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I was vaguely aware of Silver Wings but never really gave it a chance until they started playing it on the radio post-Mandrake release and I have to admit, it's not a half-bad tune that. They should play it live honestly, since AFAIK the only time it got played was in '02 and the potato-quality...

I've listened to it once and I have no desire to return to it. I've given albums like VXI or St. Anger multiple shots in comparison. I think the biggest sin Mandrake commits is simply being boring and uninteresting. It's not bad enough to hate with passion, but it's far from being good enough to...

Yes, which is why I didn't compare those two despite releasing the same year. AoB vs. VXI at least has some semblance of fairness to it since there's tracks that aren't very highly rated on the former, while TCW has what, Machine Men? And even that's not a crap song, just not up to par with the...

My argument is that there's one pretty good song on VXI, but it would never have got the recognition it does if it was stuck with the rest of them in peak Steve Harris production land. Not to mention Blaze's vocals not really doing the song much justice either. The rest of that album follows the...

Here's where I disagree: I don't think most people remember Futureal exists and Clansman would be similarly forgotten had it not been included on RiR. Much like SotC it really lives on thanks to its appearance on reunion era Maiden's first live album, which I personally also consider their very...

Ah, the VXI effect.

Totally unrelated to everything, but Adrian's rhythm tone in the opening riff of Wicker Man was so deliciously crunchy in 2018 in Helsinki it's crazy. Same with Nicko's thundering tom hits. It was so fucking sad hearing that same thing on NotD with all the life strangled out of it.

Seventh Son because as much as AMOLAD is a gem, it's also over 70 minutes which is simply excessive for an album that's ten tracks long. Seventh Son does more with much less runtime and has absolute all-time Maiden tracks on it. They were at their peak on that one and while AMOLAD is also...

Honestly? After Senjutsu I'd be perfectly happy with something like this, assuming there's interesting unearthed stuff on there. The remaining AMOLAD covers, the odd professionally recorded performance from tours past, that sort of thing.

I get the feeling the only thing he's going to be upset about is Nicko poking fun at his overlong arrangement and the band shortening it significantly!

It was literally stated by Nicko once. Fair enough, you could argue he wasn't that serious about it, but all the same he didn't play Alexander with his band until after Maiden did it.

Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger because it keeps getting brought up in this thread and every mention of it makes me hate it slightly more. It's repetitive to the point of comedy and the Elmo drums double-pace section it builds up to underlines it with how limp and pathetic it is both...

So, turns out Steve's rule about not premiering songs Maiden has yet to play wasn't much of a rule at all. Who could've guessed!

He didn't perform, though. I get the feeling it's the combination that's the issue - air travel and having to perform multiple times each week. Not to mention the usual travel woes with sleep and such which surely didn't help. Totally different when you get to sleep in your own bed and go...

Infinite Dreams, and oddly enough DWYBO are the two songs I think would've certainly fit this setlist like a glove, assuming two other songs got replaced. For the latter, the obvious choice is AH, but I dunno what I'd do to fit in ID since there's no really obvious swap there. Maybe remove...