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 267 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,075.
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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).
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Fear Of The Dark rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 3 days ago |  LedZep | 5,076 | 79/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2026 18:10 | abbolton | 77 | 83/100 |
| ! | 07/07/2026 16:45 |  DommeDamian | 7,482 | 49/100 |
| ! | 06/19/2026 03:06 |  CaptainPain | 3,415 | 61/100 |
| ! | 06/02/2026 15:11 |  EyeKanFly | 8,848 | 65/100 |
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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 15.5.
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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.
jeremy9 12/05/2020 20:58 | #262082
My best Iron Maiden's album
llibnanoon 06/04/2020 18:16 | #252849
Meh
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
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.
Repo 03/27/2018 00:55 | #211736 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
It does the trick. Everything you expect from an IM record altough not their best album.
Fear of the dark song is outstanding.
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.
The only Iron Maiden album I like that was realesed in the 90s.
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