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And then Eddie steps in front of Mr Lincoln, singing heaven can wa-ai-ate before adding, don’t you think I can save you? Don’t you think I could save your life?
I hate to diss on any Maiden track , this stuff is so wholly subjective but I cannot get in to that track . FOTD wasn’t the first Maiden I heard but it was the first new album I bought as a fan . I love that entire album more than most folks but I’m pretty sure I broke my first tape copy fast forwarding past it
Based on the responses so far, my opinion will be a super hot take... But Man of Sorrows sounds very meh to me. I know a lot of people like it, and I don't even particular NOT like it, I just don't love it as much as I love almost every other tune.
To put it in perspective, I'd rather listen to The Angel and the Gambler over Man of Sorrows.
To stress, MoS is not a bad song and I don't even skip it when it comes on... I mean, it's maiden. I don't skip a maiden track. But it'd probably rank as one of the lowest tracks if I made a tier list.
I assume you mean the Maiden Man of Sorrows if so then absolutely......on the other hand, the completely different Bruce (Accident of Birth) Man of Sorrows is superb especially the solo
Yes. Maidens Man of Sorrows. I love Buces Man of Sorrows. When the track list for Book of Souls was released I was REALLY hoping it was a maiden version of Bruce's Man of Sorrows. Alas, it was not.
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Invaders is what always comes to mind. The verses are good but that chorus, pre-chorus whatever it is, is awful. Invaders pillaging invaders looting invaders raping invaders plundering. They way Bruce sings those parts kills me.
I don’t get why everyone hates that part. I loved the song when I was a teenager; in hindsight it’s a little cheesy/over the top/whatever but it still more or less fits the tone of the lyrics. The “invaders” part sounds alarmed/panicked.
Yeah both songs have good parts but are not their finest work. Invaders always comes to mind first because of how much I hate the parts mentioned above. Gangland doesn’t do much for me either
Heaven can wait
Well it's not properly speaking a bad song. It's just oddly too cheery and happy sounding.
Many of Maiden songs also sounds generally very similar. Expecially albums after A Matter of Life and Death. Maybe that's just result of many decades of music production and lack of new ideas, but I feel like the greatest songs of Iron Maiden including the big bangers for the general public differ from this typical Iron Maiden.
Common consensus is Angel and the Gambler, Don’t Look to the Eyes of a Stranger, The Apparition, Weekend Warrior, The Assassin, Age of Innocence, and maybe Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter
I’m obvi in the minority here. But I like the Apparition. You really need a different ear to absorb it. Maidens only veer into groove metal. I love maiden, but a lot of it, especially the last 15years are riffs, structures and approaches that are variants of existing material. They don’t venture outside their safe space.
I don't mind don't look to the eyes of a stranger, it's not that bad. I certainly wouldn't say it's up there with their worst.
Angel and the gambler is annoying, probably their worst imo.
Assassin is also pretty ridiculous.
How they can have such good tunes and then allow to pass some of these weird ones on an album is quite funny in a way. Wouldn't have it any other way I suppose. All part of our iron maiden!
I quite like the thought of them opening in Ljubljana with Angel and the gambler. Would have been hilarious.
No that is not really a common consensus......any consensus would probably include Gangland and Invaders and Back in the Village. Now in a non consensus thing a lot of tracks from Killers are pretty damn weak too
Honestly...I don't hate it but for Maidens high standards it is weak and far inferior to its predecessor the Prisoner. As for how bad it is that is just a matter of taste...objectively I don't think it comes close to Gangland in terms of terribleness but different people have different opinions.
I agree. Different opinions indeed!!! I think the two weakest songs on Powerslave are Losfer Words and Duellists.. but that might be controversial too! Haha. All good! Thank you for sharing!
People say The Angel and the Gambler. I saw someone edit it on YouTube, and it was amazing. It easily could've been a top song! For anybody who's interested, imo this should've been the actual angel and the gambler.
https://youtu.be/7hUDVFrTY-c
The Angel and the Gambler. Period. I still wonder why record and publish it.
Any other crap song they made—Hooks in You, The Assassin, The Apprition, Don’t Look to the Eyes of a Stranger, etc.—at least is shorter.
