Official thread for Final Frontier discussion

He probably likes some songs better.

Still an awesome album to me. I would probably put this in my top 3 Maiden albums, honestly.

I'm still really enjoying it.  I'd rank AMOLAD a hair higher though because I think it's more consistent.  I do like it more than BNW and DOD.  But those first 7 albums are still my 1-7. 

Every time you post, I get hungry, because I think of this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doner_kebab

Damn I love my country 

TFF is one of my Top 4 Maiden albums.

I have never been to Turkey, unfortunately. Best kebab I ate was in Florence, a year and a half ago.

This is probably the same for me, too.

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For me too. Number 4 to be precise. But it was damn close with AMOLAD.

Per LC's request, I'm going through and rating the songs on this album.  (Didn't know about this project before -- I really need to start doing more than simply checking the Classic Songs thread...) 

The highest score I'm giving is an 8 (earned by Coming Home and WtWW.  This is because 9's and 10's should be reserved for the truly exceptional classics, of which this album contains none, IMO.  After some time to periodically go back and listen, I think this album is more toward the middle of the pack amongst Iron Maiden's other albums, not near the top.  (Which is still pretty good.)   

Welcome. I'll add you here and here eventually.

Haha, Doner Kebab's rule!  I ate them frequently while I studied in Germany.  Donner on the other hand is German for Thunder. 

Listened to TFF all the way through for the first time in a few months last night and it was better than I remembered.  Great album.

The Final Frontier standings:
01. The Talisman
02. Coming Home
03. Starblind
04. Where The Wild Wind Blows
05. The Final Frontier
06. Isle Of Avalon
07. El Dorado
08. Mother Of Mercy
09. The Man Who Would Be King
10. The Alchemist
11. Satellite 15

Album standings:
01. Somewhere In Time (flawless)
02. Brave New World (flawless)
03. A Matter Of Life & Death (flawless)
04. Piece Of Mind (Quest For Fire is its only flaw)
05. Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son (The Prophecy is its only flaw)
06. The Number Of The Beast (Invaders, Gangland and Total Eclipse are good but nothing compared to the other songs)
07. Powerslave (Losfer Words and The Duellists are fillerish)
08. The Final Frontier (production quality brings the score down, Satellite 15 is boring and The Alchemist is fillerish)
09. Iron Maiden (Charlotte The Harlot, Iron Maiden and Sanctuary are good but nothing compared to the other songs)
10. Dance Of Death (production quality brings the score down, there is too much repetition and some songs are fillerish (Wildest Dreams and Gates Of Tomorrow))
11. No Prayer For The Dying (many fillers)
12. The X Factor (too much repetition, production sucks)
13. Virtual XI (too much repetition, production sucks)
14. Fear Of The Dark (too many fillers)
15. Killers (some of Maiden's worst songs are here: Innocent Exile is the worst one)

Today is the first day since I bought it on August 17, 2010 that The Final Frontier is no longer in my 5 CD changer at home.  Not that I listened to it all the time during that span, there were a few months off once, but it was always there. Time to give it a rest for awhile.  What a great album though.  

I haven't listened in a very longtime. Maybe a few times this year but mostly to play along on guitar cause the book came out, but I don't count that. So maybe once. Perhaps it is time to give it another spin.

Slow day at work, might as well rate the songs from TFF

1. The Talisman
2. Where The Wild Wind Blows
3. The Alchemist
4. El Dorado
5. Isle Of Avalon
6. Starblind
7. Coming Home
8. S15...TFF
9. Mother of Mercy
10. TMWWBK