No Prayer For The Dying [ECD] [Remastered] - Iron Maiden

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...this track off. No prayer for the dying: This being the name of the album you expect a decent song and this is what you get, a softer song with a much softer set of backing instruments this is a song you can just sit back and chill out to, it is good to have such variation in an album going from fast paced druming to slower paced yet another superb song! Public Enama number one: The pace is now lifted and we are back to the faster paced type of music ...
...where thinking of buying a new album then make this it as it may be over 10 years old but when you put this on you would'nt know it i love this album and have no regrets about owning this one, a must buy!10 out of 10 for this one!! ... Read review

Advantages: Two or three unique Maiden classics
Disadvantages: Weaker tracks are atrocious!

...era) Maiden albums. This meant no synthesisers, little keyboards, and lashings of dark and heavy guitars. But the album itself sounds too commercial in places, especially with semi-comic parody 'Holy Smoke', and 'The Assassin'. This was not in the Maiden spirit, as they have always played to their fans, not the masses. The spirit of the album was summed up by the artwork by Derek Riggs. Very understated compared to the marvellous 'Seventh son....' ...
...the graphics are cartoonish, with no edge to them. Hinting to the past, one 'Eddie' is decked out in a Maiden jacket, and grabs a victim on an East end street, brandishing hooks. Bruce Dickinson was quoted as saying although there were good tracks here, the album "sounded like a bag of shit", and it's hard to disagree. The tracks seem mismatched, they don't flow well together, and the tracklisting is not right. There is one song included that was ... Read review

Advantages: some good tracks
Disadvantages: some overwhelmingly bad tracks

...start with...and neither is Fear of the Dark, either while we are on the subject which is even worse than this - with NO saving tracks. I suggest you look at, if not the older albums, then one of the live offerings, especially the superb ‘Live After Death’ double album ... Read review

Advantages: Dark and raw sound.
Disadvantages: Not the classic iron Maiden sound, less epic.

This is probably one of the most unpopular Maiden albums, although it does contain their only number one single, "Bring your Daughter to the Slaughter." I think that the introduction of Janick Gers after Adrian Smith left was an inspired move - he added a new, slightly more ‘classic rock’ sound to the band, and the songs which they produce here are some of their best. The inspiration of Black Sabbath really shines through here, with dark, ...
...upbeat material. Outstanding tracks are the anthem "Bring your Daughter to the Slaughter", "Run Silent Run Deep", "The Assassin" and "Holy Smoke" "Holy Smoke" is an attack on televangelism, and has some great guitar work, with Bruce screaming much more harshly than he ever used to. Overall, the song is an aggressive return to the raw, punky style pioneered on their first two albums. "Run Silent Run Deep" is the best song on the album, with brilliantly ... Read review