When Iron Maiden FOOLED their fans on THE FINAL FRONTIER | Reaction
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- čas přidán 30. 07. 2024
- The Final Frontier is the highest charting yet the most overlooked Iron Maiden album in the band’s discography. At least so far. Released on August 16 in 2010 The Final Frontier became the 15th studio album, so as a part of our Up The Irons Series let's take a look at what makes The Final Frontier so special, finally answer the question wether it is the only Iron Maiden album without Eddie on the album cover and see how Iron Maiden... trolled their own fans!
00:00 - Intro
00:52 - A blast from the past
03:26 - (Un)expected success
06:03 - Why hate though?
08:03 - Artwork
11:11 - Fool 'em all
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*What's your favourite track from The Final Frontier?*
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The only track I like is The Alchemist
Great album, when the wild wind blows
Sorry, but I can't stomach most Iron Maiden releases after Brave New World. Longer songs do not equal better quality. Their stuff after Brave New World has been boring, which is a cardinal sin when it comes to music. I'd honestly rather listen to, say, Lady Gaga than latter day Maiden.
And they haven't released a truly AMAZING album since Seventh Son of a Seventh Son. That said, their reign of SEVEN outstanding albums (Iron Maiden, Killers, Number of the Beast, Piece of Mind, Powerslave, Somewhere in Time, and Seventh Son) is unequaled in all of popular music; no other band or artist can boast that number of consecutive masterpieces.
in my opinion its a great album just like every maiden record, my favorite songs are The Final Frontier, Coming Home, The Alchemist, The Man who would be King and When the Wild Wind Blows 🤘
@@mournblade1066 I agree with the stuff about Brave New World, but for me, it’s the first album through SIT. Seventh Son was the downfall for me. But I think those first 6 albums are among the greatest albums ever
Starblind is such a captivating track. It's usually excluded from being one of the best on the album, as it kinda sounds pretty repetitive, but the concept and the lyrics in it are so amazing, that I never get tired of hearing it.
Yeah I love that track. Honestly it's the one I think of when I think of the album. That and coming home
Agreed, it's easily the best song on the album for me. The only other one that comes close is The Talisman.
Right!?! That's my favorite one and I can never seem to get anyone else to give it the time of day...
Right
I agree I love that song
In the beginning of the video for The Final Frontier, the astronaut calls the alien Eddie. "Eddie! What took you so long?". So yes, the creature is Eddie. I love that design btw.
I love the album as a whole. It was one of the first Maiden albums I heard back about 10 years ago and it blew my mind. Still one of my favorites actually!
It's totally Eddie. He looks a little different, but compare the Eddie from their first album to Eddie on Book of Souls. Very different.
@@bujharvard9313 Eddie BOS actually looks more like classic Eddie than any of their covers had since the 90s. He's basically Piece Of Mind Eddie with the tribal paint added.
I don't know, I'm mainly not so much a fan of this cover because it doesn't make any sense that Eddie suddenly looks like this. If you look at all their classic albums through the years, you can trace a progression in the way he looks and things about him that slowly change. This incarnation is just a completely different creature. Nothing about it looks remotely like him. It's still a cool picture, don't get me wrong, but the lack of continuity bugs me. Because I'm enough of a nerd to care about this kind of thing lol.
@@aldersmoke1 he was a tree for Fear Of The Dark 🤷🏻♂️
No reason for that other than the idea of walking through the woods and the moonlit trees casting shadows that move in the wind make them appear like they are living creatures.
So Eddie as an alien for a space themed cover does make sense.
@@CoffeeMatt10 Eddie was the original Groot eh?
@@aldersmoke1 The first album Eddie just looks like a standard zombie. He doesn't have the Eddie facial features we've all come to love.
And I always figured the FF Eddie was different looking because he was an alien.
The first leg of this tour in 2010 (before The Final Frontier album was released, when they were doing mostly post-2000 songs in the set) was my son's first Iron Maiden concert. He was 12. It was in Pittsburgh and, really, just an unforgettable experience for us.
