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Originally Posted by William_the_Bloody
Hmmm, I suppose as I like Too Fast for Love as well, but Shout at the Devil to me just stands out far above the other albums. Its funny when I go back and listen to Motley Crue a lot of their music just doesn't seem to stand the test of time in comparison to their peers. My friend just saw the Crue farewell show and he said Alice Cooper stole the show...can't say I'd disagree.
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I'm not sure I agree about the test of time with Motley Crue, as I really like them now and never really liked them that much before. It seems I originally missed everything that was great about the early days of the band.
Well Alice Cooper is a true rock genius and knows how to put a show on and his longevity is pretty amazing. I find the albums that I've reviewed by him in this journal to still be as good as when I first listened to them back in the 1980s.
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I must confess I've never actually sat down and listened to Piece of Mind in its entirety, as I've always had a hard time getting into Iron Maiden, though I finally had a breakthrough with Powerslave, dare I say I would put it above Ride the Lighting  Dare I say I would put VH 1984 above RTL, and yes even possibly Love at First Sting ahead of the glory that is Metallica!!!
Oh and WASP can't forget about them!!!
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I always find that when the most famous Maiden album mentioned it's normally The Number of the Beast but when true metal or Maiden fans slug it out they tend to go with either Piece of Mind or Powerslave.
As for W.A.S.P about a month ago they were going to be somewhere in my top 20 for 1984, but given the huge amount of quality in that year it's now quite doubtful, in fact I may start to include my extras again at the end of the year to mention stuff's that missed....... but then again I might not.
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Originally Posted by JustinJJustin
Piece Of Mind is pretty inconsistent, but I love it more than Number Of The Beast or Powerslave. Powerslave is a close second. And when I think about it now, nearly every track on Powerslave is perfect. There are none that fail to kick ass. I think it's their most solid album after Iron Maiden.
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As said above someone that falls into the Powerslave camp
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Originally Posted by Urban Hat€monger ?
I remember reading something somewhere that of all the 10 million-ish sales of Pyromania (in the mid 80s) something like 80% of them were made up in cassette sales because people wanted to listen to it in their cars.
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If that's the case that well could've been a marketing tool for the American market as well, given that loads of people there drive long distances and so listening to albums in cars would be important.