Weakest Song from each Iron Maiden album

  1. Iron Maiden: Sanctuary
  2. Killers: Innocent Exile
  3. The Number Of The Beast: Gangland
  4. Piece Of Mind: Quest For Fire
  5. Powerslave: Back In The Village
  6. Somewhere In Time: Heaven Can Wait
  7. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son: Can I Play With Madness
  8. No Prayer For The Dying: Holy Smoke
  9. Fear Of The Dark: Weekend Warrior
  10. The X Factor: 2 AM
  11. Virtual XI: The whole album exept Clansman
  12. Brave New World: The Nomad
  13. Dance Of Death: Age Of Innocence
  14. A Matter Of Life And Death: Different World
  15. The Final Frontier: The Man Who Would Be King
  16. The Book Of Souls: Speed Of Light
 
Iron Maiden: Running Free
Killers: Innocent Exile
The Number of the Beast: Gangland
Piece of Mind: Quest for Fire
Powerslave: Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)
Somewhere in Time: Heaven Can Wait*
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son: Can I Play With Madness?*
No Prayer For The Dying: Hooks In You
Fear of the Dark: The Apparition
The X-Factor: 2AM
Virtual XI: The Angel And The Gambler
Brave New World: The Mercenary*
Dance of Death: Gates Of Tomorrow
A Matter of Life and Death: The Pilgrim
The Final Frontier: The Alchemist
The Book of Souls: When The River Runs Deep*

* - Very hard to pick. HCW - because of poorely written lyrics from Bruce's standpoint, CIPWM - because I need to choose one from SSOASS, The Menecenary - because the lyrics are kinda shit, WTRRD - because of the dragging chorus.
 
1. Charlotte The Harlot
2. Another Life
3. Invaders
4. Sun and Steel
5. The Duellists
6. Déjà Vu
7. The Prophecy
8. Mother Russia
9. Childhood's End
10. Blood On The World's Hands
11. Futureal
12. The Mercenary
13. Age Of Innocence
14. Different World
15. Isle Of Avalon
16. The Man of Sorrows
 
Surprised to see Avalon appear quite often, I think both parts of the chorus are brillaint and I think I just seem to like TFF a lot more than most in general.
Also, if Futureal is the worst song on Virtual XI, I think I need to give the album a listen.
 
  1. Iron Maiden - "Remember Tomorrow"
  2. Killers - "Purgatory"
  3. The Number of the Beast - "Gangland"
  4. Piece of Mind - "Quest For Fire"
  5. Powerslave - "The Duellists"
  6. Somewhere In Time - "Caught Somewhere In Time"
  7. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son - "The Prophecy"
  8. No Prayer For The Dying - "Fates Warning"
  9. Fear of the Dark - "Wasting Love"
  10. The X Factor - "The Edge of Darkness"
  11. Virtual XI - "The Educated Fool"
  12. Brave New World - "The Mercenary"
  13. Dance of Death - "Montsegur"
  14. A Matter of Life and Death - "The Pilgrim"
  15. The Final Frontier - "Isle of Avalon"
  16. The Book of Souls - "The Man of Sorrows"
 
fredo96993 said:
Surprised to see Avalon appear quite often, I think both parts of the chorus are brillaint and I think I just seem to like TFF a lot more than most in general.
Also, if Futureal is the worst song on Virtual XI, I think I need to give the album a listen.
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I remember feeling very disappointed when I first heard it (and it hasn't improved), both musically and vocally: it is Maiden-by-numbers, I find the riff and solos uninteresting (and even off tune at one moment) but the worst is how the way the lyrics have been shoe-horned in the verses AND in the chorus and how Nicko clearly didn't give a damn while recording his parts. "Futureal" is clearly below Maiden's standards, in my opinion, and not much better than what an amateur band would record after saying "let's write a parodic Maiden song". And it is a pity, because the title is not that bad and, I think, a better pun than the previous one (PEN#1). It is not that I don't like the song (I like Iron Maiden, remember? :D ) but this song in particular really doesn't stand analysis.
 
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Randalf said:
I know this is eternal topic amongst fans and I understand that some fans just can't stand Blaze, but I'd say that especially many songs from The X-Factor are much more "real Maiden" (closer to the quality and style of albums like Seventh Son and so) than a lot stuff from the early 90's albums, as good as they can also be. I just think that The X-Factor has a lot great songwriting efforts in it. :)

Then again, I do understand that it doesn't feel quite right to everyone.
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My thoughts exactly! When I saw the topic I knew there would be a few 'The X Factor and Virtual XI blablabla..". The Clansman and Sign of The Cross are always featured high on rankings and on best of records and are also the first songs I heard by the band.
 
I can do this.

