Iron Maiden: EVERY Album Ranked Worst To Best
14. No Prayer For The Dying
Just like The X Factor was a huge departure from the norm for Iron Maiden in 1995, so was No Prayer For The Dying in 1990. After the previous two albums, Somewhere in Time and Seventh Son of a Seventh Son, saw the band evolve into more of a progressive rock style, No Prayer looked to simplify the band's sound and revert back to what made them so popular in the early 80's.
This was something of a gamble, and one that didn't pay off. Adrian Smith left the line up as he didn't like the direction the sound was taking, and what was produced was severely lacking.
Though the album does feature one of the band's most recognisable songs in Bring Your Daughter... To The Slaughter, there is nothing else that really compares to the excellent hits that came before and after. The album is almost like a collection of songs struggling to break into the average as far as Iron Maiden goes.
Obviously, the band grew to be what they were for a reason, and trying to recreate the likes of Number of the Beast and Piece of Mind missed the mark, acting as nothing more than a regression for the band.