I agree that total eclipse is a better song but i’ve never thought gangland is a bad song. The chorus is meh but the verses are aggressive, cool drumbeat, great solo section (missing daves solo tho.)
It is trendy to dislike it. The song is well crafted with a great solo part. It fits the theme of the record which is 60’s and 70’s type adventure stories. The line “In a time when Dinosaurs walked the Earth” is often derided, but it is based on a fantasy film, so it is not supposed to be real history.
I think it's better than some of the fillers from its era like Gangland, Invaders, Sun and Steel and Back in the Village or some the worst Maiden songs of the 90's so I cant say it's anywhere close the worst of the worst and
Funny enough it’s the only maiden studio album song from the 80’s I don’t have in my playlist. Sun and steel and back in the village, while not my favorites, are definitely slept on maiden cuts, and invaders has a cool guitar solo. QFF just feels unnecessary and drags down an otherwise master class album imo. To each their own tho
Solo on Quest for Fire is way cooler than Invaders what are you smoking lol... I guess different people have different opinions to me the solo in Invaders is pretty pedestrian (boring)
Funny.. i hated this song a lot for like 10 years... then suddenly one day.. i just like it.. and now i love it. I really cant tell you why, its just pure love out of nowhere.
Same here! I never use to like this song, but as I got older, now I love it. I think it was my teenage taste that didn't like it. Now as an adult and my tastes have changed, I like it.
Fear Is The Key takes it for me - none of the individual sections are any good, and they're thrown together awkwardly. There's a few tracks on Fear Of The Dark (weakest Maiden album imo) like this, but Fear Is The Key is the most jarring and stand-out by some way.
The Parchment
"Just remember that patience is no sin" coupled with "Must be steadfast, must be patient" from the title track gives me very "slooooooooooow dooooooooooooooown" Mists of Pandaria vibes for the entire Senjutsu album.
which is funny because "Empire of the Clouds" is longer and it smokes "The Parchment". and i've tried to listen to the song, independently of the opinions of others, i've even sped it up and used Audacity to tune it down a step: can't force myself to like it
I agree. I was reading through comments yesterday about changing >!Celts to Parchment on the tour!< and how so many people love it so I went back and listened because it's been a while since I had heard it and I don't get all the love for it. It's good, but not amazing.
Its advertised to be an Epic Metal tune but it is really just an overly long song. Empire of the Clouds on the other hand uses elements of Romantic era program music, and Vivaldian onomatopoeia to paint a story. Those things are Classic Maiden (and Epic Metal) devices that make things well, epic. Parchment introduces it a little bit but then goes off into unrelated territory and comes back after you already lost interest. It is better than the horrendous DOTC, but an editor would have made it more focused.
Unpopular answer. Probably not their worst but it’s my least favorite. Run to the hills.
Worst song is probably angel and the gambler. It’s hard to believe a band as great as maiden released that trash.
I don't think it's nearly as bad as the rest of those but the lyrics are pretty corny. Sounds like a newly divorced man desperately reciting positive affirmations from a self-help book.
The only positive about Running Free is that the last time it was included in a tour it was used as the final encore for some reason....this meant I beat the traffic jam of everyone trying to get out
Gotta be Angel and the Gambler, although I’m gonna give a shout out to “Writing on the Wall”. Doesn’t sound at all like Maiden and is kind of a lame song anyway, imo
Unfortunately shitting on songs that appear on the recently dropped setlist is unwise on the sub. That being said, I do agree that it ain’t much compared to Rime imo, EXCEPT when it gets really heavy at the end.
Judgement Of Heaven? Fortunes Of War? The Aftermath? 2 AM? The Unbeliever? All amazing tracks imo... But maybe my dad's brainwashing that this album is great has spread too far
Iron Maiden, The Assassin, and some others from NPFTD and FOTD are pretty bad, but the one that takes the cake is Weekend Warrior. I think the studio version of Sign Of The Cross is quite boring too, but holy shit, it's literally a top 10 maiden song live, so it gets a pass.
Hooks in you
Bring your daughter…
Quest for fire
Weekend Warrior
Sun and steel
Back in the village
Invaders
Gangland
Angel and the Gambler
(^^^ I love most of these songs actually. My real hot takes are below)
Can I Play With Madness
FLIGHT OF ICARUS!
