Congratulations for this Ranking... i almost disagree entirely, but it feels fresh to see a very different take on these albums.

The fact that every Maiden ranking is so different is the ultimate testament to their legacy.

The new album is incredible! Peace of Mind is my all time favorite.

One of the more particular rankings of the Maiden albums I've seen thus far. But hey, then again we all hear those albums through our own ears and experience them in a different way. 😉🤘

17. Virtual XI 16. The Final Frontier 15. Fear Of The Dark 14. No Prayer For The Dying 13. The X Factor 12. Senjutsu 11. The Book Of Souls 10. Dance Of Death 9. Brave New World 8. A Matter Of Life Or Death 7. Iron Maiden 6. Killers 5. The Number Of The Beast 4. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son 3. Somewhere In Time 2. Piece Of Mind 1. Powerslave I rank my albums by the consistency of superb tracks per album ... the exceptions being Powerslave and Piece Of Mind, a couple of merely-good songs surrounded by several world-beaters--having said that, I adore every tune on Somewhere In Time and Seventh Son. Senjutsu already ranks as number 12 as I think that it has more tracks, six of 'em, that I'd rank as very good than the ones ranked lower ... four or five great tracks each, the rest being just not as great. My ten fave tunes from the bottom five: Futurereal, The Clansman, El Dorado, Tailgunner, Bring Your Daughter ..., Holy Smoke, Fear Of The Dark, The Sign Of The Cross, Man On The Edge and Virus, the single.

17. The X Factor 16. Virtual XI 15. The Book Of Souls 14. The Final Frontier 13. No Prayer For The Dying 12. Dance Of Death 11. Senjutsu 10. Fear Of The Dark 9. A Matter Of Life And Death 8. Somewhere In Time 7. The Number Of The Beast 6. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son 5. Brave New World 4. Piece Of Mind 3. Powerslave 2. Iron Maiden 1. Killers

Somewhat crazy list, just goes to show how diverse this band is and how that's reflected in such different ways by fans' personal tastes! Personally right now I rank Senjutsu in 8th, after the 7 first, untouchable classics. My mood dictates a lot which music I like best in any given time. Very cool video, cheers!

Wow, your ranking varies quite a bit from others I've watched (and my own). I love that. Thanks for sharing!

Great Channel Brendon. Thank you.

I was waiting for that one ! Thank you. I wasn't paying too much attention on Piece Of Mind at first, but it's been growing on me since then ; it's probably in my top 5, with Killers, Powerslave, Somewhere In Time and Dance Of Death. And I agree with you on Number Of The Beast : always high in the lists of heavy metal masterpieces, but it just doesn't click with me. Your video makes me want to put No Prayer For The Dying back on and reconsider it :-)

This was a very enjoyable watch, it was great fun hearing your album ranking video's. I was very surprised that you ranked Book of Souls second last. You had a very interesting and surprising ranking. Your top 3 albums are identical to my three fave Maiden albums. Piece of mind is amazing !

Hey Brendon, glad to see your channel putting up some numbers. I enjoyed this ranking even with it being close to a shuffle from a “typical” Maiden countdown. Either way, you’re correct about which 2 records are their best 😉. As far as your order, while there are some surprises, I’m not very surprised by your preference of No Prayer and FotD over 7th son for example. Those two records are pretty much as straight up hard rock or even “hair metal” sounding as Maiden would get and I know you’re a fan of that sound. It helps cement this as *your* Maiden countdown. I’m happy to see the Final Frontier climb up this list a bit compared to others as it holds a special place for me being the first album to come out during my fandom of the band. Thanks for the video!

Wow. That’s an unusual ranking. To each his own.

Because of this ranking, i’ll finally listen to the Blaze albums, Fear of the Dark, and No Prayer front to back for the first time. Thanks!

