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Title: Skip it
Review: As a Maiden fan for 20+ years, I've spent many an hour singing along and banging my head to one of the best bands that metal has ever offered up. I don't even consider this a Maiden album, but it is so I have to compare it to the rest of the catalog. Blaze's voice is so flat and boring that it's amazing nobody questioned it during the recording/mixing; just listen to him saying "Falling down" on Man On The Edge. Paul Dianno didn't have half the range as Bruce, but he pulled it off just fine. The other thing I've noticed is that the compositions aren't up to the normal Maiden level. It seems like Steve just really wasn't into it or maybe he just lost inspiration. I'm not going to rip this album apart because it's just a small blip on the the legacy of a band that I couldn't hold any higher regard for.
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