Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Artist: Iron Maiden

Album: Powerslave (1983)

Why Its Great: This song is nearly fourteen minutes long and every second of it is both necessary and enjoyable.

Best Listened To: On dry land.

Key Lyric: The albatross begins with its vengeance/A terrible curse, a thirst has begun/ his shipmates blame bad luck on the mariner/ About his neck the dead bird is hung