The Official Maidenfans.com Rankings results (2004-2016)

[runsilentrundeep]

I collate the stats every September! Hopefully you put your votes in!

Thanks, I will make sure that I vote in time!, I am certainly enjoying this post and appreciate the level of detail/research involved

 

[Black Wizard]

Como Estais really doesn't deserve to be this low IMO. Am rather sad now.

No more tears, Amigo, no more tears.

 

[srfc]

specifically the "climb like a monkey" line,

anyone criticisng that lyric is an idiot.

 

[fekso]

anyone criticisng that lyric is an idiot.

To be fair they are quite silly

 

[LooseCannon]

101: Lord of the Flies - The X Factor (Harris, Gers)
Average score: 7.64/10 Deviation: 1.02
The X Factor 6/11
Top 100: 2004, 2005, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016

Just missing out on the Official Top 100 is the second single from The X Factor, Lord of the Flies. This track is one that interestingly doesn't suffer from BRE, instead, it dips in the mid 00s for a bit and then battles back up to the mid-to-high seven range. It has a decently tight deviation of just over a point, which is excellent for the Blaze era to date. This song has gotten seven Top 100 entries to date; you have to expect that with one more success a decade ago, it would be sitting around 97ish on the all-time list. Lord of the Flies's appearance means half of The X Factor's songs are now on the board. Many people compliment the central instrumental, and the vast majority of commentators have said Blaze sounds pretty good here. However, almost as many people say they still prefer Bruce singing on Death on the Road.

Choice comments:

Blaze's voice shine on this. His vocals have a certain low-yet-loud quality on this song, and this is one of the few songs on tXF that doesn't start off with him singing softly. The power and emotion in his voice is only matched by the chorus of The Unbeliever, and he's aggressive to boot, without going overboard. The lyrics are well-written, and clearly convey the animalism and primal instincts in us all, waiting for the right stressful conditions to emerge. The solo slows things down nicely, just ready to plunge into that wonderful crowd shout and final refrain.

Somehow, the lyrics and music blend together to create an amazing atmosphere, and there are few Maiden (or any) songs where the lyrics and the music are so well combined to create the general mood of the song. I've said before that I prefer Bruce's version, but now I prefer the original Blaze version.

Very good song, this is one where I prefer Blaze over Bruce on vocals. My only real problem with it is the lyrics, the "I like the way" part bugs me for some reason, it makes the song feel like an 8th grade book report.

Very nice stimulating track. There's a certain atmosphere, giving me the feeling that something unavoidable will happen. I have always liked that slower paced mid-section, with Janick crying his solo over Nicko's groovy patterns (nice contrast). The build-up is simple but effective and Blaze's voice sounds determined.

I wonder how many people thought they were playing gates of tomorow live when janick started playing that riff

like many have said this song is good but not brilliant

One of the best songs from Blaze era. Musically, I like this version the most, but I like Bruce's vocals more.

Anyway, as for "Lord of the Flies" it's one of my absolute favourites. Love the buildup in the intro (especially the experienced key change going to the verse-riff), the verses and chorus, as well as the super-atmospheric solo-section.

One of my all time favorites from the Blaze era. Really cool tune.

Statistics

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Yearly ratings & rankings
2004: 8.00; 79/123
2005: 7.16 -0.84; 96/124 -17
2006: 6.98 -0.18; 111/124 -15
2008: 7.38 +0.40; 106/134 +5
2011: 7.68 +0.30; 80/144 +26
2012: 69/144 +11
2014: 7.90 +0.23; 74/144 -5
2015: 7.95 +0.05; 68/144 +6
2016: 7.67 -0.28; 83/155 -15

Overall

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101 - Lord of the Flies (The X Factor)
102 - 2 A.M. (The X Factor)
102 - Fortunes of War (The X Factor)
102 - Death or Glory (The Book of Souls)
105 - Satellite 15... The Final Frontier (The Final Frontier)
106 - Mother Russia (No Prayer For the Dying)
107 - Como Estais Amigos (Virtual XI)
108 - The Pilgrim (A Matter of Life and Death)
109 - Losfer Words (Big 'Orra) (Powerslave)
110 - Running Free (Iron Maiden)
111 - Total Eclipse (The Number of the Beast)
112 - Speed of Light (The Book of Souls)
113 - Wasting Love (Fear of the Dark)
114 - Judgement of Heaven (The X Factor)
115 - The Unbeliever (The X Factor)
116 - Heaven Can Wait (Somewhere in Time)
116 - Childhood's End (Fear of the Dark)
118 - Can I Play With Madness? (Seventh Son of a Seventh Son)
119 - Twilight Zone (Killers)
120 - The Mercenary (Brave New World)
121 - When the River Runs Deep (The Book of Souls)
122 - The Fallen Angel (Brave New World)
123 - Shadows of the Valley (The Book of Souls)
124 - Charlotte the Harlot (Iron Maiden)
125 - Invaders (The Number of the Beast)
126 - Age of Innocence (Dance of Death)
126 - Look For the Truth (The X Factor)
128 - When Two Worlds Collide (Virtual XI)
129 - Drifter (Killers)
130 - Another Life (Killers)
131 - Public Enema Number One (No Prayer For the Dying)
132 - Sun and Steel (Piece of Mind)
132 - Innocent Exile (Killers)
134 - Sanctuary (Iron Maiden)
135 - Be Quick or Be Dead (Fear of the Dark)
136 - Wildest Dreams (Dance of Death)
137 - Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger (Virtual XI)
138 - The Fugitive (Fear of the Dark)
139 - The Assassin (No Prayer For the Dying)
140 - Iron Maiden (Iron Maiden)
141 - Fates Warning (No Prayer For the Dying)
142 - New Frontier (Dance of Death)
143 - Holy Smoke (No Prayer For the Dying)
143 - Tailgunner (No Prayer For the Dying)
145 - Gangland (The Number of the Beast)
146 - Quest For Fire (Piece of Mind)
147 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter (No Prayer For the Dying)
148 - Gates of Tomorrow (Dance of Death)
149 - The Angel and the Gambler (Virtual XI)
150 - From Here to Eternity (Fear of the Dark)
151 - Fear is the Key (Fear of the Dark)
152 - Chains of Misery (Fear of the Dark)
153 - Hooks in You (No Prayer For the Dying)
153 - Weekend Warrior (Fear of the Dark)
155 - The Apparition (Fear of the Dark)

Song deviance (least to greatest)

