The X Factor: individual album judgement by yours truly

[Jer]

Ouch.

That’s definitely my reaction when I listen to those songs too!

 

[John Silver]

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[Collin]

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Yeah, that doesn't rhyme. Not sure what you're trying to say here Fesko, but the X Factor is a great album.

 

[Wogmidget]

the X Factor is a great album.

 

[Diesel 11]

Not sure what you're trying to say here Fesko

Probably that he’s homophobic.

 

[Jer]

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Not sure what this has to do with cigarettes, but...

 

[John Silver]

Yeah, that doesn't rhyme. Not sure what you're trying to say here Fesko, but the X Factor is a great album.

Ah snog off with a fog off, ya git spit with the witt of a twit.

 

[KidInTheDark666]

I'm so glad we've got our own Eminem here.

 

[chaosapiant]

Hi, I like the X Factor very much and think it's a swell album. I like it a lot. I enjoy it.

 

[Jer]

Hi, I like the X Factor very much and think it's a swell album. I like it a lot. I enjoy it.

Blaze, I didn’t know you had an account here!

 

[Pibroch_Whistler]

Dave Murray enjoyed a career peak on The X Factor - his solo work on Edge of Darkness, The Unbeliever, and 2 A.M. is incredibly fluid and melodic.

 

[KidInTheDark666]

I enjoy Dave's playing in the Blaze-era a lot. I wouldn't quite call it his peak, but it's definitely close.

 

[Diesel 11]

I do think that the melodies on TXF and VXI are some of the best in the band’s entire history.

 

[The Dissident]

Sign Of The Cross - 10/10
Lord Of The Flies - 7/10
Man On The Edge - 9/10
Fortunes Of War - 7/10
Looking For Truth - 7/10
The Aftermath - 7.5/10
Judgement Of Heaven - 8/10
Blood On The Worlds Hands - 8/10
The Edge Of Darkness - 8/10
2 A.M. - 7.5/10
The Unbeliever - 7/10

Overall 7.8/10

 

[Arturo_J]

Sign of the Cross - 6
Lord of the Flies - 6
Man on the Edge - 7
Fortunes of War - 7
Look for the Truth - 6
Aftermath - 6
Judgment of Heaven - 8
Blood on the World’s Hands - 7
Edge of Darkness - 8
2 A.M. - 7
The Unbeliever 6

 

[karljant]

The Unbeliever could have got ten out of ten if it wasn't for the awkward groove in the verse and the tuning up riff in the intro/outro.

Amen

 

[Austrogoth]

To me, there are not many songs that are better than SOTC in the whole maiden catalogue

 

[JudasMyGuide]

Sign of the Cross 10/10
Lord of the Flies 7/10
Man on the Edge 7/10
Fortunes of War 8/10
Look for the Truth 7/10
The Aftermath 8/10
Judgement of Heaven 9/10
Blood on the World's Hands 6/10
The Edge of Darkness 9/10
2 AM 8/10
The Unbeliever 9/10

Overall: 8

 

[Murder of Rue Morgue]

This is gonna be hard.

1. Sign of the Cross 9.5/10 - sublime song, works very very good with both Bruce and Blaze
2. Lord of the Flies 6.5/10 - some riffing from the 70s here! Love the solo
3. Man on the Edge 5/10 - The Evil That Men Do-ish, Blaze wrote it but paradoxically works better with Bruce
4. Fortunes of War 5/10 - the intro and the solos save it from the disaster
5. Look for the Truth 4.5/10 - where's the chorus?
6. The Aftermath 6/10 - good melodies, bad chorus, gains points during the break and when speeds up
7. Judgement of Heaven 7/10 - a good song with a good instrumental
8. Blood on the World's Hands 6.5/10 - interesting intro and atmosphere, not so much the chorus
9. The Edge of Darkness 7.5/10 - good riffing, gallop and solos
10. 2 A.M. 4.5/10 - pointless song
11. The Unbeliever 4/10 - their best instrumental section, the rest is basically useless

Overall: should be 5/10 or lower, but I'll raise it to 6/10 because of the atmosphere

 

[MindRuler]

1. Look for the Truth 4.5/10 - where's the chorus?

Look for the truth
Deepest cut of all from you
Knife of the truth
Blade of hatred slicing through
???