FWIW, my own first Iron Maiden show was in 1982 when they were opening for Judas Priest in the US - because, ya know, I'm old.
"When the Wild Wind Blows" is one of my favorite songs of all time, by any band. My daughter and I used to analyze the lyrics, line by line. We used to play parts of it on keyboard and guitar back then. The melody lines are so well-written, so moving, as are the lyrics and music.
But, for us, as a family, the enduring gift this album offered is "Coming Home". We got into the routine of playing it in the car (or plane) every time we'd get close to home after returning from a long trip. My then-young kids would analyze each lyric line and we'd discuss what they meant. It became an essential tradition, so much so that my now-adult children carry it with them in their own lives apart from me.
As enmeshed Star Trek (1966-2005) fans, my daughter and I were - and remain - captivated by the album's Star Trek-influenced title and the title song's science fiction theme, not to mention the tour's killer sci-fi stage set. Iron Maiden + science fiction = a magical confluence of interests for us.
And that's what TFF is for me, as well as my family: a very magical, unforgettable album that reminds us all of a very magical, unforgettable time in our lives together.
Is it Iron Maiden's finest hour, overall? Nah. But it has so much personal meaning that I can't really be objective about it.
Slava Ukraini, Pilgrim.
Give Strange New Worlds a try! It's not perfect, but it's visually and thematically satisfying ;)
Was this the show with Dream Theater? If so, it was supposed to be my first Maiden show but car issues ruined that. Didn’t get to go until a week ago.
Also saw that first leg show in Washington DC jiffy lube live if I recall correctly and then at home second time in Tampa the full show
Beautiful.
The Talisman is in my top 5 Maiden songs and When The Wild Wind Blows in the top 20 easily. For me, The Final Frontier is a very good album.
the last 3 IM albums did not impress me much. There are good and very good songs here and there on these albums (Starblind, Writing on the Wall, the Red and the Black, but...Honestly and surprasingly I prefer Judas Priest last 3 albums (especially one of the best metal albums of the 2010's era Firepower and its megs stompers kinda Rising from Ruins and Spectre)
Talisman also top 5 for me. #4 in fact 😃
The Talisman is VERY high on my list as well!
Took my 10yro Grandson with me last tour in Virgina. Im seeing them Sept in Colorado. Its killer to make memories with my grandkids now!! Up the Irons!!!!
Considering some of the similarities on the Talisman and the The Time Machine (senjutsu track 6), where do you rank the latter? Both display Janick at his best. Think he has rehashed that type of acoustic pattern into epic songs on at least 4 albums, there is also the Legacy and the Book of Souls....
I recall when they toured in the States during 2010, the album was not released yet. At the Phoenix performance, they played the new song, "Eldorado". I also recall that the band Dream Theater opened up the show. As a fan of both bands, it was a great show!
Saw the same show in Canada, Eldorado blew my mind and I couldn’t wait for the album.
Sounds like a badass show
I saw the same show in Houston. I hate to say it, but it was the worst Maiden show I had ever been to. The crowd was on their feet when they played the classics, but the rest of it was like nap time.
Same in Ottawa. Such a magical experience. We scraped together all of our spare pennies to get gas for the journey, having no money for anything else, including parking which was $20. When we got to Ottawa there was a heatwave; the car overheated and stalled and we just managed to pull over and off the road in time. At this point we didn't know if we would make it there, and even if we did we didn't know how we were going to be able to park. While the engine was cooling off we stepped out for a cigarette when we noticed something under a bush - a $20 note. It wasn't long before we were able to get the car moving again and we just made it into the parking lot when the engine cut out again. At that point we were able to cruise into a nearby spot. We were meant to make that show!
A criminally overlooked album. Extremely heavy riffs, perfect sound production, and not a single filler track.
The Talisman is one of my favorite IM songs of all time, I even think the live version from that tour, floating around here on YT, is one of the best vocal performances that Bruce has ever done.
And yes, I believe The final frontier is indeed my favorite IM album, followed closely by AMOLAD.