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0.34 - The Fallen Angel (Brave New World)
0.39 - Satellite 15... The Final Frontier (The Final Frontier)
0.68 - Invaders (The Number of the Beast)
0.76 - Fates Warning (No Prayer For the Dying)
0.78 - The Mercenary (Brave New World)
0.80 - Can I Play With Madness? (Seventh Son of a Seventh Son)
0.81 - Another Life (Killers)
0.85 - The Pilgrim (A Matter of Life and Death)
0.86 - Total Eclipse (The Number of the Beast)
0.90 - Heaven Can Wait (Somewhere in Time)
0.92 - Fear is the Key (Fear of the Dark)
0.93 - Sun and Steel (Piece of Mind)
0.96 - Innocent Exile (Killers)
1.02 - Lord of the Flies (The X Factor)
1.08 - Como Estais Amigos (Virtual XI)
1.15 - Mother Russia (No Prayer For the Dying)
1.23 - Fortunes of War (The X Factor)
1.29 - Gangland (The Number of the Beast)
1.45 - When Two Worlds Collide (Virtual XI)
1.46 - Childhood's End (Fear of the Dark)
1.46 - Running Free (Iron Maiden)
1.52 - The Fugitive (Fear of the Dark)
1.52 - Wasting Love (Fear of the Dark)
1.56 - Iron Maiden (Iron Maiden)
1.58 - The Unbeliever (The X Factor)
1.68 - The Apparition (Fear of the Dark)
1.82 - Drifter (Killers)
1.83 - Tailgunner (No Prayer For the Dying)
1.84 - Age of Innocence (Dance of Death)
1.86 - Sanctuary (Iron Maiden)
1.87 - Judgement of Heaven (The X Factor)
1.94 - Public Enema Number One (No Prayer For the Dying)
1.94 - Quest For Fire (Piece of Mind)
1.95 - The Angel and the Gambler (Virtual XI)
2.04 - Wildest Dreams (Dance of Death)
2.20 - New Frontier (Dance of Death)
2.22 - Hooks in You (No Prayer For the Dying)
2.26 - Losfer Words (Big 'Orra) (Powerslave)
2.27 - Look For the Truth (The X Factor)
2.72 - Twilight Zone (Killers)
2.82 - Gates of Tomorrow (Dance of Death)
2.93 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter (No Prayer For the Dying)
2.94 - Holy Smoke (No Prayer For the Dying)
3.04 - Be Quick or Be Dead (Fear of the Dark)
3.32 - Charlotte the Harlot (Iron Maiden)
3.34 - Chains of Misery (Fear of the Dark)
3.40 - Weekend Warrior (Fear of the Dark)
3.76 - From Here to Eternity (Fear of the Dark)
3.81 - 2 A.M. (The X Factor)
3.90 - The Assassin (No Prayer For the Dying)
3.95 - Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger (Virtual XI)
n/a - Death or Glory (The Book of Souls)
n/a - Shadows of the Valley (The Book of Souls)
n/a - Speed of Light (The Book of Souls)
n/a - When the River Runs Deep (The Book of Souls)

Albums

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Iron Maiden 4/9 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 2 Top 100: 12
Killers 4/11 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 2 Top 100: 11
The Number of the Beast 3/9 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 7
Piece of Mind 2/9 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 1
Powerslave 1/8 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 2 Top 100: 2
Somewhere in Time 1/8 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 6
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 1/8 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 4
No Prayer For the Dying 8/10 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 2 Top 100: 11
Fear of the Dark 9/12 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 20
The X Factor 6/11 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 2 Top 50: 3 Top 100: 26
Virtual XI 4/8 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 2 Top 100: 10
Brave New World 2/10 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 4
Dance of Death 4/11 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 6
A Matter of Life and Death 1/10 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 4
The Final Frontier 1/10 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 5
The Book of Souls 3/11 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 2

 

[The Flash]

Lord of the Flies is great. I don't do rankings anymore but if I did it'd be in the Top 30.

 

[LooseCannon]

T99: Lightning Strikes Twice - Virtual XI (Murray, Harris)
Average score: 7.66/10 Deviation: 2.20
Virtual XI 5/8
Top 50: 2005, 2006
Top 100: 2004,2011

Once again a Top 50 contender that has fallen significantly, this song has a pretty high deviation, especially in recent years, indicating it, too, suffers from the influx of Maidenfans who don't see the Blaze-era albums as worthy. Unfortunate, because I think this track was one of the ones that really sold me on the Iron Maiden concept, back in the day. Still, its early strong performances are enough to carry it into the all-time Top 100, probably to the chagrin of some. Many critiques of the chorus here, although this song has some very ardent defenders, many think it sounds good but the promise was spoiled.

Choice comments:

I had read a blaze interview in which he said that they consiously tried to writye "simpler" and more accesible lyrics than the x factor's, to make the album more direct and not as dark. some songs really suffer from these "simpler" lirycs on this album, most noticebly this one! the lyrics really sabotage the quality.

Wonderful intro, great kick in your face type of verse, a song that has a great emotional charge and, once again, mind blowing solos and melodies. Blaze sings in powerful and convincing manner, though his lack of stamina to finish the chorus phrase is laughable, specially live. Love this song!

Good intro and a strong beginning, but it all goes to hell for me with the chorus. It has never worked for me from the first time I heard it.

The intro is one of the most beautiful and moving pieces of music they've ever written. And it just goes up from there, culminating with Dave's insane solo. Chorus is repetitive but not annoying, and there are only two of those. The fact that first is followed by amazing instrumetnal section and second by one of their best outros, helps alleviate the boringness of repetitive lines in chorus. So it comes down as not boring at all

But I am surprised so many of you find his voice to be a highlight of this song. I hate it here. It grates, particularly on one of Maiden’s worst choruses. This is where you see signs he was in over his head.

Personally, this is my most favorite song on the album. Even though it's a bit simple instrumentally, I still love how it sounds and Blaze just rules on it!

The intro guitar melody sounds so good to my ears. Good verses and great vocals by Blaze here. The energy kicks in and the song rocks. The chorus is great and I don't experience it as repetitive like some of you have said. Janicks solo is cool in this one!

A song that starts out so nice, with Blaze sounding good, singing atmospheric lyrics and... after around 2 minutes they just throw everything out. YOLO!

