Author Topic: 1988: Seventh Son vs. Mindcrime vs. Justice? (Read 3844 times)

WildRanger · « **on:** March 27, 2018, 12:03:41 PM »

3 metal classics from 1988.
Pick one.

TAC · « **Reply #1 on:** March 27, 2018, 12:05:02 PM »

Damn!!

jjrock88 · « **Reply #2 on:** March 27, 2018, 12:05:40 PM »

Operation Mindcrime for sure!

MirrorMask · « **Reply #3 on:** March 27, 2018, 12:10:00 PM »

Team Maiden since forever, going with Seventh Son. Mindcrime of course is still an absolutely mindblowing and amazing album. Justice drags in bits and pieces and therefore loses to those two other records.

Nekov · « **Reply #4 on:** March 27, 2018, 12:15:17 PM »

Seventh son. Justice is a good album but not as good. Never really liked Queensryche and

pg1067 · « **Reply #5 on:** March 27, 2018, 12:19:46 PM »

Mindcrime by a pretty wide margin. It's a classic that has held well up over the past 30 years.

SSoaSS has one stellar song (the title track), two solid songs (Moonchild and Madness) and five songs that are mostly forgettable.

AJFA is one of the worst mixed albums ever, so it already starts out with a negative. Blackened and Dyer's Eve are great songs. I liked a few of the others at the time, but they haven't aged well for me.

Side note: I love that I can just type "ssoass" and "ajfa" into Wikipedia and have the entries for these albums come up!

TAC · « **Reply #6 on:** March 27, 2018, 12:28:20 PM »

According to The TAC Top 50:

Seventh Son-15
Justice-28
Mindcrime-33

Samsara · « **Reply #7 on:** March 27, 2018, 12:32:09 PM »

Mindcrime is my favorite album of all time, so this is a no-brainer. But Justice is in my top-five, so it was close!

The Walrus · « **Reply #8 on:** March 27, 2018, 12:33:14 PM »

Seventh Son and Mindcrime are fantastic albums. Justice is not. And I gotta side with Seventh over Mindcrime.

Zydar · « **Reply #9 on:** March 27, 2018, 12:38:10 PM »

Maiden wins this for me.

ProfessorPeart · « **Reply #10 on:** March 27, 2018, 12:44:04 PM »

Tough one.

Was between Maiden and Metallica.

Went with Seventh Son.

Grappler · « **Reply #11 on:** March 27, 2018, 12:45:43 PM »

Mindcrime, though I listen to the other two records more often.

mikeyd23 · « **Reply #12 on:** March 27, 2018, 12:49:13 PM »

I'll be in what I assume will be the minority on this forum and vote for Metallica.

bosk1 · « **Reply #13 on:** March 27, 2018, 12:53:02 PM »

Mindcrime. AJFA is great too, but Mindcrime changed music for me. And I don't care for Seventh Son at all, so...

MirrorMask · « **Reply #14 on:** March 27, 2018, 12:54:18 PM »

Quote from: pg1067 on March 27, 2018, 12:19:46 PM

SSoaSS has one stellar song (the title track), two solid songs (Moonchild and Madness) and five songs that are mostly forgettable.

Whaaat? the easy sounding, almost poppish Can I Play with Madness (btw, I love the song) better than Infinite Dreams, The Evil that Men Do or The Clairvoyant?

Phoenix87x · « **Reply #15 on:** March 27, 2018, 12:54:51 PM »

Mindcrime > SS > Justice

It was very close between Seventh son and mindcrime though

Kwyjibo · « **Reply #16 on:** March 27, 2018, 12:57:23 PM »

Mindcrime
Seventh Son

Justice

nattmorker · « **Reply #17 on:** March 27, 2018, 01:34:41 PM »

For me it's easy: AJFA is one of my favorite albums ever. I like Iron Maiden and I don't care at all for Queensrÿche (I guess I just don't get them).

devieira73 · « **Reply #18 on:** March 27, 2018, 03:04:23 PM »

I voted O:M, but I felt somewhat guilty because SSoASS is my favorite Maiden album and I like Maiden even more than Queensrÿche. Strange...

King Puppies and the Acid Guppies · « **Reply #19 on:** March 27, 2018, 03:13:42 PM »

Fates Warning - No Exit

ChuckSteak · « **Reply #20 on:** March 27, 2018, 03:14:12 PM »

Seventh Son.

pg1067 · « **Reply #21 on:** March 27, 2018, 03:16:35 PM »

Quote from: MirrorMask on March 27, 2018, 12:54:18 PM

Quote from: pg1067 on March 27, 2018, 12:19:46 PM
SSoaSS has one stellar song (the title track), two solid songs (Moonchild and Madness) and five songs that are mostly forgettable.

