I bought “Powerslave” on the day of its release and have done the same with every Maiden album since (except for the two Blaze albums). Not once did a new Maiden album make its greatness immediately apparent to me. So, I never expect immediacy from a new Maiden release.
But Senjutsu was...
Senjutsu - 8/10
Stratego - 9/10
Writing On the Wall - 8.5/10
Lost In A Lost World - 10/10
Days Of Future Past - 8.5/10
Time Machine - 9/10
Darkest Hour - 8.5/10
Death of the Celts - 10/10
The Parchment - 10/10
Hell On Earth - 10/10
The four Harris epics are my favs on the album and, overall...
Where Eagles Dare - 8/10
Revelations - 10/10 (one of their greatest compositions)
Flight Of Icarus - 10/10
Die With Your Boots On - 8/10
The Trooper - 10/10
Still Life - 9/10
Quest For Fire - 6/10
Sun & Steel - 8/10
To Tame A Land - 10/10
8.8 average.
Iron Maiden
1) Prowler
2) Remember Tomorrow
3) Iron Maiden
4) Phantom
Killers
1) Wrathchild
2) Innocent Exile
3) Killers
4) Purgatory
Number
1) Total Eclipse
2) Number
3) Run
4) Hallowed
Piece
1) Revelations
2) Icarus
3) Trooper
4) To Tame
Power
1) Aces
2) Minutes
3) Power
4) Rime...
Both have their high and low points. But No Prayer is slightly stronger, imo.
As has been said millions of times the past 30 years, a hybrid of both albums’ best songs would make for a great album….but one that still falls short of its predecessors. And, frankly, of everything since the...
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