Brave New World
by Iron Maiden

Brave New World by Iron Maiden
Year: 2000
Release date: 2000-05-29
Overall rank: 1,451st   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 322 votes)
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Award Top albums of 2000 (28th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (226th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,451st)

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Iron Maiden bestography

Brave New World is ranked 7th 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 273 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,018.

Iron Maiden album bestography « Higher ranked (1,143rd)
Somewhere In Time
This album (1,451st)
Brave New World
Lower ranked (1,480th) »
Killers

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Brave New World track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 1,451st | 2000s rank: 226th | 2000 rank: 28th

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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 322 votes)
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06/02/2026 15:11 EyeKanFly  Ratings distribution  8,75665/100
 
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05/10/2026 12:03 Adhura  Ratings distribution  1,67177/100
 
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02/28/2026 01:27 DaveH68  Ratings distribution  1,36376/100
 
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02/25/2026 10:24 Graeme2  Ratings distribution  4,90280/100
 
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02/05/2026 14:28 kinginsomniac12  Ratings distribution  55699/100

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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 77.9/100, a mean average of 76.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.

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85/100
From 01/07/2026 13:06 | #312503
Here`s my two cents : Iron Maiden never made a really bad album ,
(maybe some weaker ones) , and this here belongs in their Top-Ten releases .
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70/100
From 10/09/2021 17:52 | #274826
Really good album. Excellent guitar work throughout. As noted in another review, there is a progressive element which I like.
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80/100
From 12/29/2019 20:42 | #246053
It was great to have Bruce back as well a 3rd guitarist in Janick. This release gets played regularly on my MP3 at the gym.
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85/100
From 09/01/2019 16:24 | #242050
Very good return of Bruce Dickinson
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85/100
From 01/04/2019 12:40 | #228847
Gigantes no Rock in Rio!
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From 03/11/2018 20:53 | #210668
El regreso de la bestia a las grandes plazas de las que nunca debió salir con la vuelta al seno de Iron Maiden de Bruce Dickinson y Adrian Smith supuso uno de los mayores acontecimientos en la historia del Metal. La expectación por escuchar a las tres guitarras de Smith, Murray y Gers era enorme y el resultado no defraudó en absoluto, con un 'Brave New World' que reverdecía los viejos laureles ochenteros. El disco suena a puro siglo veintiuno y marca el camino que la banda seguiría en futuros trabajos con canciones de claro carácter progresivo donde lo importante es que la pista se desarrolle correctamente. Bruce Dickinson se muestra pletórico a lo largo de todo el disco demostrando porqué la afición lo considera el mejor cantante de la historia del género. Una banda que ya lo había hecho todo dando una clase y enseñando que aún podía hacer más.
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From 12/17/2017 00:40 | #203314
My Brother In Law tells me this is a great record , so take it to the bank
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80/100
From 06/25/2016 11:11 | #169772
The return of Bruce Dickinson after an eight year break. Brave new world, is easily Iron Maiden's best album since, seventh son. It's epic and ambitious but it doesn't feel overlong or overblown. It doesn't quite have any classic metal anthems that Maiden used to write, in fact it's more proggy than what's come before, still i think this is the best of the Maiden albums made after Bruce rejoined. It proved that the band still had something to offer.
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90/100
From 03/26/2016 02:19 | #162581
What a comeback for Bruce. Their second best after Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son.
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75/100
From 02/18/2016 17:40 | #160140
Great album by a great band, even for those not into the Metal scene. My favourites are Blood Brothers and the surprisingly underrated The Nomad.
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