Killers

[Goreripper]

I bought Killers the other day. The last copy I had was a cassette back in the 80s. Is it just me, or is it a bad album? The difference between it and Number are so vast it's like they're by two different bands but they were recorded less than a year apart. Some of the lyrics are Harris' absolute worst too. "I can't speak French, so I couldn't explain and like a fool I started running away." That line makes me laugh.

 

[KoichCPA]

yes, it is quite shit.

 

[Sydo]

It has it's moments.

 

[spawn]

It does have its moments, but the Bruce era stuff slays it

 

[Shannow]

Yeah,
my first ever serious listen to Maiden was 7th Son (apart from liking Flight of Icarus when it was in the charts, and not knowing who did it).

Going back to Dianno era Maiden was a shock...would have been better if I'd started there I guess.

Imagine how I felt when after a while away from music I saw a new 'maiden CD, took it home and found out that it was Virtual XI.

 

[spawn]

The Clansman absolutely fucking rules though

 

[salty]

Killers is awesome you tools.

 

[Shannow]

The Clansman absolutely fucking rules though

Spawn,
it certainly does rule )specially when Bruce sings it).

Problem is, I missed the first Blaze album, and was unprepared for a lead singer change.

 

[spawn]

Dont worry, im agreeing with you

 

[Southy]

Murders in the Rue Morgue

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Much of the material on Killers was written years and years earlier. Some of it was written before the stuff on the self titled album.

It is one of the weakest albums, but it is still good, just in a different way to their other stuff. It is much more punk sounding at times.

 

[Blitzkrieg]

Oh, and Purgatory and Drifter are two awesome songs. I also like hearing Bruce sing Twilight Zone, that rocks.

 

[Goreripper]

Wrathchild is definitely the best track on the album. I like Purgatory also, but the rest is just left-over demo stuff, really.

 

[Cooperman]

Funnily I listened to this last week for the first time in ages... I quite like it myself. Purgatory is one of my all-time favourite Maiden tracks. Wrathchild, Genghis Khan, and Killers are all solid. The rest could be considered fluff I guess... but in my opinion no more so than the 2nd half of Piece of Mind *waits for backlash*

 

[Icarus]

Another life rocks!

I quite like the album myself

 

[Wrathchild]

PRODIGAL SON!!!

The whole album is worth it just for that song. I also love the title track, Innocent Exile and Murders In The Rue Morgue. No doubt that NOTB is leaps and bounds ahead of it though.

W

 

[Wrathchild]

Coops, I'm not crazy about Piece of Mind either. Die With Your Boots On, The Trooper, Still Life and To Tame A Land are the songs that do a thing for me on that album. I'm no mathematician, but even I know that four out of nine isn't very good .

W

 

[Blitzkrieg]

As I said before, although it was released a year before NOTB, the period between when the material was written for both albums was much, much longer.

POM is a good album, but I never rate it in my top 5 or so Maiden albums. The second half does have To Tame A Land though.

 

[Icarus]

There are only 2 not so great songs on POM. Quest for fire and sun and steel. The rest are great.

REVELATIONSSSSSSSSSS THIS ONEEEEEEEEE

 

[Sydo]

And Sun and Steel ain't so bad.