The Final Frontier
by Iron Maiden
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Iron Maiden bestography
The Final Frontier is ranked 15th best out of 38 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 6,047.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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The Final Frontier track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Final Frontier rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 94/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | SethGunde | Top 2 Music Albums of 2010 | 1/2 | 5 |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 49/100 | 52 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 85 Music Albums of the 2010s | 18/85 | 16 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 41/100 | 12 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 87 Music Albums of 2010 | 3/87 | 5 |
| 2026 | dihansse | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 96/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Purplepash | Top 100 Music Albums of 2010 | 99/100 | 0 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | 2010 Honorable Mentions | 32/38 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 84 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 363 | |||
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The Final Frontier ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/07/2026 18:10 | abbolton | 77 | 83/100 |
| ! | 07/04/2026 07:08 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,584 | 70/100 |
| ! | 03/19/2026 01:46 | Devilwoac | 1,453 | 97/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.0/100, a mean average of 70.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.8.
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pedro1976 08/10/2025 11:21 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)The Final Frontier comments
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Going off into prog territory can work for some. This however misses the mark. There are some really great segments and pieces within most songs but then they go off on too many tangents disrupting the flow. Don't over complicate things. Sometimes simple can work and sound a lot better.
More toes in the prog pool which I like, I know Iron Maiden purists won't like the this. Still has a very heavy template. I like the drums on the opener, full on from the off.
Another strong Iron Maiden record. It's all overlong and proggy and as I've said on other latter day Maiden albums, there's no short punchy anthemic metal anthems, just tracks that go on forever. Still, very enjoyable.
It's a toss up between this one and No Prayer for the dying for my least favourite Bruce Dickinson Maiden album
I was so disappointed when I heard this after their three previous triumphant return of Bruce albums.
I tried listening to it on numerous occasions as people kept saying how good it is
- however, Nothing hit me or excited me about this effort
- I will in the future persevere and listen again , because not everyone can be wrong ..... can they ???
If you want to try Maiden out just avoid this, No Prayer, and the Blaize Bailey efforts and you will be fine
after 30 years they still come up with such an incredible album.
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