Fear Of The Dark (studio album) by Iron Maiden

Fear Of The Dark by Iron Maiden
Year: 1992
Overall rank: 3,139th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 244 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1992 (54th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (552nd)
Award Best albums of all time (3,139th)
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Iron Maiden bestography

Fear Of The Dark is ranked 11th best out of 36 albums by Iron Maiden on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Iron Maiden is The Number Of The Beast which is ranked number 269 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,534.

Iron Maiden album bestography « Higher ranked (3,022nd) This album (3,139th) Lower ranked (3,454th) »
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Fear Of The Dark track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Fear Of The Dark ratings

Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 244 votes)
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12/14/2023 17:37 RockingRoll666  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 1,40173/100

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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.1/100, a mean average of 71.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.

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95/100
From 04/20/2021 17:13
The first album from Iron Maiden I ever listened to. I don't know if It's the best one, but It's special for me because It made me know my favourite band ever! Long life to Heavy Metal.
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From 12/05/2020 20:58
My best Iron Maiden's album
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70/100
From 06/04/2020 18:16
Meh
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80/100
From 08/03/2019 16:43
Apesar do desgaste ainda eram enormes!
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45/100
From 08/02/2018 19:25
Apart of Afraid to shoot Strangers, Be Quick or be Dead and the title song, this album is bad, really bad
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70/100
From 06/17/2018 19:16
Not their strongest effort which is a shame because the title and the cover suggest a theme which could really could have made an impact. 'Fear of the Dark' is my favourite track.
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From 03/27/2018 00:55
If you skip the abomination of a single - From Here To Eternity which sucks - this is pretty good, and I was a MASSIVE Maiden fan in the early 80s.
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From 08/03/2016 00:34
It does the trick. Everything you expect from an IM record altough not their best album.

Fear of the dark song is outstanding.
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60/100
From 05/27/2016 19:45
One of the weaker Iron Maiden albums, Bruce Dickinson, obviously agreed as he quit, at least for now, after this record. The single, be quick or be dead, is easily the strongest cut here, with maybe only, wasting love, and, afraid to shoot strangers, any good. My least favourite Dickinson Maiden album.
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75/100
From 03/26/2016 02:24
The only Iron Maiden album I like that was realesed in the 90s.
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