Iron Maiden Albums Ranked (Post Classic Era) | Feat. Nick Franco
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- Today we are joined by Nick Franco to discuss and rank all the post classic Iron Maiden albums
Starting with No prayer for the dying and ending with Senjutsu
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If its about Maiden, I'll watch it, buy it, read it.. whatever
“I had a poster of it (AMOLAD) on my wall when I was a kid.”
Never felt older in my life than when he said that.
Great video though!
You and me both! 😅
I love dance of death. Paschendale, the title track and journeyman are great.
My current full ranking:
17. Virtual XI
16. X Factor
15. No Prayer
14. Final Frontier
13. Fear of the Dark
12. Book of Souls
11. Dance of Death
10. Somewhere in Time
9. Iron Maiden
8. Senjutsu
7. A Matter of Life and Death
6. Brave New World
5. Killers
4. Powerslave
3. Piece of Mind
2. Number of the Beast
1. Seventh Son
Although Book of Souls and Dance of Death are tied. As well as Iron Maiden and Senjutsu; and Brave New World and Killers.
this is a certified hood classic
Great show, love hearing Nicks insights and you both bounce off each other really well.
Every time I listen to Senjustu I like it even more, it's possibly in my top 5 of all era's
10. Virtual XI
9. The X Factor
8. Fear of the Dark
7. No Prayer For the Dying
6. The Final Frontier
5. The Book of Souls
4. Senjutsu
3. A Matter of Life and Death
2. Brave New World
1. Dance of Death
I'm in a great position to tackle this ranking as I'm 13 listens in on Senjutsu and I've gone back and listened to all of these albums since Senjutsu came out. Having said that, it's still not easy to separate some of these. Some of the albums I wasn't that into when they came out rose in my eyes over the last two weeks so my list is in flux and my overall Maiden list is going through a bit of a shake-up too.
10) Virtual XI (I hate to bag on the Blaze albums but, they aren't moving around on my board.)
09) X Factor
08) No Prayer For The Dying
07) Fear Of The Dark
06) The Final Frontier (This one moved up from #8 this week)
05) Book Of Souls
04) Dance Of Death
03) Brave New World
02) A Matter Of Life Or Death
01) Senjutsu (I'm still listening to it and growing to appreciate it more with each new spin)
Obviously, I've got the new car feeling with Senjutsu but, it inspired me to ditch everything I'd been listening to and dive into the non-classic era albums of Iron MAiden so, there's some magic with this new album. Book of Souls was really good for me when I first got that one but, I started to peter out on it after two weeks. Senjutsu just keeps getting better and better for me. The songs I wasn't into the first time through are my go-to songs now and the ones I liked at first blush are as familiar as long-time Maiden favorites. I've been listening to it as a whole piece every time but, the twelfth time through I put it on shuffle to see what would happen. It was amazing! The songs on this album are meant to be together.
Good to see A Matter of Life and Death getting some love. I was beginning to think I was the only one who holds it in high regard.
I love it too.
@@mannyruiz1954 Live long and prosper.
Only two people on earth think Fear Is the Key is a good song and they both happen to be in the same video!
Haha. Good post Questy. I always enjoy your takes on Iron Maiden.
😆😆😆 great comment 🤘🏼,you're probably right
That was entertaining! Great show! 🤘 My Top 10 would look like this:
10. Virtual 11
9. The Final Frontier
8. The X Factor
7. Dance of Death
6. Book of souls
5. No Prayer
4. A Matter of Life & Death
3. Fear of the Dark
2. Brave New World
1. Senjutsu
Though 1 & 2 was very difficult...I nearly choosed BNW for #1
Iron Maiden are my favorite band and great list there guys, anyways here's my ranking.
10. NPFTD- Only weak one.
9. Virtual XL- Has good songs on it, not a terrible album.
8. AMOLAD- Kinda forgettable and boring, but has amazing songs like FTGGOG.
7. FOTD- Very underrated album, so many good songs on here.
6. The X Factor- Most underrated Iron Maiden album. Blaze sounds great and plenty of songs are my favorites ever.
5. The Final Frontier- Definitely grows on you the more you listen. Love the Talisman, Mother of Mercy, and El Dorado.
4. Book of Souls- Grew on me too, the longer songs are masterpieces upset for Empire of the Clouds. TRATB is one my favorite Iron Maiden songs.
