Top 25 Maiden songs since 2000 reunion

1. The Book of Souls
2. Dance of Death
3. Empire of the Clouds
4. The Red and the Black
5. Paschendale
6. When the Wild Wind Blows
7. The Talisman
8. Brave New World
9. For the Greater Good of God
10. If Eternity Should Fail
11. Isle of Avalon
12. The Legacy
13. Shadows of the Valley
14. The Thin Line Between Love and Hate
15. These Colours Don't Run
16. Starblind
17. Dream of Mirrors
18. The Longest Day
19. No More Lies
20. The Nomad
21. Blood Brothers
22. Brighter Than A Thousand Suns
23. Out of the Silent Planet
24. The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg
25. The Great Unknown
 
Not in an particular order, but I suppose these 25 would be mine:

1. If Eternity Should Fail
2. Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
3. Paschendale
4. The Book of Souls
5. For the Greater Good of God
6. The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg
7. The Wicker Man
8. Ghost of the Navigator
9. The Longest Day
10. Empire of the Clouds
11. Lord of Light
12. Tears of a Clown
13. Dance of Death
14. Rainmaker
15. Starblind
16. Montsegur
17. Blood Brothers
18. The Legacy
19. The Thin Line Between Love and Hate
20. Face in the Sand
21. Isle of Avalon
22. The Red and the Black (so full of Maiden cliches that it's almost a bit over the top, but honestly, I also LOVE IT!)
23. When the Wild Wind Blows
24. Coming Home/Out of the Shadows
25. The Talisman..? The Man of Sorrows..? Journeyman..? Dream of Mirrors..? These Colours Don't Run..? This one's a hard pick...
 
Album Order. Not Ranking Order

1) The Wicker Man
2) Ghost of the Navigator

3) Rainmaker
4) Dance of Death
5) Paschendale

6) Different World
7) These Colors Don't Run
8) Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
9) The Pilgrim
10) The Longest Day
11) Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg
12) Lord of Light
13) The Legacy

14) Satellite 15...The Final Frontier
15) Mother of Mercy
16) The Alchemist
17) Isle of Avalon
18) Starblind
19) The Talisman

20) If Eternity Should Fail
21) Speed of Light
22) Red and The Black
23) Book of Souls
24) Shadows of the Valley
25) Empire of the Clouds
 
If I have to do a album from all the reunion songs it would be something like this:

1.The Wicker Man
2.Ghost Of The Navigator
3.Brave New World
4.Blood Brothers
5.Out Of The Silent Planet
6.Rainmaker
7.Dance Of Death
8.For The Greater Good Of God
9.The Talisman
10.The Book Of Souls

It is impossible, but that is like a Best Of of the reunion era... :)
There's already a thread for that.
 
  1. "Empire of the Clouds"
  2. "The Red and the Black"
  3. "When the Wild Wind Blows"
  4. "Starblind"
  5. "The Legacy"
  6. "The Book of Souls"
  7. "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns"
  8. "For the Greater Good of God"
  9. "Dance of Death"
  10. "The Longest Day"
  11. "Paschendale"
  12. "The Nomad"
  13. "If Eternity Should Fail"
  14. "Lord of Light"
  15. "Rainmaker"
  16. "The Talisman"
  17. "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg"
  18. "Isle of Avalon"
  19. "Dream of Mirrors"
  20. "Blood Brothers"
  21. "Ghost of the Navigator"
  22. "The Wicker Man"
  23. "Tears of a Clown"
  24. "The Alchemist"
  25. "These Colours Don't Run"
An update:
  1. "Empire of the Clouds"
  2. "The Red and the Black"
  3. "Starblind"
  4. "Brighter Than a Thousand Suns"
  5. "The Legacy"
  6. "The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg"
  7. "When the Wild Wind Blows"
  8. "For the Greater Good of God"
  9. "The Book of Souls"
  10. "Lord of Light"
  11. "Dance of Death"
  12. "The Talisman"
  13. "The Longest Day"
  14. "The Nomad"
  15. "Paschendale"
  16. "Rainmaker"
  17. "If Eternity Should Fail"
  18. "Isle of Avalon"
  19. "These Colours Don't Run"
  20. "Different World"
  21. "Dream of Mirrors"
  22. "Blood Brothers"
  23. "El Dorado"
  24. "Ghost of the Navigator"
  25. "The Alchemist"
 
