Blaze Bayley – The man who would not die

Understated excellence.

While this album is quite superb, it seems like the band aren’t even trying that hard and it feels like they still have 50% left in the tank and that they could release this at any point. But they don’t.

This album complete’s all it’s objectives and can claim success with every element of this album, but it feels like just another day at the office, and this stirs up a sense of  unease about this album. Why didn’t they give me 100%?

So, is this album great, or not? Well, I don’t know. I’m in completely two minds about it. Maybe it’s the fault of the producer that it feels as though there’s something missing.

Surely, if you are a big heavy metal fan, you will like a lot in this album, and believe me, there is a lot to enjoy from this album, but I believe that the enjoyment is going to be short lived.

Listen to this album: While climbing a really really tall ladder.

Rating: 79%

Extracts from ‘The man who would not die’, ‘Samurai’, ‘Robot’ and ‘Voices from the past’
http://bumchickens.googlepages.com/BlazeBayley.mp3

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