Dance Of Death
by Iron Maiden

Dance Of Death by Iron Maiden
Year: 2003
Overall rank: 3,416th   
Average Rating: 
70/100 (from 181 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2003 (69th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (584th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,416th)

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Iron Maiden bestography

Dance Of Death is ranked 13th 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 270 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,143.

Iron Maiden album bestography « Higher ranked (3,047th)
A Matter Of Life And Death
This album (3,416th)
Dance Of Death
Lower ranked (4,072nd) »
The Final Frontier

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Dance Of Death track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Dance Of Death rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 3,416th | 2000s rank: 584th | 2003 rank: 69th

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70/100 (from 181 votes)
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90/100
From 06/02/2023 11:46 | #297342
EDIT to own comment from 08/24/2020 17:54

Arguably the best Maiden album if it comes to epic songs, some "catchy" songs like Wildest Dreams or Gates of Tomorrow, but also real gems. Paschendale and the title track are maybe two of the best songs Maiden ever made.
The cover is still awful ...

It makes me sad to see this album ranked behind "the Final Frontier" and especially "Senjutsu", its possible to argue about the ranking compared with "The book of Souls" but worse than "Senjutsu"??? Thats just unfair.
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From 03/12/2021 18:19 | #267281
O Iron continua forte. Álbum bem agradável de se ouvir, não com muito hinos, mas todas as fachas próximas em qualidade!
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From 08/24/2020 17:54 | #257389
Arguably the best Maiden album if it comes to epic songs, some "catchy" songs like Wildest Dreams or Gates of Tomorrow, but also real gems. Paschendale and the title track are maybe two of the best songs Maiden ever made.
The cover is still awful ...
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From 07/22/2020 20:29 | #256023
My favourite Maiden album since Bruce and Adrian’s return. ‘Paschendale’ is one of the greatest songs they have ever created. ‘No More Lies’, the title track, the underrated ‘Montsegur’, the punchy ‘Wildest Dreams’, the catchy ‘Rainmaker’ are all excellent songs.
Some dismiss this album because of the awful cover, but they are missing out on a feast of modern Maiden classics.
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70/100
From 06/25/2016 13:06 | #169792
Probably the weakest of the albums Iron Maiden have made since the return of Bruce Dickinson. Some enjoyable tracks, although the title track is one of the most hilarious songs i've ever heard, I don't know if Maiden were being sincere here, I think they probably were, I'm in tears every time I hear it. If you haven't heard it yet, try keeping a straight face when you do. As for the rest it's all enjoyable enough, but they don't seem to be able to write those short punchy anthemic metal tracks like they used to. They're much more proggy now, which is fine, but I miss those classic songs. And, yes, I agree, terrible cover, the worst of Maiden's career.
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