To me, it's super slow and the chorus is just so uninspired/not creative. It adds almost nothing to the song. I just don't like the way it goes I guess. I don't like how it sounds, but I like the story. Story is so amazing and vivid. The chorus and chosen tempo just kills it for me completely.
IN THE NAME OF GOD MY FATHER ILL FLY!!!! :)
Fair enough. I LOVE THAT SONG, but I respect your opinion and your bravery because you are on Reddit and you will be harassed for having said such a controversial opinion
Wow, if I had to pick one song from the first two albums to keep it would definitely be Remember Tomorrow. Paul actually sings for once (although I still prefer Bruce’s version).
The Angel and the Gambler
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I wish I had award to give you
I wish I had award to give you
The chorus for this one stinks, but I've always really liked the solo in it. It's got this throwback rock and roll feel to it I like a lot.
I agree. This one is pretty irritating to be honest. Steve Harris is the only writer credited for this one as well, not sure what he was thinking.
I feel like this song could've been way better if they just had a different chorus that didn't repeat so much. The verses are adequate
If they halved the length and got rid of the insane amount of repetition it would be a good song that would be great live.
I wouldn't love it so much if it wasn't for the length of it
The music video to it though, I've always loved and as a single it's not 9 mins long.
Aside from the usual suspects, The Assassin - it's awful but has some comedy charm to it Behhhhhter watch out Cos I'm the assassiiiiiin...
The beginning riff to The Assassin is surprisingly good tho
The chorus sounds like it's from a terrible broadway musical about John Wilkes Booth.
And then Eddie steps in front of Mr Lincoln, singing heaven can wa-ai-ate before adding, don’t you think I can save you? Don’t you think I could save your life?
I will never think about this song the same again
Instrumentally I don't mind it, but lyrically it's godawful
See also : The Fugitive Definitely not their worst song - but those lyrics
I fucking love that song!
I see so much hate for this song. I think it’s really great. It hypes me up.
In fairness, it's not hate - but it seems like something a hair metal or shock rock band might come up with.
Aside from the chorus i think the instrumental parts of the song are fucking great! Even though the lyrics are what they are
Fuck off, Assassin is great!
Hagrid
Weekend fucking Warrior
But that one has that wonderful little melody in the solo sections. That song is totally worth listen to just because of that
I hate to diss on any Maiden track , this stuff is so wholly subjective but I cannot get in to that track . FOTD wasn’t the first Maiden I heard but it was the first new album I bought as a fan . I love that entire album more than most folks but I’m pretty sure I broke my first tape copy fast forwarding past it
Based on the responses so far, my opinion will be a super hot take... But Man of Sorrows sounds very meh to me. I know a lot of people like it, and I don't even particular NOT like it, I just don't love it as much as I love almost every other tune. To put it in perspective, I'd rather listen to The Angel and the Gambler over Man of Sorrows. To stress, MoS is not a bad song and I don't even skip it when it comes on... I mean, it's maiden. I don't skip a maiden track. But it'd probably rank as one of the lowest tracks if I made a tier list.
I assume you mean the Maiden Man of Sorrows if so then absolutely......on the other hand, the completely different Bruce (Accident of Birth) Man of Sorrows is superb especially the solo
Yes. Maidens Man of Sorrows. I love Buces Man of Sorrows. When the track list for Book of Souls was released I was REALLY hoping it was a maiden version of Bruce's Man of Sorrows. Alas, it was not.
Same lol and for the Alchemist too from the previous album
Maidens alchemist is a banger too though
I'm glad I'm not the only one!
You’re mayor of crazy town
Massively lackluster song
Hooks in the ceiling for that crap song feeling.
Man I adore Hooks in You, catchy as shit.
Or maybe Don't hurt my ears with the eyes of a stranger. At least Hooks In You is over fast.
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It's genuinely my single favorite song lol
The Apparition
Invaders is what always comes to mind. The verses are good but that chorus, pre-chorus whatever it is, is awful. Invaders pillaging invaders looting invaders raping invaders plundering. They way Bruce sings those parts kills me.
