The three weakest IM tracks of the 80s?

Vaenyr said:
The only good part is the moody intro with the little bass solo. Once it goes all happy-go-lucky the song takes a serious nosedive.
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Super hard disagree, Murders is a banger, chorus is delicious.

On the Killers hate in general, that ain't my vibe, I love that album, big Di Anno era fan, there's a frenetic energy that I love and I dig the tunes in their own right. There's just a special feel to the first 2 albums that has yet to wane on me.

I'd have Drifter back as a set closer any day, exultant party anthem, fuck yes.
 
dickinson1978 said:
I have to say it.i ron maiden and killers (the album) has 2 or 3 good song on it each. The rest is not good at all.
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Good enough to sell millions of copies worldwide, attract the attention of Martin Birch, a highly in-demand producer at the time and get them tours with Priest and Kiss, two of the biggest rock bands around at the time:nana:
 
Cat Milk Supreme said:
I'd have Drifter back as a set closer any day, exultant party anthem, fuck yes.
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Yeah I would not go that far. Any other song from Killers and I’d keep my mouth shut but “Drifter” is just a waste of five minutes (or more if they extend it with all the yo yo yo’ing).
 
Cat Milk Supreme said:
Super hard disagree, Murders is a banger, chorus is delicious.

On the Killers hate in general, that ain't my vibe, I love that album, big Di Anno era fan, there's a frenetic energy that I love and I dig the tunes in their own right. There's just a special feel to the first 2 albums that has yet to wane on me.

I'd have Drifter back as a set closer any day, exultant party anthem, fuck yes.
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I'll have Killers over A Matter of Plod and Snooze too any day. :)
 
Black Bart said:
I'll have Killers over A Matter of Plod and Snooze too any day. :)
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Damn. Imo even the single best minute of music on Killers is still worse than the single weakest minute of music on AMOLAD. The style of metal heard on Killers doesn't do anything for me for the most part, while AMOLAD ticks all the boxes.
 
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I agree with @Black Bart on this one. A Matter of Life and Death is too depressing for me. And I don’t mean lyrically. As someone whose native language isn’t English, I primarily pay attention to the overall musical landscape, and in this case it feels far too cold and grey to me. If only the album cover had been sunny instead, ha ha.

The musical landscape of The X Factor is dark as well, but it feels warmer to me.
 
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Azas said:
I agree with @Black Bart on this one. A Matter of Life and Death is too depressing for me. And I don’t mean lyrically. As someone whose native language isn’t English, I primarily pay attention to the overall musical landscape, and in this case it feels far too cold and grey to me. If only the album cover had been sunny instead, ha ha.

The musical landscape of The X Factor is dark as well, but it feels warmer to me.
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I dont feel that for me is darker dance of death but this (for me) is a bad album.
 
dickinson1978 said:
I dont feel that for me is darker dance of death but this (for me) is a bad album.
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Dance of Death album doesn’t feel dark to me. To my ears, it sounds too raw, harsh, and even clipping in places.

But musically, its overall landscape feels more uplifting - more major-key than minor-key, imo. They sound plus minus happy and energetic while everything clips and hisses around them, ha.

If I had to compare them, Brave New World feels more lightly melancholic than Dance of Death. Don’t you think?
 
I'll limit myself to only Bruce 80s songs, because otherwise I'd probably pick 3 Killers songs as the weakest.
-Quest for fire
-Invaders
-2 mins to midnight (never liked this one)
 
Azas said:
Dance of Death album doesn’t feel dark to me. To my ears, it sounds too raw, harsh, and even clipping in places.

But musically, its overall landscape feels more uplifting - more major-key than minor-key, imo. They sound plus minus happy and energetic while everything clips and hisses around them, ha.
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Happy and energetic is BNW. For me that album the only happy song is the title track. I love the harmonies. And bruce singing if you compare to BNW is really bad and specially the second half of the album.
 
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