Stained Class VS. Piece Of Mind

Two great albums by two Legends at the apex of their writing powers, which do you think is the better record?

For me, it's STAINED CLASS. Flawless all the way through and took heavy to another level

The first five tune's on the Maiden lp Then you have 4 songs of (IMHO)

The Priest lp is killer all the way through and has a nice flow to it. My vote=Priest

the first 6 Priest albums are pure brilliance & miles ahead of anyone else imo. as much as i like Maiden, Stained Class is better than anything they ever released.

mc666 wrote:

the first 6 Priest albums are pure brilliance & miles ahead of anyone else imo. as much as i like Maiden, Stained Class is better than anything they ever released.

I thought that was Sin after Sin?

Stained Class gets my vote as well - though I must say, that I am a little surprised - I thought Maiden would be slight favourites. Piece of Mind has never been one of my favourites by Maiden, though I like it a lot - My favourite Maiden discs are : Iron Maiden, Powerslave and the three "comeback" albums.

Are you kidding, The Trooper is on POM therebye making it the better album though I love both.

Went with Stained Class. Maiden is my favorite band but PoM is only my 7th favorite Maiden album while Stained Class is one of my top 5 Priest albums.

PoM!!!! It;s my fav Maiden album of all time - every song is CLASSIC!!!!

Mglaffas81 wrote:

mc666 wrote:

the first 6 Priest albums are pure brilliance & miles ahead of anyone else imo. as much as i like Maiden, Stained Class is better than anything they ever released.

I thought that was Sin after Sin?

you misunderstood me. i said Stained Class is better than anything Maiden ever released. Sin After Sin is still my favorite Priest album.

That was easy, two great albums but PoM is my favorite by far...

DeathCult, you evil bastard!! Making me choose between these two titanic classics!! (shakes fist)

After much sweating, swearing and gnashing of teeth, I finally had to flip a coin to decide this one. And the magic coin sez... STAINED CLASS. But it could've gone either way.

Piece Of Mind

Piece of Mind but it was a tough tough choice. Its like choosing between creamy or crunchy peanut butter!

Both records are great but voted for Piece Of Mind.

Piece of Mind for me, Steve Harris is a musical genius for the basslines on this release.

Definitely Stained Class, one of the best albums released ever.

Damn you DC!!!!!!!!!!! Why not ask me which of my children is my favorite!!!!!!


But since asked I can only choose one, my vote went to the Priest

Piece of Mind.

Piece of Mind

James B. wrote:

The first five tune's on the Maiden lp Then you have 4 songs of (IMHO)

The Priest lp is killer all the way through and has a nice flow to it. My vote=Priest

That's about the same way I feel. Although I do like POM, STAINED CLASS is just titanic in comparison.

Interesting, the poll's 50/50 right now.

Stained Class although Piece Of Mind ain't that far behind it like

Really tough pole. I'll stick with piece of mind

thejokeriv wrote:

PoM!!!! It;s my fav Maiden album of all time - every song is CLASSIC!!!!

This is me as well

Stained Class - if only for 'Exciter" and "Saints In Hell".

Piece of Mind is the best album by any band any era. Stained Class is a classic too.