It's amazing how two people can both like a band and have 'completely' different taste in songs. I guess that's one of the reasons that Iron Maiden appeals to so many people. There is no way my top ten would include 'no pray for the dying' or 'virtual X' but I agree with your top 3. I'm loving the new album and again we differ, two of your fav tracks on the album are the two I like the least, for me Darkest Hour, The Parchment & Hell On Earth are my favs - so far ( but that may change ).

Hi Brendon! New to your channel so that's why I'm commenting on old stuff. I really liked your ranking. I've always been kind of suspicious of people doing their OWN rankings and getting to the same albums placed in the same positions as ever. I think with people who really put attention, time and effort into music, like yourself, It's kind of impossible not to connect to what the music really makes them feel instead of focusing on what their opinion SHOULD be in order to be considered a "true metalhead" (true rocker,/true music fan, etc.) . You got my respect!

4:14 The moment i became really interested on this list, and that was just the beginning. Good choices Brendon, i´m with you. 😉

Great review. Wasted years is also one of my favorites. Somewhere in time and powerslave are my favorites. Senjutsu is pretty darn good...hell on earth and time machine are solid

You're probably the only person on utube that ranks Maiden albums who has No prayer for the Dying ranked in the top 5!That's awesome!It's one of my favorites!

I love "A Matter of Life and Death", got some great tunes. #15? Much higher for me. Somewhere in Time is my #1 for sure. Struggling to get into the new album...songs are way too long for me. Love the channel.

First Brendon thanks very much for compiling your own ranking of Iron maiden albums very much appreciated as a huge Iron maiden fan who has seen them 8 times every iron maiden fan will put together their own ranking in different ways just like myself as you say every one to their own way as much as myself but the absolute number 1 ranking is Iron maiden have stood the test of time as one brilliant metal band 🤟🤟🤟🤟🤟👍👍👋👋

Hi Brendon!! thanks for doing a ranking of my favorite band............ and for been so different from mine and many others!!! Yours really have a couple of surprises like "X Factor" and "No Prayer" and 7th Son!!!! but that's ok we all hear music in different ways and discover the band at different ages. cheers and be well

Thanks for the video.

What a great ranking! Although mine is different, it is so fresh to see a ranking that is not predictable. Here is my ranking. 1. Dance of Death 2. Somewhere in Time 3. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 4. Piece of Mind 5. X Factor 6. A Matter of Life and Death 7. The Final Frontier 8. Number of the Beast 9. Killers 10. Brave New World 11. Senjutsu 12. Powerslave 13. Book of Souls 14. Iron Maiden 15. Virtual XI 16. No Prayer for the Dying 17. Fear of the Dark

I've been a fan from before they released their first album. Yes, I own the original Soundhouse Tapes. I dropped off for a few years after 7th Son but have now gotten back into them. During lockdown, whist working at home, I played all of the albums in chronological order and had a couple of the best days at work on ages.

Hi Brendon. I was really happy to see Somewhere In Time so high up there. I have recently been listening to all of these albums myself again and the whole feel of the Somewhere In Time album had me now thinking it's my favourite album. As much as I loved Blaze Batley as a front man for them live, I can't get on with the two albums and I am also a Wolfsbane fan, so figure that one out!

Very interesting and against the grain ranking. I've never been a huge Maiden fan and have neve listened to any album past Seventh Son, (I'm an old guy, lol) but Somewhere in Time was always my favorite of the ones I knew.

Great vid Brendon. I’m with you for the most part except my top 2 are Seventh Son followed by Powerslave.

Well, Brendon, this is definitely one of the wildest Maiden album rankings I have seen 👍

I got to agree with you on this Brendon. Great list

I couldnt disagree more about Seventh son of a seventh son. This might be their most poetic album. If i had to put a commercial - friendly album, it would be piece of mind, which has radio hits such as Flight of Icarus. The lyics from each song from SSOASS cod be written in golden pages. So artistic. So theatrical. And this is what Maiden have been pursuing in their live performances as well; to create a theatrical atmosphere.