I simply cannot live without "The Talisman" (along with a bunch of other newer tracks like "Lord of Light", "The Thin Line Between Love & Hate", "The Great Unknown", etc., etc.). As wonderful as Maiden's earlier works are, their 6 LPs since reuniting are all pure, musical bliss.
The Final Frontier is my favorite album after 2000, and still is, despite two albums after it.
I never understood the hate. I love the album, the cover, the whole enchilada.
IMO "Eddie" on the coverart is Eddie. He has changed his apperance often.. Besides that the artwork give an atmosphere which every Maiden has done (except TBOS and Senjutsu) in my opinion.
Fantastic album! Favorite song: THE TALISMAN.
Mother of mercy gets so heavy at the end. When the wild wind blows is a killer track
When the WIld Wind blows is truly haunting. It makes my arm hair stand, and builds to an amazing anti-climax that makes me feel genuinely sick (in a good way, if that makes sense?). This is honesty on par with the classic trifecta of 7th Son, Somewhere in Time and Powerslave, for me. Amazing, truly amazing. On a more sombre note, thank you for continuing to make content and thank you for standing up for liberty and freedom. You are an incredibly brave and beautiful bastard. Up the Irons indeed to you!
I have such a good memory listening to The Talisman. Driving in a thunder storm while it was playing, didn't know if Id make it home alive.
Just today I listened to the whole Final Frontier album and I really think it's a great album.
I was 7 in 2011 when I went to see the second leg of this tour, it was my first maiden show and it may have created a bit of a bias towards this album but informing my bias this album is so heavily underrated!! It needs a lot more credit and should be rated higher by the fans!!
The Alchemist, Starblind, The man who would be king, Isle of avalon... man this album is an overlooked gem
Nice video! We romanian fans wish you peace in Ukraine!
Thank you very much!
My life would not be complete without Where the wild wind blows...what an amazing song and an amazing album! Great video Pilgrim! UP THE IRONS 🤘
This was a GREAT vid man thanks!
That pre-FF tour was awesome. Probably the most interesting setlist since 2005 imo
The Talisman is one of the most majestic bangers ever created by the guys
Honestly iron maiden needs to get a new Setlist. It’s nice that on this lake they actually are playing nine new songs that they never usually play. But the same sex that they do gets boring after a while in my opinion. But I’m still happy that they’re touring
They play the “hits” because there may be first timers at the show. First time I saw them was the Matter Of Life And Death tour, the only “hits” they played were The Evil That Men Do, 2 Minutes To Midnight and Hallowed By Thy Name, all in the encore.
as always, UP THE IRONS and you and your family stay safe over there. We are pulling for y'all here in the Pocono Mts of Pennsylvania USA
Coming home is my favorite.
My wife's mom was dying of cancer when this came out and I thought of this song as her "going home" and it always makes me think of her.
Final Frontier is my favorite of the post-reunion albums. I'm virtually alone in that position. I'm down with the prog tendencies, and this one feels fresher than the following two.
No, you are not alone 😀 I love everything about this album.
i cant find you on audea - can you post audio versions of your videos there? would love to listen to them! thanks again for the great content
There were a few years for me without Maiden because of me being heavily disappointed by A Matter Of Life And Death initially. So I missed out on Final Frontier completely. Now - being older and wiser - I got back to my favourite band and heavily fell in love with the songwriting of the newer albums (relistening to Matter... brought me back ironically). I bought Final Frontier even after Senjitsu but I have to confess: it became my favourite album of the 2000s, even more than my favourite before - Dance of Death (which I call a Best of-Album which isn't a Best of-Album). Its songwriting is clever, evocative and exciting. Contrary to EVERY other Metal Band from the 80s (or 90s for that matter) MAIDEN is still MAIDEN but different, their work changed but in a way I as a fan changed too. They're still the greatest, Live and on album. .... And concerning the other discussion point: to me it's Eddie on the cover, maybe ALIEN-like infested, which he will cope with no doubt, cause he even survived Seventh Son... :-)
Coming home will always remind me of flying back from Italy to the US after a family trip that year. I think it’s a great song that is criminally underrated!
