Iron Maiden's Reviews
Edward The Great: Greatest Hits (Average Rating: 6.62 out of 10)
Neither a "best of" or "greatest hits" (Rated this album with 4 out of 10)
Reviewed by
sdbaker70
from Phoenix, Arizona United States
As the fans seem to agree, this third compilation suffers from a bad song choice (e.g., 4 songs from one record - a record that is arguably not among their best). Frankly, I do not see much need for a "best of" when there are so many subjective opinions out there among hardcore fans, but a well-compiled "greatest hits" covering a broader range of records might have reached a more superficial audience and would have included:
1. Run to the Hills (#35 in 1982; #9 in 2002 re-release)*
2. The Number of the Beast (#18)*
3. Flight of Icarus (#11)
4. The Trooper (#12)*
5. 2 Minutes to Midnight (#11)*
6. Aces High (#20)*
7. Wasted Years (#18)*
8. Stranger in a Strange Land (#22)*
9. Can I Play with Madness (#3)
10. The Evil That Men Do (#5)*
11. Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter (#1)
12. Holy Smoke (#3)
13. Be Quick or Be Dead (#2)*
14. Man on the Edge (#10)*
15. The Angel and the Gambler (#18)
16. The Wicker Man (#9)There are no singles from the Paul D'Anno records because there is a conspicuous absence of "hits", but see optional second-disk below. For the fans, there could be an optional two-disk "limited edition" which includes the following (to round out the "best of"):
1. Running Free [Live at the BBC 1979]
2. Phantom of the Opera*
3. Sanctuary (#29)
4. Wrathchild*
5. Killers*
6. Hallowed Be Thy Name*
7. Revelations
8. Powerslave*
9. The Clairvoyant (#6)
10. Tailgunner*
11. Fear of the Dark*
12. Futureal*
13. The Clansman*
14. Out of the Silent Planet (#20?)
15. Iron Maiden [Live at Rock in Rio 2001]* This would cover all the "hits" and the other fan favorites (# is top UK chart position and "*" were the top 20 fan favorites compiled in the 1999 compilation). All in all, there would be 2-3 entries from each of the 12 studio records.
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