I've given the new remaster a listen. While the guitars are definitely more in your face than The X Factor they still have a terrible amateurish tone, no more so than on the punky riff in Lightning Strikes Twice, it really make the album sound like a pub band. There's some good stuff on the album but also Maidens lowest quality stuff, including the worst ever track.
The subject matter for the lyrics is very generic and entry level metal, except on Como Estais Amigos which is light years above anything else on the album in terms of emotional resonance.
Don't look to the Eyes of a Stranger is terrible rubbish, parts of it could possibly be salvaged, i.e. the intro is ok maybe the Eurythmics could have used it for something, the build up section might have been ok if cut back to about 8 measures and dropped the vocals, but the verses are awful musically and lyrically like what a 14 year old might write for their first song, and the polka section is, without doubt, the worst section of any Maiden song.
I like Angel and the Gambler, always have done, and I make no apologies for that. Saying that, the album version should have been edited down to remove the repetitive build up in the middle and the repetitions in the outro. Some Keith Moon drumming would have been great too, especially as they were going for a The Who vibe.
When Two Worlds Collide has grown on me since 1998, but it could have done with different lyrics for the chorus which sounds like Blaze was given a christmas present of "Baby's Book of Rhymes".
10: Clansman
9 Futureal, The Angel and The Gambler
8 When Two Worlds Collide, Como Estais Amigos
6 Educated Fool
5 Lightning Strikes Twice
4 Don't Look To The Eyes of a Stranger