3. Dance of Death- Very consistent album with plenty of rockers here. Wildest Dreams is the only weak song here and Paschendale is amazing.
2. Senjustu- Like BOS it grows on you, but here Bruce sounds better, it's more epic and consistent, and Hell on Earth might be their best closer they ever done.
1. Brave New World- Still my favorite Iron Maiden album ever. It's a freaking masterpiece, almost every song became my favorite Iron Maiden song. Vocals, production, lyrics, riffs, and the solos are incredible.
Brave new world is amazing. Damn right!
so, you're saying that Hell on Earth is better than Drifter, Hallowed Be Thy Name, To Tame a Land, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Alexander the Great, Mother Russia, Fear of the Dark, When the Wild Wind Blows and Empire of the Clouds? I understand that people can have opinions, but this is just factually wrong. especially with Hallowed Be Thy Name and Rime. Hell on Earth is more like one of their weakest closers
@@codelingmusic4559 I guess you didn't heard of a opinion than. Besides Hell on Earth is definitely better than Drifter, are you kidding me man?
@@crazyking1896 no, Drifter is a far superior song
@@codelingmusic4559 That's just you, and really superior? It's just a generic rocker, Hell on Earth is miles better, the riffs, vocals, definitely the lyrics, and solos.
I have to agree with Quest and Nick, I for one like long Maiden songs for some reason. Could care less about the time. I know that there are a few people that bag on how long the songs are and question if they could cut the time, but let’s face it… Iron Maiden is gonna do what they want and how they want
Well, post classic era, I know what my favorite is, anyway: Brave New World, which is tied with SiT for my favorite Maiden album of all-time. Dance of Death isn't so far behind though. SiT and BNW vie for number one overall and Dance of Death and Powerslave likewise battle it out for the second-place spot.
Cool video, glad to see Nick back as well!
I’ve been a metalhead for many years but Maiden is a band I didn’t really get into until recently for whatever reason, so I actually haven’t heard ANY of these albums in full! I’m going to have to go through them very soon. Still fun to watch this even without being familiar without the music.
You're in for the greatest musical ride of your life. If you like traditional metal, they are essentially the pinnacle of the genre.
@@kforcer I know and love all the albums up to and including Seventh Son, just hadn’t bothered to venture past that (mostly because there are so many other bands on my “check out” list)! I did listen to No Prayer last week and enjoyed it, I’ll try to get to the others as soon as I can.
Awesome show
I just love "The Journeyman"! During a dark period of my life, the chorus of "Journeyman" started to play in my mind out of nowhere. It help me, get of it, and I re-listened the whole album. It is still on of my favorite maiden tracks and albums!
1. Matter Of Life & Death
2. Dance Of Death
3. Brave New World
4. Senjustsu
5. The Final Frontier
6. Book Of Souls
7. Fear Of The Dark
8. No Prayer For The Dying
9. Virtual XI
10. X Factor
Nice to see you together in this very interesting show. My list (least favorite to favorite)
- Virtual XI
- X factor
- No prayer
- final frontier
- book of souls
- a matter of life and death
- fear of the dark
- dance of death
- Senjutsu
- Brave new World
1. Brave New World (#1 on my Maiden ranking overall)
2. A Matter Of Life And Death (#4)
3. Senjutsu (#7)
4. The Book Of Souls (#8)
5. Dance Of Death (#11)
6. The Final Frontier (#13)
7. The X Factor (#14)
8. Fear Of The Dark (#15)
9. Virtual XI (#16)
10. No Prayer For The Dying (#17)
Love that everyone's lists are so different. I think that is a testament to the band.
1. Brave New World
2. A Matter Of Life And Death
3. Senjutsu
4. The Final Frontier
5. Dance Of Death
6. The Book Of Souls
7. Fear Of The Dark
8. No Prayer For The Dying
9. Virtual XI
10. The X Factor
1. Senjutsu
2. Brave New World
3. AMOLAD
4. X-Factor
5. Book of Souls
6. Dance of Death
7. Fear of the Dark
8. Final Frontier
9. Virtual XI
10. No Prayer for the Dying.
RE: Dance of Death album cover - I believe it was a draft version and the band said they liked all the distorted angles and wanted to leave it like that. The artist actually asked to not be credited for it as he hated itt so much.
