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As for the lack of energy I think it is also conveyed by TXF's tunes nature. Some point out SOTC but fact is when performed live with Dickinson it's played way faster than on the album thus increasing dynamics. And let's be honest, I think both Man On The Edge and Judgement Day still sound...

Well, tastes differ... and that's fine. Yet, when I asked if it was a trick question is because the question is "which album has the worst production" and not "which album has the production you like the least". If it was the latter my answer wouldn't be the debut album, also.

Not that I agree 100% with you but I can see your point. The twin live albums are a disaster, indeed. I don't mind TXF's production but indeed it sounds a bit tamed (perhaps I don't care too much because the album is also too dense and dark). IMO VXI was better but still sounded too bland. The...

I also like their debut. I think the piss poor production really has its charm but hey... it's piss poor nonetheless. I have nothing against TXF's production... it's just a matter of taste if you're not bothered to have guitars at 10 or engage in the loudness wars. It all comes down to personal...

Production wise it's your typical Shirley work... We all know nowadays he has zero input on the composition. That being said the keyboard sound on both Senjutsu and The Book Of Souls is frighteningly bad.

Is this a trick question? Their debut by far.

Easily No Prayer For The Dying. Seventh Son was the first Maiden album released after I became a fan and, like its predecessors, it was an instant classic and I was simply blown away since the first time I gave it a spin. Two years later my reaction to the new Iron Maiden full length was the...

I love it when music truly illustrates lyrics. Take Strange World as an example... The mysterious and kind of stall ambient of its melodies really relates to the surrealism depicted on the lyrical department. Or Children Of The Damned, where the innocence of childhood is deconstructed... the...

But that's exactly the only thing I like about Wasting Love (that and the solo/ bridge). What I dislike when it comes to that aspect is that some sections are too mellow to be main sections of a tune versing about such a depressive matter (like the first melody... I'd still use it somewhere in...

I can only tell you why I hate it. Bruce's voice sounds strained, I absolutely detest the syncopated chorus and although being quite interesting the opening melody is too whiny for my taste and I'd never open a track with such depressive lyrics with it. And it's not the format: Maiden have other...

It's not that I like it a lot. To be fair I don't since it looks like a sketch of a song, an unfinished work. It's just that I much rather have it there then the other four I ditched.

No Prayer For The Dying Tailgunner No Prayer For The Dying Public Enema Number One Fates Warning The Assassin Run Silent Run Deep Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter Mother Russia Fear Of The Dark Be Quick Or Be Dead Afraid To Shoot Strangers Childhoods End The Fugitive Chains Of Misery The...

Great record, my second or third favorite from the reunion era (the first being AMOLAD and the other being TFF). Even so I'd make slight changes like ditching Age Of Innocence and making Montsegur the opener: Montsegur Rainmaker No More Lies Dance Of Death Wildest Dreams Paschendale Gates Of...

I love Kill Me Ce Soir but, like Holy Smoke (another track I love), I think it doesn't combine well with the album's ambiance. All In Your Mind IMO fits there amazingly. Something like: Tailgunner Public Enema Number One No Prayer For The Dying Fates Warning The Assassin All In Your Mind Run...

Iron Maiden: All songs here are great but Invasion and Sanctuary are must haves IMO. I´m glad they rectified it for the latter in 1998. Killers: Once again no bad songs here, yet without being brilliant, Twilight Zone is also welcome. TNOTB: Yeah... Total Eclipse is certainly a must include...