Statistics

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Yearly ratings & rankings
2004: 7.88; 86/123
2005: 8.64 +0.76; 49/124 +37
2006: 9.00 +0.36; 38/124 +11
2008: 8.74 -0.26; 52/134 -14
2011: 7.38 -1.36; 93/144 -41
2012: 108/144 -15
2014: 7.24 -0.14; 105/144 +3
2015: 7.22 -0.02; 106/144 -1
2016: 6.80 -0.42; 119/155 -13

Overall

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99 - Lightning Strikes Twice (Virtual XI)
101 - Lord of the Flies (The X Factor)
102 - 2 A.M. (The X Factor)
102 - Fortunes of War (The X Factor)
102 - Death or Glory (The Book of Souls)
105 - Satellite 15... The Final Frontier (The Final Frontier)
106 - Mother Russia (No Prayer For the Dying)
107 - Como Estais Amigos (Virtual XI)
108 - The Pilgrim (A Matter of Life and Death)
109 - Losfer Words (Big 'Orra) (Powerslave)
110 - Running Free (Iron Maiden)
111 - Total Eclipse (The Number of the Beast)
112 - Speed of Light (The Book of Souls)
113 - Wasting Love (Fear of the Dark)
114 - Judgement of Heaven (The X Factor)
115 - The Unbeliever (The X Factor)
116 - Heaven Can Wait (Somewhere in Time)
116 - Childhood's End (Fear of the Dark)
118 - Can I Play With Madness? (Seventh Son of a Seventh Son)
119 - Twilight Zone (Killers)
120 - The Mercenary (Brave New World)
121 - When the River Runs Deep (The Book of Souls)
122 - The Fallen Angel (Brave New World)
123 - Shadows of the Valley (The Book of Souls)
124 - Charlotte the Harlot (Iron Maiden)
125 - Invaders (The Number of the Beast)
126 - Age of Innocence (Dance of Death)
126 - Look For the Truth (The X Factor)
128 - When Two Worlds Collide (Virtual XI)
129 - Drifter (Killers)
130 - Another Life (Killers)
131 - Public Enema Number One (No Prayer For the Dying)
132 - Sun and Steel (Piece of Mind)
132 - Innocent Exile (Killers)
134 - Sanctuary (Iron Maiden)
135 - Be Quick or Be Dead (Fear of the Dark)
136 - Wildest Dreams (Dance of Death)
137 - Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger (Virtual XI)
138 - The Fugitive (Fear of the Dark)
139 - The Assassin (No Prayer For the Dying)
140 - Iron Maiden (Iron Maiden)
141 - Fates Warning (No Prayer For the Dying)
142 - New Frontier (Dance of Death)
143 - Holy Smoke (No Prayer For the Dying)
143 - Tailgunner (No Prayer For the Dying)
145 - Gangland (The Number of the Beast)
146 - Quest For Fire (Piece of Mind)
147 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter (No Prayer For the Dying)
148 - Gates of Tomorrow (Dance of Death)
149 - The Angel and the Gambler (Virtual XI)
150 - From Here to Eternity (Fear of the Dark)
151 - Fear is the Key (Fear of the Dark)
152 - Chains of Misery (Fear of the Dark)
153 - Hooks in You (No Prayer For the Dying)
153 - Weekend Warrior (Fear of the Dark)
155 - The Apparition (Fear of the Dark)

Song deviance (least to greatest)

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0.34 - The Fallen Angel (Brave New World)
0.39 - Satellite 15... The Final Frontier (The Final Frontier)
0.68 - Invaders (The Number of the Beast)
0.76 - Fates Warning (No Prayer For the Dying)
0.78 - The Mercenary (Brave New World)
0.80 - Can I Play With Madness? (Seventh Son of a Seventh Son)
0.81 - Another Life (Killers)
0.85 - The Pilgrim (A Matter of Life and Death)
0.86 - Total Eclipse (The Number of the Beast)
0.90 - Heaven Can Wait (Somewhere in Time)
0.92 - Fear is the Key (Fear of the Dark)
0.93 - Sun and Steel (Piece of Mind)
0.96 - Innocent Exile (Killers)
1.02 - Lord of the Flies (The X Factor)
1.08 - Como Estais Amigos (Virtual XI)
1.15 - Mother Russia (No Prayer For the Dying)
1.23 - Fortunes of War (The X Factor)
1.29 - Gangland (The Number of the Beast)
1.45 - When Two Worlds Collide (Virtual XI)
1.46 - Childhood's End (Fear of the Dark)
1.46 - Running Free (Iron Maiden)
1.52 - The Fugitive (Fear of the Dark)
1.52 - Wasting Love (Fear of the Dark)
1.56 - Iron Maiden (Iron Maiden)
1.58 - The Unbeliever (The X Factor)
1.68 - The Apparition (Fear of the Dark)
1.82 - Drifter (Killers)
1.83 - Tailgunner (No Prayer For the Dying)
1.84 - Age of Innocence (Dance of Death)
1.86 - Sanctuary (Iron Maiden)
1.87 - Judgement of Heaven (The X Factor)
1.94 - Public Enema Number One (No Prayer For the Dying)
1.94 - Quest For Fire (Piece of Mind)
1.95 - The Angel and the Gambler (Virtual XI)
2.04 - Wildest Dreams (Dance of Death)
2.20 - Lightning Strikes Twice (Virtual XI)
2.20 - New Frontier (Dance of Death)
2.22 - Hooks in You (No Prayer For the Dying)
2.26 - Losfer Words (Big 'Orra) (Powerslave)
2.27 - Look For the Truth (The X Factor)
2.72 - Twilight Zone (Killers)
2.82 - Gates of Tomorrow (Dance of Death)
2.93 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter (No Prayer For the Dying)
2.94 - Holy Smoke (No Prayer For the Dying)
3.04 - Be Quick or Be Dead (Fear of the Dark)
3.32 - Charlotte the Harlot (Iron Maiden)
3.34 - Chains of Misery (Fear of the Dark)
3.40 - Weekend Warrior (Fear of the Dark)
3.76 - From Here to Eternity (Fear of the Dark)
3.81 - 2 A.M. (The X Factor)
3.90 - The Assassin (No Prayer For the Dying)
3.95 - Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger (Virtual XI)
n/a - Death or Glory (The Book of Souls)
n/a - Shadows of the Valley (The Book of Souls)
n/a - Speed of Light (The Book of Souls)
n/a - When the River Runs Deep (The Book of Souls)

Albums

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Iron Maiden 4/9 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 2 Top 100: 12
Killers 4/11 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 2 Top 100: 11
The Number of the Beast 3/9 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 7
Piece of Mind 2/9 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 1
Powerslave 1/8 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 2 Top 100: 2
Somewhere in Time 1/8 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 6
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 1/8 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 4
No Prayer For the Dying 8/10 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 2 Top 100: 11
Fear of the Dark 9/12 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 20
The X Factor 6/11 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 2 Top 50: 3 Top 100: 26
Virtual XI 5/8 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 4 Top 100: 12
Brave New World 2/10 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 4
Dance of Death 4/11 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 6
A Matter of Life and Death 1/10 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 4
The Final Frontier 1/10 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 5
The Book of Souls 3/11 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 2

 

[Ariana]

I'll vote now, and give 10s to all Blaze songs just out of spite.

