Now that we've all had a while to listen to the album let's rank the songs in order of how much we like them - should produce some interesting results.
For me:
1. When The Wild Wind Blows
2. Coming Home
3. Starblind
4. The Man Who Would Be King
5. The Alchemist
6. Mother Of Mercy
7. El Dorado...
When I first heard this I thought it was a kinda filler ballad and the chorus had been too overhyped in the reviews. God damn it if it hasn't grown the fuck on me though. It's the song I can't stop listening to at the moment and the chorus after a few listens is huge and catchy as fuck...
I'll just paste what I posted on the Starblind thread:
"I'm absolutely shocked that everyone can't see how similar this is to Infinte Dreams. It's not a criticism to say it borrows heavily from a previous song - ID is one of the best and Starblind is cracking but at 2:21 of Starblind when it...
AMOLAD was by far Maiden's worst album for solos. Dave in particular I think has gone way downhill with his solos over the years and they all sound very samey now. TFF is a real improvement on the quality of solos and a lot of them stand out. Having said what I did about Dave's solos, it's nice...
I'm absolutely shocked that everyone can't see how similar this is to Infinte Dreams. It's not a criticism to say it borrows heavily from a previous song - ID is one of the best and Starblind is cracking but at 2:21 of Starblind when it goes into "The crucible of pain..." bit is almost identical...
Who wants to be the first to have a crack at typing up lyrics for all the songs? :innocent:
Would do it myself but I am awful at picking out the correct lyrics in songs.
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S15TFF - 8/10 - 7/10
El Dorado - 6/10
Mother of Mercy 8.5/10
Coming Home 6.5/10
The Alchemist 9/10
Isle of Avalon 7/10
Starblind 7.5/10
The Talisman 8.5/10
The Man Who Would Be King 9.8/10
When The Wild Wind...
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I am sitting here stunned in awe at the beauty of this audio pleasure entering my ears. Take a bow Mr. Harris.
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S15TFF - 8/10 - 7/10
El Dorado - 6/10
Mother of Mercy 8/10
Coming Home 6.5/10
The Alchemist 9/10
Isle of Avalon 7/10
Starblind 7.5/10
The Talisman 8.5/10
The Man Who Would Be King 9.8/10 - Just shy of perfect...
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The middle breakdown of The Man Who Would Be King is absolute jizz city. Far more out of left field than Satellite 15....just beautiful.
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S15TFF - 8/10 - 7/10
El Dorado - 6/10
Mother of Mercy 8/10
Coming Home 6.5/10
The Alchemist 9/10
Isle of Avalon 7/10
Starblind 7.5/10
The Talisman 8.5/10
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Maiden's policy of not using click tracks is very evident near the start of Starblind when Bruce goes completely out of time for a second. Still a pretty ominous and brutal song overall.
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