As I said with the last Iron Maiden album on this list; I quite liked the band with singer Paul Di'Anno. He offset their virtuosic music with his more limited, and at times punky vocals. Here Dickinson earns his nickname 'the air raid siren' (originally given by a disgruntled fan who preferred Di'Anno), wailing operatically through much of the album.
I'm sure that the band were happy to have a singer whose control of his instrument equalled their own, and this album has gone on to be one of the most successful in their canon, and I do enjoy it well enough, but it's just not my favourite. "Run to the hills" though... pretty damned solid track!
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