Your Maiden blasphemy

Not sure this opinion is super controversial, though it's likely fairly unique: I think Book of Souls is every bit as good as Powerslave and may very well be Maiden's best album out of all of the albums done by Maiden where Maiden recorded Iron Maiden songs that they wrote.
 
I may have posted this here before, but in case I did not, I will post it again, because I must share and express my sins: I LIKE the cover to Dance of Death. Even with its stupid poser cupids at weird angles, I like it. I know it's amateur and not finished, but there is this surreal Eyes Wide Shut thing going on with that cover that I think is far more disturbing due to how wacky the proportions/dimensions are on the dancing people around Eddie. It's like everyone there is in some kind of surreal dream where everything is just a bit off, but Eddie is strikingly in the center and his proportions/art are correct, as though to say that Eddie/The Reaper/Death are the only things real in this world and the rest is a crazy dance of dreams and perspectives. I know I'm reading into it a lot more than Steve certainly did, but the point is I love that cover for the same reasons that everyone hates it.
 
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It’s an objectively terrible cover that works for me personally because the content of the album was more experimental and the cover reflects that.
 
Diesel 11 said:
It’s an objectively terrible cover that works for me personally because the content of the album was more experimental and the cover reflects that.
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I don't know that there is such thing as "objectively" terrible art. The two words aren't really compatible. But I like what you said, that you like it knowing that it's "bad" and I'm same way too! We're the same! Let's bump chests!
 
LooseCannon said:
The cover is objectively reviled by the majority of Iron Maiden fans. It isn't objectively bad, though. Art generally can't be.
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This is true as true can be. I'm actually surprised at the level of hate the album cover gets. I've always disliked VXI cover the most because Soccer/Football on the cover is weird to me.
 
Someone dug up a version without that and it's much cooler, but I would say that DOD or TXF are my least favourite covers, most likely.
 
You mean a version of the VXI art without the sportsing? I'd love to see that, it might be a legitimately good artwork. TXF I loved when the album came out I was 15 when it dropped and it hit the right notes of my sensibilities. Now when I look at it, it just seems a bit too grim/tryhard to me. Still a very cool piece in theory and I like how it had a double cover. The vinyl remaster is super cool because it's shiny and big and pretty and I've always loved the insert pics of brains and such on the inside.
 
chaosapiant said:
Not sure this opinion is super controversial, though it's likely fairly unique: I think Book of Souls is every bit as good as Powerslave and may very well be Maiden's best album out of all of the albums done by Maiden where Maiden recorded Iron Maiden songs that they wrote.
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I wouldn't say controversial. Not to me anyhow. The Book Of Souls is the first Maiden cd to muscle it's way into my top 5-6* since 7th Son.


* those top 5-6 are not in any permanent order, they just all never leave the top of my list
 
My favorite Iron Maiden album, and also the one I think is their best, is Number of the Beast. My other favorites (not necessarily the BEST, whatever that means) would be Somewhere in Time, Fear of the Dark, and Dance of Death. But there is great stuff on all the Maiden albums, those are just the ones I've listened to the most.

My all-time favorite songs would be:

Children of the Damned
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Powerslave
Caught Somewhere in Time
The Evil That Men Do
Fear of the Dark
Como Estais Amigo
Journeyman
Out of the Shadows
The Talisman
Empire of the Clouds

And there's LOTS of Bruce Dickinson solo stuff I LOVE, such as Tears of the Dragon, Silver Wings, almost everything on Accident of Birth, etc.etc.

I've been doing a bunch of karaoke covers of Iron Maiden and Dickinson stuff lately, and I was wondering if anyone knows of a good venue to post that sort of karaoke recording. I am currently on Singsnap, but there don't seem to be any Iron Maiden fans there (in some cases, I'm the only person that has even done a cover of a given Maiden song!). Red Karaoke was hotter, they had more heavy metal, but they just folded.

I am also going to be uploading a bunch of karaoke backing tracks onto Singsnap, for songs they don't already have (such as Tears of the Dragon, Children of the Damned, etc).

But I was thinking that this fan site might be a great place for members (who sing) to post the addresses for their recordings, as in a separate thread devoted to that subject. Seems to me it might generate a lot more traffic and discussion!

Below is a sampling of my stuff.

Run to the Hills: http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/watchandlisten/play/c3ac14671
Hallowed Be Thy Name: http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/watchandlisten/play/beae029a1
The Trooper: http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/watchandlisten/play/c0ae5f501
Powerslave: http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/watchandlisten/play/c89d0f371
Wasted Years: http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/watchandlisten/play/b068eabe1
Fear of the Dark: http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/watchandlisten/play/bd7980efd
Como Estais Amigo: http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/watchandlisten/play/d1ab73079
The Wicker Man: http://www.singsnap.com/karaoke/watchandlisten/play/c5a4cfff9
 
chaosapiant said:
You mean a version of the VXI art without the sportsing? I'd love to see that, it might be a legitimately good artwork.
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I think this is the version yo are looking for. I also like this version better...

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