OFF: Re: Dio, Maiden, etc.

[Jonathan Jarrett]

On Tue, Sep 09, 2008 at 02:59:30PM -0500, Carl Edlund Anderson typed out:
> The followup to TCW was _Tyranny of Souls_, which is also quite good  
> (definitely better than _Tattooed Millionaire_, IMO) if not quite as  
> fab as TCW (IMO).  It lacks Adrian Smith (both he and Bruce being  
> back in the Maiden fold by then) and is largely a Bruce/Roy Z  
> collaborative effort -- but that still produces an album better than  
> many I've heard.  I have heard some fan's pick _Accident of Birth_,  
> the predecessor to TCW as a favorite Dickinson solo album (and it has  
> the same band as TCW, I think), but I definitely prefer TCW and Tyranny.

	I borrowed _Accident of Birth_ from a friend a while after 
getting TCW, and though the band is the same and the sound is the same, 
and I can see how people would like it, it just doesn't have the whole 
Blake schtick which makes TCW so compelling. _Accident of Birth_ does 
not demand to have its artwork done as woodcuts and oils; TCW really 
does benefit from its concept to elevate the interest value of the music 
and words together, for me at least. AoB punches about the same weight, 
but doesn't have the style. So I thought anyway, yours,
							Jon

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