Great ranking guys! Excellent to see you both loving the new album! Here's my ranking of the post-classic era:
10. The X Factor
9. No Prayer for the Dying
8. Virtual XI
7. Dance of Death
6. The Final Frontier
5. Fear of The Dark
4. A Matter of Life and Death
3. Senjutsu
2. The Book of Souls
1. Brave New World
The top 2 are my favourite Iron Maiden albums from all eras. Senjutsu could move around as I get to know it better, but after a week and a half with it I like it a lot.
17. Virtual XI
16. The X Factor
15. Senjutsu
14. Killers
13. Fear of the Dark
12. No Prayer for the Dying
11. Iron Maiden
10. Brave New World
9. The Number of the Beast
8. Powerslave
7. Dance of Death
6. Somewhere In Time
5. Piece of Mind
4. The Final Frontier
3. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
2. The Book of Souls
1. A Matter of Life and Death
my ranking:
10- x factor
9- fear of the dark
8- no prayer for the dying
7- a matter of life and death
6- virtual XI
5- final frontier
4- senjutsu
3- dance of death
2- brave new world
1- book of souls
1. Brave new world
2. Senjutsu
3. Dance of death
4. Book of souls
5. Fear of the dark
6. No prayer for the dying
7. A matter of life and death
8. The X factor
9. The final frontier
10. Virtual XI
10.final frontier
9.virtual XI
8.a matter of life and death
7.X Factor
6.Book Of Souls
5.Dance Of Death
4.No Prayer For The Dying
3.Brave New World
2.Senjutsu
1.Fear Of The Dark
1. Brave New World (1 overall)
2. Book of Souls (5)
3. A Matter of Life and Death (8)
4. Final Frontier (10)
5. Senjutsu (11)
6. Dance of Death (12)
7. X Factor (14)
8. No Prayer for the Dying (15)
9. Fear of the Dark (16)
10. Virtual XI (17)
Great video mate. can you rank the Guns N roses albums soon?
Nice video! Like the collaborations! Just some background: Maiden has been my first Heavy Metal band I got into around 2007. I have been into Prog before and wanted to get into some Prog Metal which brought me to Somewhere in Time and Seveth Son first.
I'll rate all the albums I have from the Post Classic Era:
1. Dance of Death - great album, I like every song, only bad thing is the album cover. Favourites are Montsegur, Paschendale and Journeyman.
2. A Matter of Life and Death - great concept album, only the first song is not that great.
3. Senjutsu - Grows on me, I especially like the title track, The Parchment and Hell on Earth. Vocals by Dickinson are also better again. Maybe it will climb to number 2 in the future.
4. No Prayer for the Dying - Some weak stuff, some strong stuff. Hooks in You is awful, Running Silent Running Deep is great.
5. Fear of the Dark - Too long, some boring stuff like Weekend Warrior but some classics like the title track, Afraid to Shoot Strangers and underrated songs like Judas or Fugitive.
6. The Final Frontier - Only great song is The Alchemist, the rest is way too long and repetitive.
7. Brave New World - Ghost of the Navigator and The Mercenary are good, the rest is boring, repetitive and too long. And don't get me wrong, I like long songs and also long Maiden songs, I love Prog. And I tried for a long time listening with fresh ears because everyone is telling me how great this album is and I just don't get it.
I do not own the Blaze Bayley ones and Book of Souls. The latter one had some boring songs and Bruce Bruce did not grab me with his vocals. Blaze Bayley is a good singer but the material written by Harris sounds to me dark without being interesting enough and it seems he wrote both albums for Dickinson and let poor Bayley sing those songs.
So funny when Nick Franco mentions that the Final Frontier has a great cover and Quest just casually nods without saying his opinion
😂 had to hold myself back
Terrible album cover The Final Frontier,Fear Of The Dark both the worst
@@johndiamond4088 Yeah, those 2 and Virtual XI
I don’t mind the scene where eddie is its just eddie doesn’t look good at all,album is great though🤘🏻
@@johndiamond4088 No
This is my list for now, except the bottom 4 these could change any day
Virtual xi
The x factor
No prayer
Fear of the dark
The book of souls
The final frontier
Senjutsu
Amolad
Dance of death
Brave new world
Great video!! Very interesting. I love all these albums except VXI IMO:
10. VXI #17
9. FOTD #16
8. DOD #15
7. TXF #14
6. BNW #13
5. BOS #11
4. NPFTD #10
3. TFF #7
2. Su #5
1. AMOLAD #2
Hey Questy, I I have a quite different ranking, but I can get your arguments. I just weigh them differently. You said, that X Factor is dreary and depressing. Agreed, but I thought you like bleak and depressing? Or the other way round: Would you like it more, if it wasn't a maiden album? Because, this is not, what to expect from Maiden?
