Fear Of The Dark
by Iron Maiden
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Iron Maiden bestography
Fear Of The Dark is ranked 12th 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 264 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,048.
(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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Fear Of The Dark track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Fear Of The Dark rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | mikepen | Top 35 Music Albums of 1992 | 13/35 | 3 |
| 2026 | SethGunde | Top 3 Music Albums of 1992 | 2/3 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 90 Music Albums of 1992 | 75/90 | 1 |
| 2026 | timosbuecherei | Top 50 Music Albums of the 1990s | 9/50 | 17 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 91 Music Albums of 1992 | 60/91 | 2 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Classic rock albums of the year 1992 by Radio X | 6/25 | - |
| 2026 | timosbuecherei | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 54/100 | 47 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 12 Music Albums of 1992 | 11/12 | 1 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 91 Music Albums of 1992 | 29/91 | 3 |
| 2026 |  rambleon80 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1992 | 12/20 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 114 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 497 | |||
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Fear Of The Dark ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 28 hours ago | Tamthebam | 23,296 | 69/100 |
| ! | 09/04/2026 01:40 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/21/2026 22:12 |  LedZep | 5,144 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 71.4/100, a mean average of 71.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 71.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.4.
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Fear Of The Dark forum mentions
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djrodo 04/20/2021 17:13 | #268793 | TOP COMMENT
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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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VictorVale 08/03/2019 16:43 | #240721
Apesar do desgaste ainda eram enormes!
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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