Iron Maiden's Reviews
No Prayer For The Dying (Average Rating: 6.20 out of 10)
No Prayer for the Listening ... (Rated this album with 4 out of 10)
Reviewed by
William Smith
from Fontana, CA United States
In all honesty I would give this 2 1/2 stars, 3 stars if I could bump off like 3 of the tracks and add ANYTHING else. I had this years ago and recently re-bought it b/c A. I wanted it again, B. because of the added media stuff. And actually the added media stuff is excellant and even makes me want to repurchase the catalog, the Holy Smoke video included on the cd is a nice touch and is funny. As another reviewer wrote, the solos are very good on this, what holds me back on this cd is the title track. I think No Prayer for the Dying is a nice concept, fantastic cover art, but ultimately a weak song. It's tough to build a cd around a poor song, not that it's bad, it's just not that good, and there is a difference.Powerslave for instance, when you heard the song Powerslave you would have guessed that was the title track whether you knew it or not! It was that powerful and that good. Songs on N.P.F.T.D. I could have done without: Tailgunner (it's a good song but it's a remake of... Aces High) Fates Warning: Dull: Hooks In You: Jesus, I have a sense of humor but this is just plain bad. I also find Mother Russia to be very mechanical, and the cheap keyboard sound doesn't help much. I actually like Bring Your Daughter and Holy Smoke and think the cd would have benefitted had the disc been written with consistancy, these songs are conspicious when surrounded by the likes of "The Assassin", this song is so serious and the other two are not. This disc desperately needs an identity.
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