Your ultimate reunion album

If Eternity Should Fail
Ghost Of The Navigator
Rainmaker
Mother Of Mercy
Stratego
The Longest Day
Brave New World
Dance Of Death
The Talisman
The Reincarnation Of Benjamin Breeg
The Parchment
 
MindRuler said:
Mother Of Mercy
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MindRuler said:
Mother Of Mercy
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MindRuler said:
Mother Of Mercy
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Update 2021

The Wicker Man, Stratego, Dance Of Death, Blood Brothers, For The Greater Good Of God, Darkest Hour, The Talisman, Rainmaker, Shadows Of The Valley, Out Of The Silent Planet, Hell On Earth, GOTN, BNW, The Mercenary, NML, Paschendale, Different World, BTATS, The Pilgrim, Coming Home, IESF, SOL, TRATB, TBOS, DOG, EOTC, Senjutsu, DOFP, DOTC and The Parchment.

It's impossible, sorry.
 
MindRuler said:
I guess you don´t like this great tune @Jer ?
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That super-strained, studio cut & pasted chorus is a non-starter for me. There are some nice musical bits in it, but overall I think it’s the only genuinely bad song from the reunion era.
 
Jer said:
That super-strained, studio cut & pasted chorus is a non-starter for me. There are some nice musical bits in it, but overall I think it’s the only genuinely bad song from the reunion era.
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My favourite part:
Some say you are a lost cause, some say you're a saint
Just being here's and act of suffering and restraint
Walked down a long dark road to ruin and panic not
I'll die a lonely death, of that I'm certain of
 
1. El Dorado
2. Ghost of the Navigator
3. Brave New World
4. Dance of Death
5. Stratego
6. The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg
7. The Wicker Man
8. Senjutsu
9. Paschendale
10. The Talisman
11. When The Wild Wind Blows
12. The Book of Souls

(I had to drop "Journeyman" and "The Legacy" as contenders for closers in order to have something from The Book of Souls)
 
My pre-Senjutsu list is rather heavy in songs from the first three. I like TFF and TBOS, but the three first albums have some truly great songs that I feel haven't been matched on the last two. Time will tell which Senjutsu songs can enter the mix, but top candidates as of now are Stratego (to replace TCDR), Pankrement and Hell on Earth (one of these to replace DoD/Legacy/Book of Souls)

I feel very little Maiden have done in the reunion era can top the opening four of BNW + Rainmaker, Paschendale and BTATS - and the only reason BNW (song) isn't here is that I felt the album was well represented already.

Disc 1:
The Wicker Man
Ghost of the Navigator
Brighter Than a Thousand Suns
Dance of Death
The Legacy

Disc 2:
If Eternity should Fail
Rainmaker
These Colours Don't Run (if this doesn't qualify as short song, insert Stratego)
The Book of Souls
Paschendale
Blood Brothers


Almost made it:/were considered: Brave New World, The Longest Day, Coming Home, Starblind, Isle of Avalon, Death or Glory, Tears of a Clown, Empire of the Clouds.
 
Doubt this one will be that popular:

Satellite 15... The Final Frontier
These Colours Don't Run
Ghost of the Navigator
No More Lies
Different World
Brighter Than a Thousand Suns

Paschendale
The Return of Benjamin Breeg
Rainmaker
Stratego
Starblind
Hell on Earth

So good: perfect pacing and mix of all faces of the band.
 
mckindog said:
Doubt this one will be that popular:

Satellite 15... The Final Frontier
These Colours Don't Run
Ghost of the Navigator
No More Lies
Different World
Brighter Than a Thousand Suns

Paschendale
The Return of Benjamin Breeg
Rainmaker
Stratego
Starblind
Hell on Earth

So good: perfect pacing and mix of all faces of the band.
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I'll make a playlist of that. It'll proably be very enjoyable.
 
