IRON MAIDEN - Piece of Mind (1983)

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I don't know what it is about this album, it's a great album, I just never connected with it like I did with 'The Number of the Beast'. I don't know why that is really, but whereas I will defend 'Invaders' and 'Gangland' from criticism I can't feel the same way about the fillers here. That aside this album does have some stonking tunes, 'The Trooper', 'Flight of Icarus', 'Die With Your Boots On'... I can't help feeling that I should give it a 5, but I just can't quite justify it somehow.

IRON MAIDEN - The Number of the Beast (1982)

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Unquestionably a magnificent album, even if some of the songs appear to be fillers. The truth is the great songs are so great that they make very good songs look weak (much the same as on Reign in Blood). This was actually the very first album I ever bought, back in 1982. I loved it to death then and it still stands up remarkably well today. Like most people I imagine I can probably sing every word of this album even now.