Oh it's empire of the clouds. Get serious emperor's new clothes syndrome with that one.
It's somehow both massively over and under produced at the same time. A huge waste of potential.
I reckon if the Bruce and Adrian reunion hadn't happened we'd probably have gotten one more album at most and probably not even that depending on the Blaze situation.
Living through that time I loved these albums, Fear of the Dark especially, but in hindsight there's a real lack of spark there...
I kinda feel like a good producer reigns in the worst excesses and brings out the best of what the band brings. Could be totally wrong but feels like Steve getting more involved in studio duties here as it's the first time since the first album that production takes a noticeable hit.
For me, at...
The apparition. From start to finish. It's not necessarily terrible, just weird. I can't think of another band or song that sounds like it and feel like everyone's alright with that.
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