Hawks: CLASSIC ERA MAIDEN RANKED

Hawks 02.05.26	M////EN
AlkemestRedux 02.05.26	I dig it! I gotta listen to Seventh Son some more. It was really good, but I didn't like it as much Powerslave or Somewhere in Time. Maybe the atmosphere will soak in with more listens tho.
Hawks 02.05.26	Hell yeah bro, they all rips insanely hard. Now to continue the discog run.
AlkemestRedux 02.05.26	m/////!
Hawks 02.05.26	Gotta get to the "bad" Maiden albums now lmao.
AlkemestRedux 02.05.26	Good luck! I gotta tackle them too eventually lol
Hawks 02.05.26	I'm doing it today, has to be done lol.
JoyfulPlatypus 02.05.26	man I really gotta listen to more Iron Maiden, only ever listened to #3. Haven't even heard a song off most of these.
Hawks 02.05.26	Platy, get on all of these albums HARD. They all rip.
Meborphus 02.05.26	Killers the reigning underdog
Hawks 02.05.26	Seems like it lol.
budgie 02.05.26	killers is the best maiden
Jmal00 02.05.26	Goat band. Interesting list. Rip Maiden
Hawks 02.05.26	Hell yeah bro. M////
Josh D. 02.05.26	2 is 1, you will pay
RVAHC13 02.05.26	If it wasn’t for Heaven Can Wait I’d probably put 4 in my top spot
Hawks 02.05.26	They all rip HARD bros. Wouldn't argue with any of them being someone's fav tbh.
Zac124 02.05.26	1 and 6 are two of my all time favourite albums. And the rest are still incredible too.
Trebor. 02.05.26	7th son is also my favorite
Hawks 02.05.26	Fuck yeah bros!!
Scoot 02.05.26	hawks go listen to a wilhelm scream before you forget
Hawks 02.05.26	Bro I jammed Career Suicide a few days ago and loved it!!
RVAHC13 02.05.26	Hawks check Dream Theater
Hawks 02.05.26	I have and I wanted to bash my face off a wall.
BitterJalapenoJr 02.05.26	1 2 5 3 7 4 6
DType 02.05.26	4 > 7 > 5 > 6 > the rest
Hawks 02.05.26	THE REST???
lucazade22 02.05.26	3 is my go-to. So many classic tracks
Hawks 02.05.26	Agreed with that bro!
AlkemestRedux 02.05.26	Children of the Damned and the title track are goated af
DType 02.05.26	1 and 2 are pretty good too but i don't enjoy them as much as the others, and 3 is massively overrated imo, cool cover tho
Hawks 02.05.26	Damn son, I hate that take, but I respect it lmao.
Dewinged 02.06.26	1,4,5,2, 3, 7, 6 for me. Best band ever.
Hawks 02.06.26	Hell yeah Dewi bro!
DominionMM1 02.06.26	3, 2, 6, 5, 7, 1, 4 i prefer the maiden that makes me want to storm a castle
rockarollacola 02.06.26	4 >2 > 5 >> 1 > 6 > 7 >>> 3 Number of the Beast would have been a great EP, but I genuinely do not like anything on side 1.
Hawks 02.06.26	Wild take lol.
Titan 02.06.26	first 7 in any order cannot be argued!
Titan 02.06.26	'Number of the Beast would have been a great EP, but I genuinely do not like anything on side 1.' this is now the worst take in the history of the sput
Hawks 02.06.26	Yeah, can't get down with that take at all lol.
Galbador 02.06.26	Nice, I would only swap 3 and 4 on this
Hawks 02.06.26	Friggin NICE. M////
Madbutcher3 02.07.26	i think powerslave is best then somewhere in time but obviously they are all great
Hawks 02.07.26	Agreed hard they are all great!
DoofDoof 02.07.26	Listening to the debut now, need to engage with it more like hard rock - it sound neither heavy nor evil. I know that in some ways is 'heavy metal', sort of a bridge genre, but still. It's tidy stuff though, but it's hardly more 'metal' in intensity than Thin Lizzy. Definitely a bump though, at least a 3.5
Hawks 02.07.26	Agreed hard bro.
Titan 02.07.26	The atmosphere on the s/t and killers is incredible. Shades of it carry over to the Bruce fronted TNOTB as well which gives it that sinister vibe. I was mesmerized when I first heard Children of the Damned. I was young and knew that it was different than Motley Crue and early Def Leppard. Amazing!
Hawks 02.07.26	That early metal atmosphere is hard to beat tbh.
AlkemestRedux 02.07.26	Yeah Children of the Damned is an unbeatable track
DoofDoof 02.07.26	Liked 'Killers' too, another bump to a 3.5...so, enter Bruce. I've met Bruce Dickinson actually, back in the early 00's, but I need to warm to his style here. He's real proficient but the personality doesn't translate for me yet...
Hawks 02.07.26	I friggin love Bruce so much. One of my fav singers of all-time for sure.
DoofDoof 02.07.26	Even though I can tell the big songs are more iconic on 'Number of the Beast' I find the overall sound a little overblown, it's still good though but think I prefer the first two at the moment.
Hawks 02.07.26	Hmmmm, I think thats understandable tbh. I get it lol.
DoofDoof 02.07.26	'The Trooper' is maybe the best track on the first four albums...but there's two or three I'm not feeling on 'Piece of Mind'. The opener and closer are real good too, feel like it could have been the best of the first four albums but something went slightly off.
Zac124 02.07.26	Powerslave would be a lot higher on my ranking if it didn't have Back In the Village. The only 80s track I am not much of a fan of.
DoofDoof 02.07.26	Biggest bump so far for 'Powerslave'. Strangely looking at track rating on RYM I'm really into tracks 3-5 which seem to be the lowest rated there, they've varied up the guitar work again. T/t on this one is also one of the best they'd released to this point.
Hawks 02.07.26	Powerslave title track is amazing indeed!
pyroflare77 02.07.26	4, 1, 5, 2, 3, 6, 7 for me. Why they gotta put that tasty drum fill intro of Powerslave at the end of Back in the Village :(
budgie 02.07.26	'The Trooper' is maybe the best track on the first four albums...but there's two or three I'm not feeling on 'Piece of Mind'. no nope. no no n.
DoofDoof 02.07.26	What’s the best one on the first four budg?
InFlamesWeThrash666 02.08.26	Hallowed Be Thy Name easily
Titan 02.08.26	Hallowed and Revelations
budgie 02.08.26	ITS TUFF between prowler, murder, another life, killers, wrathchild, twilight zone, the prisoner, phantom, drifter i tnk its fkn killers tho just the fkn best fk
RVAHC13 02.08.26	SO GIVE ME SANCTUARY FROM THE LAW AND ILL BE ALRIGHT JUST GIVE ME SANCTUARY FROM THE LAW AND LOVE ME TONIGHT TONIIIIIIIIIIIIIGHT
Hawks 02.08.26	Check my new list. M////
Madbutcher3 02.10.26	i think best track in the first 5 albums is To Tame a Land but not much between it and Hallowed Be Thy Name, 2 Minutes to Midnight ect
zakalwe 02.10.26	I cannot be having Killers at 7 man
Titan 02.10.26	agreed zak
Titan 02.10.26	especially the version with twilight zone on it
troyofyort 02.10.26	Sick list. Any of the 7 originals kick ass. My one "hot take" opinion is that I will never understand how anyone can have Piece of Mind as the de facto best of them. I do think Killers has the most "grower" potential though
troyofyort 02.10.26	And yeah Hallowed is easily best on first 4, Hallowed along with Powerslave and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son make up top 3 of this era imo