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____no5 said:
Since Senjutsu it has grown on me especially in the production department.
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Song list from best to worst:

1. Empire of the Clouds
2. The Man of Sorrows
3. If Eternity Should Fail
4. Speed of Light
5. The Book of Souls
6. Tears of the Clown
7. The Great Unknown
8. Shadows of the Valley
9. The Red and the Black
10. When the River Runs Deep
11. Banana
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Curious choices for 2nd and 11th(!) places. Did you really dislike The Red And The Black that much? I admit it's a better song live. Kudos for putting Speed Of Light so high. I've always said that Shadows Of The Valley is an underrated song, but now I think When The River Runs Deep is even more so - I mean, every part of it (bar the chorus) is classic Maiden (like Death Or Glory), while the melodies are strong as always and those solo are just so brutal! One of the Maiden songs with the best solos imo.

The ultimate production for a Reunion album of Maiden:

vocals mix: AMOLAD/DOD/TFF
guitar sound (solos): TBOS (Senjutsu on close second; I like the guitar sound on every album, tbh)
rhythm guitars: TFF
drum sound: AMOLAD
bass sound: AMOLAD/TFF/Senjutsu
power of the mix: DOD
clear mix: Senjutsu (obviously without the mistakes that should have been removed or the mix of the title track and Stratego)

*I've excluded BNW because it's probably my favorite production of all the Maiden albums. One of, for sure.
 
Kalata said:
Curious choices for 2nd and 11th(!) places. Did you really dislike The Red And The Black that much? I admit it's a better song live.
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I pretty much hate it, but I loved it live! Strange huh?

Kalata said:
Kudos for putting Speed Of Light so high. I've always said that Shadows Of The Valley is an underrated song, but now I think When The River Runs Deep is even more so - I mean, every part of it (bar the chorus) is classic Maiden (like Death Or Glory), while the melodies are strong as always and those solo are just so brutal! One of the Maiden songs with the best solos imo.
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They have both interesting elements but the end result is not convincing. Death or Glory I totally hate.
Anyway this is my updated (and upgraded) opinion of an album that has grown on me the last months due to its sound and sharp contrast with Senjutsu on that field.

Before Red & Black was at the very bottom of the list!!
 
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Incredibly addictive funky fusion!
@The_7th_one this should be right up your alley.
You can find many of these songs on Youtube.
NP: Grand Prix (highly recommended song!)
Sunshine Lady is very Spyro Gyra.
 
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And we continue this fusionathon with Japanese masters Casiopea. Don´t get disturbed by the kindergarten artwork, this is some high quality laidback smooth jazz fusion.
 
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Maybe more known for his later blues albums, this is Ford still going into fusion territory. Although there are 2 cringey vocal songs (with poor lyrics, fusion guitarists shouldn´t sing! Al DiMeola anyone?) the rest of this album is pretty awesome.
 
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So far the best album of 2023.
 
____no5 said:
Since Senjutsu it has grown on me especially in the production department.
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Song list from best to worst:

1. Empire of the Clouds
2. The Man of Sorrows
3. If Eternity Should Fail
4. Speed of Light
5. The Book of Souls
6. Tears of the Clown
7. The Great Unknown
8. Shadows of the Valley
9. The Red and the Black
10. When the River Runs Deep
11. Banana
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Interesting choices. Mine would be:

1. Empire of the Clouds
2. The Book of Souls
3. If Eternity Should Fail
4. The Great Unknown
5. Speed of Light
6. Death or Glory
7. Tears of the Clown
8. When the River Runs Deep
9. The Red and the Black
10. The Man of Sorrows
11. Shadows of the Valley
 
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Not as different as I expected... frankly I prefer the Phil Spector version.

GhostofCain said:
Interesting choices. Mine would be:

1. Empire of the Clouds
2. The Book of Souls
3. If Eternity Should Fail
4. The Great Unknown
5. Speed of Light
6. Death or Glory
7. Tears of the Clown
8. When the River Runs Deep
9. The Red and the Black
10. The Man of Sorrows
11. Shadows of the Valley
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Some exactly same (1, 3, 9) some ±1 close (Clown, Speed), Man of Sorrows exactly opposite.
 
GhostofCain said:
Interesting choices. Mine would be:

1. Empire of the Clouds
2. The Book of Souls
3. If Eternity Should Fail
4. The Great Unknown
5. Speed of Light
6. Death or Glory
7. Tears of the Clown
8. When the River Runs Deep
9. The Red and the Black
10. The Man of Sorrows
11. Shadows of the Valley
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TBOS is one of the hardest albums to rank songs for me. I know the top 2 (Shadows and Empire) and the bottom 2 (Sorrows and Clown), but everything in between is so good. I can say the same about Senjutsu.
 
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