 

[LooseCannon]

T99: The Man Who Would Be King - The Final Frontier (Murray, Harris)
Average score: 7.66/10 Deviation: 0.55
The Final Frontier 2/10
Top 100: 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016

Dave Murray has written both of our first Top 100 tracks! I'd say Steve did too, but come on, that's not really unexpected given the man's proliferation as a writer. This song has scored in the Top 100 for each year since it entered the rankings, but due to higher-on-average scores in the early Maidenfans years, as well as a dive of over half a point in 2016, pushes its rating into this region. Opinions on this one are all over the map, except I don't think anyone truly loves it, and I don't think anyone truly hates it.

Choice comments:

Having a harder time getting into this tune... it has its moments but it almost feels like filler. Almost.

Im really dissapointed that daves solo is so low in the mix, and because his legato is so smooth, it's hard tomake anything out.

The Man Who Would Be King took me longest to get into, but I'm starting to appreciate its complexity.

Am I the only one who gets a really Asian vibe from the intro lead? In fact, the whole song kind of has this vibe... the lyrics, too. I have no idea what the lyrics are actually about, but I get this picture of a monk traveling through the snowy mountains of Nepal on his way to a temple, and during his journey he reflects on his past.

This song grew the fastest for me. The intro and outro are beautiful, and the rest rocks as hell. Check how cool those rhythm guitars sound during the verses. I like it that Bruce's lines are short, so that we can really hear the guitars "breathing" in those pauses. One of the guys plays it a bit different as well, with higher notes.

The intro and outro are top shelf Murray. The verse riff, pre-chorus and chorus all sound remorseful in line with the lyrics. It is a great song and rightfully sits amongst the epics at the back-half of the album. The reverse solo of Dave's doesn't really work in my opinion, I would like to hear his original version.

In the best Maiden epics, the music paints a picture that perfectly matches the lyrics. This song’s failure is its inability to do that. It’s a disjointed song, with a lot of interesting parts and story that never really comes together. Musically, its more typically Maiden than the other TFF epics and after repeated listenings, I quite like it. It’s a good track that lacks that something special.

Maybe the solo is great just because of its harmony to the song that way. A great solo doesn't need to cover all the other elements of the song. If it has a special touch, we can feel it anyway.

I love the intro, the instrumental sections, the ending, and the overall vibe of this song. However, Bruce seems a bit....bored on this song. There is almost no passion in his vocals, which brings the song down for me a bit.

This song is great in part, but too soft and tedious in some parts. I dislike the intro and Bruce singing has a strange rythm, too much words I think. But it's pretty dramatic, and got some slick parts, with signature Iron Maiden guitarwork, so it is not an uninteresting song

Statistics

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Yearly ratings & rankings
2011: 7.72 ; 79/144
2012: 78/144 +1
2014: 7.77 +0.05; 83/144 +5
2015: 7.87 +0.10; 77/144 +6
2016: 7.32 -0.55; 97/155 -20

Overall

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99 - The Man Who Would Be King (The Final Frontier)
99 - Lightning Strikes Twice (Virtual XI)
101 - Lord of the Flies (The X Factor)
102 - 2 A.M. (The X Factor)
102 - Fortunes of War (The X Factor)
102 - Death or Glory (The Book of Souls)
105 - Satellite 15... The Final Frontier (The Final Frontier)
106 - Mother Russia (No Prayer For the Dying)
107 - Como Estais Amigos (Virtual XI)
108 - The Pilgrim (A Matter of Life and Death)
109 - Losfer Words (Big 'Orra) (Powerslave)
110 - Running Free (Iron Maiden)
111 - Total Eclipse (The Number of the Beast)
112 - Speed of Light (The Book of Souls)
113 - Wasting Love (Fear of the Dark)
114 - Judgement of Heaven (The X Factor)
115 - The Unbeliever (The X Factor)
116 - Heaven Can Wait (Somewhere in Time)
116 - Childhood's End (Fear of the Dark)
118 - Can I Play With Madness? (Seventh Son of a Seventh Son)
119 - Twilight Zone (Killers)
120 - The Mercenary (Brave New World)
121 - When the River Runs Deep (The Book of Souls)
122 - The Fallen Angel (Brave New World)
123 - Shadows of the Valley (The Book of Souls)
124 - Charlotte the Harlot (Iron Maiden)
125 - Invaders (The Number of the Beast)
126 - Age of Innocence (Dance of Death)
126 - Look For the Truth (The X Factor)
128 - When Two Worlds Collide (Virtual XI)
129 - Drifter (Killers)
130 - Another Life (Killers)
131 - Public Enema Number One (No Prayer For the Dying)
132 - Sun and Steel (Piece of Mind)
132 - Innocent Exile (Killers)
134 - Sanctuary (Iron Maiden)
135 - Be Quick or Be Dead (Fear of the Dark)
136 - Wildest Dreams (Dance of Death)
137 - Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger (Virtual XI)
138 - The Fugitive (Fear of the Dark)
139 - The Assassin (No Prayer For the Dying)
140 - Iron Maiden (Iron Maiden)
141 - Fates Warning (No Prayer For the Dying)
142 - New Frontier (Dance of Death)
143 - Holy Smoke (No Prayer For the Dying)
143 - Tailgunner (No Prayer For the Dying)
145 - Gangland (The Number of the Beast)
146 - Quest For Fire (Piece of Mind)
147 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter (No Prayer For the Dying)
148 - Gates of Tomorrow (Dance of Death)
149 - The Angel and the Gambler (Virtual XI)
150 - From Here to Eternity (Fear of the Dark)
151 - Fear is the Key (Fear of the Dark)
152 - Chains of Misery (Fear of the Dark)
153 - Hooks in You (No Prayer For the Dying)
153 - Weekend Warrior (Fear of the Dark)
155 - The Apparition (Fear of the Dark)

