Leftover Songs that Should have been Included on the Album

[CA Bryers]

I love Kill Me Ce Soir but, like Holy Smoke (another track I love), I think it doesn't combine well with the album's ambiance. All In Your Mind IMO fits there amazingly. Something like:

Tailgunner
Public Enema Number One
No Prayer For The Dying
Fates Warning
The Assassin
All In Your Mind
Run Silent Run Deep
Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter
Mother Russia

Not that it's a top notch album, but really coherent and one without fillers IMO.

That's a solid lineup of songs, and yeah, upon a recent listen, All in Your Mind does fit the vibe of the album incredibly well.

It's not written by any of the Maiden members so no, also it really doesn't fit the rest of the album at all. Don't get me wrong, I love the song and it's a fantastic B-side but that's all it needed to be. SiT has by far the absolute strongest B-sides of any of the albums and I think that's cool in itself.

Agreed, which is why the only one I'd consider a contender for inclusion would be Reach Out, being an original composition that wasn't comedic a la Sheriff.

Juanita!

Jua-NO-ta!

It's a fun song, but a cover and veers too far from the established tone of the album, IMO.

I hate Satellite 15

As do I. Completely pointless oddball noise. While I don't like the title track of Senjutsu much, it does establish a feel for the album as an intro...just one that way overstays its welcome, IMO. Satellite leads into Final Frontier (the song) well enough, but just about anything would've been better and more memorable.

Satellite 15 is rather boring. As is most of the first half of TFF.
But El Dorado is a catchy rocker. And everything beginning with and after Isle of Avalon is gloriously triumphant.

Final Frontier is still the Maiden album I can't get excited about, but there are a few songs that have grown on me some. The latter half is stronger, and I've grown to like El Dorado quite a bit and the title track (minus Satellite).

 

[Jer]

Jua-NO-ta!

It's a fun song, but a cover and veers too far from the established tone of the album, IMO.

I was joking, of course.