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  • Posted: 03/10/2021 21:00
  • Post subject: Album of the day (#3735): Powerslave by Iron Maiden
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Today's album of the day

Powerslave by Iron Maiden (View album | Buy this album)

Year: 1984.
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Overall rank: 479
Average rating: 80/100 (from 604 votes).



Tracks:
1. Aces High
2. 2 Minutes To Midnight
3. Losfer Words (Big 'Orra) [Instrumental]
4. Flash Of The Blade
5. The Duellists
6. Back In The Village
7. Powerslave
8. Rime Of The Ancient Mariner

About album of the day: The BestEverAlbums.com album of the day is the album appearing most prominently in member charts in the previous 24 hours. If an album, or artist, has previously been selected within a x day period, the next highest album is picked instead (and so on) to ensure a bit of variety. A full history of album of the day can be viewed here.
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  • Posted: 03/10/2021 21:50
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Big Maiden Fan! This is a fantastic album; in my top 5. Up The Irons!
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  • Posted: 03/11/2021 00:54
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quite possibly my favorite maiden

rips from start to finish
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this slays!
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  • Posted: 03/11/2021 12:32
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Rime of the Ancient Mariner is probably their best song, and that's saying a lot. It's also got Bruce's best vocal shenanigans.

Then the spell starts to break
The albatross falls from his neck
Sinks down like lead into the sea
Then down in falls comes the RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN
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LedZep wrote:
Rime of the Ancient Mariner is probably their best song, and that's saying a lot. It's also got Bruce's best vocal shenanigans.

Then the spell starts to break
The albatross falls from his neck
Sinks down like lead into the sea
Then down in falls comes the RAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIN

its certainly one of their most pretentious and proggy
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I sorta feel like Maiden peaked with their debut, on most of their albums since then they were trying to replicate that sound (though maybe a little more refined) but never really quite got there and declined on each subsequent album.

That said, Powerslave is definitely the outlier. While I still prefer the debut, Powerslave hit back HARD, easily my second-favorite of their albums.

And can't say I disagree about "Rime..." being either their best, their most pretentious, or their proggiest haha. Just the other day we were talking about Metallica's unsuccessful forays into prog, but I think Maiden did it successfully.
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  • Posted: 03/11/2021 23:58
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Heard most of this album through the Friday Rock Show and the much-missed Tommy Vance. Great programme back in its day. Literally had 100's C90 tapes of this show.
Used to struggle to stay awake and edit out talking. Shocked Used the Amstraaaaaad double tape deck. Brilliant quality.
Powerslave was the peak in my opinion for Maiden but i can listen to all of 'em [especially the first three] and enjoy. Great band
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  • Posted: 03/12/2021 08:53
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First two and last two songs are killers. The middle is a bit meh. One of their best for sure, and I feel like the title track isn't getting enough credit. It's fantastic.
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Gowi wrote:
its certainly one of their most pretentious and proggy

Yup those songs are mostly my favourites from them. Hallowed Be Thy Name, Clansman, Seventh Son, even Empire of the Clouds. Not all of my favourite Maiden songs are long and proggy, but a good deal are. Also I don't find them pretentious at all tbh, there's much worse offenders in that regard than Maiden.
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