Brave New World
by Iron Maiden
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Iron Maiden bestography
Brave New World is ranked 7th best out of 37 albums by Iron Maiden on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Iron Maiden is The Number Of The Beast which is ranked number 265 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,037.
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Brave New World track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Brave New World 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 | 1d410Arthur | Top 99 Greatest Music Albums | 69/99 | 30 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 99 Music Albums of 2000 | 14/99 | 4 |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 12 Music Albums of 2000 | 2/12 | 5 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2000s | 68/100 | 7 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 42 Music Albums of 2000 | 29/42 | 2 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #2501-2600* | 53/81 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 2000 | 65/100 | - |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2000 | 16/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 15/100 | 86 |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 78 Music Albums of 2000 | 55/78 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 169 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,203 | |||
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Brave New World ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 17 hours ago | Siromynian | 1,761 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/25/2026 13:53 |  DommeDamian | 7,795 | 48/100 |
| ! | 07/21/2026 22:12 |  LedZep | 5,145 | 79/100 |
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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 77.8/100, a mean average of 76.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.9.
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Brave New World forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/29/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5419): By MasterOfPuppets
Repo 06/19/2026 03:36 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Repo 03/19/2024 01:21 in What album are you listening to right now?Brave New World comments
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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. (Edited)
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. (Edited)
UofTBlues 12/29/2019 20:42 | #246053 | TOP COMMENT
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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. (Edited)
Really good album. Excellent guitar work throughout. As noted in another review, there is a progressive element which I like. (Edited)
Pretty damn good return to form is all I can say.
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