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Originally Posted by Howard the Duck
Iron Maiden - The Number of the Beast
huge letdown after DiAnno left and a rather turgid beast
why is it in the Top 50 British albums list of some magazine?
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I listened to Iron Maiden- The Number of the Beast yesterday hadn't heard it in a while. I actually now think its a very special metal album, much more so than before. You have to look at the album in its time period the early 1980s.
Bands like Van Halen and Judas Priest were already going very commercial, but Iron Maiden refused to fully compromise and lose their metal credential, so what they did on that album was add melody, whilst keeping a true metal heaviness and cranking things up louder than Judas Priest or Van Halen ever could. It was an amazing feat because the technical ability of the band on that album is stunning and of course Bruce added the new vocal dimension that the band were looking for. I may even say now, that I agree with critics in that its probably the most important metal album ever recorded.