(Rated this album with 2 out of 10) Reviewed by
gergellor
from Zuquizira
I'm a Maiden fan. Not a stupid one, admiring the musicians, thinking they are Gods, but admiring their metal music, their freedom of compositions, their charismatic live performance. So, when I bought this album, I felt betrayed. And it was only the first of a sucession of decisions taken by the band, that would leave fans astonished in times to come... Ok, Adrian Smith had left the band. It was a sad blow, but who could ever assume that the replacement, Janick Gers, would be so bad? With his acceptance, gone were the great duo guitar-solos, gone wer the carefully constructed solos that Smith used to compose. Then, Steve Harris assumed production. WHo could have guessed that him, the father of Maiden, would screw up the production, making a raw album sounding like a garage recording? Then, the songs. Horrrible, uninspired. "BRING YOUR DAUGHTER.." is disgusting, "HOOKS IN YOU" is a sad reminiscence of what Bruce and ADrian intended to lead Maiden. After this album, another bad suprises to fans, like horrible singer Blaze Bayley and the awful albuns "X-FACTOR" and "VITUAL ELEVEN". Well, skip this one.
