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I can't disagree more' date=' Brave New World and Dance of Death are brilliant![/quote'] But they aren't, they are average at best. Maiden were lazy and unambitious with those albums. I consider AMOLAD to be vastly superior to both BNW and DOD. There Maiden were ambitious and brave, taking a direction they had never explored before. I wish they had expanded on that with Final Frontier instead of reverting to a follow on from BNW and DOD.
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I actually really dig Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son. It's a more epic side of Iron Maiden which I really enjoyed. For me though you can't go past the first two Maiden albums. Bruce was a great addition to the band but they never really captured the energy of Iron Maiden or Killers again.

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Today I listened through both The Number of the Beast and Piece of mind. 22 Acacia Avenue really stuck out to me; it always has, but today something just clicked. With that, I would like to ask you: what do you think is the most underrated Iron Maiden song? Besides the big hits that most people love, what is your favorite Iron Maiden song, or what song do you think gets overlooked?

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where's piece of mind? my god it has some killer riffs in songs like revelations, die with ur boots on, to tame a land wow! a real masterpiece that album. same goes for killers, their debut "iron maiden" album, brave new world, molad.....u knw what? fuck it!!! i love all Maiden albums...i cant decide which one's the best hahaha!! UP THE IRONS!!!!!!

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where's piece of mind? my god it has some killer riffs in songs like revelations, die with ur boots on, to tame a land wow! a real masterpiece that album. same goes for killers, their debut "iron maiden" album, brave new world, molad.....u knw what? fuck it!!! i love all Maiden albums...i cant decide which one's the best hahaha!! UP THE IRONS!!!!!!
Piece of Mind gets my vote as the weakest of their 80's albums. There are some good songs on it, but it's also loaded with filler and is really uneven. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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u know the best thing abt maiden? all songs are really great. some ppl just stick to some songs...but u should get thgeir whole discography. i m sure u wont b dissapointed. the following all some songs to get u started. have fun! 1. purgatory 2. invaders 3. sea of madness 4. still life 4. losfer words 5. the assasin 6. no prayer for the dying 7. mother russia 8. montsegur 9. no more lies 10. the pilgrim 11. the mercenary 12. the educated fool 13. the unbeliever 14. dont talk to strangers 15. blood on the world's hands. i m a hard-core maiden fan and i know it becoz maiden has no competotion in teh metal world except for judas priest and dio!!!

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