That could very well be true. Apart from that grating chorus, everything else about Mother of Mercy is pretty nice. Is the chorus so bad that it brings down everything else and warrants a place in this list? I think yes.
It's like that bridge in Fear is the Key. I actually like that chorus and...
I voted for The Book of Souls. It may be unfair to compare a double album to a regular length album, but there are simply more highlights to choose from The Book of Souls than Fear of the Dark.
Chronologically, I'd put:
Sanctuary
The Assassin
Fear is the Key
Montsegur Wildest Dreams (I forgot that this existed until I read someone's review of it here recently)
Mother of Mercy
I'll go ahead and say this: I like Modern Maiden more than Classic Maiden and I hope to see a tour in the vein of the current one, where it's from The X Factor to Senjutsu
Not enough that second lowest tier had a lone entry - you added yet another even lower tier to hold a lone entry. Tell me more about your thoughts about Fear of the Dark
It's the combination of those great melodies, that great chorus and those great lyrics combined - the combination of different elements that individually alone in itself is great enough to be considered scalebreakers.
I sing the praises of this being a 10/10 song and I didn't even include it...
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