Caveman Ninja
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Depends on your take really. I quite like perfection sometimes, but I know what you mean. An album should have a certain character all of its own... I just don't feel recent Maiden efforts have had that. If you listen to every album through to 7th Son you find that every album has its own distinct sound. The production on Somewhere in Time for example isn't replicated on any other of their albums. And each of those albums (perhaps bar the first one) has production which is considered, elaborate, beautiful in its own distinctive way. For me the Somewhere in Time production is perfect. Martin Birch used to get the best out of the band too. The first verse of Number of the Beast he famously made Bruce do hundreds of takes until he got the one Martin wanted, and it shows. Whereas for AMOLAD Kevin Shirley used 80% of Bruce's guide vocals, which are strained and rough. Why do that? Bruce could have got a way better performance on all those songs given a few real takes. Also the vocals nowadays are so dry that they don't fit into the mix properly, they sit on top. For fuck's sake Shirley, you're given the greatest voice in the whole of Metal history, be kind to it!!
Sorry to be negative but it's fucking rubbish when your favourite band of 18 years constantly disappoint you. Maybe they shouldn't have set the bar so high in their 'golden' years...
Great website by the way! Perfect for geeks like me...
Sorry to be negative but it's fucking rubbish when your favourite band of 18 years constantly disappoint you. Maybe they shouldn't have set the bar so high in their 'golden' years...
Great website by the way! Perfect for geeks like me...