Book of Souls: Yes, it is too long, some songs could be omitted. But as you say: "When they hit, they hit hard..." Would it be higher for you, if it was three songs shorter?
Here is my ranking, I haven't heard Senjutsu often enough to really rank it, but it might be 3 or 4 in the future.
1. Brave new World - My No. 3 All time Maiden Album. I remember being at Rock am Ring, a German festival in 99. During intermissions, they always played two Goosebump trailers. Star Wars Ep1 and Wickerman. While Ep1 sucked, Brave New World exceeded my expectations by far. Wickerman, Ghost of the Navigator, Title Track, Blood Brothers, Mercenary and Nomad are all on my best of playlist. Only the fallen angel doesn't much for me. But at least one meh song is on every Maiden album. There is no flawless one. By the way: You could make an episode about the best return to forms by metal bands. I think Maiden would be my No. 1.
2. Book of Souls - Holy crap, would never have expected such a return to form. Speed of light is shitty, but Book of souls, the Red and the black, Empire, Shadows are all in my Maiden Best of Playlist
3. Dance of Death - Abysmal cover, but fun album. Montsegur is great, Paschendale is an all time great.
4. Fear of the Dark - Afraid to shoot strangers, Title track, Wasting love and The Fugitive are classics, the rest is ok to sub par.
5. X Factor - The 1st album I bought at release. Would be even higher with Bruce. Sign of the cross is great. Edge of darkness has really grown to one of my favorites. Production is a bit dry.
6. A Matter of live and death - Is ok, but not a classic
7. Final Frontier - Nick is right. This album is not terrible, but it doesn't klick.
8. No Prayer - No massive highlights and some real weak songs
9. Virtual XI - Futureal and The Clansman, the rest should never have been recorded
My ranking:
Post classic
1-A matter of life and death (#6)
2-Senjutsu (#7)
3-Brave new world (#8)
4- Dance of death (#9)
5- Book of souls (#10)
6-Final frontier (#11)
7- X- factor (#14)
8- Fear of the dark (#15)
9- No prayer for the dying (#16)
10-Virtual 11 (#17)
It's quite difficult for me to make this ranking. Except Virtual, which I love three or four songs and I don't care too much about the rest of the album...it's hard from 4 to 9, it depends on the time of the year, they're quite interchangeable
Okay I have not heard Senjitsu in its entirety yet aside from the two singles that were previously released before the album came out and I am currently awaiting my pre=order double booklet CD to arrive in the mail so I can listen to it in its entirety in my own leisure despite the temptations of hearing it on CZcams or other forums but my patience is wearing thin and I want the damn thing to hurry up and get here lol.
So my least favorite albums to favorites from 1990 until current are as follows
Virtual 11/ Fear of the Dark/No prayer for the Dying/Final Frontier/The X factor/Dance of Death/Brave New World /Matter of Life and Death/The Book of souls as my top album of this time period. As for Senjitsu, I will have to give it a few fair listens and see where it falls on this list?
1. Brave New World (#6 overall)
2. Dance of Death (#9)
3. Senjutsu (#10)
4. A Matter of Life and Death (#11)
5. The Book of Souls (#12)
6. The X Factor (#13)
7. Fear of The Dark (#14)
8. No Prayer for The Dying (#15)
9. The Final Frontier (#16)
10. Virtual XI (#17)
My ranking
1. Brave new world
2. A matter of life and death
3. Fear of the Dark
4. Senjutsu
5. The Book of Souls
6. The Final Frontier
7. Dance of Death
8. The X Factor
9. Virtual IX
10. No prayer for the dying
The last 3 albums have songs I do not like (actually if you take weekend warrior from Fear of the dark it's ranking quite high in general), but also many highlights, Songs I cannot live without- No prayer, Mother Russia, Sign of the Cross, Educated Fool etc.
