My criticism would be that the mix of the rhythm guitars lacks clarity and the bass could be a tad more prominent. But yes, it's easily the best sounding of Shirley's tenure. Not a patch on the sound of the 80s albums though (debut and Piece of Mind excepted).
I love Steve and agree that his stubbornness is often a virtue. However I don't think I have ever enjoyed his production choices. They simply haven't sounded as good as they ought to since he started co-producing with Martin Birch in the 90s. Up until that point every album sounded slightly...
I would be massively surprised if they didn't just bang out the whole album in two or three weeks, use all Bruce's guide vocal takes instead of doing it properly, get Kevin Shirley to mix it until it sounded half-finished, ignore Adrian's pleas to add some reverb to things to actually make it...
Yeah, but nothing at all like this. I'm just surprised so many people claiming to be fans can't spot that that's not Bruce Dickinson from a hundred yards away...
It's both. And Shirley should take more of the blame because he's billed as the producer. He needs to fucking grow a pair and tell Steve when he's wrong instead of just letting him rule the roost... Martin Birch would never have stood for it.
Disappointing year for me. I mean, I was happy that Bruce recovered but somehow I never had any doubt that he would. And the wait for the album took so long, and all the pre-release reviews and interviews got me really excited for it, then it turned out to be (in my opinion) the dullest Iron...
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