[QUOTE=Stormrider331]Ollie, are those you're favorite Maiden albums ?

Sorry if you've said this before, I havn't been posting in this thread for a long time.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, but not in that order,

1.POM
2.X-factor
3.Seventh son/Brave New World

Hmm OK. I have POM and NOTB. so far...

The absence of Powerslave in your top 3 disturbs me.

'sup guys. been away all day, but the newest diary is up:
[quote=Kevin Shirley's Studio Diary #4] Kevin Shirley's Studio Diary #4

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Hello, Maiden fans. I'm sorry that some of you disapprove of my diary's content, and I do care, but really - what can I tell you. Song titles, NO; lyrics, NO; album title, NO - so bear with me as I attempt to interest you with the little I can share. By the way, it cost me $3000 to have you all hit my site - so that's no reason for me to do it - I don't hear a great call to sell Caveman t-shirts and soap-on-a-rope on my website. All that said - here's what happened...

A GREAT WEEK!!!!!
Bruce came in and sang three songs over two days - very well too! He cycles in on his bike - about 4 o'clock and leaves about 8 - and we're glad to see him go when he finally packs his bags, as the last hour is always spent listening to a discourse on planes and flight patterns and various other topics that he's very well versed in! I compiled the lead vocals from about 3 - 6 tracks depending on the sections of the songs I was concentrating on. I used about 80% of the original live tracking vocal, cut when the band cut the basic tracks - and there's a magic spirit on them! The three amigos, Adrian, Davey and Jan also came in - Jan did an amazing solo - filled with his trademark
"Blackmoresque" licks and some awesome wild whammy bar nonsense, Adrian did one of his note-perfect precision solos and Davey rolled out some of his fluid and flighty solos, and we have finished 3 of the 10 album tracks - AND mixed two!! Finished! FINAL MIXES! the album opener, and rocker single,and a great durgy track with an evil 7/8 groove! * We are so far ahead of schedule - Steve's bass sounds totally sick, he says he's never been happier with how the band, his bass, and the album is sounding - and I think this could be as big as anything they've ever recorded. It's definitely the high point of our relationship - that is Maiden with me producing.

And that is what happened in the studio. Bruce likes to suck on the caramel from Twix bars, after removing both the chocolate and the biscuit first; Steve eats pasta for dinner - with cream, pesto and bacon - every night! - and guards his private life strongly (adamant that he wants to keep me away from his 21 year old daughter, who is gorgeous and a really good singer!); Adrian has me scour Google maps for good fishing sites and hears tuning problems all over the place, where there are none (I think he'd even drive perfectionist producer Mutt Lange crazy); and Jan goes to the footy and on the piss with his mate, Ginger Mick, and doesn't seem to give a toss about anything. He
likes to be away from home cos his wife loads him up with manual chores, which he does but hates doing! Sensibly, they like to watch their pennies, and I guess that's how you get to keep 'em. I, on the other hand, am a spendthrift! Bruce is Bruce - the one, the only! Lovable, irreplaceable, unique and an incredible voice! That's the way Maiden should be!

I work hard in the studio, and play hard. Always have - and my evenings are generally spent drinking with much younger friends, who have me pay and like to imbibe to absolute inebriation! Just last night I had to rescue a totally inebriated young lady from the London School of Economics who had gone "coma" in the ladies bathroom of the London Soho House! On Tuesday, I took Drew and Alex out drinking - Drew was sick for two days, and Alex was beyond useless the next day. Pathetic! 'Arry maintains it's my fault because I took them young 'uns out - wha'evah!

And that's all - off to the studio. Tomorrow I'm going to bicycle to Brighton - about 65 miles, or 100kms - and tonight I am going to see a William Blake thingy at some gallery.

I have no new pictures, so have included this one. "Arry says his arse isn't as small anymore! It's an image from the new Ross Halfin book on Maiden, I believe!

Take care - Up The Irons![/quote]

[QUOTE=Stormrider331]Hmm OK. I have POM and NOTB. so far...[/QUOTE]

Get Powerslave, ASAP. That or any of their other albums (except maybe No Prayer For The Dieing) seriously, the worst album Maiden ever turned out wasn't even bad just...average.

