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MazdaPrice
We're in the same boat. "Rest of the world... we'll see you next year". God damn it!

But I'm so totally going to whatever venue(s) they're playing in the UK. If they go to Australia, surely they'll to to Auckland or Wellington?
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Unfortunately we'll only ever go if they're in Wellington. And when they did come to NZ they went to Auckland and Christchurch. :(
 
You live on the North Island, Auckland is on the North Island so why not? I understand it's much further than Wellington but if Auckland is the only venue in the North...

Hell, I'm going all the way to London or Edinburgh if I have to!
 
MazdaPrice
You live on the North Island, Auckland is on the North Island so why not? I understand it's much further than Wellington but if Auckland is the only venue in the North...

Hell, I'm going all the way to London or Edinburgh if I have to!
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Auckland is at the top of the island, we're at the bottom.
 
All the more reason to go there if it's the only venue in the north. If you can go, make sure you go!
 
MazdaPrice
All the more reason to go there if it's the only venue in the north. If you can go, make sure you go!
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Unfortunately the deal was if in Wellington, we go.

EDIT: I'll be back in an hour or so. Class is about to end, then I've got to wait for the bus, etc...
 
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Skython
👍 I like the idea. But who does which albums?
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Write about whichever album you want. If two people do the same album, then we get two different perspectives, which is good because then we can compare opinions.
 
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Artist: Iron Maiden
Recorded: 1985-1986
Released: 1986
Track Listing:

1. Caught Somewhere in Time
2. Wasted Years
3. Sea of Madness
4. Heaven Can Wait
5. The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
6. Stranger in a Strange Land
7. Deja-Vu
8. Alexander the Great

Overview:

First, some background knowledge. Iron Maiden formed in 1975, and released a self-titled album in 1980, followed by Killers, and the world famous Number of the Beast and Peace of Mind, and then the iconic Powerslave. Establishing themselves as heavy metal legends early on, lets just say, this is absolutely something else. As a I die hard Iron Maiden fan, I'll try to make this as unbiased as possible. This is the start of two legendary albums full of metal covered by synthesized bass and guitars that is so well played and thought out that it is mind-blowing, with the latter album being Seventh Son of a Seventh Sun. The album is full of screaming riffs and harmonies that are just going to give you eargasms. This sound has not be reproduced by any other band in the world. What band can take guitars and make them sounds like keyboards? Let's jsut say this is one of those albums I can enjoy all the way thrrough, which is a hard find, at least for me anyways.

Caught Somewhere in Time:

Right off the bat you hear raging synth and then a dual harmony that starts off somewhat slow. Many Maiden fans will think "what the hell is this??!?!?!?!". Just wait. This was a big and risky step from the success of Powerslave, which is partly why the album is so iconic. Then song picks up into yet another harmony and into the infamous Maiden gallop, and Bruce screaming into the microphone. You can hear the synth guitars mixed with synth bass, whammy and wah, Bruce and the drums. The entire album has just enough so it doesn't overdo it. The sound quality is superb and the mixing is beautiful, no clipping at all. The song continues into the chorus of, you guessed it, CAUGHT SOMEWHERE IN TIIIIIIIIIIMMMMMMEEEEE. Back into the gallop we go. Then a quick strumming session and then a literally 2 minute guitar solo excellently performed by Dave and Adrian. You really get a sense of the futuristic feel that the band was trying to get. And they did a great job. Resets back to the start and ends with a bang.

Wasted Years:

This song right here might just be the most well thought out song on the album. It speaks the truth, live your life the best you can now so you can stop chasing your past. You are really just living in your best years. Adrian and Bruce harmonize their voices and overlay them on top of each other and it sounds great. The song opens up with a high pitched fast strumming section and goes into a great verse and excellent chorus. A longer reapeat of the intro later and added drums, then into a short solo from Adrian, that is so perfect I can't begin to explain how great it sounds. Sure its a bit off tapping on his guitar but perfection here. Greatness lies in this song.

Sea of Madness:

This is probably the most underrated song from Maiden in their entire discography. The song opens up in a RAGING guitar riff, enough that it made my bud say all he wanted to do was get in his truck and crank the radio. The drums kick in and it feels like you are sailing away on a crazed ship deep into the abyss. The short solos kicks in and ends but was awesome nonetheless. Later on, the song slows way down and Bruce really shines with a medium pitched OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO and so on. It picks up into a faster pace that sounds just epic. Back into the opening riff we go and the song ends.

Heaven Can Wait:

This song is just freaking epic. Sure it's seven minutes long and could have been better if shorter, but I enjoyed it though and through. It starts off with an epic but slow intro and then picks up. You can just hear the synth in there. By now you get the idea of what the entire album sounds like. The middle section slows down a bit and you can clearly hear a part of the song that was more than likely wrote for live performances when a crowd of people start singing the song. From their it goes into a pretty cool solo but nothing real great. Pretty typical I guess. Back to the beginning and finishes off in a great sounding ending.

