The Final Frontier
by Iron Maiden
  • Record Label: EMI
  • Release Date: Aug 17, 2010
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 103 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 86 out of 103
  2. Mixed: 14 out of 103
  3. Negative: 3 out of 103
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  1. Emannikcufesin
    Jan 9, 2020
    3
    Finally listening to this album in its entirety. Some thoughts. Satellite 15 is an excellent opening track. The segue into Final Frontier and the following 4 tracks are all garbage. Has Maiden forgotten how to write memorable short songs? I don't see a need to listen to that kind of mediocrity from Maiden again. The album finally starts to click with the Isle of Avalon and maintains thatFinally listening to this album in its entirety. Some thoughts. Satellite 15 is an excellent opening track. The segue into Final Frontier and the following 4 tracks are all garbage. Has Maiden forgotten how to write memorable short songs? I don't see a need to listen to that kind of mediocrity from Maiden again. The album finally starts to click with the Isle of Avalon and maintains that pace through The Man Who Would Be King. The last song, WTWWB gets a thumbs down. Bruce's uninspired vocals really grate on my nerves for most of the song. Hearing him phone it in and lazily sing along with the guitar melody is hardly the "Wild" I was expecting. When he finally does can it, the instrumental pieces are decent. Overall, it's the weakest of all of Maiden's epic songs. Taken as a whole album there are only 4 songs I would consider revisiting but are they good because the rest of the album is terrible? Hard to say. Isle of Avalon is the stand out but not really at the same time.… Expand

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#39 Most Discussed Album of 2010

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Metascore
71

Generally favorable reviews - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 9 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
  1. Rolling Stone
    60
    Maiden have long had a knack for the lung-busting chorus, but what impresses here are the complicated arrangements.
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  2. Kerrang!
    80
    Only Iron Maiden know if this is their last hurrah. But if it is, they're going out the same way they came in: fearless, adventurous, and with a record that'll still bowl you over in a decade's time. [7 Aug 2010, p.50]
  3. Drowned In Sound
    60
    While sometimes The Final Frontier seems to mine the Maiden groove until the canary chirps its last, the better songs are an indication that they aren't yet trading solely on their reputation.
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