It is so so hard. My list after two hours of moving vinyl records on the floor: 1) brave new world (maybe due to personal nostalgia) 2) seventh son 3) somewhere in time 4) x-factor 5) matter of life and death 6) piece of mind 7) iron maiden 8) dance of death 9)senjutsu 10)book of souls 11) the number of the beast 12) powerslave 13)killers 14) final frontier 15)no prayer for the dying 16) fear of the dark 17) virtual xi Shit i feel like a traitor to the last ten albums which i absolutely love.

Thank you for you refreshing ranking. It's unsual to see Seventh Son of a Seventh Son so low and X-Factor/Fear of the Dark/No prayer so high, but it's nice to hear different opinions,,

Fear of the Dark was the first album I bought live. Just curious. I'm 46. How old are you?

Very controversial but bold rankings there. I wouldn't put TNOTB and TBOS so low or TXF, TFF, NPFTD or FOTD so high but I do enjoy all their albums. Good video. 🤘

17 - Virtual XI 16 - The Final Frontier 15 - Dance Of Death 14 - A Matter of Life and Death 13 - Book Of Souls 12 - Senjutsu 11 - Brave New World 10 - Fear Of The Dark 09 - No Prayer For The Dying 08 - The X Factor 07 - Iron Maiden 06 - The Number Of The Beast 05 - Somewhere In Time 04 - Seventh Son of the Seven S 03 - Powerslave 02 - Piece Of Mind 01 - Killers

Here's my iron maiden album tier list, my favourite band in the whole, 17: X Factor 16: Virtual XI 15: NPFTD 14: Iron Maiden 13: Final Frontier 12: The Book of Souls 11: Fear Of The Dark 10: Number of the beast 9: Powerslave 8: Brave new world 7: Killers 6: Senjustu 5: Dance of Death 4: Piece of mind 3: A Matter Of Life and Death 2: Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 1: Somewhere in time

Your ranking is fairly similar to mine. Somewhere in Time is my favorite. I also like Seventh Son and Number of the Beast a lot more. Still need to get the new album, but the songs I've heard are pretty good.

1. Somewhere In Time 2. Powerslave 3. Brave New World

Can't really go wrong with Iron Maiden; Killers is my usual go to but when Piece of Mind came out was the summer of 1983 and me and my buddies played that record/cassette on constant replay. Able to see them live five times: Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, Powerslave, Somewhere in Time, Book of Souls tours. One of the best bands ever, imo. You're spot on, Brendon as really think the Blaze-era Maiden doesn't get the respect it should. Great rankings and post. 💯

Excellent rankings

Hi Brendon..I am with you..Virus single and X Factor are great and deserve some honour among the ranks. Up the Irons.

I was shocked by your insane list, but after reading all comments I felt relieved, it's you that are crazy and I'm perfectly normal 😂 I'm totally cool with your top 3 though. Anyway...you've just earned a new sub! 😉👌🏻

Excellent job but strange list. I never liked the Blaze records and I been following Maiden since 1981. Piece Of Mind always been my favorite.

I have a question when you said that Power slave was the first album you got from iron Maiden did you get it in 1984

My ranking : 17 - Dance of Death 16 - Fear of the Dark 15 - No Prayer for the Dying 14 - A Matter of Life and Death 13 - Killers 12 - The Number of the Beast 11 - Virtual XI 10 - Brave New World 09 - Somewhere in Time 08 - Iron Maiden 07 - Powerslave 06 - The X Factor 05 - The Book of Souls 04 - Senjutsu 03 - The Final Frontier 02 - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 01 - Piece of Mind

Nice review. My favourite is the one playing....

Good Ranking there are some underrated Iron Maiden albums very high but for me Brave New World, The Book of Souls, The Number of the Beast and Killers are some of my Favourite Iron Maiden albums of course all rankings and likes are respectable.

