Rate Iron Maiden-Killers

I had someone in a youtube comment tell me No Prayer For The Dying and Killers are the worst Maiden albums. While I know many agree with the first one, it is my experience that Maiden fans love Killers. So out of curiosity how would you rank it?

For me it is one of my favorite Maiden albums so I definitely would give it 5 stars.

I voted 4, but that's relative to the full catalogue. The trio of "Wrathchild," "Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "Another Life" is amazing.

Voted 3. Very good album, but one that I rarely revisit.

As for No Prayer For The Dying, i totally love this one. Mother Russia is one of my favourite tracks ever:

Killers is a solid 5 stars in my opinion. It’s my favorite with DiAnno, and in my top 5 of the entire Maiden catalog. Killers (the song) is really great and Clive was a top notch drummer!

Btw...
If that guy thinks Killers sucks, he has bad taste! Even NPFTD has some good songs. And to think he puts the Blaze albums above it!  

Maybe he should spend an entire afternoon listening to the last three bloated prog albums and count sheep before falling asleep.

Killers is my favorite Maiden album period. Nothing else comes close for me. No prayer is probably top three least favorite Maiden albums. Not counting the Blaze Bayley era. Can't count something I've never heard. Never had an interest in his stuff with them, and probably never will.

I ignore the Bayley albums as well. I think I'd give Killers a solid 3.5 stars.

I give Killers 4.5. It's a very good album and one of my top-5, I'd say.

Five stars.

DallasBlack wrote:

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Lari wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

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It's 5 stars imo.

I give it 3.5, the only thing holding it back is Dianno is just an average vocalist imo.

Lari wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

I had someone in a youtube comment

This is where I I stopped reading.

Did you at least vote? That was just me stating where I got the idea for the poll, I don't care about the comment, just HoM member's opinions.

DallasBlack wrote:

Lari wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

I had someone in a youtube comment

This is where I I stopped reading.

Did you at least vote? That was just me stating where I got the idea for the poll, I don't care about the comment, just HoM member's opinions.

4.0 stars. Some of their best material is on this album. But it's not among their best as a whole.

I don't understand why Killers would be singled out as a bad Maiden album. They have many worse. And it's just a NWOBHM classic.

The only Maiden album that I truly love (although I really like Iron Maiden, Piece of Mind and Somewhere in Time)

5 star all killer no filler and Paul sounds great on this album

"Killers" is one of those albums which has staying power because it's often the forgotten album. Obviously it has two standout tracks with "Wrathchild" and "Killers", but then has a bunch of songs that have been overlooked from a live standpoint. Steve Harris has gone on record stating that he doesn't care for this album. I think it's a consistently good album. I would probably go with 4.25 if available, but will go with 4.5. Really good album!

Lari wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

I had someone in a youtube comment

This is where I I stopped reading.

YouTube comment sections are the urinals of the internet.

But seriously ... I got nothin' against Killers but I couldn't tell you the last time I listened to it, either. I have always preferred Dickinson over DiAnno.

Fat Freddy wrote:

Lari wrote:

DallasBlack wrote:

I had someone in a youtube comment

This is where I I stopped reading.

YouTube comment sections are the urinals of the internet.

But seriously ... I got nothin' against Killers but I couldn't tell you the last time I listened to it, either. I have always preferred Dickinson over DiAnno.

I only read comments for entertainment. I do make comments myself from time to time, but always ignore any negative replies (best way to avoid being a fool is to not argue with them).

Five stars easily.

Yes this one is a very strong album so I'll echo the 5 star rating.

And to say DiAnno doesn't have a good voice is weird. Listen to him now compared to Bruce and Pauls voice is better than Bruces and its at least as good as it was in his "prime". The s/t to me is also quite nice and would also trump the Dickenson era Maiden releases.

As for the Blaze issues I gave up on Maiden around Somewhere in Time.

5 stars all the way...fantastic and classic metal album.... I actually bought my first copy right after it came out...

I played this record to death in the early eighties. Very cool arrangements on a ton of songs and easily a 5/5 for me. Still a big fave of mine.

It was hard for me to justify less than 5, so 5 it is.

Purgatory is such a cool song. A very unique Maiden song. Atmospheric, yet driving. Great use of harmonies.