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Release Date
23 September 1996
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Length
16 tracks
A 2CD box set of of the The Best of the Beast was released as a limited edition of the 1996 compilation album. The track listing is comprise primarily of the band’s singles and other well-known songs from their 1980-1995 albums, but they also include a new single, “Virus,” and a previously unreleased live version of “Afraid to Shoot Strangers.” The limited edition also two songs from the band’s 1979 demo tape, The Soundhouse Tapes (“Iron Maiden” and “Strange World,” of which the latter one was previously unreleased).
The two disc limited edition released in North America under Castle Records includes a hard cover booklet with over 50 pages containing album and single cover pictures, diary entries, song lyrics, discography, and tour information.
Released September 24, 1996
Label: Castle Records
Disc 1
1. Virus
2. Sign of the Cross
3. Man On The Edge
4. Afraid To Shoot Strangers (Live)
5. Be Quick or Be Dead
6. Fear of the Dark (Live)
7. Bring Your Daughter… To the Slaughter
8. Holy Smoke
9. The Clairvoyant
10. Can I Play With Madness
11. The Evil That Men Do
12. Heaven Can Wait
13. Wasted Years
Disc 2
1. Rime of the Ancient Mariner (Live)
2. Running Free (Live)
3. 2 Minutes To Midnight
4. Aces High
5. Where Eagles Dare
6. The Trooper
7. The Number of the Beast
8. Run To The Hills
9. Hallowed be thy Name
10. Wrathchild
11. Phantom of the Opera
12. Sanctuary
13. Strange World
14. Iron Maiden
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