My Ranking: 17- No prayer for the dying 16-The X factor 15- Virtual XI 14-Senjutsu 13- Dance of death 12- The final frontier 11- The book of souls 10- Killers 09- Fear of the dark 08- A matter of life and death 07- Brave new world 06- Piece of mind 05- Number of the beast 04- Seventh son of a seventh son 03- Iron Maiden 02- Powersalve 01- Somewhere in time

It's always interesting to see how people rank the Maiden albums. Seems like every one of them has their loyal supporters. I discovered Maiden only when they were releasing Dance of Death, so to me the post-reunion sound is the one I originally fell in love with. Still, ranking these albums is insanely difficult. 17. No Prayer For the Dying 16. Fear of the Dark 15. Iron Maiden 14. Killers 13. Virtual XI 12. The Book of Souls 11. The Final Frontier 10. Dance of Death 9. The Number of the Beast 8. The X-Factor 7. Powerslave 6. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 5. A Matter of Life And Death 4. Senjutsu 3. Piece of Mind 2. Brave New World 1. Somewhere in Time

It’s so refreshing seeing someone rank No Prayer For The Dying so highly, especially after seeing so many people criticize it for so many years. It’s personally my favorite album, it’s got a few good “headbanger” songs. Sure it’s not as in-depth and epic as most of Maiden’s iconic songs, but they’re still great to listen to. “Fates Warning”, “Run Silent Run Deep”, “Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter” are my favorites.

Here’s my ranking, I have been relistening since your last video so some might have changed from my previous post. I am not going to rank Senjutsu yet. I need more time with it but I think its very strong. I like the epic, dark, brooding feel as you said. 1. Powerslave 2. Number of the Beast 3. Killers 4. Piece of Mind 5. Seventh Son 6. Somewhere in Time 7. Iron Maiden 8. Brave New World 9. Book of Souls 10. Dance of Death 11. Final Frontier 12. Matter of Life and Death 13. Fear of the Dark 14. No Prayer for the Dying 15. Virtual XI 16. X Factor

I found it interesting that your put brave new world so far down I consider that one the best of the new era along with Senjutsu :) I really like Senjutsu I got it as my back patch :)

Thanks for video, I’m fan IM since 1980, my list : 1 Somewhere in time 2 Senjutsu 3 Powerslave 4 Piece of mind 5 Seventh son 6 Killers 7 BNW 8 AMOLAD 9 The final Frontier 10 Iron Maiden 11 Book of souls 12 Dance of Death 13 The number of the beast 14 Fear of the dark 15 no prayer 16 X factor 17 Virtual Xl

Interesting ranking! I'm surprised to see "Book of Souls" so low. I like the album pretty much, but you're right, most of the songs are long. One thing I like about Maiden so much. No Prayer ... - was always a letdown for me, not a single long song on it 🙁 Somewhere In Time - I always loved this one, my entrance album to Maiden.

My list below is ever changing but this is where i'm at right now.Must say i've been listening to No Prayer quite a bit of late and for the first time i'm really beginning to appreciate what I used to consider to be some fairly weak songs but now think they're great!Even Hooks in You is quite good!! 17 - X Factor 16 - Dance Of Death 15 - Virtual IX 14 - Fear Of The Dark 13 - The Final Frontier 12 - No Prayer For The Dying 11 - A Matter Of Life and Death 10 - Iron Maiden 09 - Book Of Souls 08 - Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 07 - Killers 06 - The Number Of The Beast 05 - Brave New World 04 - Somewhere In Time 03 - Senjutsu 02 - Piece Of Mind 01 - Powerslave

My Top 5 : 1 Brave New World 2 Dance of Death 3. Piece of Mind 4. A Matter of Life and Death 5. Book of Souls

Curiosa, sorprendente y sobre todo sincera clasificación de albums Maiden, por eso quizás y aunque no comparto el orden en su totalidad, me ha gustado tanto. Up The Irons!!!

