Hit or Miss: Iron Maiden - Somewhere In Time

Metalhead_Bastard · **Posted:** Sun Jun 29, 2008 9:49 pm

FlickoftheSwitch wrote:

TheMetalWarrior316 wrote:

I think SIT is the only Maiden album which has no weak song. Maybe there is no "Run to the Hills" or "The Trooper" or 2 Minutes to Midnight", but EVERY song is great!

The other albums do have some weak tracks (like Running Free, Drifter, Different World, The Wicker Man, Wildest Dreams, Moonchild, Face in the Sand, the whole Blaze Bayley era... :wink:

) but not Somewhere in Time. From "Caught Somewhere In Time" to "Alexander the Great" - every song is just incredible.

It's IMO the BEST Iron Maiden album!

Whoah...whoah...whoah...."Moonchild" kicks ass. :dio:

Seventh Son, best album. Used to be Powerslave for me, but SSOASS has taken it over in a big way for me.

Thomas · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 7:40 pm

Face in the sand is frickin awesome.

Seinfeld26 · **Posted:** Mon Jun 30, 2008 9:37 pm

Wildest Dreams is also awesome. How could you possibly call that a "weak song"? That actually sounded more like classic Maiden than anything on Brave New World IMO.

TheMetalWarrior316 · **Joined:** Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:01 am **Posts:** 646

I'm wating that someone says that Virtual XI is their best album... :blink:

Come on, IMO on Brave New World, nearly every other song is way better than Wildest Dreams (except Blood Brothers and Wicker Man).

And does Wildest Dreams sound like Alexander the Great, Powerslave, Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Heaven Can Wait or SSOASS?

Legacy Of The Night · **Posted:** Wed Jul 02, 2008 11:36 pm

Are you kidding? The Wicker Man rules. That song never fails to make me happy.

TheMetalWarrior316 · **Joined:** Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:01 am **Posts:** 646

But songs like the Wicker Man or Wildest Dreams are nothing compared to old classics like 2 Minutes 2 Midnight or The Trooper and songs like Ghost of the Navigator or Brave New World are just way way better than TWM. The last good short fast songs of Maiden were IMO Be Quick or be Dead and From Here to Eternity.

Fatpom · **Joined:** Fri Jul 25, 2008 4:23 am **Posts:** 171

So there's at least 1 giant jerk posting here. This poll, exhibit A.

EpicMetalFan30 · **Posted:** Wed Oct 01, 2008 7:20 pm

Major hit! This is one of the top power metal albums of all time

Thrashtildeth · **Posted:** Fri Oct 03, 2008 8:34 am

lol, I can't believe this thread is still going. Very persistent for a hit or miss thread.

And who the hell voted Miss, anyway,?! Hehe. Not a popular opinion...

AngelRipper16 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2008 11:45 pm

Only recently I have tried getting into this album, and it actually opened up for me. In my opinion it's the best album from the classic period (1980-1989) alongside "The Number of the Beast".
Really like the "science fiction" feel and the somewhat "futuristic" atmosphere of the songs. The guitar sound is a bit different but it fits in with the album. I think it's a very different Iron Maiden album, and even though "Seventh Son" is a concept album, it's actually easier for me to listen to this one and connect with the lyrics. :dio:

AngelRipper16 · **Posted:** Tue Oct 14, 2008 11:47 pm

Legacy Of The Night wrote:

Are you kidding? The Wicker Man rules. That song never fails to make me happy.

Yeah, it's a great song. Certainly much better than "Wildest Dreams"!

TheMetalWarrior316 · **Joined:** Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:01 am **Posts:** 646

AngelRipper16 wrote:

Legacy Of The Night wrote:

Are you kidding? The Wicker Man rules. That song never fails to make me happy.

Yeah, it's a great song. Certainly much better than "Wildest Dreams"!

For me, The Wicker Man, Wildest Dreams and Different World sounded all like fillers, compared with the other songs on the respective album - and compared to old songs like 2 Minutes to Midnight, Run to the Hills, Aces High, Be Quick or be dead or something like that.

AngelRipper16 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 20, 2008 4:56 pm

TheMetalWarrior316 wrote:

AngelRipper16 wrote:

Legacy Of The Night wrote:

Are you kidding? The Wicker Man rules. That song never fails to make me happy.

Yeah, it's a great song. Certainly much better than "Wildest Dreams"!

For me, The Wicker Man, Wildest Dreams and Different World sounded all like fillers, compared with the other songs on the respective album - and compared to old songs like 2 Minutes to Midnight, Run to the Hills, Aces High, Be Quick or be dead or something like that.

What I think make these new songs so good are the fact that it seems like the boys have put down some hard work with it. They sound so complete and alive, in comparison to the older ones sounding more raw. (Maybe this doesn't make sense at all...

)
Maybe it has something to do with the fact that the newest albums have all been recorded in a "live-setting". Not exactly sure what that means, though. Bruce's vocals are also better now IMO.
:dio:

TheMetalWarrior316 · **Joined:** Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:01 am **Posts:** 646

Maybe that "live" sound is what I don't like. The drums are sounding bad, the guitars not so good. The production quality of the newer albums is more demo-like.

AngelRipper19 · **Joined:** Thu Oct 16, 2008 7:18 pm **Posts:** 7

TheMetalWarrior316 wrote:

Maybe that "live" sound is what I don't like. The drums are sounding bad, the guitars not so good. The production quality of the newer albums is more demo-like.

I dont understand you. the newes Maiden is the best.
The drums and the guitars are soundig fantastic.
UP THE IRONS :dio:

TheMetalWarrior316 · **Joined:** Thu Sep 28, 2006 11:01 am **Posts:** 646

Does this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qdNNfsSZOts or this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dhboyKhhaCw sounds better than this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIjPwzL_ ... re=related or this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjBdQLe6KCQ or this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ZlDZPYzfm4 ? I know youtube has not the best quality, but the IMO better production of the earlier records is still audible.

Xero · **Joined:** Sat Sep 20, 2008 7:32 pm **Posts:** 24

Even Virtual XI sounds really good compared to the production of the newer albums. Iron Maiden should have stuck with Martin Birch. IMO the production on the last three albums were very messy and hard to distinguish (guitars/drums are disgusting sounding really on Dance Of Death). It would definitely sound more like classic Maiden at any rate if they stuck with their old producer. Part of me tells me that Steve Harris decided to not master the guitars for AMOLAD because they would've sounded like shit haha

(BTW add "fmt=18" at the end of youtube video URLs for better quality)

AngelRipper16 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:20 pm

AngelRipper19 wrote:

TheMetalWarrior316 wrote:

Maybe that "live" sound is what I don't like. The drums are sounding bad, the guitars not so good. The production quality of the newer albums is more demo-like.

I dont understand you. the newes Maiden is the best.
The drums and the guitars are soundig fantastic.
UP THE IRONS :dio:

Just so we are clear...

This guy is not me, hehe....

AngelRipper16 · **Posted:** Mon Oct 20, 2008 9:21 pm

Maybe they didn't master it so they can re-release it later with improved production.

That would totally rock!

Xero · **Joined:** Sat Sep 20, 2008 7:32 pm **Posts:** 24

AngelRipper16 wrote:

Maybe they didn't master it so they can re-release it later with improved production.

That would totally rock!

I don't think the originals are destroyed anyhow anyway (especially with the way things are recorded today).

But yeah, I can't wait till' the day the "loudness war" ends and all the labels re-release all of today's modern albums remixed with actual dynamics and improved sound quality overall.
I've always wondered what some albums would sound like if you took the raw tracks and gave them to a producer/mixer/engineer to recreate without hearing the original album...

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