Virtual XI (studio album)
by Iron Maiden
Iron Maiden bestography
Virtual XI is ranked 18th 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 273 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,088.
(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 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/26/2025 01:11 | TodFitz | 27,301 | 63/100 |
| ! | 08/16/2025 21:59 | Ilor | 251 | 77/100 |
| ! | 01/09/2025 21:17 | RainW | 173 | 76/100 |
| ! | 11/30/2024 04:58 |  slatsheit | 2,041 | 81/100 |
| ! | 09/19/2024 17:59 |  AAL2014 | 3,519 | 75/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 58.1/100, a mean average of 56.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 56.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 20.3.
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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.
VictorVale 10/14/2020 14:02 | #259293
Esperava menos, dá até pra curtir!!
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).
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.
jeremy9 09/02/2019 15:57 | #242100
The worst album of Iron Maiden
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.
Nothing about this album is good.
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