Piece Of Mind
by Iron Maiden
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Iron Maiden bestography
Piece Of Mind is ranked 5th 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 264 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,047.
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Piece Of Mind track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 83 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Piece Of Mind rankings
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| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 50 Music Albums of 1983 | 17/50 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Repo | Micro-genres: NWOBHM | 17/62 | - |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 30 Music Albums of 1983 | 8/30 | 4 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 78/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Fritz | Top 13 Music Albums of 1983 | 9/13 | 2 |
| 2026 | Hyggevinyl | Top 50 Music Albums of 1983 | 29/50 | 2 |
| 2026 | Repo | 1983: Metal | 2/59 | - |
| 2026 | Andras | Top 36 Music Albums of the 1980s | 24/36 | 7 |
| 2026 | zags7000 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 69/100 | 6 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 330 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,697 | |||
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Piece Of Mind ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/14/2026 13:11 |  Tamthebam | 23,296 | 69/100 |
| ! | 09/01/2026 01:51 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 07/15/2026 16:18 | duelek | 2,155 | 75/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 80.0/100, a mean average of 78.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.3.
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Piece Of Mind forum mentions
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AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/29/2015 19:09 | #150697 | TOP COMMENT
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One of the best albums in a rich Iron Maiden catalog. A lot of their 80's material is pretty underrated on BEA. Even the weakest songs on here are still pretty unique and catchy.
The strongest points are the first two tracks and the closer. Some of the most epic moments in the Maiden discography. Should be way higher on the 1983 list, let's be honest.
Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/30/2016 20:57 | #179409 | TOP COMMENT
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For my money, this is Maiden's best. While side two has some weaker material, the highs are so high, and frequent enough to elevate this to the top spot. 'The Trooper' is the quintessential Maiden classic, but I find 'Where Eagles Dare' to be the greatest accomplishment on the album, and 'Flight of Icarus' reaches similar heights.
One of the weaker Maiden albums of the 80's in my opinion, although it's got a very unique feel/production to it (at least guitar-wise). The power chords don't feel necessarily heavy or even loud, but very bass-y and deep. I love that aspect of it. It opens with its best track ("Where Eagles Dare"), with some phenomenal drumming by newcomer Nicko Mcbrain (a great personality for the band). Some other very notable cuts for me would be the catchy and unique "Die With Your Boots on", "Still Life", "Revelations", and the very popular "The Trooper". Aside from that, you have "To Tame a Land", which is the very interesting closing track in that it's not a particularly easy to love track, but I certainly see myself loving it after many listens. "Flight of Icarus" is a good track, but I'm not too fond of the chorus. Lastly, I'm not a huge fan of "Sun and Steel" and "Quest for Fire". Perhaps they'll grow on me, but, despite this album's songwriting imperfections, it's one of their best feeling albums in my opinion, and most of the tracks are definitely worth buying the entire album for.
Bork TOP 100 COMMENTER 04/23/2010 21:47 | #10925 | TOP COMMENT
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It's a step down from The Number of the Beast, but Maiden remain at the top of their game with another great album. Best track: The Trooper.
To be honest: It's hard to come up with a new Album after a masterpiece like "Number Of The Beast". The follow up must be dissapointing! And it was... But nevertehless it's a f***ing great Album. The Singles "Flight Of Icarus" and "The Trooper" rule! "Still Life" and "Dune - To Tame A Land" are outstanding tracks although they never were really discovered by the common Maiden-Fan. Do you need one more argumet? "Revelations"! What an amazing - a bit doomy - song! It took me almost 20 years to get into it. I never liked it, when it was played life, but at the end... I was hooked. Too late to enjoy it's live performance :-(
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