That's definitely a very unique ranking, this is mine: 1) Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 2) Powerslave 3) Somewhere in Time 4) The Book of Souls 5) Brave New World 6) Piece of Mind 7) A Matter of Life and Death 8) Number of the Beast 9) Senjutsu 10) Killers 11) Iron Maiden 12) Final Frontier 13) Dance of Death 14) Fear of the Dark 15) X Factor 16) No Prayer for the Dying 17) Virtual XI

A cool, crazy list. Appreciate your tastes. I fell out off love with the band after brave new world. I tried. But just don't get on with very much at all after then. My top 10 is: 1. Iron maiden 2. X factor 3. Seventh son 4. Powerslave 5. Piece of mind 6. Somewhere in time 7. Killers 8. Number of the beast 9. Virtual xi 10. Brave new world Do u like blaze batley solo stuff? With the exception of one album his solo stuff is stunning.

Mine: 1. Fortune Of Snow 2. British Inheritence 3. Melly Melly Arr. 3f 4. No Aires 5. Form P

I like your opinions and ranking im always interested in people's opinions to me no Maiden albums is terrible by any means so it's always difficult for me to rank them but anyway here is mine 17. Virtual X1 16. No Prayer for the Dying 15. Final Frontier 14. The X Factor 13. Dance of Death 12. Fear of the Dark 11. Iron Maiden 10. Shinjutsu 9. Brave New World 8. 7th Son of a 7th Son 7. Killers 6. Book of Souls 5. Number of the Beast 4. Somewhere in Time 3. A Matter of Life and Death 2. Piece of Mind 1. Powerslave

Very interesting ranking. I didn't expect this at all and I'm happy we are so different in our perspectives. For me, Senjutsu and Seventh Son are at the top of Maiden's pyramid. There is nothing I don't like, other than Virtual XI. (I love Blaze.) Brave New World is also near the top for me with Somewhere in Time. Maiden is my favorite band. Period.

Very interesting ranking! Its refreshing to see some other opinions Here is my ranking: 1. A Matter of Life and Death 2. The Book of Souls 3. The Final Frontier 4. Senjutsu 5. The Number of the Beast 6. Fear of the Dark 7. Brave New World 8. Somewhere In Time 9. Powerslave 10. Iron Maiden 11. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 12. Dance of Death 13. Piece of Mind 14. Killers 15. Virtual XI 16. No Prayer for the Dying 17. The X Factor This is just my opinion of course, i dont understand why some people think its so hard to respect peoples opinions xD Cheers! Have a good day

Don’t think I’ve heard an iron maiden ranking as alternate to yours. I prefer that though as good to get a different insight than all too familiar iron maiden rankings. I agree with no prayer being an excellent album, along with the X factor. I can’t really rank the albums from 80 to 95 as it changes all the time I found that matter of life and death would be in my top 6 1) killers 2) seventh son 3) iron maiden 4) powerslave 5) number of the beast 6) matter of life and death 7) no prayer 8) piece of mind 9) X factor 10) somewhere in time

Without putting live albums in my top ten: 10 Brave New World 9 No Prayer For The Dying 8 The X Factor 7 Seventh Son… 6 Powerslave 5 Killers 4 Piece Of Mind 3 Iron Maiden 2 Somewhere In Time 1 Number Of The Beast

Nice list, though our lists differ quite a bit. I like where you placed No Prayer, and Piece is also my favorite. I have been a huge fan since I purchased Killers when it first came out. And kudos for no profanity

Which album was the first one you bought? You said it was Fear of The Dark then you said it was Powerslave.

MY TOP 10 1 PIECE OF MIND 2 7TH SON 3 MATTER OF LIFE AND DEATH 4 NUMBER OF THE BEAST 5 POWERSLAVE 6 NO PRAYER FOR THE DYING 7 BOOK OF SOULS 8 KILLERS 9 DANCE OF DEATH 10 SOMEWHERE IN TIME

"Put them in the iron maiden." "Iron Maiden?! Excellent!"