Song deviance (least to greatest)

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0.34 - The Fallen Angel (Brave New World)
0.39 - Satellite 15... The Final Frontier (The Final Frontier)
0.55 - The Man Who Would Be King (The Final Frontier)
0.68 - Invaders (The Number of the Beast)
0.76 - Fates Warning (No Prayer For the Dying)
0.78 - The Mercenary (Brave New World)
0.80 - Can I Play With Madness? (Seventh Son of a Seventh Son)
0.81 - Another Life (Killers)
0.85 - The Pilgrim (A Matter of Life and Death)
0.86 - Total Eclipse (The Number of the Beast)
0.90 - Heaven Can Wait (Somewhere in Time)
0.92 - Fear is the Key (Fear of the Dark)
0.93 - Sun and Steel (Piece of Mind)
0.96 - Innocent Exile (Killers)
1.02 - Lord of the Flies (The X Factor)
1.08 - Como Estais Amigos (Virtual XI)
1.15 - Mother Russia (No Prayer For the Dying)
1.23 - Fortunes of War (The X Factor)
1.29 - Gangland (The Number of the Beast)
1.45 - When Two Worlds Collide (Virtual XI)
1.46 - Childhood's End (Fear of the Dark)
1.46 - Running Free (Iron Maiden)
1.52 - The Fugitive (Fear of the Dark)
1.52 - Wasting Love (Fear of the Dark)
1.56 - Iron Maiden (Iron Maiden)
1.58 - The Unbeliever (The X Factor)
1.68 - The Apparition (Fear of the Dark)
1.82 - Drifter (Killers)
1.83 - Tailgunner (No Prayer For the Dying)
1.84 - Age of Innocence (Dance of Death)
1.86 - Sanctuary (Iron Maiden)
1.87 - Judgement of Heaven (The X Factor)
1.94 - Public Enema Number One (No Prayer For the Dying)
1.94 - Quest For Fire (Piece of Mind)
1.95 - The Angel and the Gambler (Virtual XI)
2.04 - Wildest Dreams (Dance of Death)
2.20 - Lightning Strikes Twice (Virtual XI)
2.20 - New Frontier (Dance of Death)
2.22 - Hooks in You (No Prayer For the Dying)
2.26 - Losfer Words (Big 'Orra) (Powerslave)
2.27 - Look For the Truth (The X Factor)
2.72 - Twilight Zone (Killers)
2.82 - Gates of Tomorrow (Dance of Death)
2.93 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter (No Prayer For the Dying)
2.94 - Holy Smoke (No Prayer For the Dying)
3.04 - Be Quick or Be Dead (Fear of the Dark)
3.32 - Charlotte the Harlot (Iron Maiden)
3.34 - Chains of Misery (Fear of the Dark)
3.40 - Weekend Warrior (Fear of the Dark)
3.76 - From Here to Eternity (Fear of the Dark)
3.81 - 2 A.M. (The X Factor)
3.90 - The Assassin (No Prayer For the Dying)
3.95 - Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger (Virtual XI)
n/a - Death or Glory (The Book of Souls)
n/a - Shadows of the Valley (The Book of Souls)
n/a - Speed of Light (The Book of Souls)
n/a - When the River Runs Deep (The Book of Souls)

Albums

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Iron Maiden 4/9 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 2 Top 100: 12
Killers 4/11 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 2 Top 100: 11
The Number of the Beast 3/9 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 7
Piece of Mind 2/9 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 1
Powerslave 1/8 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 2 Top 100: 2
Somewhere in Time 1/8 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 6
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 1/8 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 4
No Prayer For the Dying 8/10 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 2 Top 100: 11
Fear of the Dark 9/12 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 20
The X Factor 6/11 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 2 Top 50: 3 Top 100: 26
Virtual XI 5/8 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 4 Top 100: 12
Brave New World 2/10 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 4
Dance of Death 4/11 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 6
A Matter of Life and Death 1/10 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 4
The Final Frontier 2/10 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 10
The Book of Souls 3/11 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 2

 

[LooseCannon]

I'll vote now, and give 10s to all Blaze songs just out of spite.

I'm strangely comfortable with this.

 

[Black Wizard]

I'll vote now, and give 10s to all Blaze songs just out of spite.

We should give 10s to all the low-ranked songs and zeros to the top-ranked songs.

 

[LooseCannon]

98: The Man of Sorrows - The Book of Souls (Murray, Harris)
Average score: 7.69/10 Deviation: 0.55
The Book of Souls 4/11
Top 100: 2016

Murray/Harris again! This is insane, Dave's stuff seems to settle in this one particular place, well within the pretty good zone. This one got a Top 100 first time out, but we'll have to see how it holds up in the long term. The general consensus here is that this has some beautiful guitars and many people seem to think Bruce has done well, but it is still considered one of the weaker songs on the newest album.

Choice comments:

I honestly didn't think Dave had this in him anymore.

This song had huge potential to be one of the band's absolute classic songs, but is held back from being one by a couple of niggling frustrating flaws. Dave's intro solo, the ballad verses, and the chorus are just amazing, but the song as a whole, doesn't flow as well as it should. The heavier part that kicks in at 1:55 is too plain, and lacking the dynamic spike required to keep up the high quality of the sections which preceded it.

this is a song that wouldn't have been amiss on a Bruce album, which seems to be something of a theme for this album as a whole. The solo's are definitely great and there's some unusual stuff going on with the drum bits especially towards the end, which reminded me a bit of The Man Who Would be King. As with some other tracks on here, it needs more listens to truly sink in.

Well, for me this is worst song on whole album. And personally - I'm start to think that … Dave can't write anymore.

I thought this was great. Beautiful intro with some great emotional guitar playing. When Bruce comes in and starts singing you think this is going to be a song similar to Wasting Love, Out of The Shadows. Then out of the blue Nicko does an unexpected drum fill and the songs kicks into a fantastic beat with Bruce still driving the song with his vocals.

I want to take all back. This song is great. I don't know what kind of brain-fart I had in the morning but this song is quite nice.

To me, this song is by far and away the biggest disappointment on the album. It is one of two songs (alongside TGU) i think are noticeably worse than the other songs but this one is more disappointing because the first minute and a half to two minutes are genuinely great. From there on ("now we need to know the truth now") to the chorus it just feels monotonous to me. The chorus is better, but that doesn't mean I like it and I don't understand why people praise this and yet call WTRRD's chorus slow and sludgy.

