Been listening to the album for a week now, and got the sadly dissapointing Tin Sleeve today. The bonus features was somewhat cool though!
Still love the album!
Best songs are Isle of Avalon, Starblind and Mother of Mercy. Worst is probably The Man who Would be King. Not bad, but most uninteresting. Pretty sad, 'cause it's Dave's song, and he's my favorite member!
The Gers songs are awesome as well. I really think he should have written more this time, and i usually rank his tunes the lowest (except for The Legacy and Dance of Death off course). But both The Alchemist and The Talisman are really good tracks! Kudos!
The sad thing is, i can't really get wildlt into When the wild wind blows.. Some of the melodies are awesome, but as a whole it can get kind of....boring, i guess. And i kind of dislike the lyrics, even though the story is easy to follow. Maybe it will grow on me though.
The album: 8/10 and growing.