Iron Maiden's Senjutsu, #CosoMusic peeps.
It got lauded by a lot of professional critics and soundly panned by a lot of fans. Me included at the beginning. I have to tell you that over time it's really grown on me. I started to "get" it.
It's like a retrospective but with new songs. A return to their influences like Jethro Tull and Thin Lizzy. I'm not sure you can *really* appreciate this album without listening to Aqualung and Black Rose. The folk-rock elements are front and centre.
@stueytheround I love!!!! this album
@stueytheround Have you seen this?
https://youtu.be/FhBnW7bZHEE
@jasod Oh yeah! I watched it the day it dropped. I've had the album on download for ages but Eleanor bought me the vinyl as a present. The artwork is out of this world!
@jasod ^^^ check it out. Silver & black coloured vinyl triple gatefold LP.
@stueytheround THAT is love right there
@stueytheround Ever since Book of Souls dropped, I have been really excited by their reinvigorated sound. Much more Number of the Beast / Powerslave
@jasod They seem to be returning to their "roots" while also embracing their prog side. That's why I mentioned Jethro Tull earlier.
cont.
Now and then there's a nod to their 90s offerings. Big singalong choruses a la "Fear of the Dark", while also treating us to glimpses of the classic Maiden "gallop" of old.
Lyrically, you can tell this is mostly Bruce's project. The total obsession with war and the history of war remains a main theme, but there are moments of introspective gentleness scattered into the mix too.
In conclusion
Senjutsu is a *fan* album. It requires several listens and a knowledge of past work.
8/10