I don't like this song. The 'floating' infite dreamish slow parts are cool but some parts feel like guys are tired/lazy. I don't know if its done by purpose to deliver exhausted feel, which it does. This song has the only sub-standard moments in the album. Chorus sounds like repetitive up n down textbook melodies which come off forced as well. Some cool twin guitar leads saves it alot, they are actually really good.

This did take a couple of listens to grow on me. It wasn't till I sat and listened to the lyrics that it hit me what a sad song it is. A lonely person sitting on their own while everyone around them is too busy to notice. So alone that they don't think that there will ever be a way out. They feel like nothing more than a pebble lost in the ocean.

Statistics

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Yearly ratings & rankings
2016: 7.69; 81/155

Overall

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98 - The Man of Sorrows (The Book of Souls)
99 - The Man Who Would Be King (The Final Frontier)
99 - Lightning Strikes Twice (Virtual XI)
101 - Lord of the Flies (The X Factor)
102 - 2 A.M. (The X Factor)
102 - Fortunes of War (The X Factor)
102 - Death or Glory (The Book of Souls)
105 - Satellite 15... The Final Frontier (The Final Frontier)
106 - Mother Russia (No Prayer For the Dying)
107 - Como Estais Amigos (Virtual XI)
108 - The Pilgrim (A Matter of Life and Death)
109 - Losfer Words (Big 'Orra) (Powerslave)
110 - Running Free (Iron Maiden)
111 - Total Eclipse (The Number of the Beast)
112 - Speed of Light (The Book of Souls)
113 - Wasting Love (Fear of the Dark)
114 - Judgement of Heaven (The X Factor)
115 - The Unbeliever (The X Factor)
116 - Heaven Can Wait (Somewhere in Time)
116 - Childhood's End (Fear of the Dark)
118 - Can I Play With Madness? (Seventh Son of a Seventh Son)
119 - Twilight Zone (Killers)
120 - The Mercenary (Brave New World)
121 - When the River Runs Deep (The Book of Souls)
122 - The Fallen Angel (Brave New World)
123 - Shadows of the Valley (The Book of Souls)
124 - Charlotte the Harlot (Iron Maiden)
125 - Invaders (The Number of the Beast)
126 - Age of Innocence (Dance of Death)
126 - Look For the Truth (The X Factor)
128 - When Two Worlds Collide (Virtual XI)
129 - Drifter (Killers)
130 - Another Life (Killers)
131 - Public Enema Number One (No Prayer For the Dying)
132 - Sun and Steel (Piece of Mind)
132 - Innocent Exile (Killers)
134 - Sanctuary (Iron Maiden)
135 - Be Quick or Be Dead (Fear of the Dark)
136 - Wildest Dreams (Dance of Death)
137 - Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger (Virtual XI)
138 - The Fugitive (Fear of the Dark)
139 - The Assassin (No Prayer For the Dying)
140 - Iron Maiden (Iron Maiden)
141 - Fates Warning (No Prayer For the Dying)
142 - New Frontier (Dance of Death)
143 - Holy Smoke (No Prayer For the Dying)
143 - Tailgunner (No Prayer For the Dying)
145 - Gangland (The Number of the Beast)
146 - Quest For Fire (Piece of Mind)
147 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter (No Prayer For the Dying)
148 - Gates of Tomorrow (Dance of Death)
149 - The Angel and the Gambler (Virtual XI)
150 - From Here to Eternity (Fear of the Dark)
151 - Fear is the Key (Fear of the Dark)
152 - Chains of Misery (Fear of the Dark)
153 - Hooks in You (No Prayer For the Dying)
153 - Weekend Warrior (Fear of the Dark)
155 - The Apparition (Fear of the Dark)

Song deviance (least to greatest)

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0.34 - The Fallen Angel (Brave New World)
0.39 - Satellite 15... The Final Frontier (The Final Frontier)
0.55 - The Man Who Would Be King (The Final Frontier)
0.68 - Invaders (The Number of the Beast)
0.76 - Fates Warning (No Prayer For the Dying)
0.78 - The Mercenary (Brave New World)
0.80 - Can I Play With Madness? (Seventh Son of a Seventh Son)
0.81 - Another Life (Killers)
0.85 - The Pilgrim (A Matter of Life and Death)
0.86 - Total Eclipse (The Number of the Beast)
0.90 - Heaven Can Wait (Somewhere in Time)
0.92 - Fear is the Key (Fear of the Dark)
0.93 - Sun and Steel (Piece of Mind)
0.96 - Innocent Exile (Killers)
1.02 - Lord of the Flies (The X Factor)
1.08 - Como Estais Amigos (Virtual XI)
1.15 - Mother Russia (No Prayer For the Dying)
1.23 - Fortunes of War (The X Factor)
1.29 - Gangland (The Number of the Beast)
1.45 - When Two Worlds Collide (Virtual XI)
1.46 - Childhood's End (Fear of the Dark)
1.46 - Running Free (Iron Maiden)
1.52 - The Fugitive (Fear of the Dark)
1.52 - Wasting Love (Fear of the Dark)
1.56 - Iron Maiden (Iron Maiden)
1.58 - The Unbeliever (The X Factor)
1.68 - The Apparition (Fear of the Dark)
1.82 - Drifter (Killers)
1.83 - Tailgunner (No Prayer For the Dying)
1.84 - Age of Innocence (Dance of Death)
1.86 - Sanctuary (Iron Maiden)
1.87 - Judgement of Heaven (The X Factor)
1.94 - Public Enema Number One (No Prayer For the Dying)
1.94 - Quest For Fire (Piece of Mind)
1.95 - The Angel and the Gambler (Virtual XI)
2.04 - Wildest Dreams (Dance of Death)
2.20 - Lightning Strikes Twice (Virtual XI)
2.20 - New Frontier (Dance of Death)
2.22 - Hooks in You (No Prayer For the Dying)
2.26 - Losfer Words (Big 'Orra) (Powerslave)
2.27 - Look For the Truth (The X Factor)
2.72 - Twilight Zone (Killers)
2.82 - Gates of Tomorrow (Dance of Death)
2.93 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter (No Prayer For the Dying)
2.94 - Holy Smoke (No Prayer For the Dying)
3.04 - Be Quick or Be Dead (Fear of the Dark)
3.32 - Charlotte the Harlot (Iron Maiden)
3.34 - Chains of Misery (Fear of the Dark)
3.40 - Weekend Warrior (Fear of the Dark)
3.76 - From Here to Eternity (Fear of the Dark)
3.81 - 2 A.M. (The X Factor)
3.90 - The Assassin (No Prayer For the Dying)
3.95 - Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger (Virtual XI)
n/a - Death or Glory (The Book of Souls)
n/a - Shadows of the Valley (The Book of Souls)
n/a - Speed of Light (The Book of Souls)
n/a - The Man of Sorrows (The Book of Souls)
n/a - When the River Runs Deep (The Book of Souls)

