Producer Kevin Shirley accepts the fact that Steve Harris calls all the cards in the band and we all testified the "high" production values utilized by Steve Harris when he produced the band in "X-Factor" and "Virutal XI"... So, since "Brave New World" produciton is muddled, really bad and it never improves.This album is another disappointment. Each song is long, long and more long, just for the sake of being long! Choruses are repeated infinitely, Bruce is straining his voice (sometime it's even annoying, believe it or not) and, worst of all, that guy Janick Gers continues there, adding nothing to this band with his crap solos.This album had potential if it had had better production, shorter songs (why, oh why are there the tedious long bass introductions all the time??!!) and a crisp, strong and clean sound??! I simply don't understand, but Steve Harris could not care less for my opinion, so...