The Final Frontier: individual album judgement by yours truly

[Diesel 11]

- no proggy solos (very good solos but they fit much better in Starblind and even the theme of the song incline to a classic Maiden approach imo).

Yeah no, those solos are where the magic happens, bringing us into the mystique of the isle of Avalon.

 

[ifp]

Satellite 15...The Final Frontier - 7
El Dorado - 7
Mother of Mercy - 6
Coming Home - 9
The Alchemist - 6
Isle of Avalon - 10
Starblind - 10
The Talisman - 10
The Man Who Would Be King - 7
When The Wild Wind Blows - 10

7.5

 

[Helmuth Von Moltke]

Satellite 15.. The Final Frontier 5 (ruined by the intro)
El Dorado 7
Mother of Mercy 4
Coming Home 8
The Alchemist 8
Isle of Avalon 9
Starblind 9
The Talisman 9
The Man Who Would Be King 9
When the Wild Wind Blows 9

7.7 average (i also dislike the cover)

Album of two halves for me, it gets much better as it goes.