Quote from: Carnage on October 01, 2019, 11:06:11 PMNot a bit, FOTD is goat, more pub rock than No Prayer, in my opinion. At least theres some metal on No Prayer, FOTD is more rock than anythin else they have done.Quote from: Jiblet on October 01, 2019, 02:48:09 PMDance of Death and Final Frontier are only kept from bottom spot by Fear of the Dark.
Ah jaysus, come on now. Bad as it is (and it is a poor Maiden album), it's still the best of the '90s albums, or at least the least shite. Their bottom four would be FOTD, TXF, NPFTD & V XI in that order, to put any Maiden album below Virtual XI is just madness, and No Prayer isn't much better. Fucking pub rock shite, Tailgunner aside. Dance Of Death is a step above any and all of those.
VXI has shit production, lifeless drummin, poor lyrics and poor vocals. However, I hear a nugget of quality in most of the songs. DOD may have a better sound and a better line up but by god it has so many moment that I cant stand, a lot of them down to Bruce's delivery. Songs like Gates of Tomorrow, New Frontier, Wildest Dreams, total filler , No More Lies must be Steves dullest long song, Journeyman was unnecessary and the worst of all, Age of Innocence, probably the worst song they have ever done. Only FOTD has anything that can compete.
I appreciate the experimentation on TFF but I just dont think it worked. Isle of Avalon and Starblind have some great sections but I just dont think they work overall.
So I stick by it. The Maiden albums I listen to least are FOTD, DOD and TFF. VXI may find itself in the bottom 3 from time to time but FOTD will never be out of it.