Iron Maiden - The Final Frontier
| Release date: | 16 August 2010 |
| Style: | Heavy metal |
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01. Satellite 15... The Final Frontier
02. El Dorado
03. Mother Of Mercy
04. Coming Home
05. The Alchemist
06. Isle Of Avalon
07. Starblind
08. The Talisman
09. The Man Who Would Be King
10. When The Wild Wind Blows
02. El Dorado
03. Mother Of Mercy
04. Coming Home
05. The Alchemist
06. Isle Of Avalon
07. Starblind
08. The Talisman
09. The Man Who Would Be King
10. When The Wild Wind Blows
Reviews 
Lyrics Paul Bruce Dickinson - vocals
Janick Robert Gers - guitars
David Michael "Dave" Murray - guitars
Adrian Frederick Smith - guitars
Michael Henry McBrain - drums
Stephen Percy Harris - bass, keyboards
Additional info
Produced by Kevin Shirley.
Co-produced by Steve Harris.
Mixed by Kevin 'Caveman' Shirley.
Recorded at Compass Point Studios, Nassau, Bahamas.
Engineer: Jared Kvitka.
Studio Technician: Terry Manning.
Additional recording and mix at The Cave, Malibu, CA.
Studio Technician: Brent Spear.
Assistant: James McCullagh.
SSL Duality Technician: Philip Scholes.
Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering, Portland, ME.
Art Direction & Design by Peacock (Stuart Crouch, Andrew Yap, Anthony Dry, Rob Wallis).
Cover Illustration, working drawings and sketches by Melvyn Grant.
Photograph by John McMurtrie.
Background images pages 4/5 and 8/9 by Darkside Animations, background image pages 10/11 by Hangman.
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Rating:
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Rating: 7.2 |
Iron Maiden have had ups and downs, but they consistently stuck to their unique style. 2006's A Matter of Life and Death saw a serious departure from that style towards a darker, more progressive sound - it was only a partial success. Unfortunately, Steve Harris and Co. felt encouraged, and decided to go further in their departures. The first 4 songs on The Final Frontier rank among the worst this band has ever committed and most of the time sound nothing like the Iron Maiden everyone knows. Departure from style my ass. If they wanted to depart again, the previous album was the way to do it. Read more ›› |
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It seems like it's become trendy to dislike any music that becomes even somewhat mainstream. I am by no means bitter; I'm guilty of this prejudice quite often. So, when I saw the album votes go the way they did for The Final Frontier I wasn't shocked. But, in all honesty, I thought this album was pretty hard! This is one of Maiden's most successful albums to date and for a damn good reason. While it does sound different from anything they've done before, that doesn't make it worse. Do you really want three albums that sound exactly like Brave New World? Read more ›› |
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An album that skirts the title of worst album in Iron Maiden discography by fortune of existing in a world where Dance of Death exists, The Final Frontier is a well-intentioned album that seems stuck on autopilot for the most of its running time, bravely going where the band had not gone before... mediocrity. If you want a quick and concise description of this album, think "The Angel And The Gambler" in seven new guises! Read more ›› |
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| Hex_Omega Gem Seeker Posts: 1178 From: Poland |
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Posts: 40071 From: The Netherlands  |
Still a totally wothless shitty album for me.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| Hex_Omega Gem Seeker Posts: 1178 From: Poland |
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| Hex_Omega Gem Seeker Posts: 1178 From: Poland |
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| Vikcen Metálico Posts: 952 From: Spain  |
Written by Hex_Omega on 15.07.2015 at 10:49 The intro Satellite 15 is the worst thing. El Dorado was the first song i listened, and i said yes, i will buy this album. I don't have the previous two discs from them, are soulless, precisely what has this last record: soul and feeling.