1. Brave New World
2. These Colours Don't Run
3. The Mercenary
4. Lord of Light
5. Ghost of the Navigator
6. Starblind
7. If Eternity Should Fail
8. The Book of Souls
9. Blood Brothers
10. The Parchment
11. The Legacy
 
mckindog said:
Doubt this one will be that popular:

Satellite 15... The Final Frontier
These Colours Don't Run
Ghost of the Navigator
No More Lies
Different World
Brighter Than a Thousand Suns

Paschendale
The Return of Benjamin Breeg
Rainmaker
Stratego
Starblind
Hell on Earth

So good: perfect pacing and mix of all faces of the band.
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Only because you cheated on the number of songs! :p
 
Double disc, two songs from each album

1. If Eternity Should Fail
2. Coming Home
3. The Writing on the Wall
4. Paschendale
5. When the Wild Wind Blows
6. The Book of Souls

1. The Wicker Man
2. Brighter Than A Thousand Suns
3. Blood Brothers
4. Dance of Death
5. Lord of Light
6. Hell On Earth
 
Disc 1:
  1. The Wicker Man - 4:35
  2. Ghost of the Navigator - 6:50
  3. Rainmaker - 3:48
  4. Dance of Death - 8:36
  5. The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg - 7:22
  6. The Book of Souls - 10:27
Runtime: 41:41 :cool:

Disc 2:
  1. If Eternity Should Fail - 8:28
  2. Stratego - 4:59
  3. Coming Home - 5:52
  4. For the Greater Good of God - 9:25
  5. Hell on Earth - 11:19
Runtime: 40:05.

Total Runtime: 81:46
 
So I sort of broke the rules and am 7 minutes over the runtime because I made this and realized I forgot The Talisman.

Disc 1:
  1. If Eternity Should Fail 8:28 (Dickinson)
  2. The Wicker Man (Radio Edit) 4:35 (Smith, Harris, Dickinson)
  3. Rainmaker 3:48 (Murray, Harris, Dickinson)
  4. The Talisman 9:03 (Gers, Harris)
  5. Dance Of Death 8:36 (Gers, Harris)
  6. Brave New World 6:18 (Murray, Harris, Dickinson)
  7. The Writing On The Wall 6:23 (Smith, Dickinson)
  8. The Book of Souls 10:27 (Gers, Harris)
Runtime: 57:32

Disc 2:
  1. Montsegur 5:50 (Gers, Harris, Dickinson)
  2. Darkest Hour 7:20 (Smith, Dickinson)
  3. The Longest Day 7:48 (Smith, Harris, Dickinson)
  4. For The Greater Good Of God 9:25 (Harris)
  5. Paschendale 8:28 (Smith, Harris)
  6. Hell On Earth 11:19 (Harris)
Runtime: 50:13

If I had to drop 1 it would be Brave New World. Was tempted to use the live version for The Talisman but I felt it would be out of place. Empire Of The Clouds would be released as a single so it can be included without affecting the album runtime...
 
1. The Time Machine
2. Isle Of Avalon
3. The Wicker Man
4. No More Lies
5. The Man Who Would Be King
6. Out Of The Shadows
7. Ghost Of The Navigator
8. The Legacy
9. Rainmaker
10. The Great Unknown
11. Hell On Earth

These are all 10/10 in my opinion. I didn't want to pick more than two songs per album, which meant that I had to leave off some other 10s: "The Talisman", "Starblind", "When The Wild Wind Blows" and "For The Greater Good Of God".
 
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DISCLAIMER: This is an evil exercise and my original album was 26 songs and over 3 hours.

Disc One:
01. The Book of Souls
02. The Wicker Man
03. Ghost of the Navigator
04. The Writing on the Wall
05. Paschendale
06. Hell on Earth

Disc Two:
01. When the Wild Wind Blows
02. Rainmaker
03. Stratego
04. For the Greater Good of God
05. Empire of the Clouds
 
11 songs only when I have 7 favourites from DOD alone? Could be much easier for the 80s era. Anyway here is my list leaving out too many favs (including Senjutsu tracks):

1. The Book of Souls
2. Dance of Death
3. The Talisman
4. When The Wild Wind Blows
5. Blood Brothers
6. For the Greater Good of God
7. The Writing on the Wall
8. Shadows of the Valley
9. Face in the Sand
10. If Eternity Should fail
11. No More Lies
 
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