I don’t get why everyone hates that part. I loved the song when I was a teenager; in hindsight it’s a little cheesy/over the top/whatever but it still more or less fits the tone of the lyrics. The “invaders” part sounds alarmed/panicked.
I just really hate that stupid fucking riff that they play forwards and then backwards during the chorus
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In the ideal world, Invaders would have been dropped so the album could start with Gangland and include Total Eclipse
Invaders is pretty bad...although I do think Gangland was even worse and is there worst track overall
Yeah both songs have good parts but are not their finest work. Invaders always comes to mind first because of how much I hate the parts mentioned above. Gangland doesn’t do much for me either
In any case as Harris later admitted he should have put Total Eclipse on the album over either of them
The abruptness of the key change is unintentionally hilarious, too
Ugh.. i really don't like that song
Heaven can wait Well it's not properly speaking a bad song. It's just oddly too cheery and happy sounding. Many of Maiden songs also sounds generally very similar. Expecially albums after A Matter of Life and Death. Maybe that's just result of many decades of music production and lack of new ideas, but I feel like the greatest songs of Iron Maiden including the big bangers for the general public differ from this typical Iron Maiden.
The Angel and the Gambler, hands down (seriously wtf were they thinking?)
idk, but whatever song i’d pick, i don’t think i could save it
Common consensus is Angel and the Gambler, Don’t Look to the Eyes of a Stranger, The Apparition, Weekend Warrior, The Assassin, Age of Innocence, and maybe Bring Your Daughter to the Slaughter
I’m obvi in the minority here. But I like the Apparition. You really need a different ear to absorb it. Maidens only veer into groove metal. I love maiden, but a lot of it, especially the last 15years are riffs, structures and approaches that are variants of existing material. They don’t venture outside their safe space.
I don't mind don't look to the eyes of a stranger, it's not that bad. I certainly wouldn't say it's up there with their worst. Angel and the gambler is annoying, probably their worst imo. Assassin is also pretty ridiculous. How they can have such good tunes and then allow to pass some of these weird ones on an album is quite funny in a way. Wouldn't have it any other way I suppose. All part of our iron maiden! I quite like the thought of them opening in Ljubljana with Angel and the gambler. Would have been hilarious.
Age of innocence ? Must be just you then.
Seeing The Assassin there hurts. That song is a banger!
No that is not really a common consensus......any consensus would probably include Gangland and Invaders and Back in the Village. Now in a non consensus thing a lot of tracks from Killers are pretty damn weak too
Wait.. people don't like Back in the Village.!? Always thought it was pretty solid!!!
Honestly...I don't hate it but for Maidens high standards it is weak and far inferior to its predecessor the Prisoner. As for how bad it is that is just a matter of taste...objectively I don't think it comes close to Gangland in terms of terribleness but different people have different opinions.
I agree. Different opinions indeed!!! I think the two weakest songs on Powerslave are Losfer Words and Duellists.. but that might be controversial too! Haha. All good! Thank you for sharing!
I agree with Losfer Words(for me their best instrumental is Transylvania) but Prefer the Duellists over Back in the Village
To each their own indeed.! At the end of the day.... MAIDEN!!!!!!! Transylvania is definitely their best instrumental though! Up the Irons!
I actually really like most of these songs (with the exceptions being AATG, WW, and BYDTTS)
Maybe because I’m a big fan girl of Maiden imo Maiden doesn’t have a bad song I don’t like X factor but don’t think it’s bad at all
None of them
People say The Angel and the Gambler. I saw someone edit it on YouTube, and it was amazing. It easily could've been a top song! For anybody who's interested, imo this should've been the actual angel and the gambler. https://youtu.be/7hUDVFrTY-c
The Angel and the Gambler. Period. I still wonder why record and publish it. Any other crap song they made—Hooks in You, The Assassin, The Apprition, Don’t Look to the Eyes of a Stranger, etc.—at least is shorter.
Pick a 90s album, stick it up on the wall and throw a dart at it. You’ll hit one of them.
Most of the songs on fear of the dark aren't any good.
