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Iron Maiden's metal classic 'The Number Of The Beast' has been voted the Best British Album of the past 60 years by the British public in a survey by HMV.
Paying tribute to the Queen's Jubilee celebrations, the music retailer polled its customers, with 9.2% of those who took part naming the 1982 album taking top spot in the countdown. Nearly 55,000 music fans took part in the poll, with 2,754 naming the Iron Maiden album as their pick.
“You often tend to see the same artists and albums dominate album polls," said HMV spokesman Gennaro Castaldo. "But with social media increasingly giving the most ardent and passionate fans a powerful voice, I think that’s all going to change, and so it’s no surprise that Iron Maiden have come out on top as their fans are renowned for being the most loyal and dedicated around.
"Congratulations to Iron Maiden – we now know the number of the beast is, I fact... One!"
Depeche Mode were named as the second favourite, with 'Violator' pulling 6.3% of votes, while The Beatles placed four albums inside the Top Ten including 'Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band' at No.3.
Adele's '21' was the only album currently in the UK album chart Top Ten to make the poll. The full rundown is as follows:
1. Iron Maiden / The Number of the Beast (9.18%)
2. Depeche Mode / Violator (6.30%)
3. The Beatles / Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (5.69)
4. The Beatles / Abbey Road (5.67%)
5. Pink Floyd / The Dark Side of the Moon (5.23%)
6. The Beatles / Revolver (4.01%)
7. Queen / A Night at the Opera (3.98%)
8. Oasis / (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? (3.91%)
9. Adele / 21 (3.07%)
10. The Beatles / White Album (2.60%)
11. Led Zeppelin / IV (2.50%)
12. The Beatles / Rubber Soul (2.49%)
13. The Clash / London Calling (2.48%)
14. David Bowie / The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (2.38%)
15. The Smiths / The Queen is Dead (2.25%)
16. Black Sabbath / Black Sabbath (2.16%)
17. Radiohead / OK Computer (1.99%)
18. Pink Floyd / Wish You Were Here (1.99%)
19. Elton John / Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (1.89%)
20. Oasis / Definitely Maybe (1.72%)
21. Take That / Beautiful World (1.66%)
22. Led Zeppelin / II (1.48%)
23. Elbow / Seldom Seen Kid (1.44%)
24. The Who / Who's Next (1.38%)
25. Coldplay / Parachutes (1.31%)
26. Sex Pistols / Never Mind the Bollocks (1.30%)
27. Muse / Origin of Symmetry (1.25%)
28. Amy Winehouse / Back to Black (1.23%)
29. Joy Division / Unknown Pleasures (1.20%)
30. The Stone Roses / The Stone Roses (1.14%)
31. David Bowie / Hunky Dory
32. The Cure / Disintegration
33. My Bloody Valentine / Loveless
34. Arctic Monkeys / Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not
35. Pulp / Different Class
36. Mumford & Sons / Sigh No More
37. Blur / Parklife
38. Florence & The Machine / Lungs
39. The Prodigy / Fat of the Land
40. The Rolling Stones / Exile on Main Street
41. Kate Bush / Hounds of Love
42. Radiohead / Kid A
43. The Rolling Stones / Sticky Fingers
44. Portishead / Dummy
45. The Rolling Stones / Let it Bleed
46. The Specials / The Specials
47. Kasabian / Kasabian
48. Manic Street Preachers / The Holy Bible
49. Tinie Tempah / Disc-overy
50. Stereophonics / Word Gets Around
51. Massive Attack / Blue Lines
52. Primal Scream / Screamadelica
53. Dusty Springfield / Dusty in Memphis
54. Aphex Twin / Selected Ambient Works
55. Blur / Modern Life is Rubbish
56. The Streets / Original Pirate Material
57. PJ Harvey / Stories from the City, Stories from the Sea
58. Dizzee Rascal / Boy in da Corner
59. Teenage Fanclub / Bandwagonesque
60. Roots Manuva / Run Come Save Me
