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Bruce, then Adrian for me. Bruce for the unbelievable lyrics, plus even better vocals than AMOLAD. Adrian for the songwriting; his influence is obvious, and his solos are as good as ever.

Hard to say, because Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner grabbed me and blew me away, some 18 years after first having that album. It took me more or less a year to "get" Out of the Shadows. The Fugitive, Edge of Darkness, Innocent Exile and The Prophecy have all done the same thing too, so I...

Big thanks to Stan and Yax. This is a really interesting topic, cheers guys. Also, Cap Maronis is right. I thought Bruce was stunning when I saw him at Sonisphere, best I've heard him since 2000.

Re: Steve's bass playing on TFF. I'm not sure. The songs he does write are generally at least up to Maiden standard (Deja-vu, The Prophecy, Breeg), and he usually chips in with one song per album. I remember reading that when not on tour, Dave doesn't really play guitar, and has said he has...

Me too. It's a great song though, and I love the lyrics. I think it is in the middle of the pack as far as these 10 songs go.

Oh yeah, Janick was perfect at Sonisphere, I was really pleasantly surprised. I thought his studio solos from BNW were all great though. I still don't like him doing Hallowed be thy Name, but he was ok when he did it there. I was very disappointed with all his solos on Flight 666. As for the...

In a semi inebriated state, my brother and I were discussing Maiden albums. I jokingly said to him "take out Number of the Beast and Run to the Hills, and Number of the Beast is a really good album". After we'd laughed about it for a while, we realised how I was being half honest, and how sick...

I hate that. On a related note (food packing). I had some chicken chargrills the other day, and on the box there was a picture of them on a plate, with a hint of steam rising from them, and in the corner, it said "Serving Suggestion". They might as well have written "Serving Suggestion: Cooked".

There are a few cases on The X-Factor (and also, Virtual XI) which are about as subtle as a slapped arse. In most cases though, I don't think it harms the song. Some others: Lord of the Flies - "I like all the mixed emotion and anger" Man on the Edge - "This car is an oven and baking is wild"...

The Talisman and The Legacy intros are fairly similar, but still are quite nicely unique.

After my first listen of the album, I thought this was the obvious weak link, but I think it's in the top half of songs now. My second time listening to a Maiden album, I always read the lyrics in the sleeve as Bruce sings them, and it is almost a completely different experience. Thanks Janick...

The Man Who Would Be King I'm fairly sure this is my favourite song from the album. I just wish Harris had written one or two more on his own, because I think this song represented the best mix of the old and new Maiden sound. I have only listened to the album once so far, but this is the...

No no, no offense taken at all. I just had to smile when you pointed out that there may be a little bias to my reasoning, because there blatantly is. I am slowly making my way through the DT discography. I am very familiar with Black Clouds... and Systematic Chaos. I do have Petrucci's solo...

@ Twarkle I cannot, hand on heart, tell you that my post was without a little bias or sentiment, you've rumbled me. I really do have a hard time thinking of someone who can play at Dave's speed with that sort of fluidity and feeling though. The ones that come close for me would be Satriani or...

I'll only comment on Adrian and Dave, because I have studied their work extenisively for years now. -Dave is a truly unique player. He is in my opinion, the only player who can play that fast, and still make a solo mean something. There are many more technically sound guitar players out there...

I voted a 4. I haven't looked forward to anything this much since AMOLAD. If I keep myself busy I'm alright, but if I have a spare minute my mind does admittedly wander to the subject of the Final Frontier.

Songs that I enjoy just as much as the universally accepted "awesome songs": Another Life Purgatory Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner The Prophecy The Assassin Judas Be My Guide The Edge of Darkness The Fallen Angel Gates of Tomorrow Lord of Light Ones that are great and underrated, but...

Re: Do you think that the Final Frontier is the final album?? I remember Steve once said that he had 15 in his head as a good number of albums to do. This, coupled with the title of the upcoming album says to me it will probably be the last. I can't help but think there will be at least one...

I know it's a bit sketchy, but I seem to remember reading somewhere that some of the discarded Somewhere in Time material found its way onto the Balls to Picasso album. If I had to guess, I'd say Hell No would be one of them. Also, Winds of Change, which appears on the Balls to Picasso bonus...

I'm a bad man. I'd have fought tooth and nail for it. Then again, Adrian Smith is my all time favourite person in the world ever.