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really' date=' really changed my opinion on Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son, didn't like it too much at first but put it aside fore a couple years and now it's among my favourite Maiden albums, order for me is Killers, Powerslave, Seventh Son, s/t, Fear Of The Dark[/quote'] I think the song Seventh Son of a Seventh son is in my tops Maiden songs ever, I love that epic solo! Killers is not my favourite though I do think Wrathchild and Gengis Khan are very good.
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Piece Of Mind is much weaker then the albums around itthere's a couple of great tracks on there and some good ones but overall the album is weak, so the discography goes something like this:: s/tNumber Of The Beast>>>Piece Of Mind<<Somewhere In Time=Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son>No Prayer For The Dying>>X Factor=Virtual XI>Brave New World>>Final Frontier

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Piece Of Mind is much weaker then the albums around itthere's a couple of great tracks on there and some good ones but overall the album is weak' date=' so the discography goes something like this:: s/tNumber Of The Beast>>>Piece Of Mind<<Somewhere In Time=Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son>No Prayer For The Dying>>X Factor=Virtual XI>Brave New World>>Final Frontier[/quote'] I LOVE Blood Brothers from Brave New World that is mine and wills song cos we listened to it in art we thought it was awesome
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the album is easily among the bottom three Maiden have ever done, I don't think I like a single song on it, DoD also easily makes the cut but Maiden's worst album is Final Frontier, one good song on the entire album (The Talisman) I mean seriously I am about ready to give up on Maiden, prior to Bruce leaving they had two weaker albums, since he came back they've had one good one (AMOLAD)

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Iceni man you just made me laugh pretty much the hardest I have all day, and I've laughed A LOT today side note you know who else whould make an awesome james bond theme? Steel Attack, or Quo Vadis
Thanks! Oh yes, I would love a Quo Vadis theme song, that would destroy.
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Sure, but I don't understand why they'd get pragmatism lessons from a religious person, it seems counter-intuitive. ...it would have been nicer to assume I'd found a girlfriend...but then that'd be well outside the realm of probability. Also I would almost certainly have let everyone know if something as monumental as that had happened.

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Sure, but I don't understand why they'd get pragmatism lessons from a religious person, it seems counter-intuitive. ...it would have been nicer to assume I'd found a girlfriend...but then that'd be well outside the realm of probability. Also I would almost certainly have let everyone know if something as monumental as that had happened.
Now see if I've learned one thing from Doctor Who it's that such a paradox would damage the space-time continuum and create a black hole the exact size of Belgium which is actually much less dramatic then one would expect
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Now see if I've learned one thing from Doctor Who it's that such a paradox would damage the space-time continuum and create a black hole the exact size of Belgium which is actually much less dramatic then one would expect
Maybe a black hole the size of Lesotho if she's really attractive...
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