yertle-the-turtle said:
Is the Live After Death thing any good?
I'm obsessed with live U2 so it's not like I'm not a fan of live recordings, but I've never been impressed with any of the live Maiden I've heard, I'm not sure why. I don't have a lot of their live songs. (I've never seen them live....
I don't think) So I can't say for sure if it's any good, I don't have it. It is one of their earlier CD's so it might not be too bad.
Their mid 80's stuff is the best. Anything through Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is awesome. Fear of the Dark is their last album with Bruce Dickinson for a while and it has some hits on it too, like Fear of the Dark and Be Quick or Be Dead, but I was never too into that album. I completely lost interest in them once he left.
Bruce Dickinson released a few solo albums in the '90's. I think maybe 3 of them. I don't have the first one. The 2nd, Accident of Birth, is pretty cool but kind of corny at times. Chemical Wedding, the 3rd solo CD, is much better. If you're a fan of William Blake then you'll love the artwork on the CD insert because it's all Blake's stuff.
My favorite CD is Best of the Beast, aside from Powerslave. It's a greatest hits package (minus Rime of the Ancient Mariner, which is a crime in my book) but it just gives the best look at their work if you're not sure about them. But Powerslave is my all time absolute favorite Iron Maiden CD.