Great video. I love this album. I love how it's different yet still strongly has that Iron Maiden DNA.
It's too bad they do not cover anything from that album anymore. The song The Final Frontier has become one of my favorite songs. Along with my grandsons favorite Maiden Cartoons on CZcams video. If you haven seen that. Great story telling of the song. Best cartoons even for kids. LOL
Wish I could hear you talking about "The Alchemist" one of My favorites not only from this record but their entre catalog... One of the best Janick's solos for Shure 🤘🤘🤘
Yes, that is my favourite song in this album, strange it is hardly ever mentioned. It has one of the catchiest melodies and interesting themes as well overall.
The Alchemist slays! Wish they would play it live. Great uptempo tune with captivating lyrics about the mysterious John Dee 🤘
I never comment on any you tube channel, but I feel compelled to say thank you for a great entertaining and informative video! I love iron maiden and I really enjoyed the final frontier album! Its brilliant and in my opinion the best album since seventh son...awesome! My prayers are with you all in harm's way!
Watching rn! When I first listened to this album I've already been listening to maiden for at least 8 years, and I couldn't stop listening to it to make up for all those wasted years of not listening to it. 🤘
It's not a singles album, it's an album solid from start to end.
Isle of Avalon has been my favorite Maiden song for 4 years running.
Yes, this is Maiden at its best
Cover art is surely Eddie as at the start of the video for The Final Frontier the pilot refers to Eddie by name?
I really love this album. It's kind of captivating when I listen. Hard to turn it off, like I have to hear it all the way through.
Where are these live clips from?
I loved the Talisman and When the Wild Wind Blows. Great video. Thanks.
Cool video as always my friend. As for my thoughts on The Final Frontier for me it was a hard album to get into. I like some of the songs, The Talisman , Eldorado, Starblind just to name a few. I felt the album was too long and it had parts which were overplayed.
I went back and listened to this album only a few months ago and I can truly say that at the time of release i 100% didn't give this album the love it deserves.
I'm not saying it's an NWOBHM classic but it definitely seemed to have matured over time like a fine wine.
Another great video/talking point in this up the irons series.
The man who would be King and The Talisman are absolutely pieces of art
I’ve listening to Iron Maiden since buying Fear of the Dark just after it was released. Iron Maiden became my favourite band, but after Dance of Death, which I hated (Virtual 11 also hate) (Rainmaker is very cool though) I didn’t bother with this album. I never had the motivation to listen to it and give it a chance. That was until yesterday when I asked my HomePod to play it while I did jobs around the house. I loved it!!!! The second half of the album is fantastic. I really enjoyed it. It’s a cracking album and will definitely be listening to it again and again. But Dance of Dance will never be played again.
Dance Of Death? I just listened to it again today, the title track and the war epic Paschendale are 2 of the best songs they’ve written since Adrian and Bruce returned. And the closing track Journeyman being the only full acoustic song they have ever done makes it unique. Try it again. Just try 🙏
The more I’ve listened to the much maligned “Blaze Era” albums, the more I appreciate them after struggling for years to get into them. Even Angel And The Gambler is trying to get itself stuck in my head… and it’s bottom of the pile of the 166 songs Maiden have done. Sometimes it takes a few listens to appreciate.
Weirdly, I thought Mother of Mercy should have won the grammy. One of my personal favorites.
I never understood why this album ranks so low amongst fans lists. It's great
This is one of their best albums. I feel for like they should play it in it’s entirety to really make the best of it live.
A great album. Starblind and Talisman are both fantastic. I don't get why some people are so negative about this one.
I love this album, I think the only track which I find a bit weak is the man who would be king but other than that...it is in my opinion their most interesting album musically... Some of the songs like Isle of avalon, starblind and the talisman are proper prog tracks and I love it!
My First Maiden release as a young Fan since 2008
I really thought it will there last Album.
A great Album to hear it alone in your room:)
I love this album! I think it's an underrated masterpiece. The Final Frontier, El Dorado, The Talisman, When the Wild Wind Blows, and Coming Home rank up there with literally any song the band has written, and the rest of the tracks are pretty damn good too. I hope they revisit these songs in their setlist someday. And I wish you and Ukraine the best! Viva la resistance! No power on Earth is greater than the need for a people to be free.
