Rime Of The Ancient Mariner (track)
by Iron Maiden
Year: 1984
From the album Powerslave (track #8)
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Rime Of The Ancient Mariner appears on the following album(s) by Iron Maiden:
- Powerslave (track #8) (this album) (1984)
- Live After Death (track #6) (1985)
- Flight 666: The Original Soundtrack (track #9) (2009)
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| ! | 07/22/2026 08:45 |  MetalMan67 | 1,681 | 83/100 |
| ! | 06/30/2026 12:09 | Siromynian | 18,131 | 71/100 |
| ! | 04/17/2026 15:36 | Pavloss | 2,378 | 60/100 |
| ! | 02/05/2026 14:29 | kinginsomniac12 | 6,024 | 100/100 |
| ! | 01/14/2026 18:40 | Exist-en-ciel | 168,760 | 71/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 88.9/100, a mean average of 88.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 89.4/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.9.
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AAL2014 09/23/2017 04:56 | #198570
These 13 and a half minutes seem to fly by. Amazing song. (Edited)
Clarence42069 11/05/2016 03:04 | #177992
My personal favourite IM song. An underated masterpiece. (Edited)
Anti 04/21/2014 23:38 | #109709
An 85/100 average rating for this song does no justice. It's a masterpiece that deserves to be up in the high 80s-90s range. (Edited)
Jasonconfused 12/28/2012 03:12 | #59185
Iron Maiden's longest epic. A masterpiece to close the album. (Edited)
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