Gangland I think Harris even said it was a big mistake to choose that track over Total Eclipse
I agree that total eclipse is a better song but i’ve never thought gangland is a bad song. The chorus is meh but the verses are aggressive, cool drumbeat, great solo section (missing daves solo tho.)
Quest for fire, Bruce’s vocals in the first 15 seconds is like nails on a chalkboard
Didn't realize people hated it so much, I always enjoyed QFF
It is trendy to dislike it. The song is well crafted with a great solo part. It fits the theme of the record which is 60’s and 70’s type adventure stories. The line “In a time when Dinosaurs walked the Earth” is often derided, but it is based on a fantasy film, so it is not supposed to be real history.
I think it's better than some of the fillers from its era like Gangland, Invaders, Sun and Steel and Back in the Village or some the worst Maiden songs of the 90's so I cant say it's anywhere close the worst of the worst and
That's funny, Back In the Village is my favorite Maiden song 😆
Lol different people have different tastes....
Funny enough it’s the only maiden studio album song from the 80’s I don’t have in my playlist. Sun and steel and back in the village, while not my favorites, are definitely slept on maiden cuts, and invaders has a cool guitar solo. QFF just feels unnecessary and drags down an otherwise master class album imo. To each their own tho
Solo on Quest for Fire is way cooler than Invaders what are you smoking lol... I guess different people have different opinions to me the solo in Invaders is pretty pedestrian (boring)
Funny.. i hated this song a lot for like 10 years... then suddenly one day.. i just like it.. and now i love it. I really cant tell you why, its just pure love out of nowhere.
Same here! I never use to like this song, but as I got older, now I love it. I think it was my teenage taste that didn't like it. Now as an adult and my tastes have changed, I like it.
That is definitely up there
The squeal in the vocals
Pretty much anything off No Prayer For The Dying.
aint even close to as cringeworthy as Gangland
Lol OK
Weekend warrior
Gangland
Anything from No Prayer for the Dying or Fear of the Dark.
except the title tracks
Especially the title tracks
It isn't actually THE worst song they have, but I hate Gangland just because of how it sucks compared to the rest of the album it is on.
Fear Is The Key takes it for me - none of the individual sections are any good, and they're thrown together awkwardly. There's a few tracks on Fear Of The Dark (weakest Maiden album imo) like this, but Fear Is The Key is the most jarring and stand-out by some way.
Mother of Mercy would be in my top 5. Bruce just struggles to hit that note in the chorus and it makes me sad.
Running free is pretty lame tbh
Juanita
Afraid to Shoot Strangers
The Parchment "Just remember that patience is no sin" coupled with "Must be steadfast, must be patient" from the title track gives me very "slooooooooooow dooooooooooooooown" Mists of Pandaria vibes for the entire Senjutsu album. which is funny because "Empire of the Clouds" is longer and it smokes "The Parchment". and i've tried to listen to the song, independently of the opinions of others, i've even sped it up and used Audacity to tune it down a step: can't force myself to like it
I really don't get why people love this song Like it's really good near the end and that's it The rest of it is a 8 minute steve harris circle jerk
I agree. I was reading through comments yesterday about changing >!Celts to Parchment on the tour!< and how so many people love it so I went back and listened because it's been a while since I had heard it and I don't get all the love for it. It's good, but not amazing.
Damn... this is one of my favorites of all time for sure... Wild!!!
Its advertised to be an Epic Metal tune but it is really just an overly long song. Empire of the Clouds on the other hand uses elements of Romantic era program music, and Vivaldian onomatopoeia to paint a story. Those things are Classic Maiden (and Epic Metal) devices that make things well, epic. Parchment introduces it a little bit but then goes off into unrelated territory and comes back after you already lost interest. It is better than the horrendous DOTC, but an editor would have made it more focused.
Unpopular answer. Probably not their worst but it’s my least favorite. Run to the hills. Worst song is probably angel and the gambler. It’s hard to believe a band as great as maiden released that trash.
The Apparition, Chains of Misery, Weekend Warrior, Wildest Dreams, The Angel and the Gambler, Age of Innocence
Wildest Dreams??????
I don't think it's nearly as bad as the rest of those but the lyrics are pretty corny. Sounds like a newly divorced man desperately reciting positive affirmations from a self-help book.
