Today many bands that are active for a long time and with many albums and have never released a Best Of or a Greatest Hits, always release a double compilation.
Well, Maiden did the right thing when in 1996 they released Best Of The Best as a double compilation, coz many songs that were hits in the charts or were hits as live songs are as other cool stuff.
Let me tell for the ppl that have never saw the 2CD version(normal version, coz the lim.ed. one is really fucking great), what it has good about it:
1º A fucking great artwork in the cover. Derek Riggs has done here a great job, showing some Eddies of IM periods.
2º A great full colour booklet with the lyrics of all the songs included in the compilation and many pictures (some of them never seen before).
3º Both cd's are picture discs with a melting Eddies on them.
4º In the CD1 you have:
- A new song released just for this compilation called "Virus" which I think is really good.
- Then a previously unreleased live version of " Afraid To Shoot Strangers" sang by Blaze.
- The best live version of "Fear Of The Dark".
In the CD2 you have:
- A great live version of the "Rime Of The Ancient Mariner".
- For the first time on cd for a worldwide release the song "Sanctuary"on this compilation.
- The best part, the never released version of "Strange World" from the Soudhouse Tapes recordings and for the first time on cd the Soundhouse Tapes version of the song "Iron Maiden", both only available in this compilation.
- Eddie Stern?
I think this was the best compilation that Maiden have released so far and a very good one to introduce new fans into the Iron Maiden world. i know this so well, coz some friends of mine got to like Maiden tanx to this great Best Of.
So, it's a shame they have deleted this great compilation from the catalog.
The new Best Of won't do nothing to bring news fans to Iron Maiden. Just analize it in every aspects like I did with the Best Of The Beast.
Well, Maiden did the right thing when in 1996 they released Best Of The Best as a double compilation, coz many songs that were hits in the charts or were hits as live songs are as other cool stuff.
Let me tell for the ppl that have never saw the 2CD version(normal version, coz the lim.ed. one is really fucking great), what it has good about it:
1º A fucking great artwork in the cover. Derek Riggs has done here a great job, showing some Eddies of IM periods.
2º A great full colour booklet with the lyrics of all the songs included in the compilation and many pictures (some of them never seen before).
3º Both cd's are picture discs with a melting Eddies on them.
4º In the CD1 you have:
- A new song released just for this compilation called "Virus" which I think is really good.
- Then a previously unreleased live version of " Afraid To Shoot Strangers" sang by Blaze.
- The best live version of "Fear Of The Dark".
In the CD2 you have:
- A great live version of the "Rime Of The Ancient Mariner".
- For the first time on cd for a worldwide release the song "Sanctuary"on this compilation.
- The best part, the never released version of "Strange World" from the Soudhouse Tapes recordings and for the first time on cd the Soundhouse Tapes version of the song "Iron Maiden", both only available in this compilation.



- Eddie Stern?

I think this was the best compilation that Maiden have released so far and a very good one to introduce new fans into the Iron Maiden world. i know this so well, coz some friends of mine got to like Maiden tanx to this great Best Of.
So, it's a shame they have deleted this great compilation from the catalog.
The new Best Of won't do nothing to bring news fans to Iron Maiden. Just analize it in every aspects like I did with the Best Of The Beast.