What's your favourite post-reunion (with Bruce Dickinson) Iron Maiden album?

BNW by a bit.
Powerslave remains my favorite Maiden of all time (saw the tour too which helps). Still spin Powerslave at least once a month.
Love the new stuff as well. You can tell they've matured as has their sound, all for the better.
One of my top 5 favorite bands of all time….
Now if Priest would figure out what Maiden has…….
Cheers,
C

Alex Dee Rokket wrote:

MetallicSeminarian wrote:

Alex Dee Rokket wrote:

I remember a couple of good years ago when I first met Allen (MetallicSeminarian) on the Rock Island forum we had a similar thread and Allen's favorite album was Dance of Death. I remember him sticking by this album and I also remember just being totally baffled by his choice...

Well fast forward a number of years and I am finding myself now in the same boat as Allen when it comes to post-reunion Maiden albums. For the longest time I didn't like Dance of Death but now I regarded it as the best post-reunion Maiden album. That's not to say that the other albums are bad - Maiden imo never released a bad album even during the Blaze era - but I have really grown to like the progressive vibe on Dance of Death.

Actually my favorite song on DoD happens to be the one I disliked the most initially and that is Journeyman. Journeyman at first reminded me of my least favorite song on BNW, Blood Brothers but when I revisited DoD this song really made an impression on me. DoD is full of surprises imo a part of the album sounds very much like Maiden but the band also shows a less conventional / traditional side too.

I can understand some Maiden fans not liking this album. It's just not the album people wanted after BNW - I think many are still wanting to hear another 'golden era' Maiden sounding album but given the band's direction more 'progressive' direction I don't think this will happen. Plus no two Maiden sound alike.

Wrong guy. My name is Curtis, not Allen .

However, I went ahead and voted "dance of death." But it was like choosing a favorite donut. Almost impossible.

Sorry dude - I really thought you were Allen ... I know he went under MetallicBlaze for a while here but for some reason I thought he had returned here under this name... oh well my bad ...

No worries! Allen apparently had good taste in music.

Easily BNW for me, too.

Dance of Death. Probably because it was the first post-reunion album I heard, so there is a bit of a nostalgia factor, but it also has some strong tunes. Wildest Dreams, Montsegur, Paschendale, and Journeyman are among my favorites.

QuothTheRaven wrote:

Dance of Death. Probably because it was the first post-reunion album I heard, so there is a bit of a nostalgia factor, but it also has some strong tunes. Wildest Dreams, Montsegur, Paschendale, and Journeyman are among my favorites.

I also especially love, "age of innocence."

MetallicSeminarian wrote:

QuothTheRaven wrote:

Dance of Death. Probably because it was the first post-reunion album I heard, so there is a bit of a nostalgia factor, but it also has some strong tunes. Wildest Dreams, Montsegur, Paschendale, and Journeyman are among my favorites.

I also especially love, "age of innocence."

Killer track!!! Paschendale/Face In The Sand/Age Of Innocence/Journeyman = KILLER end to an album! Of course, the same could be said about the last four tracks on all the post-reunion albums.

Hmm, wonder when "Temple of Blood" will chime in on this...

I was on a hiatus from metal for some years and never heard these albums until FF came out and I came back around. It blew my mind, like it was welcoming me back to the fold. The other albums were just as good, although AMOLAD has some minor quibbles. Overall, though, Final Frontier gets my vote for make a huge impact on my musical journey and the sci-fi slant earns some points.

Great to see some discussion here. I dusted off my Maiden discography, recently and thought I should give the 4 most recent albums a few spins. Difficult choice for many. I only choose Dance of Death, since I found it quite accessible. However, the other three albums seem to be very rewarding upon repeated listens.

Grimmo wrote:

Great to see some discussion here. I dusted off my Maiden discography, recently and thought I should give the 4 most recent albums a few spins. Difficult choice for many. I only choose Dance of Death, since I found it quite accessible. However, the other three albums seem to be very rewarding upon repeated listens.

That is the thing with those other reunion albums, post BNW, it takes a few spins for them to sink in at least IMO

one and only BNW, for me the rest is unlisteable.
weakest is DoD.
AMOLAD and TFF are "epic" and i dont like "conceptinal epic" in case of IM as copule of songs yes as Alexander/7th/Mother Russia/... but not whole album. they arent built for that since beginning.

Dance With Death gets unfairly ignored, well mostly unfairly because the horrible production and artwork knock it down a few pegs...but there are some really great songs on that record.

Age Of Innocence and No More Lies are two of my favorite Maiden songs from the reunion era.

The album doesn't quite feel like a cohesive whole, but as a collection of songs it works fine.

S.D. wrote:

Dance With Death gets unfairly ignored, well mostly unfairly because the horrible production and artwork knock it down a few pegs...but there are some really great songs on that record.  

Age Of Innocence and No More Lies are two of my favorite Maiden songs from the reunion era.    

The album doesn't quite feel like a cohesive whole, but as a collection of songs it works fine.

