker Man
  17. Wildest Dreams
 
01.Futureal
02.Different World
03.Caught Somewhere In Time
04.Moonchild
05.Sign Of The Cross
06.The Wicker Man
07.Aces High
08.If Eternity Should Fail
09.Be Quick Or Be Dead
10.The Ides Of March
11.Satellite 15... The Final Frontier
12.Where Eagles Dare
13.Senjutsu
14.Prowler
15.Wildest Dreams
16.Tailgunner
17.Invaders

Pretty difficult to rank them. The distances vary a lot, for example the top 5 is all very close to each other, while some at the bottom of the list are quite far removed from the rest.
 
1. Moonchild
2. Caught somewhere in time
3. Sign of the cross
4. Aces HIgh
5. Futureal
6. Be quick or be dead
7. The Ides of march
8. Tailgunner
9. Where eagles dare
10. Invaders
11. The Wicker man
12. Different world
13. If eternity should fail
14. Prowler
15. Senjutsu
16. Satellite 15...the final frontier
17. Wildest dreams
 
1: Caught Somewhere in Time
2: Aces High
3: Futureal
4: The Sign of the Cross
5: Moonchild
6: Where Eagles Dare
7: If Eternity Should Fail
8: Prowler
9: Wildest Dreams
10: Invaders
11: Senjutsu
12: The Wicker Man
13: The Ides of March
14: Tailgunner
15: Different World
16: Satellite 15
17: Be Quick or Be Dead
 
Where Eagles Dare
The Ides of March
Aces High
Caught Somewhere in Time
Moonchild
Be Quick or Be Dead
Prowler
Futureal
The Wicker Man
Sign of the Cross
If Eternity Should Fail
Satellite 15... The Final Frontier
Senjutsu
Invaders
Tailgunner
Different World
Wildest Dreams
 
Aces High
Where Eagles Dare
Moonchild
Different World
Caught Somewhere in Time
The Wicker Man
Futureal
If Eternity Should Fail
Sign of the Cross
Ides of March (nit combined with Wrathchild for this list. They should consider playing Ides live as a band with the three guitars)
Invaders
Senjutsu
Wildest Dreams
Satellite 15..l The Final Frontier
Prowler
Tailgunner
Be Quick or Be Dead
 
1. Moonchild
2. Caught Somewhere In Time
3. Prowler
4. Senjutsu
5. The Ides Of March
6. Where Eagles Dare
7. Aces High
8. Be Quick Or Be Dead*

* From a non-existing album (there are only eight of them) but replacing some truly dismal stuff from an existing one.
 
1: Sign of the Cross ( My favourite song and a great unusual opener too, the build up into the main riff just incredible)
2: Prowler ( just great, take no prisoners)
3: Aces High ( Fast, perfect intro, perfect opener)
4: Futureal (the last great opener)
5 : Caught Somewhere in Time (it opens perfectly one of my top 3 Maiden albums and set perfectly the mood of the rest of it)
6: Where Eagles Dare: ( just a great opening song)
7: Be Quick or Be Dead ( ferocious)
8: Tailgunner ( I think it's a pretty underrated track and opener)
9: Invaders (same as above)
10: Moonchild ( Love the keyboards in the intro , not my favourite song of this fantastic album but a nice opener)
11 : If Eternity Should Fail (very good song and opener, probably the best song on the album)
12: The Wicker Man ( the song is a bit overrated to me, but it works nice as an opener, pretty generic riff)
13: Different World: ( Ok song, ok opener, weird chorus but it works)
14: The Ides Of March ( I love this instrumental but Killers the song would have been a much better opener)
15: Senjutsu ( very poor opener, not that bad song, but truly a sleeper especially live)
16: Wildest Dream (Just a mediocre song IMHO)
17: Satellite 15 ( NOISE POLLUTION, I like the title track anyway that comes after)
 
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I’m not doing a full list, but here’s my top 3 faves and least faves.
Faves:
Moonchild
Senjutsu
Sign of the Cross

Least Faves:
Prowler
Idea of March
Invaders
 
1. Aces High
2. Sign of the Cross
3. Caught Somewhere in Time
4. Where Eagles Dare
5. Different World
6. The Wicker Man
7. Be Quick or Be Dead
8. If Eternity Should Fail
9. Tailgunner
10. Futureal
11. Invaders
12. Senjutsu
13. Prowler
14. Moonchild
15. The Ides of March
16. Satellite 15… The Final Frontier
17. Wildest Dreams
 
Sign of the Cross
Caught Somewhere in Time
Be Quick or Be Dead
Prowler
Where Eagles Dare
Moonchild
Aces High
If Eternity Should Fail
The Ides of March
The Wicker Man
Tailgunner
Senjutsu
Futureal
Invaders
Different World
Satellite 15... the Final Frontier
Wildest Dreams
 
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