Because today is the 10 year anniversary of me purchasing my first Iron Maiden album, I decided to do what every other Maiden fan on this site has already done: create an "Iron Maiden album ranking" list. Yes, yet another one. Maiden was my first favourite metal band and remains one of my favourite bands to this day. They also opened up a whole new world of music for me and I can trace most of the stuff I've listened to since back to Maiden, either directly or indirectly. So, without further dudes, let us begin.

1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

2.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

3.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

4.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

5.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

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What's a Maiden hangover? You know a regular hangover, right? It's really bad, your head hurts and you feel ill. You know you still love beer, but you don't want it for a while. That's how I've felt about some Iron Maiden songs for a couple of years now. I've seen Maiden six times since 2005, and that's not even during the same tours. Still I feel like they play the same couple of songs over and over again. I can understand why, being a huge band with some monumental metal classics. But a little variety, please! I went to a show last night and thought during it "it's enough now". One of the best things about seeing the same bands over and over again, is to witness them play different songs. One that I haven't already experienced live. But this never happens with Maiden, we get like 1-2 songs they haven't played in a while. And its not just witnessing the same songs over and over again, it's the fucking same coreography during them too!

1.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

2.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

3.Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden

4.Iron Maiden - Killers

5.Iron Maiden - Killers

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1.AC/DC - Highway To Hell

2.Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell

3.Dio - Holy Diver

4.Dio - Magica

5.Dio - The Last In Line

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Some albums are really good. Many of these are good all the way around. And, in many cases, there is a single song that stands out, sometimes it's the last song on the album. This is a list of those songs.

For a more in depth look at this, I've codified each into a given category:
Type 1 - 'The long song at the end.' Often the title track. These have a tendency to be most well written and dynamic pieces on the album.

1.!T.O.O.H.! - Order And Punishment (Řád A Trest)

2.Abigail Williams - Becoming

3.Agalloch - The Mantle

4.Amon Amarth - Versus The World

5.Anekdoten - Vemod

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It's about time I made one. :^)

1.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

2.Iron Maiden - Brave New World

3.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

4.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

5.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

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Iron Maiden, an inspirational band and a metal band that has truly stood the test of time. Iron Maiden is not my favorite band, but the most significant band in my life. I stumbled upon them almost accidently one fateful day at a Circuit City in May of 2005. I liked the artwork and wanted to listen to something different. Once I popped it in my CD player, I was never the same again....

1.Iron Maiden - The X Factor

2.Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death

3.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

4.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

5.Iron Maiden - Killers

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Here is my personal ranking of all the Iron Maiden albums released thus far. This is a personal faves list, so don't get butt-hurt because Powerslave is not number one and such. Thanks.

1.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

2.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

3.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

4.Iron Maiden - The Book Of Souls

5.Iron Maiden - Brave New World

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1.Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark

2.Metallica - Metallica

3.Dream Theater - Metropolis Pt. 2: Scenes From A Memory

4.Judas Priest - Painkiller

5.Annihilator - Set The World On Fire

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1.Deadlock - Bizarro World

2.In Flames - Clayman

3.Amon Amarth - Twilight Of The Thunder God

4.Slipknot - Iowa

5.Metallica - Master Of Puppets

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From last.fm (27.07.12)

1.Dream Theater - Train Of Thought

2.Machine Head - Unto The Locust

3.Machine Head - The Blackening

4.Death - The Sound Of Perseverance

5.Machine Head - Through The Ashes Of Empires

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1.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

2.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

3.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

4.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

5.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

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1.Iron Maiden - A Matter Of Life And Death

2.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

3.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

4.Iron Maiden - Dance Of Death

5.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

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1.Iron Maiden - Piece Of Mind

2.Iron Maiden - Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son

3.Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast

4.Iron Maiden - Powerslave

5.Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

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1.Dream Theater - Images And Words

2.W.A.S.P. - The Crimson Idol

3.AC/DC - Live

4.Blind Guardian - Somewhere Far Beyond

5.Iron Maiden - Fear Of The Dark

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A Very Subjective List of Top Metal Songs.... (In No Particular Order)

1.Iron Maiden - Hallowed Be Thy Name

2.Opeth - Burden

3.Black Sabbath - Iron Man

4.Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water

5.Sabaton - The Price Of A Mile

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