Great news in the diary entry, two final mixes sounds awsome.

If that sounded any cooler, I would be changing my pants again.

omg splooge.

I'm so excited.

I wanna know song names...NOW!

[QUOTE]Hmm OK. I have POM and NOTB. so far...[/QUOTE]
Powerslave and Seventh Son next.

And then [I]Somewhere In Time[/I], which is a great album.

That's the only pre-7th son Maiden album I'm missing.

Poor show, Jono. I got given it to me by my girlfriend. That and [i]Seventh Son[/i].

[QUOTE=Riva]And then [I]Somewhere In Time[/I], which is a great album.[/QUOTE]

I'd actually wait before getting that album, for me, it was the hardest album getting into. But once you get into it, its awesome.

TLOALDR = pwnage

[QUOTE=Stormrider331]Hmm OK. I have POM and NOTB. so far...[/QUOTE]

Before you buy the XFactor or SSOAS, you should really get both dianno albums.

[QUOTE=temporary]except maybe No Prayer For The Dieing) seriously, the worst album Maiden ever turned out wasn't even bad just...average.
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NPFTD>FOTD

truth. :thumb:

I prefer Fear of the Dark. I remember the crap I got from the old school Maiden crew for like The Apparition. :p

[QUOTE]...with an evil 7/8 groove![/QUOTE]

Wooh! Signs of more prog.

I prefer FOTD to NPFTD and Somewhere in time is indeed hard to get into but is so worth it.

[QUOTE]and we have finished 3 of the 10 album tracks - AND mixed two!! Finished! FINAL MIXES! the album opener, and rocker single,and a great durgy track with an evil 7/8 groove![/QUOTE]
:eek: :eek: :eek:


NPFTD and FOTD are my 2 least favourite Maiden albums. As great as they are they've just got nothing on the other albums. Although having said that i've become quite taken with Running Silent Running Deep recently.

Be Quick or Be Dead and From Here To Eternity are instant classics.

BQOBD and FHTE are sooo awesome, then Afraid to Shoot Strangers pwns, and personally i love Judas Be By Guide.

FOTD > NPFD.

[QUOTE=Riva]Be Quick or Be Dead and From Here To Eternity are instant classics.[/QUOTE]

Ugh, from here to enternity really bothers me =/

[QUOTE=-The Frank]Ugh, from here to enternity really bothers me =/[/QUOTE]
/e-slap!
i like it.

[QUOTE=Josh]/e-slap!
i like it.[/QUOTE]

Its funny becasue one of my actual favorites off that album is 'chains of misery' :p

Chains of Misery is a good song.

[QUOTE=Josh]Chains of Misery is a good song.[/QUOTE]
I was just comparin it to FHTE becasue it has that ACDC style chourse.....Anyway that whole albums really great. IMO judas my guide steals it completely. FoTD is just meh studio wise. Another one of my favorites though is childhoods end, the drum beat is just sooo awesome.

Also, the fugitive i really enjoy, kind of makes me think of the mercenary.....

[QUOTE=Josh]BQOBD and FHTE are sooo awesome, then Afraid to Shoot Strangers pwns, and personally i love Judas Be By Guide.

FOTD > NPFD.[/QUOTE]

Agreed, Judas Be My Guide is own of their most underrated songs.

Chains of misery is excellent.

IMO, Judas Be My Guide shows off a much darker side of Bruce, how he almost growls all the verses, then the perfectly clean choruses.
plus, the song has 3 separate solos :cool:

[QUOTE=-The Frank]Another one of my favorites though is childhoods end, the drum beat is just sooo awesome.[/QUOTE]

I <3 that song. The guitar melody slays me. FotD is overall very good.

It's wierd.

I got my Iron Maiden ticket free, yet I've been feeling oddly depressed lately.

So confusing.

Maybe it's because I was at a Placebo gig last night.

So who's going to the second Earls Court gig in December?

I think I'm going to the first one. I can't actually remember which one I'm going to.