That's actually one of the few Maiden albums I can really stand to listen to from start to finish (Bruce's vocals are just god-awful, and the lack of them makes the music sorta bearable). But that was funny as fuck.
I think that the S/T has more blatantly weaker songs (In the Blood, My Favorite Nightmare) but is still better as a whole because of the godliness of the first four and Battalions. Both are excellent, though.