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Is it even a hot take to say 7th Son is the best Iron Maiden album?
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Date: August 18th, 2026 10:59 AM Author: dupa (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5894428&forum_id=2:#50075387) |
Date: August 18th, 2026 3:08 PM Author: dupa (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5894428&forum_id=2:#50076023) |
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Date: August 18th, 2026 9:23 PM Author: dupa (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5894428&forum_id=2:#50076769) |
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Date: August 19th, 2026 12:00 AM Author: michael doodikoff I’d have to think about this one for a while (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5894428&forum_id=2:#50077220) |
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Date: August 19th, 2026 7:14 PM Author: dupa Please let me know. Just learned loneliness of the long distance runner, Infinite dreams and the evil that men do. All such great songs. There’s no filler on that album at all.
EDIT: n00b error here. loneliness is on somewhere in time. |
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Date: August 19th, 2026 7:18 PM Author: george floyd doing the banana shuffle ((zurich is stained)) it's defensible, but i'd say number of the beast or powerslave are better contenders. but anything from number of the beast through seventh son wouldn't be a hot take at all. now, if you told me a record they put out in 2010 was their best, or that one of the first two albums with the first singer (though i love both albums) were the best, i'd say that was a scorching hot take. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5894428&forum_id=2:#50079070) |
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Date: August 19th, 2026 7:38 PM Author: dupa Hot take: self titled is better than number of the beast. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5894428&forum_id=2:#50079101) |
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Date: August 19th, 2026 10:29 PM Author: george floyd doing the banana shuffle ((zurich is stained)) yea that's a hard one to defend. definitely a hot take. i like d'annio and all, and i actually really love killers, but not sure how you conclude that the s/t is better than number of the beast. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5894428&forum_id=2:#50079458) |
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Date: August 20th, 2026 7:34 AM Author: dupa Beast has 1 great song (Hallowed) and 2 of their most overrated songs (run to the hills and title track). I like 22 acacia avenue but everything else on the album is kind meh within maiden’s catalog.
I love self titled in spite of Dianno. I’m a huge Brucemo and think his voice is essential to the classic maiden sound. But the songs on self titled are better and more varied. Phantom is my all time favorite and Prowler and Transylvania are better than anything on beast aside from Hallowed. |
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Date: August 20th, 2026 8:26 AM Author: george floyd doing the banana shuffle ((zurich is stained)) you sound like you love the taste of cum (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5894428&forum_id=2:#50079923) |
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Date: August 20th, 2026 8:34 AM Author: dupa I was recently described as “at least very gay”. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5894428&forum_id=2:#50079939) |
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Date: August 20th, 2026 9:41 AM Author: michael doodikoff “ and 2 of their most overrated songs (run to the hills and number of the beast)”
Come on man. Just come on. |
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Date: August 20th, 2026 9:57 AM Author: george floyd doing the banana shuffle ((zurich is stained)) you're talking to a guy who has the physique of the bassist for newfound glory (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5894428&forum_id=2:#50080069) |
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Date: August 20th, 2026 12:42 PM Author: dupa i'm actually not even fat anymore. guess you never got the memo. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5894428&forum_id=2:#50080434) |
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Date: August 20th, 2026 12:47 PM Author: george floyd doing the banana shuffle ((zurich is stained)) pics? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5894428&forum_id=2:#50080451) |
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Date: August 20th, 2026 12:57 PM Author: dupa soon (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5894428&forum_id=2:#50080475) |
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Date: August 20th, 2026 12:41 PM Author: dupa Run to the Hills is massively overrated. It's the song non-fans all know and fans never listen to.
Number of the beast is better and has its moments but is also pretty monotonous and boring. If it were on a later album, the song would not be nearly as famous. |
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Date: August 20th, 2026 12:47 PM Author: george floyd doing the banana shuffle ((zurich is stained)) i'm a huge maiden fan and i love run to the hills bro (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5894428&forum_id=2:#50080452) |
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Date: August 20th, 2026 12:58 PM Author: michael doodikoff same. its a legit great song (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5894428&forum_id=2:#50080481) |
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Date: August 20th, 2026 12:48 PM Author: Metal Up Your Ass Killers is better than self-titled.
But the real unsaid truth is that Piece of Mind is better than Number of the Beast.
22 Acacia Avenue? Were you a youthful whoremonger? |
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Date: August 20th, 2026 12:53 PM Author: Brother Peter Dimond cr.
number of the beast was my favorite for a long time but now id say piece of mind |
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Date: August 20th, 2026 12:58 PM Author: dupa maybe we should just do a separate thread to rank iron maiden's first 7 albums. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5894428&forum_id=2:#50080483) |
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Date: August 20th, 2026 1:00 PM Author: george floyd doing the banana shuffle ((zurich is stained)) i think i made one of these, i'll bump it (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5894428&forum_id=2:#50080491) |
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Date: August 20th, 2026 1:01 PM Author: dupa <3 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5894428&forum_id=2:#50080495) |
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Date: August 20th, 2026 1:07 PM Author: george floyd doing the banana shuffle ((zurich is stained)) love u bro (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5894428&forum_id=2:#50080523) |
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Date: August 20th, 2026 12:56 PM Author: dupa fifteen quid is all she asks for
Agree POM is heads and shoulders above #OTB. |
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Date: August 20th, 2026 12:44 PM Author: Metal Up Your Ass that would be a very hot take (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5894428&forum_id=2:#50080441) |
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Date: August 20th, 2026 12:45 PM Author: dupa explain. can you also please weigh in on the number of the beast subthread? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5894428&forum_id=2:#50080446) |
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Date: August 20th, 2026 12:59 PM Author: Metal Up Your Ass The farther Maiden got from its punky roots, the farther they crawled up their own asses. And in their case, the longer and more complicated the songs, the more they started to sound the same. They fell victim to the reaction that songs like Hallowed got and continued on that trajectory, while I think also writing for the stage and Bruce's massive ego. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5894428&forum_id=2:#50080487) |
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Date: August 20th, 2026 1:06 PM Author: dupa There's definitely the songs that are clear attempts to recreate the Hallowed epic journey style song with that same chord progression and a key change here and there. i think it produced a lot of their best stuff but also some swings and misses. there's definitely something to be said for the seediness and grit of the first 2 albums. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5894428&forum_id=2:#50080521) |
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Date: August 20th, 2026 1:01 PM Author: Ricky It’s 100% without even question by far their best album and almost unskippable and a HUGE IQ tell
I would place it easily in my top 50 all time stuck on a desert island album list across all genres |
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Date: August 20th, 2026 1:07 PM Author: dupa ty. feel very validated by this post. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5894428&forum_id=2:#50080522) |
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Date: August 20th, 2026 1:08 PM Author: Ricky Once you view it from lens of a progressive album it all makes sense (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5894428&forum_id=2:#50080532) |