Sep 13, 2009 - Iron Maiden - Best Of The Beast (1996). Track Listing: CD 1 1. Iron Maiden http://rapidshare.com/files/180195934/IM.TBOTB.part1.rar. Track listing: 1st CD: 1. Phantom Of The Opera 2. Wrathchild 3. The Number Of The Beast 5. Run To The Hills 6. The Trooper 7. Flight Of Icarus 8. Ver 10 bmx.

Iron Maiden's first major compilation album, released in 1996, may seem dated today, but it contains some of the bands strongest and most memorable material up until that point, and seeing as this was released after Bruce Dickinson initially left the band (he'd rejoin them in 2000), this perfectly summarizes what many consider to be the groups 'golden era'. As is always the case with compilations, there's the argument for which songs should have been included and excluded, and in this regard 'The Best of the Beast' pretty much covers all the essentials. There's maybe one or two things I'd have preferred, perhaps at least one Paul Di'Anno-era song to be featured (there is one, but it's a live version sang by Dickinson), but that isn't too much of a detriment to the overall product. Featuring all the classics such as 'Aces High', 'Run to the Hills', 'Can I Play With Madness', 'Be Quick or Be Dead', 'Fear of the Dark', 'The Number of the Beast' and 'The Trooper', this is a great starting point for newcomers to the band (and I say this from experience, as this was my first Maiden album). There's some fantastic artwork used for the covers and inlays, with plenty of photos, lyrics and liner notes in the booklet, and seeing as it featured most of Maiden's early hits, this makes for a nice overall package for fans of the band. However dated it may seem today, it's still a worthy addition to the collections of die-hard fans.

In a career that's spanned over forty years, have become one of Britain's greatest exports. Whether singing about Wicker Men, the travesties of war, or warrior kings, the Maiden machine has been unrelenting on an international scale. Below are just twenty reasons why.

Paschendale 2003’s Dance Of Death might have been a little inconsistent, but its highlights were as strong as anything Maiden had ever done. This Adrian Smith First World War epic was the best of the lot: a subtly inventive and tirelessly explosive requiem to the fallen. Hallowed Be Thy Name On Maiden’s definitive album, The Number Of The Beast, is what you’ve chosen as the band’s definitive song: Hallowed Be Thy Name. There are many epic tracks in the Maiden catalogue – from Phantom Of The Opera on the first album through to When The Wild Wind Blows on 2010’s The Final Frontier – but no other song captures the power and the glory of Iron Maiden better than this, Steve Harris’s masterpiece.

The story of a condemned man awaiting the gallows, it builds from a darkly atmospheric intro to a blazing finale, powered by thrilling high-speed riffage. Befitting its title, it is an epic of truly Biblical proportions.