44 min

016: Top 3 Maiden Albums Metal Nerdery Podcast

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Just 3!? But there are SO many killer albums to choose from, yet somehow we each got it down to our fave 3! On this episode, we discuss each of our Top 3 Iron Maiden album picks, along with some honorable mentions and the one album which we all 3 agreed upon (go to www.metalnerdery.com/episodes to find out which one and learn more). Plus Sam Illiott stops back by MNHQ.
 
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00.00: Intro/MN PSA/Metal Nerdery Top 3 Maiden Album picks
03.02: Bill’s Picks: The aura of the Number of the Beast (check out the Album Dive) and the natural progression to Piece of Mind and Powerslave
06.38: The darker vibe of Peace of Mind and deeper cuts/ Thin Lizzy and the “galloping minstrel” Sam Elliott for WHAW/Matt’s Maiden radio flashback/accolades and commendments
13.35: The magic of Powerslave (the album art hieroglyphics), the Live After Death album and video (basically the entire Powerslave tour)/ high school English class memories and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
21.54: The Non-Bruce Maiden/Blaze albums making a comeback/The differentness of the 1st 2 Maiden albums vs Number of the Beast
25.21: Matt’s picks (as introduced by Sam Illiott): Number of the Beast/Seventh Son, Brave New World (now with even MORE guitars!)
28.57: The progressive element of Adrian’s songwriting and the quality of the tracks on Seventh Son/Maiden’s gift for great opening tracks/the vastness of Brave New World/ Honorable Mention: Somewhere in Time and melodies/The enigma of Heaven Can Wait
34.53: Adam’s picks: Number of the Beast/Somewhere in Time*/Brave New World/The different vibe of Somewhere in Time/Stranger in a Strange Land/Brave New World/ Honorable Mentions: Piece of Mind and Powerslave and the weird “backwards message”
42.46: Sam Illiott talks Roadhouse, the Spirit of Dalton and Ghost/Nicko and the Still Life intro (which translates roughly to “…please support Metal Nerdery at https://metalnerdery.com/merch “/Make Iron Maiden your next project band! /Continue to SPREAD THE WORDERY ABOUT METAL NERDERY!

Just 3!? But there are SO many killer albums to choose from, yet somehow we each got it down to our fave 3! On this episode, we discuss each of our Top 3 Iron Maiden album picks, along with some honorable mentions and the one album which we all 3 agreed upon (go to www.metalnerdery.com/episodes to find out which one and learn more). Plus Sam Illiott stops back by MNHQ.
 
MetalNerdery.comFacebookInstagram
Visit www.metalnerdery.com/podcast for more on this episode
 
00.00: Intro/MN PSA/Metal Nerdery Top 3 Maiden Album picks
03.02: Bill’s Picks: The aura of the Number of the Beast (check out the Album Dive) and the natural progression to Piece of Mind and Powerslave
06.38: The darker vibe of Peace of Mind and deeper cuts/ Thin Lizzy and the “galloping minstrel” Sam Elliott for WHAW/Matt’s Maiden radio flashback/accolades and commendments
13.35: The magic of Powerslave (the album art hieroglyphics), the Live After Death album and video (basically the entire Powerslave tour)/ high school English class memories and The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
21.54: The Non-Bruce Maiden/Blaze albums making a comeback/The differentness of the 1st 2 Maiden albums vs Number of the Beast
25.21: Matt’s picks (as introduced by Sam Illiott): Number of the Beast/Seventh Son, Brave New World (now with even MORE guitars!)
28.57: The progressive element of Adrian’s songwriting and the quality of the tracks on Seventh Son/Maiden’s gift for great opening tracks/the vastness of Brave New World/ Honorable Mention: Somewhere in Time and melodies/The enigma of Heaven Can Wait
34.53: Adam’s picks: Number of the Beast/Somewhere in Time*/Brave New World/The different vibe of Somewhere in Time/Stranger in a Strange Land/Brave New World/ Honorable Mentions: Piece of Mind and Powerslave and the weird “backwards message”
42.46: Sam Illiott talks Roadhouse, the Spirit of Dalton and Ghost/Nicko and the Still Life intro (which translates roughly to “…please support Metal Nerdery at https://metalnerdery.com/merch “/Make Iron Maiden your next project band! /Continue to SPREAD THE WORDERY ABOUT METAL NERDERY!

44 min