Your Top 10 least favorite Iron Maiden songs

Although, I pointed out Como Estais Amigos as a part of my least favorite songs, I must admit that it contains one of Janick's best solos ! :)

On Blood Brothers is the best solo by him... followed on close second by Wasting Love's amazing solo !
 
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So, I finally came around to sorting out all Maiden (album) tracks the way they were meant to be (the list generated by that "preference revealer" thingie, after I went through all of it, was actually far off, so I decided to rework it on my own). I've only utilized the 152 original album tracks, so no "Sanctuary", "Twilight Zone" or "Total Eclipse" (for now at least, though I don't think any of those would end up in my bottom 10 anyway).

  1. Rime of the Ancient Mariner
  2. Empire of the Clouds
  3. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
  4. Sign of the Cross
  5. Only the Good Die Young
  6. Alexander the Great (356-323 BC)
  7. Still Life
  8. The Red and the Black
  9. Starblind
  10. Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
  11. The Legacy
  12. Wasted Years
  13. Phantom of the Opera
  14. The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg
  15. When the Wild Wind Blows
  16. For the Greater Good of God
  17. The Book of Souls
  18. Lord of Light
  19. Dance of Death
  20. The Talisman
  21. Powerslave
  22. The Longest Day
  23. The Nomad
  24. Paschendale
  25. The Clansman
  26. Rainmaker
  27. Aces High
  28. Infinite Dreams
  29. Revelations
  30. If Eternity Should Fail
  31. Flight of Icarus
  32. The Trooper
  33. 2 Minutes To Midnight
  34. Isle of Avalon
  35. Hallowed Be Thy Name
  36. Losfer Words (Big 'Orra)
  37. The Number of the Beast
  38. Fear of the Dark
  39. The Evil That Men Do
  40. Stranger In a Strange Land
  41. These Colours Don't Run
  42. Afraid To Shoot Strangers
  43. Different World
  44. Dream of Mirrors
  45. Blood Brothers
  46. The Apparition
  47. Killers
  48. El Dorado
  49. The Duellists
  50. Judas Be My Guide
  51. The Clairvoyant
  52. Children of the Damned
  53. Moonchild
  54. Murders In the Rue Morgue
  55. Be Quick Or Be Dead
  56. Ghost of the Navigator
  57. The Alchemist
  58. Flash of the Blade
  59. The Prophecy
  60. Lord of the Flies
  61. Mother Russia
  62. Tears of a Clown
  63. Sea of Madness
  64. Back In the Village
  65. To Tame a Land
  66. Where Eagles Dare
  67. Brave New World
  68. The Pilgrim
  69. Caught Somewhere In Time
  70. Face In the Sand
  71. Remember Tomorrow
  72. No More Lies
  73. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
  74. The Educated Fool
  75. Heaven Can Wait
  76. The Wicker Man
  77. No Prayer For the Dying
  78. The Fallen Angel
  79. Coming Home
  80. 22 Acacia Avenue
  81. The Thin Line Between Love and Hate
  82. Out of the Shadows
  83. The Ides of March
  84. Run Silent Run Deep
  85. Transylvania
  86. Purgatory
  87. Wasting Love
  88. Futureal
  89. When the River Runs Deep
  90. Genghis Khan
  91. Blood On the World's Hands
  92. Bring Your Daughter...To the Slaughter
  93. Journeyman
  94. Invaders
  95. Look For the Truth
  96. Holy Smoke
  97. Fortunes of War
  98. The Prisoner
  99. Montségur
  100. The Great Unknown
  101. Can I Play With Madness
  102. Como Estais Amigos
  103. Die With Your Boots On
  104. Public Enema Number One
  105. Man On the Edge
  106. Out of the Silent Planet
  107. Chains of Misery
  108. Prowler
  109. Shadows of the Valley
  110. Childhood's End
  111. Deja-Vu
  112. The Unbeliever
  113. Don't Look To the Eyes of a Stranger
  114. Prodigal Son
  115. Satellite 15...The Final Frontier
  116. Speed of Light
  117. Strange World
  118. Run to the Hills
  119. Sun and Steel
  120. The Aftermath
  121. Tailgunner
  122. From Here To Eternity
  123. Wrathchild
  124. New Frontier
  125. The Edge of Darkness
  126. The Fugitive
  127. Wildest Dreams
  128. Innocent Exile
  129. 2 AM
  130. Running Free
  131. The Man of Sorrows
  132. The Angel and the Gambler
  133. Judgement of Heaven
  134. Mother of Mercy
  135. Fear Is the Key
  136. Hooks In You
  137. The Man Who Would Be King
  138. Death or Glory
  139. Age of Innocence
  140. Fates Warning
  141. Iron Maiden
  142. The Mercenary
  143. When Two Worlds Collide
  144. The Assassin
  145. Quest For Fire
  146. Lightning Strikes Twice
  147. Charlotte the Harlot
  148. Drifter
  149. Another Life
  150. Gates of Tomorrow
  151. Gangland
  152. Weekend Warrior

