A good start for beginners

This was the CD that got me into Iron Maiden. My first introduction to them was through Fear of the Dark, which, despite one or two good songs, turned me off on the band all together.



However, upon listening through this CD and gaining a genuine appreciation for the band, I've started collecting their other great albums and have discovered how great this band truly is.



No single CD is going capture every great song from a prolific band such as 'Maiden. Some of my favorites, such as "Flight of the Icarus" and "Murders in the Rue Morgue" are two of the glaring omissions. However, for those who want to sample the band, this a great start. If you're like me, you'll end up wanting more. But that's a good thing.

Amazing CD

You can't ask for more classics on one cd. Best of the beast has it all. However i recommend you buy it somehwere else. I purchased it from amazon and the cd came 3 weeks late

don't order this cd

I'm sure this is an awesome cd, but I wouldn't recomend ordering from Amazon because their shipping is horrible. I ordered this cd 2 months ago, it was supposed to be here within at most a month. That's all I have to say about this cd. It's a sweet greatest hits album but maybe go somewhere else to buy it.

Great Compilation

I was surprised that BEST OF THE BEAST had a single disc version, since the double disc version is definitive.

This is one overview of the MAIDENs, and the compilation of the top 20 on the Eddie Game CD was actually voted on, so it is representative of fans at the time that was produced.

If you can get it, EDDIE'S ARCHIVES is also a great compilation overview, as is the VIDEO compilation DVD with some superb 3D graphics work.

On top of that, LIVE IN RIO is a brilliant best of view.



Iron Maiden is still one of the greats in this genre; very few of the current kids bands come close to the consistent quality Maiden has, and this applies to most of the surviving Hard Rock bands from the 70s and 80s, especially DIO ... the Voice of metal; Bruce is great, but still second to the master vocalist DIO.

horrible compilation, like swiss cheese

This "greatest hits" cd from iron maiden is so lacking in important material,missing so much and having horrible/unimportant songs that it resembles swiss cheese.



here is what a one cd iron maiden compilation SHOULD BE!



1 running free

2 iron maiden

3 wrath child

4 killers

5 number of the beast

6 run to the hills

7 hallowed be thy name

8 flight of icaruis (did i spell that right?)

9 the trooper

10 die with your boots on

11 aces high

12 two minutes to midnight

13 the duelists

14 wasted years

15 stanger in a strange land

16 heaven can wait

17 can i play with madness

18 infinite dreams

19 7th son of a 7th son

20 holy smoke

todays cd's could definatly fit that amount on it, go get a cd that can hold about 90 minutes or so and burn this on to it.

THE RECIPE IS ON HAND

Cartoonish songs that wears out a formula so exausted by now.If you have to buy one,why not this one.The problem is that we were fifteen such a long time ago.I suggest to the mothers and fathers that they buy this to their timid son to arouse his listening sensibility.Am i kidding you here?I actually like THE NUMBER OF THE BEAST and THE TROOPER a lot.As for the rest,it is a matter of one's tolerance.But the father suddently remembering his younger days burst into tears saying isn't this a rip off of the old BLACK SABBATH albums?You know sometimes fathers can get to the point too.