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner:

Oh My God. This song took me a bit to warm up to but now it is easily my favorite song off the album. EASILY. And I'll tell you why. The song starts out in a quiet and interesting intro. And it sounds pretty sweet. Dave kicks in with Maiden triplet sustained notes and that sounds pretty nice to hear in the background among the intro. Then, out of nowhere the infamous Maiden gallop returns at full force with an interesting twist of events half way through that can't really be described unless you hear it for yourself. Then the chorus kicks in and Bruce's vocals really shine hear. This was probably one of the few albums of him in his prime years, and lord does it show. Back to the gallop, then the chorus again. Then it gets interesting yet again. Harmony time. Into the harmonies we go for a good while with 3 variations in a row. Then into an interesting turn of Bruce singing wthat is later overlapped into a great yet interesting guitar solo performed by Adrian. Considering most of the writing of the album was all Adrians work, I'm very impressed. Back to the chorus and such and then probably the best set of lines from the entire album. And you guess it dual and triple and maybe even quadruple overlapping harmony (hard to tell since they are so clossly lapped) that ends the song and it just just pure eargasm. I can't even express how epic it is. Just listen to it, that is all.

Stranger in a Strange Land:

This is another, um, what should I say, interesting song again? This is pretty stunning too. It's more of a slow paced slong with intense guitars and strong songwriting. Then what happens probably is the best build up to a guitar solo that I have ever heard in my entire life, and if you think Ozzy's No More Tears had a good build up....well uh, yeah that's been blown out of the water dude. Overall it's pretty straightfoward song but non the less well thought out and put together nicely.

Deja-Vu

This is the album filler as in what album doesn't have one. But that's ok, it's still extremely good. It's a Dave Murray song, you have to respect that. This is probably harmony central on the album considering the entire song minus verses are all harmonies. The song lacks a guitar solo but the epic harmonies make it totally worth it. It's so good my friend said it was like he had heard it before but even he knew he hadn't. It's just that great.

Alexander the Great:

A classic Maiden epic. All eight minutes of it. I can't even begin to descirbed how great it really is. Right up there with Rime of the Ancient Mariner and a few other epics like Sign of th Cross etc. It is so well thought out, it is absolutely rediculously good. It took some time getting warmed up to this song as well but I believe it's one of the stronger songs of the album musically. The song writing is pretty decent and Bruce belts it out fast and loud. The guitar solos are freaking epic, some of the best out of all their solos. It's iconic and if you don't like this song you are not an Iron Maiden fan.



Overall:

Woah, what an album. That is all. It's that good. You need to listen to this if you haven't. It may take some time getting used to the synth but you eventually appreciate it.

Sound Quality: 9/10
Sound: 10/10
Songwriting: 9/10
Music Writing: 10/10
Overall: 38/40 (SPECTACULAR)
 
I'll take The Number of The Beast and Dance of Death.
 
MazdaPrice
I'll do Piece Of Mind, at least.
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🤬, that's my favorite. Oh well, I'm biased towards it since it was the first album I heard.

Maybe I'll take The Final Frontier???
 
How would everybody feel if I set up an Iron Maiden album reviews website?
 
Um, Slash? In your Heaven can Wait segment... I can't help but noticed that you said it starts off slow. It's not slow, just without Drums or distortion, but it's still up to speed with most of the song. And in the same moment there is an incorrect use of their (should have been there I'm pretty sure)

And in the Alexander the Great one, ridiculous is spelt wrong. :sly:

And it's funny about the Deja Vu segment, if you're mate actually did have Deja Vu about hearing it before, as I had it with Heaven Can Wait. ;) And Deja Vu does have a guitar solo, just not a fast one. (at the start, if that counts)

Other than those minor mistakes I spotted, nice review!
 
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Skython
Um, Slash? In your Heaven can Wait segment... I can't help but noticed that you said it starts off slow. It's not slow, just without Drums or distortion, but it's still up to speed with most of the song. And in the same moment there is an incorrect use of their (should have been there I'm pretty sure)

And in the Alexander the Great one, ridiculous is spelt wrong. :sly:

And it's funny about the Deja Vu segment, if you're mate actually did have Deja Vu about hearing it before, as I had it with Heaven Can Wait. ;) And Deja Vu does have a guitar solo, just not a fast one. (at the start, if that counts)

Other than those minor mistakes I spotted, nice review!
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Its a few minor errors, nothing really to worry about. True but it just sounds slower. It's still up to speed. He had never heard it before but he said it sounded like he did. Even knowing that he hadn't. It was funny. AHA I forgot about that one but I don't really consider it as a solo as I find it more of an intro.
 
I know I did. But I was wondering about doing that one too. I thought about that before the ones I picked. I need to do Seventh Son first though. Keeps my mind off things.
 
I'm now making it a law for everyone to listen to this:

 
Just found out I'm getting front row seats and backstages passes for my birthday.
 
LOL sorry. I literally **** myself when I found out. And Enuff Znuff is getting em for me!!!!!!
 

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