Forostar
Ancient Mariner
Well, from your point of view it sounds like a good comparison to me.
Same here (back in the day of course / no I didn't hear it after The Final Frontier ).
A bit weird because I became a fan of Maiden in 1991 (in between No Prayer and FOTD!). But around that time I was more into getting to know the eighties material (stimulated by 12 Wasted Years, Live After Death and The First 10 Years. Also, I already heard the singles Holy Smoke and BYDTTS and I found them less interesting than most eighties songs I knew. So I bought this CD some time after FOTD came out. Since I waited so long and since my expectations were not the highest, it was a very nice surprise when I put the CD in my player.
The "unknown" songs were very good! A dynamic, heavy and at times atmospherical album full of quality songs.
(By the way, SSOASS was the last album I bought, because I already knew it very well, and had it copied on a tape).
LooseCannon said:NPFTD, by comparison, was the last Maiden album I heard in its entirety, due to the fragmented nature by which I obtained the content.
Same here (back in the day of course / no I didn't hear it after The Final Frontier ).
A bit weird because I became a fan of Maiden in 1991 (in between No Prayer and FOTD!). But around that time I was more into getting to know the eighties material (stimulated by 12 Wasted Years, Live After Death and The First 10 Years. Also, I already heard the singles Holy Smoke and BYDTTS and I found them less interesting than most eighties songs I knew. So I bought this CD some time after FOTD came out. Since I waited so long and since my expectations were not the highest, it was a very nice surprise when I put the CD in my player.
The "unknown" songs were very good! A dynamic, heavy and at times atmospherical album full of quality songs.
(By the way, SSOASS was the last album I bought, because I already knew it very well, and had it copied on a tape).