Turbitt

I love Judas, but this... I’ve never been able to stand it. I realize I’m strongly going against the tide, but it seems to me that here Halford is almost forced to prove that he can scream the high notes louder than all the metal competition of the time. I don’t know... but after listening to this album, it feels like I’ve witnessed a contest of who has the longest one. A flashy and unnecessarily over-the-top record. One-dimensional. Just pick a "Sad Wings of Destiny" or "Defenders of the Faith" and it easily devours this in one bite.

What is defined as the classic "welcome back"... I said good, not excellent!

A great record... born from a Mango in a state of grace; the work is worth buying just for "Lei verrà" and "Oro," but the other tracks also hold their ground remarkably well. Moreover, the production and the electronics are among the best that could be heard in Italy at the time.

Better than the previous "The Final Cut," which was flat and monotone, even if it had better lyrics. It's true that on this album the somewhat plasticky over-production based on sequencers and sound compressors takes the lead, but we are in 1987; that was the era. For me, it's not to be thrown away, even though it's definitely one of the last albums of the group in a hypothetical ranking. And to be honest, it can easily be considered a solo album by Gilmour.