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Here, i'll present my personal Top 15 best tracks list, with comments on each one, as usually done by other board members before. But this list is not sorted, since these tracks swap places between themselves on a weekly basis at most. Other tracks enter Top 15 in my book, from time to time, but here I'll present those that are there most of the time.
I thought of my choices chronologically, in relation to discography, but I'll post them in a random way, that way some things won't be spoiled
I'm pretty confident that my list will be viewed as controversial, that's why I'm posting it. So let's proceed, with...
Public Enema Number One
The utterly best in-your-face rocker that Maiden have ever done. Latter efforts either lack energy or good theme, and what makes Public Enema better than '80s hits like Aces High, are it's socio-politically oriented lyrics. I myself welcomed Maiden's lyrical transition to more real life lyrics, because when you turn real life into art, that's the real thing. Writing lyrics about movies and historical events is a lot easier because the theme is already there. In real life topics, writer must first capture the theme.
Anyways, this track has one rather big drawback, and that's the shallow space behind two guitars on intro. It just lacks power. I presume they wanted intro to feel more "soft" compared to all the power of the verses. But it feels to soft, they should've overdubbed another guitar strumming slow chords behind the intro lick, to give it more texture. But intro is short, and when the verses kick in, everything is top of the line! The timing of two rhythm guitars is phenomenal and unexpected, Bruce's new vocal style really deliveres here, especially the echoing "riots!". The pre-solo bridge is among their best, as is the main Dave Murray solo, who took a more melodic and diverse approach. It compensates nicely for Adrian's departure, this solo really resembles Adrian's composition style and techniques he normally used.
Public Enema Number One is the best example of well-thought, passionate and developed song, and a glimpse of what No Prayer For The Dying could've been.
I thought of my choices chronologically, in relation to discography, but I'll post them in a random way, that way some things won't be spoiled
I'm pretty confident that my list will be viewed as controversial, that's why I'm posting it. So let's proceed, with...Public Enema Number One
The utterly best in-your-face rocker that Maiden have ever done. Latter efforts either lack energy or good theme, and what makes Public Enema better than '80s hits like Aces High, are it's socio-politically oriented lyrics. I myself welcomed Maiden's lyrical transition to more real life lyrics, because when you turn real life into art, that's the real thing. Writing lyrics about movies and historical events is a lot easier because the theme is already there. In real life topics, writer must first capture the theme.
Anyways, this track has one rather big drawback, and that's the shallow space behind two guitars on intro. It just lacks power. I presume they wanted intro to feel more "soft" compared to all the power of the verses. But it feels to soft, they should've overdubbed another guitar strumming slow chords behind the intro lick, to give it more texture. But intro is short, and when the verses kick in, everything is top of the line! The timing of two rhythm guitars is phenomenal and unexpected, Bruce's new vocal style really deliveres here, especially the echoing "riots!". The pre-solo bridge is among their best, as is the main Dave Murray solo, who took a more melodic and diverse approach. It compensates nicely for Adrian's departure, this solo really resembles Adrian's composition style and techniques he normally used.
Public Enema Number One is the best example of well-thought, passionate and developed song, and a glimpse of what No Prayer For The Dying could've been.
