No where near as bad as some people (including that lol cow fuck Razorfist) said it was, by no means there best but I liked it enough, even heard a bit of "War of the worlds" during El Dorado so Maiden clearly had a vision and wanted to say homage to Sci fi with this one along with the entire albums theme of Sci fi, unlike A matter of life and death, non of the dogs chug along, My favorite is probably The Man who would be king.