A must have - full stop

Saxon at their very best in their early days. Sure their recent stuff is excellent, but this is their live album having their best classics, before they actually became classics. Best songs from Saxon, Wheels of Steel, Heavy Metal Thunder and the (less good) Denim & Leather all captured Live. I you think you like rock --> then this is a MUST have.

A Must Have For Any Serious Heavy Metal Fan!

SAXON are the unsung heroes of the New Wave Of British Heavy Metal (NWOBHM). They came out around the same time as IRON MAIDEN and DEF LEPPARD, but had only a fraction of those bands' success. "The Eagle Has Landed" represents SAXON as an unstoppable Heavy Metal band. What they lacked in catchy commercial hooks, they more than compensated in the heaviness and aggression departments. This is indeed a very intense album with a sound lacking in most "live" albums now-a-days. This has to be simply one of the best live metal albums of all time, along with PRIEST's "Unleashed In The East" and MOTORHEAD's "No Sleep 'Til Hammersmith". It's fast, loud and uncompromisingly brutal. From the opening song, "Motorcycle Man" to the all out Thrash-before-Thrash of "Fire in The Sky/Machine Gun", this album will kick you square in the butt. An essential purchase for ANY fan of Vintage Heavy Metal!

If you like compilations....

Weel, this surely is one hell of a great live album. If you want itnroduce yourself to Saxon, it?s a good start.

The set list (ten songs) DOES NOT contain all their best material up to that point, when they had recorded four albums (but they did not use here any song from their debut album). Also this album is the debut of drummer Nigel Glockler, a very resourceful addiction to the band, replacing Pete Gill.

It has tons of energy (altough "Wheels of Steel" gets a bit boring....). Good acquisiton, if you like compilations.