This was the first Album I bought when I was a kid. I loved the El Dorado art. This album is one I still listen a lot to today. The Talisman, El Dorado, Starblind, The Final Frontier, Coming Home, When the Wild Wind Blows, all great tracks!
10:00 okay. The bottom right one is actually badass
I think this album would at least be my top 3 of all their discography if it wasn't the fact that I used it to help me survive back in 2020, by listening to it at least once every day, so it nowadays kind of remembers me of that awful times...
I LOVE WHEN THE WIND BLOWS IT'S JUST SO 😩
The first 5 songs are stronger than any Maiden record since Powerslave.
Saw maiden 28 times since 1982 their last great album was SSOASS in my opinion.
Yep, agree 100%.
As someone who overthinks everything, I came up with a little idea that I think satisfies both camps. Eddie's rage has been shown to give him numerous powers (i.e, immortality, super strength, endurance, etc.) so what if at some point, it gave him the power to temporarily leave his mortal body at will and possess other forms (this would also explain Fear of The Dark). I dunno, I just think it's a cool idea!
love this album, the talisman and coming home are such powerful songs, give this record a chance, you wont regret it. The alchemist is another hellacious track aswell.
I seen them in Houston after the single dropped, El Dorado, and it was a great show. Now, I wish they had the album finished where i could of seen other songs live from that album.
I didn't get into the album when it was released. I really need to give it a few more goes.
That's very much eddie on the cover lmao, I have seen Iron Maiden on the Final Frontier tour when Eddie came out on stage looking like that to which Bruce stated "There's Eddie"
First time I listened to FF album, I got so excited by the opening “Satellite 15…” section, thinking that Maiden had finally, after all those years, mixed an album differently and made it sound absolutely awesome!…then the title track proper kicked in and my thought was (and still is) “oh, someone found the ‘Iron Maiden sound’ button on the mixing desk then?” and I was so disappointed
Of course it's Eddie. Maiden have had multiple Eddie's through the albums. Personally I would consider the Eddie's on AMOLAD, Final Frontier, Book Of Souls and Senjutsu as all different Eddie's.
In the Final Frontier music video, the pilot does actually call the "alien" Eddy.
Underrated one. With better production and more studio efford it would be one of their best. For me Starblind is one of the sickest song in their discography.
I love The Final Frontier so much. The Talisman is one of, if not my favorite Maiden song.
I've never seen that interview about the 15 albums either. I've seen and read almost everything possible Maiden related.
EVERY song on this album is amazing outside of satelite 15, and if you ask me, a Maiden fan of 32 years, the song The Isle of Avalon is the single most under rated song in Maiden history. period.
Also to add to the "final album" trolling. The first song was called "Satellite 15.. The Final Frontier." 15th album, 15th Satellite.
Furthermore, Senjutsu topped that album in the US. Hitting the number 3 spot, whereas "The Final Frontier" and "Book of Souls" both hit number 4.
I freaking love The Final Frontier. gotta say though A matter of life and death is my fave in the return of Bruce era.
Somewhere in Time and The Final Frontier: my 2 favorite albums.
Melodies, rythmic inventions, harmony, lyrics ... I love each song of The final frontier.
I went to the NYC show at Madison Square Garden on that first leg of the tour (before the actual album was released). Had seen them a bunch of times before back here in Sweden, but that show in New York in 2010 was special.
Here’s my ranking of the 10 tracks:
(Bottom five)
10 - The Final Frontier (+ intro)
9 - Starblind
8 - The Alchemist
7 - El Dorado
6 - The Talisman
(Top five)
5 - Coming Home
4 - Isle Of Avalon
3 - The Man Who Would Be King
2 - Mother Of Mercy
1 - When The Wild Wind Blows
What is the meaning of this posts' title? Why were the fans fooled? I missed something.
you can only trust yourself and the first 7 Iron Maiden albums
I love this album, When the wild wind blows is in my top 5 maiden songs and there’s some other bangers like talisman, coming home and star blind. I think it has the coolest album cover I’ve ever seen too
One of my all time favorite Maiden albums, and the one that got me back into Iron Maiden and metal in general.
