Iron Maiden's Reviews

Piece Of Mind

(Average Rating: 9.24 out of 10)

Like Spinal Tap... Except Not On Purpose

(Rated this album with 8 out of 10)
Reviewed by Monte Williams from Boonville, California United States

I consider myself a gentleman and a scholar, and a big fat snob, to boot.

Nonetheless, I say this without a trace of irony, and without apology:

I love Iron Maiden.

They're so lovably pretentious (and genuinely gifted) that I just can't seem to outgrow them.

They are SO Spinal Tap, it's beautiful. Take "To Tame A Land," for example, when Bruce screams the final bits of the opening verse:

"In a time! When dinosaurs walked the Earth-"

Heh.

"When lands were swamp and caves WERE HOME!"

Why does he scream "WERE HOME"? Does "were home" really warrant such emphasis?

Iron Maiden- grammatically incorrect, painfully earnest, completely bloated...

And brilliant.

Up the Irons!

Heh.

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