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| xxcorpseflowerxx Posts: 1 From: Canada  |
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| majormalfunction Posts: 533  |
One of the biggest disappointments in music for my part. I bought it on the release day and now 6 years later it's still probably Maidens worst album. The production is dry and boring and Bruce often strain his voice to the point that it becomes annoying. The first 6 tracks are just plain boring (Isle of Avalon is the best of the bunch and Mother of Mercy could have been good but that chorus is just too much), at many times in these songs it gives a feeling of lazy songwriting, there's just too much stuff here that doesn't hold up on a Maiden album. Luckily the second half of the album is far better, in fact both Starblind and When The Wind Blows are excellent Maiden tunes (both with incredible lyrics). The Talisman is also a pretty nice tune.
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| Jope of Steele Posts: 2151 From: Finland  |
Shortly put: a boring album. I don't quite see why the band (or Harris) wanted to go for these longer type of albums, in this case 75+ minutes, which is clearly too much. The album is saved pretty much only by "WtWWB".
---- Freedom is a state of mind-not freedom from something but a sense of freedom, a freedom to doubt and question all and therefore so intense, active and vigorous that it throws away every form of dependence, slavery, conformity and acceptance-J Krishnamurti
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| tominator At best deranged Posts: 789 From: Belgium  |
An album that is a bit like Killers (I know that won't be a popular opinion) for me. Half the songs on the album don't connect with me. And the other half are really good songs imo. I really like: Mother Of Mercy, Starblind, Isle Of Avalon, The Talisman, The Man Who Would Be King and When The Wild Wind Blows. However there are also some of their weakest 2000s tracks on this album. The opener is probably my least favourite 2000s IM song, The Alchemist is just "meh", El Dorado has some cool riffs but overall it's just an okay song imo and Coming Home... well I don't feel anything while listening to that song so I would say it's a disappointing song. Would probably get a 7.8/10 from me.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 51732 From: Norway  |
Just re listened second time, in whole life, and 1th time in full. I have no opinion anymore
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| Toxik Posts: 133 From: Portugal  |
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| tominator At best deranged Posts: 789 From: Belgium |
Written by Toxik on 29.03.2017 at 00:18 Nah, I like this album as well. The only songs I'm not really a fan of are the opening track and The Alchemist. El Dorado and Coming Home are okay songs. The rest I love. I really love songs like: Mother Of Mercy, Starblind, The Talisman and When The Wild Wind Blows,... In fact I find Starblind to be one of their best songs of the 2000s era (only Paschendale, Empire Of the Clouds and Ghost Of The Navigator would be ranked higher). I mean 5:03 - 5:40 That's just some fantastic guitar work right there. 
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| Toxik Posts: 133 From: Portugal |
Written by tominator on 29.03.2017 at 01:59 Actually I really like the whole Satellite 15 thing altough I do understand why people hate it... Besides that El Dorado isn't really a masterpiece but it's still enjoyable. The rest to me is gold, in fact the sequence os Isle Of Avalon, Starblind and The Talisman makes the album worth listening on its own and yes indeed Starblind is just amazing (that guitar work jeeeeez)
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| Vinther1991 Posts: 25 From: Denmark |
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| Antares8001 Posts: 45 From: Germany  |
I remember hating this album when i first listened to it. I recently went back to it and found to my own surprised that there are some real gems on here. While I still think that it has some of my least favorite Maiden tracks period, it also some of my favorite 2000s tracks. I especially love The Talisman(was really surprised that Dickinson could still pull of those vocals), Isle of Avalon, Mother of Mercy and the brilliant closer, When the Wild Wind Blows.
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| Vikcen Metálico Posts: 952 From: Spain |
Written by Toxik on 29.03.2017 at 00:18 No, you are not alone 
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| Cynic Metalhead Atrocious Virgin Posts: 6221 From: India  |
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| Vikcen Metálico Posts: 952 From: Spain |
Written by Cynic Metalhead on 23.11.2017 at 09:58 Come on! one more: When The Wild Wind Blows 
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| Mountain King K i K o Posts: 1231 From: Slovak Republic  |
One of the worst albums I've ever heard. If it weren't Iron Maiden it would be rated way lower. fact.
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