I'm torn. I'm happy that you enjoyed the album FAR more than I thought you would, but you "Loved" all the wrong songs. "Sting of the Bumblebee", "Pleasure Slave", "The Warrior's Prayer" ("The Crown and the Ring" is perfectly acceptable to love)? Like, what? "Sting of the Bumblebee" is pointless wank, "Pleasure Slave" is just a pointless bonus track which should have been left off of the album -- just like it was originally -- and "The Warrior's Prayer" I'm assuming you would skip if you ever listened to the album again, because it is charming once, but then completely pointless every other time.
So, would you say you'd be down for a more epic Manowar album? I was assuming that you'd hate this album, but since you dug this one, then I'm going to rec a more "serious" album (no Manowar album deserves to be taken seriously, even the legitimately "good" ones".)
This is the height of Manowar's creative "prowess", and as far as I am concerned is one of the greatest metal albums ever recorded (I love, love, love
Kings of Metal, but it's flaws are too numerous to qualify for that title). This album I will defend until the day I die, and not just because it is ironically enjoyable, but because it is a legitimately creative album which pioneers a sound which no other band at the time was exploring (and no other band since, including Manowar, with the somewhat exception of their next album,
Hail to England)
Manowar -
Into Glory Ride
If you don't dig this, then I will know that you are truly a poseur and wannabe-Manowar fan.