Author Topic: Scorpion's Top 50 Albums v. Honourable Mentions, I AM THE LAAAAAAAAAAST! (Read 45738 times)

wolfking · « **Reply #280 on:** October 10, 2012, 06:32:59 AM »

Love Toxcitity, really amazing album, great songs all the way through.

Interesting choice for Priest, both our top tens had obscure Priest albums, although Nostradamus is my least fav Priest record, yet it still has some really good moments.

Scorpion · « **Reply #281 on:** October 10, 2012, 06:40:06 AM »

Fuck yes lover of obscure priest album! o/

Jugulator is pretty awesome, too.

TAC · « **Reply #282 on:** October 10, 2012, 07:10:48 AM »

I tried SOAD. A guy I worked with burned me all of their albums. I will try Toxicity again. I actually think Serj is way too talented for them.

King Postwhore · « **Reply #283 on:** October 10, 2012, 07:27:48 AM »

Quote from: TAC on October 10, 2012, 07:10:48 AM

I tried SOAD. A guy I worked with burned me all of their albums. I will try Toxicity again. I actually think Serj is way too talented for them.

Some of SOAD is incredible. But a full album is hard to listen to.

Zook · « **Reply #284 on:** October 10, 2012, 08:06:58 AM »

Any album that has Jet Pilot on it is not a masterpiece.

Scorpion · « **Reply #285 on:** October 10, 2012, 01:45:24 PM »

03. Iron Maiden – Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (1988)

Even though it was already predicted in the thread that there will probably be another Maiden album in my Top 5, I doubt that anyone would have presumed it to be this album. While not quite at the level of the Blaze-era album or No Prayer and Fear of the Dark, this album has, from what I have observed, been on the receiving end of quite some criticism – that the whole concept is totally pretentious, or that the shift from the strictly guitar-dominated sounds of earlier album, which had already been started with Somewhere in Time, was a bad direction in general.

I’m sure that my placement of this album on my list is indicator enough of the fact that I respectfully disagree with these criticisms. This album is Iron Maiden at their best, and above all, at their most consistent – while the highs on quite a few other Maiden albums are higher (the title track and Rime of the Ancient Mariner on Powerslave, or Alexander the Great on Somewhere in Time), there is no other Maiden album that is quite as consistently enjoyable for me as Seventh Son of a Seventh Son is.

Yes, the concept won’t win any prizes, that’s true, but at the end of the day, it’s about the music here and that aspect of this album flawless. All eight songs are masterfully crafted and perfectly paced in the context of the album, which makes every listen of this album seem to fly by and leaves me wanting to hear the album again. Of course, every member of the band plays impeccably on this record, but that’s nothing new.

There’s not really much else to say, I guess for this album – I’m sure that everyone has heard (of) this album one way or another. I can certainly see many people rating many other albums higher, but for me, this is the creative pinnacle of Iron Maiden, and an album that they are unlikely to ever top.

Recommended tracks: Moonchild, Infinite Dreams, The Evil That Me Do, Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, Only the Good Die Young

jingle.boy · « **Reply #286 on:** October 10, 2012, 01:48:06 PM »

Not my favorite album, but nothing wrong with it at all - it's an excellent album. Good writeup.

kirksnosehair · « **Reply #287 on:** October 10, 2012, 01:56:30 PM »

I hated Seventh Son when it was released, but grew to love it later.

WindMaster · « **Reply #288 on:** October 10, 2012, 01:58:01 PM »

Toxicity.

Nekov · « **Reply #289 on:** October 10, 2012, 02:09:19 PM »

Great Maiden album

Mladen · « **Reply #290 on:** October 10, 2012, 02:24:32 PM »

Great Maiden album, almost made it to my top 10 as well.

SomeoneLikeHim · « **Reply #291 on:** October 10, 2012, 02:32:20 PM »

Nice! It's actually my favorite maiden album as well.

Lowdz · « **Reply #292 on:** October 10, 2012, 02:59:38 PM »

SSOASS just never clicked with me. It's not the fault of the synth sounds- I quite liked that change. I never really loved the Maiden guitar sound and I found it muddy here. There are some good songs without doubt. I think the problem was I got it around the same time as Mindcrime and it suffers against that backdrop (but so does just about everything for me). I certainly struggled with the concept album bit- I never found it really.
I should like it more than I do. Having a listen now in fact and I'm enjoying it. Yeah, I think Mindcrime ruined it for me.

Onno · « **Reply #293 on:** October 10, 2012, 03:19:08 PM »

Brilliant album!

Nick · « **Reply #294 on:** October 10, 2012, 03:25:56 PM »

Wow, did this list take a massive downturn for me. One of my more disliked bands followed by one of Maiden's most overrated albums. Seventh Son is good, but it wouldn't be anywhere near a top 50 for me.

wolfking · « **Reply #295 on:** October 10, 2012, 03:32:10 PM »

Quote from: Nick on October 10, 2012, 03:25:56 PM

Seventh Son is good, but it wouldn't be anywhere near a top 50 for me.

