Why? Because they're the GOAT Metal band, that's why!
Favourite songs? Albums?
I'd say Maiden's body of work up until Seventh Son of the Seventh Son is pretty strong. And that you could make a case for ranking any of those albums as their best.
From
No Prayer for the Dying on, however, Maiden have had some hit and misses. I'd say the best albums they made after 7th Son were
Brave New World(Bruce's return album) and
Dance of Death.
My personal rank in order of preference of any of Iron Maiden's albums between their self-titled album and 7th Son changes according to my mood. But I'm gonna say it's either
Piece of Mind or
Powerslave that's #1 in my heart.
As for my least favourite Maiden albums, well the dead last one would be
Virtual XI, easily. Then it'd be either
The X Factor or
A Matter of Life and Death. I don't even think
The X Factor is a lousy album, but the Blaze era wasn't that good overall.
Man on the Edge is a kick ass track, however! I also am nota big fan of
Fear of the Dark, overall. Rather meh album despite a few good songs in it. I even prefer NPFTD to it since it has one of my all-time favourite songs ever in it and also has
Holy Smoke, another song of theirs that I really like.
As for favourite songs? Well, this is a very tough question, because they have so many great songs. Lemme try and make a top 10, in no order:
Rime of the Ancient Mariner
2 Minutes to Midnight
The Number of the Beast
The Trooper
Moonchild
Bring Your Daughter... to the Slaughter
The Nomad
Stranger in a Strange Land
Hallowed Be Thy Name
Man on the Edge
...and I'm leaving many other great tracks off the list!
Ever seen Maiden live? Saw them live in May 2013. It was fun, but I can't believe they left out
Hallowed Be Thy Name and yet played
Afraid to Shoot Strangers of all songs. Like wtf
UP THE IRONS \m/