The Book Of Souls (studio album) by Iron Maiden
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The Book Of Souls is ranked 9th best out of 36 albums by Iron Maiden on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Iron Maiden is The Number Of The Beast which is ranked number 269 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 6,546.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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85/100  | 04/13/2024 23:06 | Tomaek6 | | 89/100 |
70/100 | 03/04/2024 15:15 | jon5417 | | 69/100 |
80/100 | 01/31/2024 00:12 | r0b07 | | 83/100 |
5/100 | 12/31/2023 23:32 |  Brandon8 | | 90/100 |
65/100 | 12/14/2023 17:37 | RockingRoll666 | | 73/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.3/100, a mean average of 72.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.7.
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I've been a Maiden fan since day one. Their hay day for me was the 80's material. I wouldn't call this a return to prime form but it's a definite improvement on the few albums prior. With this they majorly ventured into the prog metal world. The highlight by far is the 18 minute closer with it's added strings and piano for full grandiose effect. No disrespect to Bruce but his vocals just aren't doing the justice they once did.
This is a really good album with almost progressive leanings, the only issue I have is that it is too long. Most of my music is vinyl and a triple album costs a fortune and isn't really a single listening experience. Still, I still bought it! It will take a few more listens for me to really appreciate the full album so I may update further at a point in the future.
Very nice
guzguzgarbit 11/08/2018 14:04
It's interesting to note that appart from albums 7,8,11 and 12 every new Iron Maiden album is longer than the previous ones. It's showing well the direction of the band in term of production. But I think they'll have a hard time trying to make the next one longer.
Very Creative, kind of like a Beethoven's Ninth of Hair Metal.
IgnacioJoaquin 12/18/2016 01:38
Better than expected
The longest Iron Maiden album so far. It's probably a bit overlong to be honest, but there is some good stuff here. The first two tracks are excellent, and Bruce Dickinson's, empire of the clouds, is extremely enjoyable. Not as good as they used to be, but still fun.
Better than the previous effort Final Frontier
But it doesn't really blow me away yet .... will keep listening and who knows
LedZep 10/23/2015 20:34
Empire of the Clouds. WOW!
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