The Batlord

Helloween: Pink Bubbles Go Ape

After Jugulator I'm kind of interested in listening to some of those metal albums that have bad reputations for style reasons rather than just pure quality reasons. I've heard this and Helloween's next album, Chameleon, maligned many times over the years, but I've never gotten around to listening to them for myself. I hope it's all just small minded genre nazis bitching, cause I love Helloween and I'd be crushed if there were only two good Michael Kiske albums.




The intro is already just a bit too far into goofy territory. There we go. That's some nice ass kicking.

I've just listened to the whole thing and have started it again. If there's something wrong with this album is that it just doesn't seem as good as the previous two. There are plenty of decent songs but the best songs on here just aren't as good as "Futureworld" or "I Want Out". I don't know if the band was beginning to run out of steam or whether they were just having a hard time following up the Keeper of the Seven Keys albums. I have the feeling that this album is gonna be a grower, but it'll probably never replace Keeper of the Seven Keys Part II as my favorite Helloween album.

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