Re: Highlights and/or shortcoming on Final Frontier? (Spoilers.)
The only song after listening to the album that I'm not convinced is on part with the rest of the album is The Man Who Would Be King.After listening to the album around 4 or 5 times in it's entirety I'd say pretty much every song on it is essential Iron Maiden save TMWWBK. Even the Talisman which I didn't quite like at the start grew on me in the end, so yep.
This album feels like the logical successor to Somewhere In Time and Brave New World in their own right. It has the progressive and futuristic edge of Somewhere In Time and the positive atmosphere that Brave New World has.Is it the best of the lot from the 21st Century stuff? Yup. A Matter of Life & Death whilst being a classic in my opinion is ridiculously dark and morbid and for that reason only would The Final Frontier pip it.In terms of the stuff from the 80s, even though it's only just sunk in yet, I reckon this album wins purely because it has the shorter hit like songs evident from that era and fits the right balance of new and old.
This album feels mature, like Maiden have finally after 15 albums hit the one that can please pretty much everyone bar the purists who despise anything from the 21st Century. Though there are certain bits in some of the songs that feel like they've had auto-plague on for, but I'll excuse it. It's IRON MAIDEN!
The only song after listening to the album that I'm not convinced is on part with the rest of the album is The Man Who Would Be King.After listening to the album around 4 or 5 times in it's entirety I'd say pretty much every song on it is essential Iron Maiden save TMWWBK. Even the Talisman which I didn't quite like at the start grew on me in the end, so yep.
This album feels like the logical successor to Somewhere In Time and Brave New World in their own right. It has the progressive and futuristic edge of Somewhere In Time and the positive atmosphere that Brave New World has.Is it the best of the lot from the 21st Century stuff? Yup. A Matter of Life & Death whilst being a classic in my opinion is ridiculously dark and morbid and for that reason only would The Final Frontier pip it.In terms of the stuff from the 80s, even though it's only just sunk in yet, I reckon this album wins purely because it has the shorter hit like songs evident from that era and fits the right balance of new and old.
This album feels mature, like Maiden have finally after 15 albums hit the one that can please pretty much everyone bar the purists who despise anything from the 21st Century. Though there are certain bits in some of the songs that feel like they've had auto-plague on for, but I'll excuse it. It's IRON MAIDEN!