Children Of The Damned (track)
by Iron Maiden
Year: 1982
From the album The Number Of The Beast (track #2)
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Children Of The Damned appears on the following album(s) by Iron Maiden:
- The Number Of The Beast (track #2) (this album) (1982)
- Live After Death (track #15) (1985)
- Beast Over Hammersmith (track #4) (2002)
- The Book Of Souls: Live Chapter (track #4) (2017)
- Somewhere Back In Time (track #6) (compilation) (2008)
- BBC Archives (track #7) (2002)
- Eddie's Archive (track #32) (compilation) (2002)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 02/05/2026 14:29 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,498 | 100/100 | |
| 01/14/2026 19:12 | Exist-en-ciel | 79,544 | 70/100 | |
| 01/08/2026 08:07 | markl73 | 6,281 | 79/100 | |
| 12/14/2025 08:43 | zsolti | 6,922 | 80/100 | |
| 09/30/2025 02:36 | stareaterogni0n | 3,614 | 72/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 2% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 85.5/100, a mean average of 85.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.1.
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I love this as the track two on this record. The buildup is the album’s first truly great moment, with some metal as fuck lyrics.
Love this song. Beautiful soft start that gets harder as the song goes on.
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