Iron Maiden Survivor 2013: The X Factor - ROUND 1

[Zydar]

The X Factor - 2 October 1995

    Blaze Bayley - vocals
    Dave Murray - guitar
    Janick Gers - guitar
    Steve Harris - bass, mixing, production
    Nicko McBrain - drums

The X Factor is the band's first album to include Blaze Bayley, formerly of Wolfsbane, as vocalist, replacing Bruce Dickinson who left the band following their previous tour to pursue a solo career. It is considered Iron Maiden's darkest album due to the lyrics being based on personal issues surrounding Steve Harris at the time, who was in the midst of a divorce and the death of his father. Supporting the album was the X Factour tour. Much like the tour for their following album, Virtual XI, several dates in the United States were cancelled as Bayley suffered from occasional vocal issues from the band's heavy concert schedule.

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This album battle it out with Virtual XI as my least favourite Maiden disc. I'm not a fan of dark and depressive music overall, and this is not the same Maiden sound that made me love this band as a teenager. I know there are a couple of guys here on DTF that love this one though

First vote? Look For The Truth, I guess.

[Eldomm]

I really like this album despite not being one of my favorites IM albums.

Man on the edge

[Ruba]

Loving every single song here.

2 A.M.

[Mladen]

Terrific album.

2 A.M.

[Scorpion]

2 A.M. is my favourite here

Look For the Truth.

[wolfking]

Damn this is hard.

Lord of the Flies

[cramx3]

This is going to be a tough one. I really like this album but besides a couple stand out tracks, the rest are all fairly close in terms of rankings so its hard to rule one out at a time for me. I went with the Unbeliever but I could have gone with a couple others.

[Lolzeez]

My second least favorite IM album. Lord Of The Flies.

[jjrock88]

Look for the truth

[Zydar]

Do you guys want me to do tiebreakers in the early rounds here as well if that should be the case?

[jjrock88]

Do you guys want me to do tiebreakers in the early rounds here as well if that should be the case?

I dont see much point in tie breakers for the first half of an album survivor.........I would save them for the second half

[wolfking]

Do you guys want me to do tiebreakers in the early rounds here as well if that should be the case?

As you know I haven't been doing them.  Just eliminate Zydar until it gets to top 5 or so.

Man, the votes for 2am makes me sad.

[cramx3]

Do you guys want me to do tiebreakers in the early rounds here as well if that should be the case?

Unless the votes end up in like a 20-20 tie, then I dont see the point since they end up with little votes anyway and its not like the songs at the lower end are going to the finals or anything so no big deal.