Which means my actual bottom 10 is:
  1. "Weekend Warrior"
  2. "Gangland"
  3. "Gates of Tomorrow"
  4. "Another Life"
  5. "Drifter"
  6. "Charlotte the Harlot"
  7. "Lightning Strikes Twice"
  8. "Quest For Fire"
  9. "The Assassin"
  10. "When Two Worlds Collide"
It was very unsettling for me that "Lightning Strikes Twice" ended up being my least favorite (according to the preference revealer) and "The Aftermath" was even in my bottom 10 (granted I don't like it as much as other people here, but it certainly doesn't belong in my bottom 10 list). Now, however, I'm very comfortable with what came to be.
 
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Running Free
Hooks in You
The Fugitive
The Angel and the Gambler
When Two Worlds Collide
Satellite 15/Final Frontier
Man Who Would Be A King
Wildest Dreams
New Frontier
Gates of Tommorow
 
An update:

  1. Purgatory
  2. Drifter
  3. Remember Tomorrow
  4. Innocent Exile
  5. Another Life
  6. The Man Who Would Be King
  7. Fates Warning
  8. Childhood’s End
  9. Out of the Shadows
  10. Mother of Mercy
 
hills, gangland,dreams, warrior, drifter, im, alchimist, daughter, maybe man of sorrows that is also bad,
-and quest
most of adrians solo stuff also sucks!!
 
  1. Bayswater Ain't a Bad Place to Be
  2. Pass the Jam
  3. More Tea Vicar
  4. I'm a Mover
  5. Massacre
  6. Reach Out
  7. King of Twilight
  8. Justice of the Peace
  9. Burning Ambition
  10. Fates Warning
 
I don't care for "Judgement of Heaven" that much, but I think Blaze sounds terrific on it. Very powerful, touching delivery. Honestly, he makes the song for me.
 
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Jer said:
Having someone vomit directly into my ears might actually be more pleasant than listening to Blaze's performance on "Judgement Of Heaven".
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One of the most beautifully emotional and honest songs in the Maiden discography sung by someone who sounds like he knows exactly what he’s singing about and has been through it as well?
 
Diesel 11 said:
One of the most beautifully emotional and honest songs in the Maiden discography sung by someone who sounds like he knows exactly what he’s singing about and has been through it as well?
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No, I'm talking about "Judgement Of Heaven" from The X Factor. :D
 
Well I dunno what to tell you. That song speaks to me on a personal level and is one of the reasons Blaze is one of my favorite vocalists ever.
 
Ultimately, I think Blaze is just... not for everyone. His voice is one of a kind, and it might take some getting used to. In the end, however, the truth is that some people never do, which is a real shame because he's very talented.
 
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Well I dunno what to tell you. That song speaks to me on a personal level and is one of the reasons Blaze is one of my favorite vocalists ever.
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And I don't know what to tell you, either -- Blaze is horribly out of key throughout the entire song, and his "yeahs" sound like a cat being strangled. Far and away his worst vocal performance with Maiden, IMO. If you can find a way to like that, more power to you I guess.
 
Jer said:
And I don't know what to tell you, either -- Blaze is horribly out of key throughout the entire song, and his "yeahs" sound like a cat being strangled. Far and away his worst vocal performance with Maiden, IMO. If you can find a way to like that, more power to you I guess.
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But now, he's great live. I have seen him last year and he was great. He has learnt alot and tuning down half step did wonders to him.
 
Like I said in the 1,000,000 replies thread, Blaze sounds like a superhuman with his solo stuff.
 
LooseCannon said:
You keep saying this, but I don't really think it's true. I think that Blaze simply sings differently
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Then short of getting an isolated vocal track and objectively measuring it, I don't know what would change your mind. It's blindingly obvious that he's off the note all over the place ("a lonely cry for help", "for help to anyone", "to help you on your way", "when I was happy", "to get on with your life", etc., etc.). If by "singing differently" you mean "warbling around different frequencies without caring which one you actually hit", then sure, I guess. But by that standard, literally everyone is a superb singer who just "sings differently".
 
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