Albums

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Iron Maiden 4/9 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 2 Top 100: 12
Killers 4/11 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 2 Top 100: 11
The Number of the Beast 3/9 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 7
Piece of Mind 2/9 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 1
Powerslave 1/8 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 2 Top 100: 2
Somewhere in Time 1/8 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 6
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 1/8 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 4
No Prayer For the Dying 8/10 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 2 Top 100: 11
Fear of the Dark 9/12 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 20
The X Factor 6/11 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 2 Top 50: 3 Top 100: 26
Virtual XI 5/8 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 4 Top 100: 12
Brave New World 2/10 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 4
Dance of Death 4/11 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 6
A Matter of Life and Death 1/10 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 4
The Final Frontier 2/10 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 10
The Book of Souls 4/11 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 3

 

[LooseCannon]

We should give 10s to all the low-ranked songs and zeros to the top-ranked songs.

no, because then you will unfairly malign Paschendale more.

 

[Operations666]

We should give 10s to all the low-ranked songs and zeros to the top-ranked songs.

Outlier rankings should be discarded. For example I noticed The Red and the Black has a few votes in the 1-3 range, which is ridiculous.

 

[LooseCannon]

97: Purgatory - Killers (Harris)
Average score: 7.70/10 Deviation: 1.04
Killers 5/11
Top 100: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016

C-c-c-c-c-c-combobreaker! Sorry, Dave. All the way back to 1981 for Purgatory, which comes racing in at 97. This one has been wandering around the 7.6ish range for awhile, with some upswings in the mid 00s and a drop in 2014 that balance it out here. I don't think we'll see this shift up or down too much over the coming decade, unless new albums come out to finally push it out of the Top 100. Speaking of, this one has had seven Top 100 entries, but never cracked the Top 50. This one is split between a handful of people who think it is one of the best Iron Maiden songs of them all, and a lot of people who think it is average at best. I think that's why it falls in the pretty good level of the rankings, and is unlikely to move much further.

Choice comments:

I don't think this one is _that_ great actually, it's a decent rocking song, but it sounds a bit too hasty to me.

This is by far the best song on this record. I love the drumming on it from Clive Burr. Paul's voice works extremely well and it's very powerful. One of my favorite IM songs for sure.

During the 80s it was one of my very favorites. Now I like it less. If anything it has a great energy and some awesome bass moments.

I don't think this one is _that_ great actually, it's a decent rocking song, but it sounds a bit too hasty to me.

This is by far the best song on this record. I love the drumming on it from Clive Burr. Paul's voice works extremely well and it's very powerful. One of my favorite IM songs for sure.

During the 80s it was one of my very favorites. Now I like it less. If anything it has a great energy and some awesome bass moments.

Awesome song, should have been on a lot more setlists

The guitar work here is absolutely fantastic, getting in more riffs in three minutes than some bands do in entire albums. Paul also gives a great performance, fast but really fits this song.

Statistics

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Yearly ratings & rankings
2004: 7.86; 88/123
2005: 7.70 -0.16; 87/124 +1
2006: 8.04 +0.34; 60/124 +13
2008: 8.34 +0.30; 71/134 -11
2011: 7.30 -1.04; 98/144 -27
2012: 68/144 +30
2014: 7.37 +0.07; 101/144 -33
2015: 7.62 +0.25; 92/144 +9
2016: 7.75 +0.13 77/155 +15

Overall

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97 - Purgatory (Killers)
98 - The Man of Sorrows (The Book of Souls)
99 - The Man Who Would Be King (The Final Frontier)
99 - Lightning Strikes Twice (Virtual XI)
101 - Lord of the Flies (The X Factor)
102 - 2 A.M. (The X Factor)
102 - Fortunes of War (The X Factor)
102 - Death or Glory (The Book of Souls)
105 - Satellite 15... The Final Frontier (The Final Frontier)
106 - Mother Russia (No Prayer For the Dying)
107 - Como Estais Amigos (Virtual XI)
108 - The Pilgrim (A Matter of Life and Death)
109 - Losfer Words (Big 'Orra) (Powerslave)
110 - Running Free (Iron Maiden)
111 - Total Eclipse (The Number of the Beast)
112 - Speed of Light (The Book of Souls)
113 - Wasting Love (Fear of the Dark)
114 - Judgement of Heaven (The X Factor)
115 - The Unbeliever (The X Factor)
116 - Heaven Can Wait (Somewhere in Time)
116 - Childhood's End (Fear of the Dark)
118 - Can I Play With Madness? (Seventh Son of a Seventh Son)
119 - Twilight Zone (Killers)
120 - The Mercenary (Brave New World)
121 - When the River Runs Deep (The Book of Souls)
122 - The Fallen Angel (Brave New World)
123 - Shadows of the Valley (The Book of Souls)
124 - Charlotte the Harlot (Iron Maiden)
125 - Invaders (The Number of the Beast)
126 - Age of Innocence (Dance of Death)
126 - Look For the Truth (The X Factor)
128 - When Two Worlds Collide (Virtual XI)
129 - Drifter (Killers)
130 - Another Life (Killers)
131 - Public Enema Number One (No Prayer For the Dying)
132 - Sun and Steel (Piece of Mind)
132 - Innocent Exile (Killers)
134 - Sanctuary (Iron Maiden)
135 - Be Quick or Be Dead (Fear of the Dark)
136 - Wildest Dreams (Dance of Death)
137 - Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger (Virtual XI)
138 - The Fugitive (Fear of the Dark)
139 - The Assassin (No Prayer For the Dying)
140 - Iron Maiden (Iron Maiden)
141 - Fates Warning (No Prayer For the Dying)
142 - New Frontier (Dance of Death)
143 - Holy Smoke (No Prayer For the Dying)
143 - Tailgunner (No Prayer For the Dying)
145 - Gangland (The Number of the Beast)
146 - Quest For Fire (Piece of Mind)
147 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter (No Prayer For the Dying)
148 - Gates of Tomorrow (Dance of Death)
149 - The Angel and the Gambler (Virtual XI)
150 - From Here to Eternity (Fear of the Dark)
151 - Fear is the Key (Fear of the Dark)
152 - Chains of Misery (Fear of the Dark)
153 - Hooks in You (No Prayer For the Dying)
153 - Weekend Warrior (Fear of the Dark)
155 - The Apparition (Fear of the Dark)

