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Title: Uninspiring
Review: The most powerful pipes in metal take a coffee break on this album. Its hard to believe, in the midst of "From Here To Eternity" this is the same guy singing who brought us "Run To The Hills". Another neo-prog Steve Harris dominated affair, the production is flat, with distant Bruce and poor Nicko suffering the most. There are some pretty decent tracks on here - "Be Quick Or Be Dead" and Bruce perks up a little on the silly "Weekend Warrior". There's also a lot more interesting prog-like song structure with "Afraid to Shoot Strangers" and "Fear of the Dark". Such musical adventure would be much appreciated on an album with good songs. At least _No_Prayer_For_The_Dying_, insipid as it was, still had a really loose sense of fun about it. This is the insufferably dreary, misanthropic second-cousin to _7th_Son_of_a_7th_Son, although I can't help but think it would have been helped by Steve Harris not hanging around behind the console. 2-1/2 stars
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