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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| ! | 09/18/2026 20:44 | stareaterogni0n | 6,743 | 69/100 |
| ! | 08/19/2026 10:05 |  Purplepash | 35,635 | 76/100 |
| ! | 08/11/2026 02:06 | bonnequestion | 17,325 | 74/100 |
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Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/03/2012 16:43 | #56604
Love this song. Beautiful soft start that gets harder as the song goes on.
AAL2014 TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/17/2023 00:04 | #295087
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.
Fantastic, I love the progression.
