Best Of The Beast (compilation album)
by Iron Maiden
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Iron Maiden bestography
Best Of The Beast is ranked 23rd 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 274 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,151.
(N.B. Bestographies do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Best Of The Beast track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Best Of The Beast rankings
All 11 charts that this album appears in:
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | fabm0 | List 1996 | 74/100 | - |
| 2025 | fabm0 | Platinum year 1996 | 72/100 | - |
| 2025 | mrmcrook | Top 100 Band Compilations | 80/100 | - |
| 2025 | mrmcrook | Top 44 Music Albums of 1996 | 42/44 | 0 |
| 2024 | FelipeBoorkes | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 96/100 | 5 |
| 2023 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 99 Music Albums of 1996 | 43/99 | 3 |
| 2022 |  Goliath | Essential Collections | 15/60 | - |
| 2020 | panapsal | Top 100 Music Albums of 1996 | 87/100 | 1 |
| 2020 | Goliath | Top 28 Music Albums of 1996 | 10/28 | 3 |
| 2016 | kjbass | Top 15 Greatest Music Albums | 11/15 | 3 |
| 2015 |  Applerill | Canonical My Ass: Comps That Should Be Treated Like Art | 19/78 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 11 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 15 | |||
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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80/100  | 08/26/2025 01:09 | TodFitz | | 63/100 |
100/100 | 01/31/2024 00:13 | r0b07 | | 83/100 |
100/100 | 12/04/2023 01:37 | ahuaroc19 | | 100/100 |
50/100 | 10/02/2023 08:16 | fabm0 | | 59/100 |
70/100 | 03/04/2023 06:30 |  MetalMan67 | | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.5/100, a mean average of 79.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 81.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.4.
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If you're not a great Maiden fan but like some of there stuff, this is a good compilation covering a good chunk of there catalog. In all honesty though, you'd be better off getting either 'Number of the Beast' or 'Powerslave' instead.
I'm not a die-hard fan of Iron Maiden, I've seen them twice and they are awesome but I couldn't pick a single album as the best. It is one of those bands that you need to know and this album is an amazing introduction.
fear of the dark (live) is perfect more than normal verison
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