All their albums are great even with Blaze.
1 Senjutsu ( 2 overall)
2 BNW
3 AMOLAD
4 The Final Frontier
5 Books of souls
6 Dance of Death
7 Fear of the dark
8 No prayer
9 X factor
10 Virtual xI
My ranking
10. No payer for the dying
9. Dance of death
8. A matter of life and death
7. Book of souls
6. X factor
5. Virtual Xi
4. The final frontier
3. Senjutsu
2. Brave new world
1. Fear of the dark
Brave New World is my #1 of this era and in my top 3 of all Maiden albums.
Where did Nick say he wrote a review? Site?
10 The Final Frontier
9 X Factor
8 Virtual XI
7 Fear of the Dark
6 No Prayer for the Dying
5 Dance of Death
4 The Book of Souls
3 A Matter......
2 Senjutso
1 Brave New World
1- A matter of life and Death
2 - Book of Souls
3- Brave New World
4- Senjutsu
5- Dance of Death
6- The final Frontier
7- Fear of the Dark
8- X factor
9- Virtual XI
10- No prayer for the Dying
But, i really love them all🤘🏻🖤
The dance of death album cover was just an artist concept that was sent in and Steve Harris used it for the cover and the artist was pissed.
nicko franko from the h.v. squares in the mutha fuckin' house!! MAIDEN FUCKIN' RULES!!!!! UP THE IRONS!! \m/ \m/
Good points about "No Prayer for the Dying" and "The X-Factor". One is a bit cheesy and the other one really dark. I don't really care for dark music.. Not for one hour straight anyway so even if they are musically good I tend not to gravitate against that sort of music. That's why "A Matter of Life and Death" isn't something I play often either. It's just too grey for me. I honestly take some fun cheesy music before it any day of the week. Even if it musically isn't as good.
How about ranking the Maiden live albums?
Say what you want, but to me Fear of the Dark is a classic Maiden album.
10. Virtual 11
9. The X-Factor
8. Senjutsu
7. Book Of Souls
6. Fear of the Dark
5. Dance Of Death
4. No Prayer For The Dying
3. Final Frontier
2. Brave New World
1. A Matter Of Life And Death
I think is interesting how there almost aren't clear consensus about 2000's maiden albums
I love no prayer, brave new world, x factor and fear of the dark
Man on the cross
#1 - "Brave New World" - (2000)
#2 - "The Book of Souls" - (2015)
#3 - "Senjutsu" - (2021)
#4 - "Dance of Death" - (2003)
#5 - "Virtual XI" - (1998)
#6 - "The Final Frontier" - (2010)
#7 - "A Matter of Life and Death" - (2006)
#8 - "Fear of the Dark" - (1992)
#9 - "No Prayer for the Dying" - (1990)
#10 - "The X Factor" - (1995)
YES Brave new World !!!
Missing nick on the hudson valley squares
More love for NPFTD! 🖤 And by the way Virtual wasn‘t that bad either. It‘s hard to pick but overall I think to me „The X-Factor“ is their weakest record of all.
Post classic rankings: 10) Virtual XI, 9) The X Factor, 8) The Final Frontier, 7) The Book Of Souls, 6) No Prayer For The Dying, 5) Senjutsu, 4) Dance Of Death, 3) A Matter Of Life And Death, 2) Fear Of The Dark, 1) Brave New World
Tis almost the hallowed season for Deseased!!!!
The first time I ever saw Maiden was on the Virtual XI tour in 1998. And yes, I saw them at a club! Roseland in NYC with Dio! I was blown away, and I've seen them every tour since.
Tough for me to rank, as I've never given X-Factor, Virtual XI, The Final Frontier or Book Of Souls a proper listen.
I can do without Maiden albums post-7th Son. I just wanna see the legends tour & play live!
Dance Of Death is far and away my favorite post-7th Son album.
I guess Fear Of The Dark is #2, but overall it is a pretty weak album.
No Prayet For The Dying absolutely sucks. I do like Mother Russia, but that's it.
I wish Maiden would get out of their comfort zone, echo chamber, yes-man producer cocoon, and work with someone who will challenge them and edit them and trim the f**king fat. Maybe Colin Richardson or Jens Borgen.
