Somewhere In Time. Also their best sounding album. You can't go wrong with any of the first seven, though.

Fear of the Dark is a good album. Not up there with their best, but not bad by any stretch.

#17 May 25, 2026, 12:46:04 PM Last Edit: May 25, 2026, 01:22:58 PM by ijnjnijnilijbibbjknkjbjkk
Quote from: Bürggermeister on May 25, 2026, 12:00:31 PMSomewhere In Time. Also their best sounding album. You can't go wrong with any of the first seven, though.

Amazing run by them to crush the 80s like that. They should've taken 10 years off from recording and cemented how good that was.

 Bathory first 6, Opeth first 6, Sabbath first 6 as some other favourites

Changes day to day but right now I'd go for Seventh Son.

No Prayer and FOTD are both awful, I never thought I'd rate a Blaze album higher than a Bruce album but The X Factor is the only decent '90s Maiden album.

Honestly could stick on any of the 80s albums and make an argument.

Piece of Mind? Not filled with hits but not a bad song on there imo, love the production too.

Quest For Fire is stupid an I've never been a fan of Die With Your Boots On, the 2015 reissue is the first version where the production hasn't been a distraction.

I always thought if side A of Piece of Mind was an EP it would be up there as one of the best metal EPs ever. Very front loaded album.

Quest for Fire is an OK song really, the lyrics to To Tame a Land are way fucking stupider, I can't listen to that song.

Studio Album is Powerslave, but best overall is Live After Death

#24 May 25, 2026, 10:02:54 PM Last Edit: May 25, 2026, 11:18:35 PM by Thorn
Just watching some Greece footage there, isn't it fuckin great to see Bruce long of mane again ( much as I decry his ability to do it), feels like its all come full circle.

 I'll go Somewhere just edging Beast. Today.
Wearing jeans and leather, not crackerjack clothes

Somewhere In Time comes out on tops for me almost always but love almost everything up until NPFTD

For years, would have said Seventh Son. In typical style, it was the first album of theirs I really got into, so that made it stick out. These days though, I don't think I could choose between it, Number of the Beast, and Somewhere In Time.

#27 May 26, 2026, 10:49:30 AM Last Edit: May 26, 2026, 02:16:43 PM by Pat Twisted Wrath
Best is probably Powerslave.

Favourite is Piece of Mind. As soon as the drums kick off on Where Eagles Dare... can't be bayte!

I've only really gave Maiden the time of day in the last few years.
Powerslave all day for me. The opening 2 are so iconic, hard to beat.

Powerslave is let down i think is great but 2 or 3 weaker songs on there, same with Piece of mind.
The debut is fantastic and Number of the beast also , and Seventh Son jesus it's hard to choose