😆 At one point Brendon I thought you’d gone totally tonto with this ranking but you just about regained sanity towards the end ...... almost . I really like Final Frontier too and pleased you weren’t tempted to sneak in Flo on the wall just to finish me off , however I still enjoyed it and it made the chore of making the tea bearable even if I did drop the lasagne at the Number of the beast placing ! Respect my friend

Thanks for giving your thoughts on each album. I just did my third revision of Maiden (which seems to change every time)! I put mine into tiers as well. I agree X-Factor is a very good album, with only a couple tracks that are filler for me. Shows how strong the Maiden catalog is. (My previous list had Powerslave #1, and original list had Piece of Mind #1 - just to show how things change for me - great band!) 1. Somewhere in Time (1) 2. The Number of the Beast (3) 3. Piece of Mind (9) 4. Powerslave (4) 5. Killers (2) 6. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (8) 7. Iron Maiden (7) -------------------------------------------- 8. Brave New World (6) 9. Senjutsu (10) 10. The Final Frontier (11) 11. The Book of Souls (14) 12. No Prayer for the Dying (5) 13. Dance of Death (15) 14. A Matter of Life and Death (12) 15. Fear of the Dark (13) 16. The X-Factor (17) ------------------------------------------- 17. Virtual XI (16)

Brandon, I thought you said 1992 fear of the dark was your 1st album you got from the band, Then you say power slave is also your 1st album. So what is it?

Great list . Great to see X factor getting some love , it’s a masterpiece

Cool, honest, personal list 👍 Whilst i would place some records differently i do agree with your number 1, that album is gold. X factor is the only album i own of their's on cassette, i don't mind Mr Bayley, shame he recieved so much flack for replacing the replacement 😆

My Ranking: 17. Virtual XI 16. The X Factor 15. No Prayer for the Dying 14. Fear of the Dark 13. Dance of Death 12. The Final Frontier 11. A Matter of Life and Death 10. Brave New World 9. The Book of Souls 8. Iron Maiden 7. Senjutsu 6. Killers 5. Piece of Mind 4. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 3. The Number of the Beast 2. Powerslave 1. Somewhere in Time

Now that Senjutsu is fully digested, will rank these classic albums by a classic band. Number 17 & 16 really are my least favourite. Tried over the years to go back to them but they just do nothing for me at all, daughter to slaughter maybe, but even that isn't great. Fear of the Dark (the song) great audience participation song, but the album? Not great. Got the Di'Anno & Bayley albums intertwined 10-13. The debut is musically awesome, fantastic actually for a debut, but couldn't really get on board with Di'Anno, (became a fan when Flight of Icarus was released here in the UK as a single) so I went to Di'Anno FROM Bruce. Again, Killers: Excellent tunes, but Di'Anno. Nope. Virtual X1 really is a great album musically and definitely in the minority saying that Blaze (in the studio) done a great job. Never saw Blaze "live" but I don't think he won the fans over. Bruce was a hard act to follow for ANY vocalist. 15 & 14? Periodically listen but........, wouldn't be overly bothered if I didn't hear them again. And then 9-1....., just all classics, including Senjutsu slotting in at 3 between "Somewhere" & "7th". Really think Senjutsu is closest to that 1986-1988 era. Love it. But ----->>> Powerslave? Was at Edinburgh Playhouse for the World Slavery Tour 37 years ago. (Wow, long time ago)....., and I still get goosebumps thinking back. When they played "Rime of the Ancient Mariner", Brucer Awesome band, in fact the second best band EVER to grace the planet behind ABBA. Only joking......., best band of all time. 17 - No Prayer for the Dying 16 - Fear of the Dark 15 - The Book of Souls 14 - The Final Frontier 13 - Killers 12 - The X Factor 11 - Iron Maiden 10 - Virtual X1 09 - Dance of Death 08 - Brave New World 07 - A Matter of life & Death 06 - The Number Of The Beast 05 - Piece of Mind 04 - Seventh Son of the Seven Son 03 - Senjutsu 02 - Somewhere In Time 01 - Powerslave

Good show and a rather unique order of picks. I have a meandering opinion of the "Number of the Beast" album, as I used to like "Run to the Hills", but now it seems dated and is currently overplayed to death; on the other hand, I used to dislike the title track, but now I like it much better, and its other cuts like "Prisoner," "Hallowed Be Thy Name", and "Invaders" rank as some of Maiden's best. Kudos for "Somewhere In Time"; that one has gained more favor in my book (all killer, no filler) and I would put it at #2 over "Powerslave." And I agree with "Piece of Mind" being their best. I still need to dig in more to the post 90's stuff, but I like what I've heard so far.