I agree with Nick here.

jjrock88 · « **Reply #296 on:** October 10, 2012, 04:11:01 PM »

Love seventh son, great pick

black_biff_stadler · « **Reply #297 on:** October 10, 2012, 05:07:58 PM »

7th Son is the only Maiden album I'm legitimately familiar with and I think it's excellent. Good call, Scroptimus Prime

TAC · « **Reply #298 on:** October 10, 2012, 06:52:26 PM »

Quote from: Onno on October 10, 2012, 03:19:08 PM

Brilliant album!

Quote from: jjrock88 on October 10, 2012, 04:11:01 PM

Love seventh son, great pick

Big Hath · « **Reply #299 on:** October 10, 2012, 06:55:49 PM »

4th mention of SSOASS and this is the highest ranking, next highest was 14th

Ultimetalhead · « **Reply #300 on:** October 10, 2012, 07:32:55 PM »

Man, I love Toxicity but Aerials has to be one of the most overrated songs ever. Totally kills the rest of the album, IMO.

*runs the fuck away*

Cedar redaC · « **Reply #301 on:** October 10, 2012, 08:03:11 PM »

Can I play with madness??!!

I actually quite enjoy that song!

jingle.boy · « **Reply #302 on:** October 10, 2012, 08:34:04 PM »

Elite · « **Reply #303 on:** October 10, 2012, 08:48:08 PM »

that's my favourite Maiden album!!!

Zydar · « **Reply #304 on:** October 11, 2012, 12:20:12 AM »

Quote from: SomeoneLikeHim on October 10, 2012, 02:32:20 PM

Nice! It's actually my favorite maiden album as well.

Mine too

Scorpion · « **Reply #305 on:** October 11, 2012, 04:00:13 AM »

We're getting closer...

02. Dream Theater – Six Degrees of Inner Turbulence (2002)

For a long, long time, this album was my favourite album, and though there is probably no-one here that will agree with the album that just edged this album out, I think that everyone will probably concede that this album is fucking awesome, from start to finish.

This album is the creative peak of Dream Theater’s career, and it contains six tracks, where even the one that I enjoy the least is a musical and lyrical masterpiece (the title track – I actually prefer to listen to it in parts, though I certainly enjoy it when I listen to it as whole as well).

This album features every aspect of Dream Theater’s sound at its finest, be it full-out metal assaults à la The Glass Prison, the poppiness of Solitary Shell, the more melodic side as represented in Disappear and Goodnight Kiss or the progginess of the band, as exhibited in Blind Faith – this record has it all, and it has it all done well and in a balanced way so that the album never feels overloaded or anything.

Like with Images and Words, this is an album that everyone on this forum has heard at least once, so saying anything more about this album is probably rather redundant, because everyone already knows about everything that makes Dream Theater so great and a longer write-up of this album would probably end up being a list of all of those things anyway.

Recommended tracks: Blind Faith, The Great Debate, Disappear, The Test That Stumped Them All, Goodnight Kiss, Solitary Shell

Any guesses for #1?

Nekov · « **Reply #306 on:** October 11, 2012, 04:06:41 AM »

Top 3 DT album. Great choice.

Inb4 St. Anger at N°1

wolfking · « **Reply #307 on:** October 11, 2012, 04:10:43 AM »

Quote from: Ultimetalhead on October 10, 2012, 07:32:55 PM

Man, I love Toxicity but Aerials has to be one of the most overrated songs ever. Totally kills the rest of the album, IMO.

*runs the fuck away*

I kind of agree. I didn't mind Aerials, but it is overrated and possibly my least fav on the album.

Cyclopssss · « **Reply #308 on:** October 11, 2012, 04:13:51 AM »

^^ LOL. Can I just say I hated Glass Prison at first? couldn't get into that song AT ALL. Must have cost me about 20 listenings before it finally clicked. I also couldn't seem to get over some of the lyrics... (especially the ending). Great f'in album for the rest, though!

Zydar · « **Reply #309 on:** October 11, 2012, 04:50:48 AM »

Great choice, my 3rd favourite DT album

As for your #1 I have no clue at all.

wolfking · « **Reply #310 on:** October 11, 2012, 04:57:55 AM »

Accept
Praying Mantis

Not really sure what could be number 1.

Scorpion · « **Reply #311 on:** October 11, 2012, 05:08:12 AM »

Accept just missed the cut, and I already have two PM albums on the list.

Elite · « **Reply #312 on:** October 11, 2012, 05:21:21 AM »

Another System of a Down album. I looked which one has Soldie Side on it so I'm going with Hypnotize.

TAC · « **Reply #313 on:** October 11, 2012, 06:13:42 AM »

I didn't realize that Scorp was an Accept fan...

Can't argue with the love for 6 D's.

Zydar · « **Reply #314 on:** October 11, 2012, 06:13:46 AM »

Perhaps another Rammstein album, like Sehnsucht?

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