Along with Brave New World it's my fav Iron Maiden album after reunion.
It really feel "proggy" and unique, even tho all the iron maiden elements are here
It is Eddie basically because of one single reason, in the video the pilot of the spaceship says 'Eddie' in his diaologue
Title track - coming home are so-so but I played the shit out of the rest of the album for nearly a year after it came out and isle of Avalon, starblind, and the talisman are still pretty regular in my rotation
Really under-appreciated album.
I have always figured, since seeing the sketches in the booklet for the first time, that the monster on the cover is a cross-breed of the actual Eddie and a female Predator
I think I seen the interview of him saying 15 albums on a songbook of the first 4 albums on it. The Trooper was on the cover of the guitar song book
My favorite would be Starblind and El Dorado. Starblind is very complex, has alot of nuances and the lyrics are awesome. El dorado has always sounded badass to me. I just love and really get it. As for the album, I find it good as a whole, but a far cry from the best. The last good album they made since then.
I get teary eyed when i think about When The Wild Wind Blows
"This is Multiverse Eddie from Earth 616..." [Kevin Feige - MARVEL STUDIOS]
🇺🇦❤️🔥🎸❤️🔥🇺🇦
The opener is my fave and I too agree Final Frontier is a very good and slightly more eclectic Maiden album...there are some of their best riffs and sequences in there and one or two forgettable moments....but as a whole it comes across as a good middling of discography bit of Maiden. I prefer it to some of the other albums since Brave New World ....have it ahead of Dance of Death for example.....but then there are only two or 3 bad Maiden records in their whole career. That's why they are the best.👍🖤
Yo fui de los q no entendío el disco cuando salió,hoy por hoy me parece una maravilla,mi canción favorita desdé siempre fue starblind la portada me gusto tanto que me tuve q comprar la camiseta,me encanta el trabajo de ese dibujante con la banda las portadas de fear y virtual son geniales también
Talisman and Coming Home. Great album and not overlooked by me!
a true sleeper album, popular, yet unknown, saw the tour for this on my 18th birthday
Has to b mother of mercy. Although starlight is a close second. Saw them in ottawa on that tour, but my fav was when they played dance of death.
For me, that album was the one that made me stop following the band so religiously (which I had been doing for 12 years by that time). After the mediocre Matter of Life and Death, this was sort of the last blow. Which is why I didn't really bother with The Book of Souls.
That being said, Senjutsu absolutely blew my mind and made me appreciate both TFF and TBOS in retrospect.
For me, this was/is the last album I've thoroughly enjoyed. On BoS, I only like "Speed of Light" and "Empire of the Clouds", on Senjutsu, I only like "The Writing On The Wall" & "Days of Future Past". The rest (of those two albums) are forgettable.
Bruce Dickinson has been such a big troll over the years. What a legend!
Honestly, I really enjoy TFF. I remember listening to it for the first time on a neighbour's MP3 player back in the day and digging most, if not all of the songs. The foreboding "Satellite 15", the catchy "Mother of Mercy", the epic "The Talisman" and "When the Wild Wind Blows"... I don't know, there's just something about that record that speaks to me.
And frankly... I like it more than the following two records, which may be somewhat of a hot take, but I kept giving those records a chance and not a lot of songs have truly stuck with me. Don't get me wrong, there are some really compelling moments on both of them ("The Great Unknown", "The Time Machine" and "The Parchment" come to mind), but I feel like some of them kind of lack this replay value that their previous stuff has. On a related note, I simply cannot stomach "Stratego". The guitars aren't properly mixed during Bruce's first vocal lines (which somehow remind me of the chorus in Megadeth's "Angry Again"), and that really caught me off guard. It just sounds super weird and, dare I say it, kind of lazy.
