Virtual XI
by Iron Maiden
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Iron Maiden bestography
Virtual XI is ranked 17th 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 266 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,009.
(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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Virtual XI track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Virtual XI 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 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 500 Albums: 201-300 | 7/100 | - |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 69 Music Albums of the 1990s | 48/69 | 6 |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 7 Music Albums of 1998 | 6/7 | 1 |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 78/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 16 Music Albums of 1998 | 4/16 | 4 |
| 2026 | svk4ever | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 51/100 | 10 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1998 | 75/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | vruslov | Top 94 Music Albums of 1998 | 73/94 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1998 Pt 2 | 69/83 | - |
| 2026 | juanr1096 | Top 72 Music Albums of 1998 | 72/72 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 50 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 74 | |||
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Virtual XI ratings
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av = trimmed mean average rating an item has currently received.
n = number of ratings an item has currently received.
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/10/2026 10:40 | Artem | 872 | 77/100 |
| ! | 10/04/2026 14:12 | Siromynian | 1,789 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/21/2026 22:12 |  LedZep | 5,186 | 79/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 58.0/100, a mean average of 56.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 56.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.1.
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Virtual XI forum mentions
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This album did grow on me after numerous playings. Though I will admit that at first play it was "meh!" and I still do think that many (most all?!) of the tracks could have benefitted with a minute or two sliced off them, as seem to drag out a bit. I suspect if Martin Birch could have still have been involved as a Producer it would a much more successful outcome. (Edited)
I personally love this album. Educated Fool, Angel and the Gambler, Futureal, When Two Worlds Collide and Como Estais Amigos are excellent, yet criminally underrated tracks. I'm not a fan of Clansman however. Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger is pretty good, but not quite as good as the rest of the album (minus Clansman).
Nothing about this album is good.
The X Factor was bad enough, but this is absolutely dreadful! Without Bruce and Adrian the group loses allot of what makes them unique and good. Not a single good track. The group's worst album. (Edited)
UofTBlues 12/12/2019 20:34 | #245636
Lightning Strikes Twice & When Two Worlds Collide are the highlights if there is any silver lining on a less than memorable album. Some good riffs though.
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