Exactly. IMO there are just two things that are somewhat disappointing on this record:
- The first one is the least important IMO and that's Blaze's somewhat tamed performance. At the time he wasn't the singer he turned out to be 10 years later. Even so it's a decent delivery that by no way compromises the final result.
- The other one is way more outrageous to me and it's precisely leaving Judgement Day outside the record. Beast of a tune!
So, in the past I'd ditch The Unbeliever and feature this one. Nowadays, I think there's a better solution. Roughly about two minutes from it could be cut and, among all other songs, there's 3 or 4 more tunes that feature sections with repetitions that also could be halved, liberating 2 more minutes, thus making space for Judgement Day.
IMO The X Factor is already one hell of an album (#6 in my Maiden rank with only five 80's albums surpassing it). With Judgement Day in it, it could rank even higher.
Now there's where we disagree... LFTT is one hell of a tune in my book and I'd never scratch it from the album.