Whaaat? the easy sounding, almost poppish Can I Play with Madness (btw, I love the song) better than Infinite Dreams, The Evil that Men Do or The Clairvoyant?

"Solid" is not exactly a big compliment. Jimmy Bain was a "solid" bass player. As far as the other songs go, Infinite Dreams is what would have happened if a lounge singer joined Maiden. The Clairvoyant was the song that told me Maiden had basically tapped out on new, fresh ideas, and the chorus is just silly. The Evil That Men Do is probably the best of the three you mentioned, and maybe a notch below Madness. SSoaSS just fell flat and was completely overshadowed when by Mindcrime came out three weeks later. If the title track is a 10, Moonchild is a 6, Madness a 5, Evil a 4, and everything else a 3 or worse.

pg1067 · « **Reply #22 on:** March 27, 2018, 03:18:00 PM »

Quote from: Puppies_On_Acid on March 27, 2018, 03:13:42 PM

Fates Warning - No Exit

No Exit versus Mindcrime would be almost too close to call! I think I'd probably still pick Mindcrime by a hair, but O:M > No Exit >>> AJFA > SSoaSS

Dream Team · « **Reply #23 on:** March 27, 2018, 03:21:43 PM »

Quote from: pg1067 on March 27, 2018, 03:16:35 PM

Quote from: MirrorMask on March 27, 2018, 12:54:18 PM
Quote from: pg1067 on March 27, 2018, 12:19:46 PM
SSoaSS has one stellar song (the title track), two solid songs (Moonchild and Madness) and five songs that are mostly forgettable.

Whaaat? the easy sounding, almost poppish Can I Play with Madness (btw, I love the song) better than Infinite Dreams, The Evil that Men Do or The Clairvoyant?

"Solid" is not exactly a big compliment. Jimmy Bain was a "solid" bass player. As far as the other songs go, Infinite Dreams is what would have happened if a lounge singer joined Maiden. The Clairvoyant was the song that told me Maiden had basically tapped out on new, fresh ideas, and the chorus is just silly. The Evil That Men Do is probably the best of the three you mentioned, and maybe a notch below Madness. SSoaSS just fell flat and was completely overshadowed when by Mindcrime came out three weeks later. If the title track is a 10, Moonchild is a 6, Madness a 5, Evil a 4, and everything else a 3 or worse.

Gotta say I’ve never seen ID or TC described this way. ID is a Top 20 song for me.

ChuckSteak · « **Reply #24 on:** March 27, 2018, 03:45:36 PM »

bl5150 · « **Reply #25 on:** March 27, 2018, 03:55:33 PM »

Quote from: jjrock88 on March 27, 2018, 12:05:40 PM

Operation Mindcrime for sure!

Dave_Manchester · « **Reply #26 on:** March 27, 2018, 03:59:07 PM »

And Justice For All by a mile, though I like the other 2 also.

Lowdz · « **Reply #27 on:** March 27, 2018, 04:10:46 PM »

As joint greatest album ever with Images and Words, Mindcrime by a mile. And then some.

NoseofNicko · « **Reply #28 on:** March 27, 2018, 04:54:48 PM »

SSOASS (10/10)
Operation: Mindcrime (10/10)

...And Justice for All (7/10)

TheCountOfNYC · « **Reply #29 on:** March 27, 2018, 05:30:38 PM »

Justice easily.

cramx3 · « **Reply #30 on:** March 27, 2018, 06:43:51 PM »

SSoaSS

but this was a good poll, tough choices.

Adami · « **Reply #31 on:** March 27, 2018, 06:45:11 PM »

Justice. Not SO easily, but it's one of my favorite Metallica albums. In the end I'm a die hard Metallica fan, not a HUGE Maiden or Queensryche fan, though I do love those two albums.

Zook · « **Reply #32 on:** March 27, 2018, 08:45:27 PM »

Quote from: TAC on March 27, 2018, 12:05:02 PM

Damn!!

My thoughts exactly.

Went with Mindcrime.

Mindcrime
Justice
Seventh Son

max_security · « **Reply #33 on:** March 27, 2018, 08:59:34 PM »

I voted Mindcrime but I'll admit it's the only one of these three that I have listened to from start to finish.

wolfking · « **Reply #34 on:** March 27, 2018, 09:44:00 PM »

OM will just edge Seventh Son IMO.

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