Iron Maiden's Reviews
A Real Live One (Average Rating: 5.76 out of 10)
Poor Effort (Rated this album with 4 out of 10)
Reviewed by
Erich Heintzelman
from Orlando, Florida United States
Ok, here is a great idea. Take some of the worst songs from some of your crummiest albums and make them into a poorly mixed, uninspired live album and you have "A Real Live One" in a nutshell. There is nothing salvagable on this album and I give it two stars only becaue it is still superior to 90's grunge and alternative. The band plods throught the material with the vigor of old people dancing. Bruce insults French speakers everywhere with his poor attempt at speaking to the French crowd on the album. What is "Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter" doing on here in place of something like "Murder's In The Rue Morgue?" You figure it out. The opening guitar runs on "Wasting Love" sound out of tune and "Heaven Can Wait", a decent song, is simply ruined on this live version. The guitar solos sound horrible, the production is bottom- of- the- barrel and I cringe when thinking of this album. I love Iron Maiden. They were my favorite band in high school, and I am glad they overcame this eqivalent of Kiss's "The Elder" fiasco. If you don't own this, keep it that way.
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