Iron Maiden's Reviews
Fear Of The Dark (Average Rating: 7.30 out of 10)
fear of the dark is a great album (Rated this album with 8 out of 10)
Reviewed by
Ren
from michigan, USA
A lot of people hate this album because they think most songs here are fillers and the three bad songs. I don't like those three songs either but I like most of the others with two incredible songs that work everything out. Janick is a great guitarist by the way.1. BE QUICK OR BE DEAD (9.5/10)
Fast paced riffs and drums make this another great opener. 2. FROM HERE TO ETERNITY (8.5/10)
Fourth part of the Charlotte series. A decent song with a catchy chorus. 3. AFRAID TO SHOOT STRANGERS (11/10)
Now this is a great song! My favorite on the album. The beginning of the song includes light guitar playing and the help of some keyboards. Nice lyrics sung well by Bruce. Drums come in well. It continues like this for about 2 minutes 45 seconds building up to some sweet ass guitar playing. The chorus comes in well during the guitar. Then after a minute of that the song gets even more fast paced with some great drumming and a cool guitar solo. Then it goes back to that sweet guitar tune for the rest of the song. A really good song indeed! 4. FEAR IS THE KEY (7/10)
This song would've been better if the vocals weren't so damn annoying. I hate the part when Bruce starts singing "lies and lies and lies". Some decent guitar riffs atleast. 5. CHILDHOOD'S END (8.5/10)
The guitar intro is awesome but then the song just starts to bore me a bit. The drumming during this song is done well. 6. WASTING LOVE (8/10)
This song has nice guitar work. A decent song. 7. THE FUGITIVE (9/10)
The drumming in the beginning is cool. The riffs and vocals during the song are done well. The chorus is alright. 8. CHAINS OF MISERY (8.5/10)
This song is alright. The chorus is pretty catchy. 9. THE APPARITION (6/10)
I really don't like this song. Its boring. The whole song is just a riff, some crappy vocals, and a solo for almost 4 minutes. Nothing really changes during this song. Hear it once if you want to, just to hear what it sounds like and then just skip it all the time. 10. JUDAS BE MY GUIDE (9/10)
This song is pretty good. A catchy tune with a good chorus and lyrics. 11. WEEKEND WARRIOR (6.5/10)
This doesn't sound like any type of Maiden song. The guitars don't fit in well and sound all goofy. The vocals are also goofy and the lyrics are retarded (who the hell wants to hear a song about soccer?). The riffs and singing sound very similar to The Apparition which makes it sound like a slightly better version of it. I really hate when Bruce sings "maybe someone will die" or "watchoo gonna do on monday?" repeatedly with that goofy sounding guitar tune playing. What the hell is this? 12. FEAR OF THE DARK (10/10)
Ahhhh, much better. This song makes up for anything bad that you heard earlier. Now this is a song that has a creepy mood.
Especially the quiet part in the beginning with a guitar playing lightly and Bruce's eerie vocals. Then the song gets faster all the way up to the end. I love the riffs in this one. The only thing I don't like is the repetition of "fear of the dark" being sang over and over. Great song either way. A very good way to end the album. I still think this album is worth picking up even though it has three bad songs. I don't know why Maiden didn't just excluded those songs from the album. This would've been a great album if it weren't for those cursed songs!
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