Top Ten Best Songs On Iron Maiden's the Book of Souls

The bastard son of Rime of the Ancient Mariner, and I find this one to be MUCH BETTER.

Bass the riff at the start epic, I saw them live in Melbourne during their book of souls tour and was glad to hear it live 13 minutes of heaven favorite off the album 6th favorite overall from maiden 1. Run to the hills 2. Running free 3. The evil that men do 4. Bring your daughter...to the slaughter 5. Aces High 6. The red and the black

Yet #1 favorite bass open to a song

Amazing Song with great riffs and an amazing solo. At 13 minutes better than Rime of the Ancient Mariner in my opinion.

Made the hair stand on the back of my neck from the moment I first heard it. Epic guitar breaks throughout and superb sing along vocals. Outstanding

Interesting. Iron Maiden writes 2 songs over 10 minutes in 30 years, then releases 4 on two albums in 5 years. - Alkadikce

1 book of souls
2 empire of the clouds
3 the red and the black
4 if eternity should fail
5 speed of light
6 tears of a clown
7 shadows of the valley
8 death or Glory
9 when the river runs Deep
10 the great unknown
11 man of sorrows

The Legacy 2.0 - Alkadikce

This live was incredible

Short, Power, Maiden.

This song was nothing like I expected to be. It's not the same as all their other music, which is definitely a step in the right direction for Iron Maiden. It almost sounds like Black Sabbath. This is an amazing song, I hope the whole album is like this. - Songsta41

Amazing it just came out. If this is the weakest song on this album this might be one of my favorite albums.

Tongue cancer ain't gonna stop this guy. - IronSabbathPriest

I would rather listen to a cover. Bruce sings the chorus like he's brushing his teeth while singing. - Alkadikce

One of the Best Maiden intros ever. Very atmospheric. It takes you to a journey. It's one of the Best I'm songs ever

2 days since the album has been released and so far this is the song that's stuck out the most, best opener since caught somewhere in time.

From the psychedelic intro to the hard hitting fantastic riffs and then that giant chorus! Bruce's vocals are at his best on this track. - wolphert

Opening track. And this is my favorite song of their's. from the album - zxm

Heard its dedicated to a comedian who died of depression and suicide. Damn it what was his name

Rip robin williams

This has become one of my all time favorite maiden songs. Amazing.

Simple an awesome song. Has become one of my all-time favorites of Maiden.

Reminds me of Isle of Avalon. - IronSabbathPriest

This song has awesome vocals..it's like double chorus. Too good to be this low.

Recycled bits on the album:
If Eternity Should Fail - the instrumentals under the vocals in the verses sound exactly like the beginning of Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Speed of Light - the beat, the riffs, the tone and a part of the intro is a self-ripoff of El Dorado
The Great Unknown - the acoustic part is very similar to Mother of Mercy, and the double chorus is almost the same as the one in Isle of Avalon
When the River Runs Deep - the instrumentals under the verses are pretty similar to the ones in The Alchemist
Shadows of the Valley - intro is like Wasted Years, verses are like The Fallen Angel, chorus is like The Reincarnation of Benjamin Breeg, the riff is a bit similar to Megadeth's Rust in Peace... Polaris
The Empire of the Clouds - some riffs in the solo remind me of For the Greater Good of God.

Honestly, all of these songs would remain the same quality without repeating themselves, I don't see the reason. - Alkadikce

Ah, this track is awesome. Even if it does remind you of Wasted Years - IronSabbathPriest

This should be higher on the list! At Least above tears of a clown!

Hey, they've used this riff before.

Favorite on the album