Debut - Sanctuary
Killers - Drifter
Number of the Beast - Invaders
Piece of Mind - Quest for fire
Powerslave - null
Somewhere in Time - Heaven can wait
Seventh Son - Can I play with madness
No Prayer for the Dying - Hooks in you
Fear of the Dark - From here to eternity
X Factor - Judgement of heaven
Virtual XI - the obvious one
Brave New World - Blood Brothers
Dance of Dearth - New Frontier
A Matter of Life and Death - For the greater good ogf god
Final Frontier - When the wind blows
Book of Souls - Man of sorrows
 
Debut - running free
Killers - drifter
Number of the Beast - Gangland
Piece of Mind - Quest for fire
Powerslave - Two minutes to midnight
Somewhere in Time - Heaven can wait
Seventh Son - Can I play with madness
No Prayer for the Dying - Hooks in you
Fear of the Dark - From here to eternity
X Factor - The aftermath
Virtual XI - The angel and the gambler
Brave New World - Dream of mirrors
Dance of Dearth - Age of innocence
A Matter of Life and Death - Different World
Final Frontier - When the Wild Wind blows
Book of Souls - Shadows of the valley
 
I get so angry reading what some of y'all are saying are the worst songs on their respective album :)

Iron Maiden - Charlotte the Harlot
Killers - Drifter
Number of the Beast - Gangland
Piece of Mind - Quest for Fire
Powerslave - Flash of the Blade
Somewhere in Time - Heaven Can Wait
Seventh Son - The Prophecy
No Prayer for the Dying - Hooks in You
Fear of the Dark - Alot (But I'll pick Weekend Warrior)
X Factor - 2 A.M.
Virtual XI - The Educated Fool (The edited version of TAATG ain't bad)
Brave New World - The Nomad
Dance of Dearth - New Frontier
A Matter of Life and Death - Ummm none? I guess Different World if I had to pick.
Final Frontier - El Dorado (Funny. I don't consider this album all that great but can't pick a weakest link)
Book of Souls - Death or Glory
 
I actually like a bunch of these songs. Some of them are listed simply because I’m burnt out on them:

1. Iron Maiden
2. Genghis Khan
3. Gangland
4. The Trooper
5. Back In The Village
6. Sea Of Madness
7. The Clairvoyant
8. Public Enema Number One (terrible title)
9. Fear Of The Dark
10. Fortunes Of War
11. Don’t Look Into...
12. The Fallen Angel
13. Face in the Sand
14. Different World
15. El Dorado (hate this one)
15. Speed Of Light (rubbish riff)
 
1. Iron Maiden - never thought it was awesome, much more of a show moment than a great song
2. The Ides of March - really hard choice but it's just a bit plain and not much more than an intro
3. Gangland - easy call, still a decent song
4. Quest For Fire - not nearly as bad as everyone makes it out to be but still, by far, the weakest on the album
5. Los'fer Words (Big 'Orra) - never really been much of a fan of this one
6. Heaven Can Wait - solely because of the chorus
7. Can I Play With Madness - still love it but it's the weakest moment on a pretty close to perfect album
8. Hooks in You - ok riffs and stuff, horrible lyrics and vocals
9. Weekend Warrior - their 2nd worst song in the catalog, no real redeeming factors at all
10. Look for the Truth - off key singing, never liked this one, only blemish on an otherwise amazing album
11. The Angel and the Gambler - worst Maiden song of them all
12. Dream of Mirrors - never cared for this one much, too much VXI repetition and just does not warrant the length
13. Gates of Tomorrow - not bad just really bland and not great
14. The Pilgrim - this was probably the toughest for me as the whole album is so good, just always has been my least fav of the bunch
15. Mother of Mercy - can't excuse rhyming of with of and the super obvious copy/paste of the vocals
16. When The River Runs Deep - never took to this much, it's a rocker for sure but just lacks the extra gear and oompf of the other rockers on TBOS
 
Charlotte the harlot
Drifter
22 acacia avenue
Sun and steel
Losfer words
Heaven can wait
Can I play with madness
Hooks in you
Weekend warrior
Look for the truth
Don't look to the eyes of a stranger
The mercenary
Age of innocence
out of the shadows
The man who would be king
Man of sorrows
 
  1. Iron Maiden: Strange World
  2. Killers: Innocent Exile
  3. The Number Of The Beast: Gangland
  4. Piece Of Mind: Quest For Fire
  5. Powerslave: Back in the Village
  6. Somewhere In Time: Heaven Can Wait
  7. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son: The Prophecy
  8. No Prayer For The Dying: Fates Warning
  9. Fear Of The Dark: Weekend Warrior
  10. The X Factor: Judgement Of Heaven
  11. Virtual XI: The Angel & The Gambler
  12. Brave New World: The Fallen Angel
  13. Dance Of Death: New Frontier
  14. A Matter Of Life And Death: Lord Of Light
  15. The Final Frontier: Satellite 15... The Final Frontier
  16. The Book Of Souls: Death Or Glory
 
1. Sanctuary
2. Another Life
3. Total Eclipse
4. Flight of Icarus
5. Back in the Village
6. Heaven Can Wait
7. Can I Play With Madness
8. Bring Your Daughter...To the Slaughter
9. The Apparition
10. 2 A.M.
11. The Angel and the Gambler
12. Dream of Mirrors
13. Gates of Tomorrow
14. The Pilgrim
15. Mother of Mercy
16. When the River Runs Deep
 
Ziggyplayedguitar said:
8. Public Enema Number One (terrible title)
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I feel the same (cf my post a little above): it doesn't suit Maiden to talk about anus, in their songs at least! ;)

Speak about it (ass): it seems a lot of the references were gathered on NPFTD ("Holy Smoke" -"still smell cleaner than the shit you're in-, "PEN1" and "The Assassin"). Can you remember more?
 
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Diesel 11 said:
They should kiss their arses goodbye.
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Better watch cos I'm the Ass asin...
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...which is not funny if you don't speak Latin.
 
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