Anyways, regardless of all of that, Iron Maiden is still amazing. I love how Bruce is still in the game despite all those hardships he has gone through with cancer. He definitely deserves respect for that reason alone. Up the Irons!
listen to the Senjutsu stuff in concert, no awkward mixing there. makes me hope for more of it..
Yep I don't like book of souls or senjutsu, just can't gel with them but the final frontier is great!
I feel bad for Eddie. He has had how many plastic surgeries?
I still love Final Frontier. Satellite 15 . . . . Final Frontier, El Dorado, Coming Home, Starblind, The Man Who Would Be King, Isle of Avalon, The Alchemist.
Even after their last two, Maiden still have it.
WTWWB is one of my absolute favourite maiden songs and if I could only listen to one track for the rest of my life it’s easily be the live version from En Vivo.
I've never really rated this album. Only listened it through once or twice. Maybe I need to give it more listens? 🤔
But I love Coming Home, being an avgeek. I can even guess which flight they wrote it on (Bermuda to London overnight in 2008/9). Really sets the mood.
You should give it another go. I took a few attempts at it, but I really love it now.
I hope senjutsu grows on me in the same way but... God the mix is just terrible. It is. It's hard to listen to. Maybe they'll remaster it at some point, they remastered the final frontier already so
@@chrishavill6458 Yeah I think I'll give it another go. I had the same experience with 7th Son. Maybe I should give that another go too.
Funnily enough, I loved Senjutsu immediately. Book of Souls too. Go figure...
Re. the remasters, according to Spotify those are from 2015? Maybe they were just bringing older albums to modern spec? I know nothing about this so I could of course be completely wrong.
@@rashidyacine I don’t know why they did that with any album other than Iron Maiden - Steve Harris has always said he hated the production and wanted to remaster it. Martin Birch (produced all albums from Killers to Fear Of The Dark) said he would’ve done it if they asked him to, but Steve said he thought Birch was “too big” for them.
Kevin Shirley is good (Brave New World, Dance Of Death, AMOLAD and Senjustu sound really good, and his work on Dream Theater’s albums too), I don’t know what was going on with the drums for The Final Frontier and Book Of Souls, it sounded like someone put Nicko’s kit in a swamp or something. But on Senjutsu everything sounds clearer. There’s a lack of rawness like what they had in the 80’s, it’s very “safe” and refined, but other than that, I can hear every that’s going on, therefore I feel the production is adequate, especially for a band with 3 guitarists, there’s a danger of oversaturation as they fight over the same frequencies.
That's so funny I literally just played this album this morning at work.
I think the first few times I listened to it I didn't really like it, I believe my exact words were "what is this wank" as I changed it for something else about halfway through. I think I might've just been in a bad place in general at the time because going back it's honestly one of my favorites.
Coming home, starblind, honestly just about every song has a really memorable moment for me. One thing I haven't done yet that I really need to is sit down and listen to it with the lyrics. I have a touch too much add, so I lose a lot of comprehension when I'm listening to songs. It's one of the reasons I love Iron Maiden. Bruce is always loud and clear in the mix.
I just listened to Starblind with the lyrics pulled up. Wow, just so beautiful.
As a fan of Iron Maiden since age 9, I wish I could forget this album ever happened.
Okay, there may be a reason why I bought the steel case edition of this album...
...But to me, every Eddie is different. One album he underwent a crude lobotomy and the next album, there is no sign of it - so they are all Eddie, just from different universes.
As for my favorite songs on the album: It would be the last two tracks
I think we’re overlooking the albums best song: The Man who would be king. I love every song on this album. I know this album and A Matter Of Life And Death get a lot of hate, but I love every song on those albums. Senjutsu was pretty good, I like it the more I listen to it, and the book of souls is okay, it has a few good songs on it, but in the newer albums, BOS and Senjutsu seem to only be lacking Bruce’s vocal quality, I think it’s due to the throat cancer, which is why I’m not as hard on them as some fans, he really sounds like he’s straining his voice a lot.
Hands down my favorite IM album of the 21st century.
I always thought the creature on the cover was just a re-imagined Eddie, but Eddie nonetheless.