Sooner or later, the "wrong" album had to arrive. Adrian Smith's departure is felt in terms of songwriting. Janick Gers will take some time to assert his characteristics, which will come to the fore especially in the period following the reunion. Although it is not an album that holds up against everything that came before it, it still contains some good tracks: among them, the title track, "Tailgunner," "The Assassin," and "Mother Russia."
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