![]() I don’t know about breaking a multi-part post up like this but I think it’ll be fine. On Friday I’ll offer up the final portion of this ranking. I’ll do the first part today, then tomorrow I will keep my normal schedule and press on with the singles series. Maiden have (almost) always had iconic cover art and I figured I’d throw my hat in the ranking ring on that. It’s a simple thing starting today – I’m going to rank the album covers. But this is a pretty mandatory ranking to do, along with the actual album ranking that I haven’t got to yet. I’m doing another two-parter post and also writing a bunch about Iron Maiden yet again. These are some of the most striking and fascinating album covers in music history, and a big part of being an Iron Maiden fan. And that’s the same tale with many fans of the group, no matter which specific album cover they first saw. ![]() This was the art I saw that got me into Iron Maiden, I knew I had to have this album when I saw the cover. Both the front and back cover art are chock full of easter eggs and references, head to the wiki page to collect them all. Eddie is a cyberpunk here in world definitely inspired by Blade Runner. The top spot on my list goes to the 1986 album with the rad sci-fi cover. Powerslave has been an Album of the Week. It’s no wonder that Iron Maiden was a driving force behind 80’s kids at least pretending to care about history. While the specifics of Eddie’s reign are lost to history, we have this spectacular image to educate us. Of all the covers and versions of Eddie, few hold a candle to this iconic art of Pharaoh Eddie as an ancient Egyptian monument. LOL.Ĭoincidentally, Purgatory is next week’s pick as I run through my collection of Iron Maiden singles. And also this came out during the rise of the Satanic Panic in the US and the band caught a bunch of flak for it. The band and management wisely held off on the art, correctly judging that it was too good for a single. The really funny part about this cover was that Derek Riggs originally did it as the art for the single release of Purgatory. This duel between Eddie and the Beast plays out in many other art pieces and videos through Maiden’s history. Here Eddie is the one playing puppet master with the Beast. I have this back patch on my jean jacket and I’ll be gutted on the day the patch and/or jacket bites the dust.Ī Matter Of Life And Death has been an Album of the Week.Ī magnificent cover featuring Eddie and every metalhead’s favorite pal, the Devil. Eddie is not the highlight of the art and that did rankle some fans but I just totally love the art and didn’t place any importance on Eddie being more in the background. I absolutely love this album art with the band of brothers, skeleton edition heading into war. It’s the highest-ranking reunion-era album cover and it’s WAY up there on my list. This image was one of several from the classic run of albums that got millions of crazy kids into the band. Poor Eddie has been lobotomized, I wonder how he’ll go on without his gray matter. The classic fourth album features a very striking image of Eddie in a straightjacket, locked up and looking like he wants to take a piece out of someone’s mind. Killers has been a past Album of the Week feature. This is a very well done version of Eddie and is leagues above the debut album’s cover art. The second album is still “simple” in a way but features a more clever, purpose-filled and clearly malevolent Eddie holding an implement he most likely used on an unsuspecting victim. And just to prove I’m not ranking these based on my musical preferences, this is my favorite Maiden album. I have no clue what greater meaning this art possesses, if any, but it’s a pretty cool if not whacked out album cover. It’s a very striking image of a disembodied Eddie holding his own heart while hanging out over a frozen body of water. No, I didn’t rank this here because of the number coincidence, this is really where I rank this cover. It’s only missing beer.īrave New World was an Album of the Week pick last year. I also like storms, ports and Eddie so this one really has it all. Cityscape and landscape stuff is art I like a lot so that is probably why this got pushed up the list. While NPFTD has a more classic Eddie and this is more abstract, this is still a very nice piece of art. This was the other one that caused me a lot of deliberation and was pitted against No Prayer For The Dying. If you missed the first part of my ranking you can find that here. ![]() It’s back to the Iron Maiden album rankings and time to cap off the top 8.
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