  1. Red And The Black
  2. Longest Day
  3. Thin Line Between Love & Hate
  4. Blood Bros
  5. Dance of Death
  6. The Journeyman
  7. Wickerman
  8. Speed Of Light
  9. Gates of Tomorrow
  10. The Wicker Man
  11. Gates of Tomorrow
  12. Different World
  13. For the Greater Good of God
  14. The Man Who Would Be King
  15. Brave New World
  16. Paschendale
  17. Age Of Innocence
  18. When The Wind Blows
  19. Death Or Glory
  20. If Eternity Should Fail
  21. Mother of Mercy
  22. The Talisman
  23. The Book Of Souls
  24. Out Of The Silent Planet
  25. Dream of Mirrors
First 10 was easy but than had to think for the next 15
 
  1. Red And The Black
  2. Longest Day
  3. Thin Line Between Love & Hate
  4. Blood Bros
  5. Dance of Death
  6. The Journeyman
  7. Wickerman
  8. Speed Of Light
  9. Gates of Tomorrow
  10. The Wicker Man
  11. Gates of Tomorrow
  12. Different World
  13. For the Greater Good of God
  14. The Man Who Would Be King
  15. Brave New World
  16. Paschendale
  17. Age Of Innocence
  18. When The Wind Blows
  19. Death Or Glory
  20. If Eternity Should Fail
  21. Mother of Mercy
  22. The Talisman
  23. The Book Of Souls
  24. Out Of The Silent Planet
  25. Dream of Mirrors
First 10 was easy but than had to think for the next 15
I went through this list 10 times and still can’t find “Empire of the Clouds”... :oops:
 
  1. Red And The Black
  2. Longest Day
  3. Thin Line Between Love & Hate
  4. Blood Bros
  5. Dance of Death
  6. The Journeyman
  7. Wickerman
  8. Speed Of Light
  9. Gates of Tomorrow
  10. The Wicker Man
  11. Gates of Tomorrow
  12. Different World
  13. For the Greater Good of God
  14. The Man Who Would Be King
  15. Brave New World
  16. Paschendale
  17. Age Of Innocence
  18. When The Wind Blows
  19. Death Or Glory
  20. If Eternity Should Fail
  21. Mother of Mercy
  22. The Talisman
  23. The Book Of Souls
  24. Out Of The Silent Planet
  25. Dream of Mirrors
You still have room for 2 more songs.

Also, "Gates of Tomorrow" (twice) higher than "Paschendale"? Nope.
 
Thought this was gonna be hard, but was surprisingly easy. The hardest part was not putting the entirety of Brave New World in there.

The only ones I could really rank properly are my Top 3: The Book of Souls, Paschendale and Dream of Mirrors.

In alphabetical order, just to be a smart arse (and that's the order my iTunes playlist put them in :p):

Blood Brothers
The Book of Souls
Brave New World
Brighter Than A Thousand Suns
Coming Home
Dance of Death
Dream of Mirrors
Empire of the Clouds
For The Greater Good of God
Ghost of the Navigator
If Eternity Should Fail
Journeyman
The Legacy
Montsegur
Out of the Shadows
Paschendale
Rainmaker
The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg
Shadows of the Valley
Speed of Light
Starblind
The Talisman*
The Thin Line Between Love and Hate
When The Wild Wind Blows
The Wicker Man


*I actually much prefer the En Vivo! version, but I couldn't think of anything I'd rather see in it's place.
 
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I actually think that Gates Of Tomorrow is not a bad song (great chorus and intro) - typical Janick song with a fast crazy solo. Maybe that song was written all by Janick, but Bruce and Steve were like: ''nah, we can't let you do a whole song alone, we must check it first'' :D

Other songs that I think are full of Janick's handwriting: Fear Is The Key, Wasting Love, The Apparition....
 
Ok cool. Updated list (in no order after top 7)

  1. Red And The Black
  2. Longest Day
  3. Thin Line Between Love & Hate
  4. Blood Bros
  5. Dance of Death
  6. The Journeyman
  7. Wickerman
  8. Speed Of Light
  9. Gates of Tomorrow
  10. Montsegur
  11. Face In The Sand
  12. Different World
  13. For the Greater Good of God
  14. The Man Who Would Be King
  15. Brave New World
  16. Paschendale
  17. Age Of Innocence
  18. When The Wind Blows
  19. Death Or Glory
  20. If Eternity Should Fail
  21. Mother of Mercy
  22. The Talisman
  23. The Book Of Souls
  24. Out Of The Silent Planet
  25. Dream of Mirrors
 
Gates of Tomorrow is awesome.

I also like New Frontier, good chorus and fantastic solo by Adrian (on this album, his solos are top-notch), and the gem from the DOD album - Face In The Sand !

Journeyman is another great song with a typical ''special'' Maiden feel on it - and Montségur is also a good song (typical Janick melodies on it), which is like a clone to The Fallen Angel. The DOD album is very good and underrated !
 
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Yeah, DoD is a stellar album which works because they’re very experimental with everything. Best reunion album after TBOS.
 
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