IRON MAIDEN — Iron Maiden (review)

IRON MAIDEN — Iron Maiden album cover Album · 1980 · NWoBHM Buy this album from MMA partners
4.5/5 ·
666sharon666
Though they went on to release albums even more deserving of the status of a classic the 1980 Iron Maiden self-titled debut will always be a special release in its own right, and arguably an even more important one in the history of metal music than releases like The Number of the Beast or Powerslave. It's the first of the two full-length releases with Paul Di'Anno on vocals, the other being 1981's Killers. His punky vocals set the early Iron Maiden work apart from the later stuff with Bruce Dickinson or Blaze Bayley even though musically this stuff is classic Iron Maiden as much as anything else they've ever done.

To be honest I always preferred the second Iron Maiden album to their debut, despite the apparent common option that this one is better, but this album still contains several classic Iron Maiden tracks, notably their self-titled song and Running Free. The former is a staple song of their live show even today with Running Free also being included on the most recent tours in support of 2010 album The Final Frontier and the Maiden England live re-release. Another favourite of mine is Sanctuary which was actually left off the original UK release and put out as a single instead, though later versions include it, including the version I'm in possession of. There are no bad songs though, just some that are better than others. Though Iron Maiden isn't one of my favourites from this classic band by far it's the sort of album that is undeniably essential to any metal fan.

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