That album took me awhile longer to get into it and it was not til I saw them perform the songs live, they appreciated the disc. I agree it does not feel cohesive, it just not flow as well as other albums.

iamrockerfun wrote:

one and only BNW, for me the rest is unlisteable.
weakest is DoD.
AMOLAD and TFF are "epic" and i dont like "conceptinal epic" in case of IM as copule of songs yes as Alexander/7th/Mother Russia/... but not whole album. they arent built for that since beginning.

Just my opinion, but Alexander the Great and Mother Russia are probably the two worst "epic" Maiden songs. A little bit awkward and a little forced sounding. Like "we need an epic, so let's just put whatever leftover melodies we have and quickly write halfassed lyrics". Even To Tame a Land is better than Mother Russia. Compared to those, Life and Death and the second half of Final Frontier are both a lot better.

Brave New World for me

S.D. wrote:

Dance With Death gets unfairly ignored, well mostly unfairly because the horrible production and artwork knock it down a few pegs...but there are some really great songs on that record.  

You said it, bro. Unfortunately when I think of Dance of Death, the first thing coming to my mind is not Paschendale or Rainmaker or any of the awesome songs, it's that dreadful CGI cover art. Sometimes a good cover can make an album more likeable, most of the time a cover makes no difference at all, but that is such a bad one it makes you question the contents.

The songs are all really awesome though, so listening to it will help, and there's not much to complain about.

Face in the Sand is another underrated classic from that record.

Lari wrote:

S.D. wrote:

Dance With Death gets unfairly ignored, well mostly unfairly because the horrible production and artwork knock it down a few pegs...but there are some really great songs on that record.  

You said it, bro. Unfortunately when I think of Dance of Death, the first thing coming to my mind is not Paschendale or Rainmaker or any of the awesome songs, it's that dreadful CGI cover art. Sometimes a good cover can make an album more likeable, most of the time a cover makes no difference at all, but that is such a bad one it makes you question the contents.

The songs are all really awesome though, so listening to it will help, and there's not much to complain about.

Face in the Sand is another underrated classic from that record.

So agree witrh this. I haven't even heard it in full, only some songs on youtube, just beacause I can't make myself buy the CD with an art that awful.

S.D. wrote:

Dance With Death gets unfairly ignored, well mostly unfairly because the horrible production and artwork knock it down a few pegs...but there are some really great songs on that record.  

Age Of Innocence and No More Lies are two of my favorite Maiden songs from the reunion era.    

The album doesn't quite feel like a cohesive whole, but as a collection of songs it works fine.

The cover art sucks... not sure what they were thinking... it was originally just Eddie on the cover art, then someone decided to add the extra "figures" to make it busier.

The production is pretty bad (still not No Prayer or X-Factor/Virtual XI bad) BUT the 5.1 mix on the DVD Audio disc sounds much better.

Some great songs on the album - I think if they were in a different sequence, the album would flow better.

Age Of Innocence is a KILLER song. Love the title track! That song is one that works so much better live. The version on En Vivo blows away the studio recording.

BearOnUnicycle wrote:

Lari wrote:

S.D. wrote:

Dance With Death gets unfairly ignored, well mostly unfairly because the horrible production and artwork knock it down a few pegs...but there are some really great songs on that record.  

You said it, bro. Unfortunately when I think of Dance of Death, the first thing coming to my mind is not Paschendale or Rainmaker or any of the awesome songs, it's that dreadful CGI cover art. Sometimes a good cover can make an album more likeable, most of the time a cover makes no difference at all, but that is such a bad one it makes you question the contents.

The songs are all really awesome though, so listening to it will help, and there's not much to complain about.

Face in the Sand is another underrated classic from that record.

So agree witrh this. I haven't even heard it in full, only some songs on youtube, just beacause I can't make myself buy the CD with an art that awful.

You're missing out on a great album

Brave New World .....


love The Nomad.....


after that just about in order of release....


Dance of Death

and

A Matter of Life and Death....


The Final Frontier..... just leaves me as a snoozer..... a few really good tracks and then.... it sorta evaporates..... just my opinion....

mr.electric39 wrote:

Brave New World .....


love The Nomad.....


after that just about in order of release....


Dance of Death

and

A Matter of Life and Death....


The Final Frontier.....  just leaves me as a snoozer.....   a few really good tracks and then.... it sorta evaporates..... just my opinion....

Mine too!  

Brave New World got the nod from me. I love that album. The next one is good. The one after that was ok. And the last one is, well, last.

Brave New World was a better 'reunion' album that we had any right to expect. It's also the most 'traditional' sounding release since then, which might explain its popularity. I've enjoyed the increasing prog of the last few albums, but BNW is the one I'd play most of all... even though I really liked The Final Frontier.

My perspective on Brave New World is a little skewed. I didn't hear the album when it came out, the first post-reunion release I bought was the DVD of Rock In Rio. There are several songs from Brave New World in that concert, when I finally heard the studio album I was disappointed because I thought the live versions were superior.

I have a Brave New World playlist I created in iTunes where I substitute the Rock In Rio versions of the songs when one exists.

Heck yeah, Rock In Rio is great.