If Maiden are gonna continue to write new music and release albums, they need to trim the lengths and speed up the playing. Because right now (and for a while now) Maiden sounds like old men playing after dinner music at the old folks home.
For me Back in the Village is the best Maiden song😂
Not sure I would call it their best ever but I love it too- its a banger. Not sure why Questy doesn’t like it, maybe the lyrics? It rocks.
I love it!
I mean I still like it as it’s maiden but I like all the other songs on the album more 🤷♂️
"This is something a child on LSD would come up with". Talking about the lyrics in general, are we?
Overall Iron Maiden Post Classic Era
1. Senjutsi
2. A Matter of Life and Death
3. Dance of Death
4. Fear of the Dark
5. The Final Frontier
6. No Prayer for The Dying
7. The X Factor
8. Book of Souls
9. Brave New World
10. Virtual XI
I can only rank the ones I have (from favorite to least):
A Matter Of Life and Death
Book of Souls
Dance of Death
Final Frontier
Brave New World
Senjutsu
X Factor
1- Brave New World
2- A Matter of Life and Death
3- Fear of the Dark
4- Senjutsu
5- The X Factor
6- The Book of Souls
7- Dance of Death
8- Virtual XI
9- No Prayer for the Dying
10- The Final Frontier
I agree with questi brave new world is the best maiden album after post seventh son !
Somewere in Time is No.1 ♨️♨️♨️
1. No Prayer for the Dying (The most listened of these for sure, I love this album, a great follow up to what they did in the 80's, Mother Russia, Running Silent Running Deep, Tail Gunner, Fates Warning, No Prayer for the Dying are just amazing strong Iron Maiden songs).
2. Brave New World
3. Senjutsu (Thank you IRON MAIDEN! 😊)
4. Book of Souls
5. Fear of the Dark (Half of this album is amazing)
6. A Matter of Life and Death
7. Dance of Death
8. The Final Frontier (Great songs... but Bruce sounds like he's forcing a bit when he hits the higher notes, and it's the only album where I can complain about his performance.)
9. The X Factor
10. Virtual XI
The Clansman & Sign of the Cross are fantastic songs, everything fits, but the albums are somehow less Maiden.
Up the Irons!!! 🤟
Again at least on of the Blaze albums the worst...however, you also mention aspects/songs which you like on Virtual X - well, I like both Blaze albums, to my mind the worst are "no prayers..." and "Fear of the dark" - though I am surely no expert (and started listening to them this year) as far as Maiden concerns, they somehow do not sound like Maiden...So far I haven't seen anyone else putting "Brave new world" on top...I also like it very much... Thank you
Best songs on post Bruce return IMO are:
1) Lord of Light ( fast galloping rhythms, Bruce sounds awesome, has some cool dark melodic passages and is just pure Metal which very few maiden songs are these days)
2) Paschendale ( just epic, amazing Solos)
3) The legacy ( probably Maidens best prog epic on the post Bruce return era)
4) Fallen Angel (incredibly underrated)
5) The talisman (great maiden package)
Lord of light into the legacy is so good. AMOLAD is my favorite post reunion
My Ranking
10. Virtual XI
9. The Factor X
8. Dance of Death
7. No Prayer For The Dying
6. Senjutsu
5. Brave New World
4. The Book of Souls
3. A Matter Of Life And Death
2. The Final Frontier
1. Fear Of The Dark
You could call it the Janek Gers era.
1. Dance of Death
2. The Final Frontier
3. Brave New World
4. A Matter of Life and Death
5. The Book of Souls
6. Senjutsu
7. The X Factor
8. No Prayer for the Dying
9. Fear of the Dark
10. Virtual XI
#1 : Fear of the dark
#2 : The X Factor
#3 : No Prayer for the dying
#4 : Senjutsu
#5 : Virtual xi
#6 : A matter of life and death
#7 : Brave new world
#8 : book of soul
#9 : Dance of death
#10 : The final frontier
Be honest fanboys, the first 7 albums are all great and between 9-10/10! Every album from "No prayer" (1990) til today are average to good. 5-8/10! Senjutsu and Brave new World are their best albums from the last 3 decades!
