Iron Maiden fans, recommendations?

[Flying Crane]

I've been a bit of an Iron Maiden fan since high school, tho I've been rather stuck in their earlier works. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is really the latest of their work that I was familiar with, along with everything earlier than this.

I did check out Fear of the Dark, but wasn't so impressed with it.

A while back I picked up Brave New World, and that's a pretty good one.

I see they've come out with a good deal of material since Seventh Son. Could anyone make some recommendations on this stuff? Any that you feel were particularly good, or any I might want to avoid?

Thanks!

 

[Xue Sheng]

I'm old, I got nothin' after Piece Of Mind

I like Iron Maiden but I know nothing of anything newer, sorry

 

[Makalakumu]

Maiden has a ton of good stuff that came out later...especially after Dickensen came back. Check out some of the greatest hit cds or get on a music sharing site and buy a few somes from some of the albums. It's all good.

 

[Sukerkin]

Sorry mate.

The first two albums were the best with "Number of the Beast" also okay. After that, altho' noone can fault the musicianship or enthusiasm, it all became a little too 'theatrical'.

Oh and for perspective, this is from a chap who saw them playing live before they even had an album out and saw them on both the "Iron maiden" and "Killers" tours.

 

[bowser666]

I enjoy all of their earlier stuff , Seventh Son, Somewhere in time, Number of the beast, all the classics, from Fear of the Dark and on is ehhhh , not that great , but the classics rule.

 

[Bob Hubbard]

I'm starting to get into Dance of Death (think that's the title)

 

[HG1]

The Early Years DVD is worth getting if you like the first two albums. The latest studio album(CD) A Matter of Life & Death is good as well.

 

[Kreth]

Any of the live albums are worth it. From the intro to Rime of the Ancient Mariner on Live after Death: "And the moral of the story is, this is what not to do if a bird ***** on you..." :lol:

 

[Makalakumu]

I'm thinking about petitioning the Hawaiian government. I want them to change their tsunami warning sirens so that they played "Run to the Hills."

The chorus says it all!

 

[Sukerkin]

:lol:

It's also a pretty good driving song .

 

[Jenna]

I've been a bit of an Iron Maiden fan since high school, tho I've been rather stuck in their earlier works. Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is really the latest of their work that I was familiar with, along with everything earlier than this.

I did check out Fear of the Dark, but wasn't so impressed with it.

A while back I picked up Brave New World, and that's a pretty good one.

I see they've come out with a good deal of material since Seventh Son. Could anyone make some recommendations on this stuff? Any that you feel were particularly good, or any I might want to avoid?

Thanks!

Hey Michael sorry but for me the Maiden have just kind of hit the wall now. I just think I have heard it all before.. Bruce is still the man though. Sacrilege I know, but I would go with Trivium or somebody else instead sorry.. Jenna

 

[Jenna]

I'm thinking about petitioning the Hawaiian government. I want them to change their tsunami warning sirens so that they played "Run to the Hills."

The chorus says it all!

Did you ever hear this

?? I actually quite like it (I would maybe be a fan of Parisienne Walkways more though) and but the chorus of this is a total rip-off of Run To The Hills.. have a listen.. oh, sorry OP for the tangent.. J

 

[Flying Crane]

Hey Michael sorry but for me the Maiden have just kind of hit the wall now. I just think I have heard it all before.. Bruce is still the man though. Sacrilege I know, but I would go with Trivium or somebody else instead sorry.. Jenna

I understand your point. When Fear of the Dark came out, I was fairly disappointed. I think someone had left the band, was it Bruce or one of the guitarists? I don't remember. So I kind of drifted away from paying attention to the new stuff.

Now, a bunch of years have gone by and I suddenly realize they have quite a bit more stuff that I wasn't aware of. I do like Brave New World, I'd like to try out some more new stuff but I want to avoid disappointments like Fear of the Dark.

Sometimes bands go into a new phase or something and it just doesn't speak to you the way it used to. For others, it can be the opposite.

Thanks for the thoughts.

 

[Kreth]

Brave New World was an awesome tour. I got to see them at MSG (first American show of the tour) with Queensryche and Halford opening.