Label: BMG
Vinyl Release Date: 02/14/2025
Original Release Date: 03/22/1982
Variant: Vinyl LP

Iron Maiden entered a devilishly delightful phase of their career with 1982s The Number of the Beast. The bands third full-length was the first to feature human air raid siren Bruce Dickinson on vocals, and the Samson graduate brought a quasi-operatic theatricality to his new home. Beasts world-building lyrics referenced anything from semi-obscure British sci-fi, to settler/indigenous conflict, to the title tracks Satanic Panic-inducing dreamscapes. It marks the moment where Maiden officially transformed from street-savvy, punky upstarts into globe-conquering metal godhead. From Run to the Hills to Hallowed Be Thy Name and beyond, its a wall-to-wall masterpiece.

Tracklist:
SIDE 1:
Invaders
Children of the Damned
The Prisoner
22 Acacia Avenue

SIDE 2:
The Number of the Beast
Run To The Hills
Gangland
Hallowed Be Thy Name