Iron Maiden ‎– The Final Frontier

Bad sound on entire side A. Other sides are good!
Someone else with same problem?

Weird question but of anyone ever just has an empty jacket to sell let me know

Can anyone with the EU picture disc comment in the quality?

This is a 100% fake, made by a dude from Israel who is famous on eBay for making Japanese and Israel promo counterfits.

IMHO not the best album of the group band but otherwise.... ----> 100% excellent vinyle quality sound and presentation

"The Final Frontier" has only two problems. The first: Bruce Dickinson's vocal is getting old. No, Bruce is still great, but compared to his best years, vocal became noticeably weaker. Bruce has retained the power of his voice, but it seems that high notes are given to him with some difficulty. It's natural, but a little sad. The second problem: the release date. In 2010, this album is perceived in a completely different way than it would have been perceived in the mid-80's. I'm sure if this album were released in the "Golden Age" and the vocal parts were performed by young Bruce, it would be one of the most admired and epoch-making albums in Maiden's work.

I pre-ordered this one from amazon, together with the picture 2xlp version. Must say that the packaging on this version is just horrible. Huge let down. The Bonus content is crap. The Music is good, not the best Iron Maiden Album. The booklet is not so impressive and I'm not a big fan of the cover art, but as a die-hard maiden fan, I say, buy the normal jewelcase version, or better: the vinyl version.

Okay, we should not exaggerate the excellence of this album but it's actually not as bad as many say. It is clearly the most accomplished album they have done since "Brave New World". Not that songwriting can somehow measure up to the 80's era but a bit of good old Maiden feeling is there even though the sound is clearly modernized.