This one is a kick ass, as well as an interesting one to rank. So I’ll rank before mine before watching
1. Fear of the Dark
2. Brave New World
3. Dance of Death
4. A Matter of Life and Death
5. No Prayer for the Dying
6. Book of Souls
7. Senjutsu
8. The X Factor
9. Virtual XI
10. The Final Frontier
Worst to best for me:
The X factor: Never listened to it in full cause my ears burn...the first three songs and Fortunes of war are good but the rest is painful.
Virtual XI - This has two bad songs (angel and the gambler, eyes of a stranger) and Clansman is a banger the rest is fine.
No prayer for the dying - its good but nothing stands out
Fear of the Dark - a bit more inconsistent than No prayer but despite some stinkers the highs go really high.
Senjutsu - Its good but while some songs are really diferent and interesting others like Time Machine while there gud they borrow to many sections from other songs. Love the last 4 songs.
AMOLAD - Really consistent album but it doesnt do anything special for me except for a handful of songs such as For the Greater Good of God and Brighter than a thousand Suns. Nothing wrong with this but I prefer the others.
The Book of Souls - Agree with Questy about the long songs being amazing and the smaller songs being a bit weaker but, even so, I like a couple of the shorter ones as well.
Dance of Death - This is a huge jump from Book of Souls. Love every single song except Gates of Tomorrow and Wildest Dreams ( which are just good ). Rainmaker, Dance of Death and Paschendale are a few of my favourite Maiden songs.
Brave New World - Not a single good song, every song is great at the least. Nothing else to say.
The Final Frontier - My favourite Maiden album. This is controversial but I have the best memories of listening to it. Besides that this has the most varied songwriting they ve had (imo) and I know every single song by heart. Cheers
10. No Prayer for the Dying- I tried to like it.
9. Fear of the Dark- The title track is awesome.
8. Virtual XI- I enjoy half the songs on this album. The others are meh.
7. Dance of Death- there are a few weak cuts, but I like most of it.
6. The Final Frontier
(Iron Maiden)
5. X Factor- This album is underrated to me.
(Killers)
4. Brave New World
(Piece of Mind)
3. Senjutsu
2. Book of Souls
(Powerslave)
(Somewhere in Time)
(The Number of the Beast)
1. A Matter of Life and Death- This album is a masterpiece. It does not have one weak moment.
(Seventh Son of a Seventh Son)
My fav post classic era album is Final Frontier. Sorry guys!
Subjuctive= your point of view, I think that's what u meant.
1) A Matter of Life
2) Senjutsu
3) Dance of Death
4) Final Frontier
5) BNW
6) Book of Souls
7) X Factor
8) No prayer
9) FOTD
10) Virtual
Post classic era
10 The Final Frontier
9 Senjutsu
8 Fear of the Dark
7 Virtual XI
6 Book of Souls
5 No Prayer
4 Dance of Death
3 A Matter of Life and Death
2 The X Factor
1 Brave New World
10. Virtual XI
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9. The book of souls
8. Dance of death
7. No prayer for the dying
6. The X factor
5. The final frontier
4. Fear of the dark
3. A matter of life and death
2. Senjutsu
1. Brave new world
Como Estais Amigos is a fun song? Lol
hahaha! "We're going to start with you least favourite...". I'm sitting here thinking "Virtual XI, it's got to be Virtual XI, how is it *not* going to be Virtual XI...aaand there it is, Virtual XI 😂 No disrespect on Blaze who is a great guy and for me, The X Factor remains criminally underrated, but Virtual XI is the weakest album in the entire catalogue. Interested to see how the rest of this video pans out now, I might just do my own ranking first to see how it compares.
Well...I like both Blaze albums...also Virtual whatever...I do not know why so many don't like it...too soft? Blaze? or simply the music?
When it comes to post-Seventh Son or classic Maiden, here would be my ranking:
10. Virtual XI
9. The X Factor
8. No Prayer for the Dying
7. A Matter of Life and Death
6. Fear of the Dark
5. The Book of Souls
4. Senjutsu
3. Dance of Death
2. The Final Frontier
1. Brave New World
1. Brave New World
2. Matter Of Life & Death
3. Dance Of Death
4. Book Of Souls
5. Senjutsu
6. Final Frontier
7. Fear Of The Dark
8. No Prayer
9. X Factor
10. Virtual XI
1 senjutsu
2 brave new world
3 a matter of life and death
4 dance of death
5 book of souls
6 fear of the dark
The rest don't really rank because Bruce and/ or Adrian aren't on them. Idk what happened with the final frontier
2000s Era Iron Maiden
1. Senjutsi
2. A Matter of Life and Death
3. Dance of Death
4. The Final Frontier
5. Book of Souls
6. Brave New World
Maiden post 1990 aren’t shit albums, there just not albums I’m into. 80’s all the way 🤘
I don't see how ranking Book Of Snores low is unpopular. Its a snooze fest. Ill take Virtual XI over it.
