I finally uh, drummed up the fortitude to evaluate Maiden. I stuck to the ones I'd heard in full before. I have a few favourite 'hits' from Bruce but mostly I find his voice annoying and a full album is always a struggle. Piece of Mind is their 80s album that goes horribly wrong for me as I don't really care for any of the songs on it.
Though half the time it's not the vocals that make or break the songs for me, it's the lyrics... and the repetition thereof. Virtual XI would be a lot more tolerable if not for that one thing. The X Factor is such a refreshing listen after a bukkake of Bruce. If you're gonna repeat a lyric over and over, at least make it a good one like "your time will come" on The Wicker Man. In the past I would've rated BNW a bit higher just based on that one song.
1. Iron Maiden
2. Killers
3. The Number of the Beast
4. Somewhere in Time
5. Powerslave
6. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son
7. The X Factor
8. Brave New World
9. Dance of Death
10. Piece of Mind
11. Fear of the Dark
12. No Prayer for the Dying
13. Virtual XI
14. A Matter of Life and Death
And that's where I've taken a step too far as I can see the albums all get longer from here. Jesus.