Iron Maiden's Reviews
Iron Maiden (Average Rating: 9.20 out of 10)
One of their best. (Rated this album with 8 out of 10)
Reviewed by
Chris Burton
from TONBRIDGE, KENT England
Considering that when you mention Iron Maiden these days people associate them with Brave New World, it makes me wondor how many of them have heard this album. I can honestly say that I feel that this album is one of their best. My all-time favourite would have to be "Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son", but one step and the following albums are all at pretty much the same level of quality:- "Number Of The Beast", "Somewhere In Time", "Powerslave", "Killers" and this one. To say that "Piece Of Mind" is up there with these albums is a joke.Anyway, this is the better of the two Di'Anno albums (although only slightly), the other being "Killers". This contains some real classic songs such as "Prowler", "Phantom Of The Opera" and "Running Free" but in all seriousness there are no fillers. Every song is really good. These versions are far superior to the live versions on "A Real Live Dead One". Although this isn't their absolute finest hour I still feel that this is a much better album than "Fear Of The Dark", "Piece Of Mind" and "Brave New World". The other studio albums aren't even worth mentioning. This is a damn great album, and one that is different to most other Maiden albums (aside from "Killers" which also has Paul Di'Anno on vocals). One of the first albums to start off The New Wave Of British Heavy Metal back in the late 70s and early 80s!!
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