16. Virtual XI 15. The X Factor 14. Killers 13. Fear of the Dark 12. No Prayer For Dying 11. Iron Maiden 10. Brave New World 9. The Number of the Beast 8. Powerslave 7. Dance of Death 6. Somewhere In Time 5. Piece of Mind 4. The Final Frontier 3. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 2. The Book of Souls 1. A Matter of Life and Death Note: I have heard Senjetsu and it's a very good album but I feel like it would be too early for me to rank it. I really like Senjetsu as well, it had a lot of great songs. However I think that it's not even close to be as good as the fantastic Book of Souls, A Matter of Life and Death and Final Frontier. It had a lot of great solo too and some interesting tracks and I really like Senjetsu but I like I said it's way to early to rank it. As time passes I will include it in the ranking. Also I know I have some unpopular opinions in my ranking but I just want to say that I love the new albums far more than other people do. I absolutely love most of their albums so don't get pissed off because I have some unpopular choices.

Interesting ranking. I'm one of that apparently small minority whose favorites are the first two albums with Di'Anno on vocals. I can listen to those two on repeat and never get bored. I'd rank the first album #1 and Killers #2. Then Powerslave, Number of the Beast, and Piece of Mind in that order. It's probably nostalgia because those were the Maiden albums I played to death as a teenager. I'd have to think more than I want to in order to rank the rest. I like select songs off most of them, but I don't listen to them straight through like I do the first five. On the new Senjutsu album, I do enjoy Nicko's drums on the title track. That one will probably grow on me.

I'm always fascinated by lists like these. There doesn't seem to be any pattern at all in terms of me trying to understand your taste. However, while you placed X-Factor and No Prayer way up high (and I would have them jostling for last place) you had Virtual XI last, as I would, and Powerslave and Piece of Mind 2nd and 1st respectively, as I would!

No, AMoLaD was not a rough mix. It was properly mixed, but Steve didn’t like how it sounded when it was mastered. So, they released an unmastered (NOT unmixed) version. Mixing and mastering are two completely different things. But it has since been mastered. I believe in 2015.

Major respect putting No Prayer so high. I really like that album and it's not as bad as people say it is

My list: 16. Virtual XI 15. X Factor 14. No Prayer For The Dying 13. Fear Of The Dark 12. Somewhere In Time 11. Brave New World 10. A Matter Of Life And Death 9. Killers 8. Dance Of Death 7. The Final Frontier 6. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son 5. Iron Maiden 4. Book Of Souls 3. The Number Of The Beast 2. Powerslave 1. Piece Of Mind I didn't rank Senjutsu yet because it's too early but I see potential for it to crack my top 5!

So good to hear positive things being said about the blaze era, I too like the x factor but I remember getting it when it came out and being a big fan at the time of Nicko's drumming I hated the use of the really small kit and I find they are too loud and thuddy and the guitars are a little thin in places, for example blood on the world's hands sounds really flat and weak compared to the live version, same with edge of darkness which is a great song. Fortunes of war is one of my all time favourite songs, Give nick a full kit with a better sound, fix the thin guitar sound on a few tracks remove the awful unbeliever and put one of the outtakes from the album judgement day (how that awesome track wasn't on album I'll never know) at track 10 and close with 2am and for me you'd have a perfect album. Virtual xi I love it, I find myself listening to it more than most, love two worlds collide and lightning strikes twice, wish they were still played live. Can't really disagree with your number 1 choice. Would be interesting to hear your thoughts on blaze bayley solo albums, his latest war within me is really good.

I agree on the Blaze Bayley era...way better than people give it credit for...nice ranking... I'm pretty similar but number of the beast is a bit higher in my ranking.. I'd put it at number 3...my top 5: 1-Piece of Mind 2-Powerslave 3-Number if the Beast 4-Killers 5-The X Factor Thanks!