Song deviance (least to greatest)

Spoiler

0.34 - The Fallen Angel (Brave New World)
0.39 - Satellite 15... The Final Frontier (The Final Frontier)
0.55 - The Man Who Would Be King (The Final Frontier)
0.68 - Invaders (The Number of the Beast)
0.76 - Fates Warning (No Prayer For the Dying)
0.78 - The Mercenary (Brave New World)
0.80 - Can I Play With Madness? (Seventh Son of a Seventh Son)
0.81 - Another Life (Killers)
0.85 - The Pilgrim (A Matter of Life and Death)
0.86 - Total Eclipse (The Number of the Beast)
0.90 - Heaven Can Wait (Somewhere in Time)
0.92 - Fear is the Key (Fear of the Dark)
0.93 - Sun and Steel (Piece of Mind)
0.96 - Innocent Exile (Killers)
1.02 - Lord of the Flies (The X Factor)
1.04 - Purgatory (Killers)
1.08 - Como Estais Amigos (Virtual XI)
1.15 - Mother Russia (No Prayer For the Dying)
1.23 - Fortunes of War (The X Factor)
1.29 - Gangland (The Number of the Beast)
1.45 - When Two Worlds Collide (Virtual XI)
1.46 - Childhood's End (Fear of the Dark)
1.46 - Running Free (Iron Maiden)
1.52 - The Fugitive (Fear of the Dark)
1.52 - Wasting Love (Fear of the Dark)
1.56 - Iron Maiden (Iron Maiden)
1.58 - The Unbeliever (The X Factor)
1.68 - The Apparition (Fear of the Dark)
1.82 - Drifter (Killers)
1.83 - Tailgunner (No Prayer For the Dying)
1.84 - Age of Innocence (Dance of Death)
1.86 - Sanctuary (Iron Maiden)
1.87 - Judgement of Heaven (The X Factor)
1.94 - Public Enema Number One (No Prayer For the Dying)
1.94 - Quest For Fire (Piece of Mind)
1.95 - The Angel and the Gambler (Virtual XI)
2.04 - Wildest Dreams (Dance of Death)
2.20 - Lightning Strikes Twice (Virtual XI)
2.20 - New Frontier (Dance of Death)
2.22 - Hooks in You (No Prayer For the Dying)
2.26 - Losfer Words (Big 'Orra) (Powerslave)
2.27 - Look For the Truth (The X Factor)
2.72 - Twilight Zone (Killers)
2.82 - Gates of Tomorrow (Dance of Death)
2.93 - Bring Your Daughter... ...To the Slaughter (No Prayer For the Dying)
2.94 - Holy Smoke (No Prayer For the Dying)
3.04 - Be Quick or Be Dead (Fear of the Dark)
3.32 - Charlotte the Harlot (Iron Maiden)
3.34 - Chains of Misery (Fear of the Dark)
3.40 - Weekend Warrior (Fear of the Dark)
3.76 - From Here to Eternity (Fear of the Dark)
3.81 - 2 A.M. (The X Factor)
3.90 - The Assassin (No Prayer For the Dying)
3.95 - Don't Look to the Eyes of a Stranger (Virtual XI)
n/a - Death or Glory (The Book of Souls)
n/a - Shadows of the Valley (The Book of Souls)
n/a - Speed of Light (The Book of Souls)
n/a - The Man of Sorrows (The Book of Souls)
n/a - When the River Runs Deep (The Book of Souls)

Albums

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Iron Maiden 4/9 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 2 Top 100: 12
Killers 5/11 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 2 Top 100: 18
The Number of the Beast 3/9 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 7
Piece of Mind 2/9 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 1
Powerslave 1/8 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 2 Top 100: 2
Somewhere in Time 1/8 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 6
Seventh Son of a Seventh Son 1/8 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 4
No Prayer For the Dying 8/10 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 2 Top 100: 11
Fear of the Dark 9/12 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 20
The X Factor 6/11 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 2 Top 50: 3 Top 100: 26
Virtual XI 5/8 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 4 Top 100: 12
Brave New World 2/10 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 4
Dance of Death 4/11 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 6
A Matter of Life and Death 1/10 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 4
The Final Frontier 2/10 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 10
The Book of Souls 4/11 Top 10: 0 Top 25: 0 Top 50: 0 Top 100: 3

 

[LooseCannon]

Outlier rankings should be discarded. For example I noticed The Red and the Black has a few votes in the 1-3 range, which is ridiculous.

So, it's been my experience that there's always people who vote because they want to be different. Protest votes happen on every song, even Hallowed, that have an overwhelmingly popular opinion. The difference between Hallowed and Paschendale, Rime and Sign of the Cross, Seventh Son and Brighter Than A Thousand Suns, is that there are often TWICE as many people who vote for the earlier popular songs than vote for the latter top-tier tracks, especially Blaze works. So a protest vote against Paschendale is worth two-to-three times as much as it is against Hallowed, and as much as four times more in cases of Blaze-era tracks.

 

[Whooten]

and I don't think anyone truly hates it.

I truly hate it (The Man Who Would Be King). I have it at 143 in my personal rankings. It is an entirely forgettable song. I can't think of any melodies or lyrics from the top of my head. Boring, non-essential, just an overall waste of time.

 

[srfc]

To be fair they are quite silly

In what way? It's a direct quote from the red baron. Even as a metaphor, there's nothing wrong with it, monkeys climb.

Is it because it mentions a monkey? Is that it, monkeys are silly??

 

[Black Wizard]

I think Loosey's job is complicated enough without having to look at distributions and percentiles.

 

[MrKnickerbocker]

I think Loosey's job is complicated enough without having to look at distributions and percentiles.

Shhhhhhhhh...if you use words like that you'll awaken Forostar...

T99: Lightning Strikes Twice - Virtual XI (Murray, Harris)

T99: The Man Who Would Be King - The Final Frontier (Murray, Harris)

98: The Man of Sorrows - The Book of Souls (Murray, Harris)

Coincidentally, all of these songs have identical intros.