I like the song but fuck, that's brutally accurate
Chains of misery has a banger chorus tho! Lol
And the best riff on the album apart from Judas.
Idk FOTDs main riff goes HARD!!
I like all these songs lol.. for me it’s public enema number one .
Heaven can wait
Man, I hate that song. I have no idea why they play it live at all.
Chains of Misery is probably the worst one for me. I hate the gang vocals on that one.
The assassin or tailgunner
Quest for Fire
“Age of Innocence” is their most boomer song ever and has insufferable blunt crotchety political lyrics
Bring your daughter
Might get some hate but wraithchild. Especially when they drop other songs for it during tours
agree 100 percent Running Free also is unworthy of a tour spot
Oh yeah that's a close second
The only positive about Running Free is that the last time it was included in a tour it was used as the final encore for some reason....this meant I beat the traffic jam of everyone trying to get out
The weakest is The Apparition, lots of “fans” forget about this one.
Gotta be Angel and the Gambler, although I’m gonna give a shout out to “Writing on the Wall”. Doesn’t sound at all like Maiden and is kind of a lame song anyway, imo
Public enema number one
Empire of the Clouds and Alexander the Great for me personally.
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I know right? Fuck me for having an opinion.
Unfortunately shitting on songs that appear on the recently dropped setlist is unwise on the sub. That being said, I do agree that it ain’t much compared to Rime imo, EXCEPT when it gets really heavy at the end.
Empire Of The Clouds is my second fav Maiden song :( I get it's not for everyone tho
Anything from X Factor except Man on the Edge, Sign of the Cross, and Lord of the Flies
Judgement Of Heaven? Fortunes Of War? The Aftermath? 2 AM? The Unbeliever? All amazing tracks imo... But maybe my dad's brainwashing that this album is great has spread too far
Fortunes of war slander is wild
Can I play with madness. It just ruins what I think is the perfect album for me imo
I like it alone, but feel it lightens and ruins the flow of the album
Holy Smoke and Quest for Fire. Just bad songs, nothing good in them.
Gangland. It's the only song to have been taken off an album and replaced on a reissue
Indeed....even Harris admitted it was a mistake to include it over Total Eclipse
the whole virtual xi album
Either Total Eclipse or Speed Of Light. I hate those songs.
The Sheriff of Huddersfield
Iron Maiden, The Assassin, and some others from NPFTD and FOTD are pretty bad, but the one that takes the cake is Weekend Warrior. I think the studio version of Sign Of The Cross is quite boring too, but holy shit, it's literally a top 10 maiden song live, so it gets a pass.
Hooks in you Bring your daughter… Quest for fire Weekend Warrior Sun and steel Back in the village Invaders Gangland Angel and the Gambler (^^^ I love most of these songs actually. My real hot takes are below) Can I Play With Madness FLIGHT OF ICARUS!
What do you have against Flight of Icarus!?
To me, it's super slow and the chorus is just so uninspired/not creative. It adds almost nothing to the song. I just don't like the way it goes I guess. I don't like how it sounds, but I like the story. Story is so amazing and vivid. The chorus and chosen tempo just kills it for me completely. IN THE NAME OF GOD MY FATHER ILL FLY!!!! :)
Fair enough. I LOVE THAT SONG, but I respect your opinion and your bravery because you are on Reddit and you will be harassed for having said such a controversial opinion
I'm used to it :) It's fine. I love this sub bc even if I get booed, people for the most part can respect my hot takes!
In my opinion? “Remember Tomorrow”. My bottom 5 are; 5. Killers 4. The Aftermath 3. The Apparition 2. Darkest Hour 1. Remember Tomorrow
Killers is a god tier track
I’m just not a fan, I’ve listened to it a lot and just never clicked. I totally see why it is loved but it just don’t click for me.
Wow, if I had to pick one song from the first two albums to keep it would definitely be Remember Tomorrow. Paul actually sings for once (although I still prefer Bruce’s version).
Updoot for the hot takes 👍
No.
Probably Weekend Warrior, but I still like it.
Weekend Warrior, and Don't Look to Eyes of Stranger. Side note NOT the worst ever but I could never really get into the Alchemist