Was looking forward to your ranking..I agree with some of your slotting and disagree with others... imagine that..a different opinion lol ..how boring would these rankings be if they were all the same...here's my two cents 1. Piece of mind 2. Killers 3. Powerslave 4. The Number of the Beast 5. Seventh son of a seventh son The rest changes daily Any plans for a cheap trick ranking?

Interesting ranking; I'm a fan since 1984 and The X Factor ranks as my 6th, too: a masterpiece. The Number and debut aren't the be all, end all, in their discography as some say, also.

Book Of Souls next to last!! Oh my. That one is in my top 5!

I agree with the top two picks

Great reviews there.opinions vary so much amongst fans.for me personally seventh son was there greatest and also a masterpiece of metal in my opinion.cheers

Awesome list! How about a Megadeth album ranking next?

1. Powerslave 2. Piece of Mind 3. The Number of the Beast 4. Killers 5. Somewhere in Time 6. Iron Maiden 7. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 8. Brave New World 9. The X Factor 10. A Matter of Life and Death 11. Dance of Death 12. The Final Frontier 13. Senjutsu 14. The Book of Souls 15. No Prayer for the Dying 16. Fear of the Dark 17. Virtual XI I should have just kept Senjutsu out. It's too new for me to judge but..

Well got the iron maiden on the way getit Thursday also got mccartney blackstar by Bowie boz scaggs foreigner diver down by van halen

I commend you for the fair rating of 'The final frontier'. I agree, best post reunion album. In my top 5! The most underrated album in their entire catalogue. I also agree that 'No prayer.'.. and 'The X factor' are very underrated. Piece of mind is in my top three.

Somewhere in Time is my favorite the album art alone is fantastic I spent hour's looking at it in my younger days then powerslave then live after death top 3 for me

Albums ranked worst to best with my favourtie track. 17. The X Factor (Man On The Edge) 16. The Final Frontier (Title Track) 15. Virtual XI (Futereal) 14. Fear Of The Dark (Be Quick Or Be Dead) 13. No Prayer For The Dying (Bring Your Daughter... ...To The Slaughter) 12. Brave New World (The Thin Line Between Love And Hate) 11. Senjetsu (The Writing On The Wall) 10. A Matter Of Life And Death (The Longest Day) 9. Killers (Murders In The Rue Morgue) 8. Iron Maiden (Prowler) 7. The Number Of The Beast (Run To The Hills) 6. The Book Of Souls (Speed Of Light) 5. Dance Of Death (Rainmaker) 4. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (Moonchild) 3. Powerslave (Aces High) 2. Somewhere In Time (The Lonliness Of The Long Distance Runner) 1. Piece Of Mind (Flight Of Icarus)

17. Virtual X 16. The X Factor 15. No Prayer for the Dying 14. The Final Frontier 13. Fear of the Dark 12. Killers 11. The Book of Souls 10. Iron Maiden 9. A Matter of Life and Death 8. Senjutsu 7. Dance of Death 6. Piece of Mind 5. Brave New World 4. Somewhere in Time 3. Number of the Beast 2. Powerslave 1. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son These are my opinions of course.

Interesting ranking. I am rather new to Iron Maiden (surely I knew the name, but not really the band). The new albums just sound different from the 80s oldies. Though I still do not know all albums of them, I agree so far as "Piece of Mind" is my favorite, "Flight of Icarus" is one of my favorite Metal Songs of all bands, a real Metal "ballad". However, I have somehow problems with "Fear of the dark" and "no prayer for the dying" (sorry, you ranked them on 5 or 4, others also commented on these albums here...) May I dare to say that they sound almost like ordinary metal bands to me there? On the other hand (and that might also be unusual) I liked both albums with Blaze.

Interesting ranking. I do agree that The X Factor is amazing. Can't go with No Prayer being over Seventh or Number Of The Beast