Zare said:Sat15 is nice, but it drags a bit, and it clearly shows signs of unfinished work. On the other hand, the transition to Final Frontier is phenomenal, song itself is a one-riff-wonder, however that acoustic-backed riff is catchy as hell. Adrian and Dave's solos set the standard high, which maintains itself throughout the record.
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Vap said:Damn, I want to give this song a lower rating than 5. This song is absolute garbage.
What about Sign Of The Cross?The Mid-Distance Runner said:The best opener since Caught Somewhere in Time.
Stallion Duck said:What about Sign Of The Cross?
Well I try to leave the production out of rating a song. I agree on the solos though. SIT probably has the best solos on a maiden album.The Mid-Distance Runner said:The distortion-free production of TXF costs Sign of the Cross which is an amazing epic but the poor production makes it less enjoyable to listen to than Sat 15...TFF. Plus the solos aren't quite as cool.
Which is part of the reason I don't like it. Far too standard.Unknown One said:Satellite 15 is really unique to the Maiden catalogue, something really outside the box. That said, I'm not really a huge fan of it with the drum machine or computer drums or whatever they are. The production is also really poor (but expected due to it basically being a demo or unfinished). 6/10 on it's own.
The Final Frontier is more of your standard rocker, but a pretty good one nevertheless. Quite catchy and has very good solos. 8/10 on it's own.
All in all, Satellite 15 is worse than than The Final Frontier, but together they get a 7/10.