Alexander The Great (track)
by Iron Maiden
Year: 1986
From the album Somewhere In Time (track #8)
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Alexander The Great appears on the following album(s) by Iron Maiden:
- Somewhere In Time (track #8) (this album) (1986)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/22/2026 08:46 |  MetalMan67 | 1,756 | 83/100 |
| ! | 06/27/2026 20:35 |  DommeDamian | 77,865 | 51/100 |
| ! | 05/14/2026 14:22 | Pavloss | 2,378 | 60/100 |
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AAL2014 07/19/2020 01:29 | #255793
I loved this song so much growing up. I still think it's a cool song for Maiden as far the instrumentation goes. Grooves and textures they seldom ever used up to that point and there's a couple of super influential drum beats on this track.
However, the score has gone down somewhat considerably as each time I hear it, the lyrics are so heavy handed that even the brilliant Bruce Dickinson can't convince me he's enjoying himself giving THIS direct of a history lesson. I don't mind the history/literary narratives in Iron Maiden's music, but now I feel as if ATG oversteps even those boundaries a bit.
Anti 12/28/2014 05:23 | #130249
History, with Iron Maiden.
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