The Prisoner (track)
by Iron Maiden
Year: 1982
From the album The Number Of The Beast (track #3)
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The Prisoner appears on the following album(s) by Iron Maiden:
- The Number Of The Beast (track #3) (this album) (1982)
- Beast Over Hammersmith (track #11) (2002)
- Maiden England '88 (track #3) (2013)
- BBC Archives (track #11) (2002)
- Eddie's Archive (track #11) (compilation) (2002)
- Eddie's Archive (track #39) (compilation) (2002)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/19/2026 17:16 |  HoldenM | 9,408 | 91/100 |
| ! | 04/28/2026 16:08 | Pavloss | 2,378 | 60/100 |
| ! | 04/09/2026 21:31 | SD100852 | 12,060 | 77/100 |
| ! | 04/07/2026 00:52 |  Brandon8 | 4,694 | 88/100 |
| ! | 04/03/2026 20:15 | FrancK | 4,823 | 82/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 3% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 82.7/100, a mean average of 82.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.0/100. The standard deviation for this track is 13.6.
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I wound up discovering this song through Beavis and Butthead of all things. They sung the chorus in prison with a couple of other inmates on an episode called Scared Straight. Awesome song, guess I have Beavis and Butthead to thank lol.
Jasonconfused 12/03/2012 16:43 | #56605
One of those standout Maiden tracks. Saw them play this live and it was incredible. Truly underrated guitar solo on it too.
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