The year 1986: Pick one album.

[Forostar]

The opening track, the title track and Welcome Home (Sanitarium) were and still are very appealing but the rest?
Mwah.

I think this album is especially special because it was Burton's last.

 

[Jupz]

Well I love Disposable Heroes, Leper Messiah and Orion. The other two are slightly worse IMO, but still very good songs and would dominate, say, DM if they were placed on there.

 

[Habberdasher]

The only stinker is The Thing That Should Not Be. I really like HP Lovecraft, too bad the song isn't so good.

 

[Nigel Tufnel]

Even though Iron Maiden is a far superior band in every way imaginable, I had to pick Master of Puppets. I like Somewhere in Time, but Master of Puppets is a stronger album.

Master of Puppets                                      Somewhere in Time
Battery                                                                  Wasted Years
Master  of Puppets                                                  Stranger in a Strangeland
Welcome Home (Sanitarium)                                    Caught Somewhere in Time
Disposable Heroes                                                    Alexander the Great
Damage Inc.                                                          Deja- Vu

 

[Cornfed Hick]

If I were forced to give up either SiT or Puppets, I'd choose to keep SiT.  It's a close call though. When I first heard Master of Puppets, it was a revelation.

 

[Mega]

SiT. I always thought MiP was a pretty boring album. The first 2 tracks and Orions are awesome, but the rest of the album isn't really that good. Ride The Lightning is their best, by far.

Peace Sells was a close second though. Now -that- is a thrash album.