Edward the Great: Greatest Hits (Picture Disk)

On Edward the Great, the voice of their longest-standing vocalist, Bruce Dickinson, dominates, with only two tracks sung by his brief replacement, Blaze Bayley. But it's unfortunate and arguably sinful that there's no room for original singer Paul DiAnno, meaning that we're denied the rough and punky "Runnin' Free" and "Sanctuary", instead being fobbed off with a live version of "Fear of the Dark" from the band's massive Rock in Rio show in 2001. This is surely down to a desire to maintain a consistency of production values but, even so, the early hits, both pivotal and memorably brilliant, are sorely missed. --Dominic Wills