Of this "era"...
10 X Factor
9 Book Of Snores
8 Virtual XI
7 Fear Of The Dark
6 Senjutsu
5 Final Frontier
4 No Prayer
3 Brave New World
2 A Matter Of Life And Death
1 Dance Of Death
In all humble honesty I don't think Brave new world is fit to kiss Powerslave's feet lol. I can hear you saying fuck you and that's the way it should be. Ps I fucking love Back in the village. I am going to be perfectly honest with you I think the new album is possibly the best thing they've done post eighties. I get its a bit hype but some of the songs are really resonating with me. The Parchment is fucking outstanding and like the Red and the black it's a song you could put in the classic 80s era and they would fit perfectly. Fucking love that song and Hell on earth is brilliant as well. Not so keen on the death of the Celts it would for me be a good reunion maiden song. The rest of the album is as solid as fuck and has great variations of style and approach to make it very interesting. Yeah top Maiden post eighties album for me and it just gets better the more you listen. The Parchment though, what a song and already a classic maiden track for me.
"Brave New World" is a solid album, but it totally doesn't compare to "Powerslave"
Brave New World... the 4 tracks on it that are too hard for me to get into are #3,4,5,6 Brave New World,Blood Brothers,The Mercenary,Dream Of Mirrors...then they took a completely great chorus in Out Of The Silent Planet and repeatedly destroyed the song he sings the fffffiiiiing chorus so many times it makes me HATE the damn song. The other 5 tracks are good yes ... to each his own but I surely can ALSO see WHY peoplw like it.....Senjutsu is absolutely great and better than every Iron Maiden album after 1984's Powerslave in my book
Here is my ranking first to last and hasn't changed:
1.Killers
2.Piece Of Mind
3.The Number Of The Beast
4.Iron Maiden
5.Powerslave
6."SENJUTSU"!!!
7.Seventh Son of A Seventh Son
8.Somewhere In Time
9.A Matter of Life And Death
10.Dance Of Death
11.Brave New World
12.The Book Of Souls
13.The Final Frontier
14.Fear Of The Dark
15.No Prayer for the Dying
16.Virtual XI
17.The X Factor
Brave new world is the best post reunion
I still don't understand why Maiden fans rank X Factor so low. It's among their best imo.
No prayer is crap.. i would prefer Virtual XI, if it was not for Blaze's voice.
I feel No Prayer and Fear fully belong in "the classic era". I do not hear a drastic style change in them, more a return to the original formula after the detour taken with Somewhere In Time and Seventh Son. This is how it felt back then and I fully enjoyed both.
The X-Factor is another matter. No, the singer is not good, so often off pitch even I can hear it and he is trying to do things he can't. Lemmy couldn't sing, so he didn't try and it worked. This one does (try) and it doesn't (work). He sounds weak too, although that could be a poor mixing decision - bad end result, whoever is at fault and the guitar riffs lack edge too. Was the bass player at the mixing desk, by any chance?
Then whoever wrote the lyrics did it regardless of the melodic lines and there are many places in which the singer has to squeeze phrases together to make them fit. "I… don't… care… forhisworldanymore" in Lord Of The Flies. Terrible. A lot of the words were not written to be sung and it just feels clumsy.
Dance of Death is my least favourite album with Bruce. Especially the title track. It turns into Riverdance.
Janick should've been an Irish dancer anyway. 😜
No love for paschendale? That song is a crusher.
@@edwardstevenson3282..... Paschendale is a great song, no doubt. That doesn't save the album though.
Bruce's voice is actually terrible on this album. As a Maiden fan all my life, I never thought I would hate Bruce's voice to the point that, it actually annoys me.
Those high notes are a real struggle and it shows.
Monkeh has Powerslave and is currently missing the point of the video
He’s not had his pg tips
@@Questformetal it's just about time for afternoon tea too, monkeh better get onto that