Which Maiden studio album has the best guitar sound in your opinion?

[Dick Brucinson]

I quite like how the quitars sound on TXF.

All the Shirley-produced albums don't convince me at all. Even the remastered version of the debut tops his production imho.

 

[Azas]

Powerslave. Heavy, harmonised and nicely produced.

 

[Yax]

BNW, TNOTB, SIT. Sorry, can't boil it down to fewer than that, as the instrument elements exist in the context of the mix.

 

[The_7th_one]

Powerslave, No doubt.

 

[Trevoire]

BNW has absolutely perfect Maiden production. Everything sounds crushing, guitars included.

 

[Spaldy]

I quite like how the quitars sound on TXF.

There are guitars on TXF?

All the Shirley-produced albums don't convince me at all. Even the remastered version of the debut tops his production imho.

BNW blows away nearly every other album production wise.

 

[Jer]

AMOLAD’s guitars are surprisingly in-your-face, which puts some real oomph behind the riffs. My personal favorite guitar sound from Maiden, though Powerslave and Somewhere In Time are also quite good.

 

[chaosapiant]

Dance of Death has my favorite guitar tone. Followed by probably Seventh Son.

 

[THESEVENTHMARINER]

I don’t think their guitar sound has ever been as heavy as it was on AMOLAD. Gloriously crunchy.

 

[GhostofCain]

Powerslave, No doubt.

I wholeheartedly agree!

 

[GhostofCain]

I don’t think their guitar sound has ever been as heavy as it was on AMOLAD. Gloriously crunchy.

I really like the guitar sound on that album too!

 

[Trevoire]

AMOLAD does sound really good too. A bit more natural than BNW, but still good. Some of the vocals are a bit buried though.

The "no mastering" thing also kinda held it back on initial release as I think it needed a bit of boost at the top and bottom to make it more hi-fi, but the 2015 remaster helped.

 

[Kalata]

Overall, BNW is my favorite guitar sound because it's a bit raw and powerful, but I can add more - the unique sound of SIT, the polished sound of FOTD, the heavy and crunchy sound of AMOLAD, or the perfect 80's and clean sound of Powerslave.

 

[Kalata]

Dance of Death has my favorite guitar tone. Followed by probably Seventh Son.

DOD is an curious choice and I was definitely surprised to see more votes for it. It's a rougher, more rock sound, which is nice to me.
Seventh Son is also interesting, like a more ''flowing'' and refined sound, a bit like and completely opposite to No Prayer.

AMOLAD does sound really good too. A bit more natural than BNW, but still good. Some of the vocals are a bit buried though.
The "no mastering" thing also kinda held it back on initial release as I think it needed a bit of boost at the top and bottom to make it more hi-fi, but the 2015 remaster helped.

Well said about AMOLAD. I think it's the last really powerful sound.