Number Of The Beast Second Best Album of All Time
Black Sabbath have topped a list of the 100 best British rock albums of all time.The band, which brought us Ozzy Osbourne, made the number one spot with their self-titled debut released in 1970.
Follow-up album Paranoid was fifth in the poll voted by readers of Kerrang! magazine.
Osbourne appears in the list six times - more than any other artist.
The Birmingham-born rocker features four times with Black Sabbath and twice as a solo artist.
His album Blizzard of Ozz is at number 16 and Diary of a Madman is at 33.
Osbourne said Black Sabbath making the number one spot was a triumph for British rock.
"Back then you'd hear, 'If you go to San Francisco, be sure to wear a flower in your hair'. And we were like, 'What the f*** are they on about?'
"We lived in Aston, Birmingham, in drizzly rain. The only flowers I ever saw were on a gravestone in our local cemetery," he said.
The top 100 features a mix of heavy metal, punk and glam rock.
Iron Maiden came second with Number of the Beast, followed by Nevermind The Bollocks by the Sex Pistols and Led Zeppelin's IV.
The list includes the first Iron Maiden album (1980) at place 9, Killers (1981) at 44 and Brave New World (2000) at 28.
1. Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
2. Iron Maiden - Number Of The Beast
3. Sex Pistols - Nevermind The B******s
4. Led Zeppelin - IV
5. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
6. Muse - Absolution
7. The Clash - London Calling
8. Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
9. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
10. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
11. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
12. Judas Priest - British Steel
13. Def Leppard - Hysteria
14. Black Sabbath - Volume 4
15. The Darkness - Permission To Land
16. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz
17. The Wildhearts - Earth vs The Wildhearts
18. Lostprophets - Start Something
19. Queen - A Night At The Opera
20. Muse - Origin Of Symmetry
21. Ash - Free All Angels
22. Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
23. Stereophonics - Performance And Cocktails
24. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
25. Feeder - Echo Park
26. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
27. Cradle of Filth - Cruelty And The Beast
28. Iron Maiden - Brave New World
29. The Clash - The Clash
30. Funeral For A Friend - Casually Dressed And Deep In Conversation
31. Therapy? - Troublegum
32. Feeder - Comfort In Sound
33. Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman
34. Deep Purple - Machine Head
35. The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette
36. Def Leppard - Pyromania
37. Hundred Reasons - Ideas Above Our Station
38. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
39. The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land
40. Muse- Showbiz
41. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
42. Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terroists
43. Ash - 1977
44. Iron Maiden - Killers
45. Pitchshifter - www.pitchshifter.com
46. Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengence
47. Idlewild - Hope Is Important
48. Biffy Clyro - Infinity Land
49. Reef - Glow
50. Napalm Death - Scum
51. Lost Prophets - The Fake Sound Of Progress
52. Saxon - Wheels of steel
53. The Cult - Electric
54. Skunk Anansie - Paranoid and Sunburnt
55. Bush - Sixteen Stone
56. Deep Purple - In Rock
57. A - Hi-Fi Serious
58. Hell Is For Heroes - The Neon Handshake
59. Whitesnake - 1987
60. Terrorvision - How To Make Friends And Influence People
61. Free - Fire And Water
62. Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
63. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
64. Judas Priest - Stained Class
65. Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows
66. Skunk Anansie - Stoosh
67. Killing Joke - Killing Joke
68. Venom - Black Metal
69. Iron Monkey - Iron Monkey
70. The Wildhearts - PHUQ
71. Motorhead - Overkill
72. Queen - Queen II
73. Feeder - Yesterday Went Too Soon
74. Rainbow - Rising
75. Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland
76. Therapy - Nurse
77. Biffy Clyro - Blackened Sky
78. Godflesh - Streetcleaner
79. Earthtone9 - Arc'tan'gent
80. Bush - Razorblade Suitcase
81. Stereophonics - Word Gets Around
82. 3 Colours Red - Pure
83. Cathedral - The Etheral Mirror
84. Thunder - Backstreet Symphony
85. Raging Speedhorn - Raging Speedhorn
86. Paradise Lost - Draconion Times
87. Feeder - Polythene
88. Stiff Little Fingers - Inflamable Material
89. A - A Vs The Monkey Kong
90. Discharge - Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing
91. The Ruts - The Crack
92. Fudge Tunnel - Hate Songs In E Minor
93. Baby Chaos - Love Your Self Abuse
94. Carcass - Symphony Of Sickness
95. Gang Of Four - Entertainment
96. Orange Goblin - Tiem Travelling Blues
97. The Exploited - Troops Of Tomorrow
98. Cradle Of Filth - Dusk And Her Embrace
99. Anathema - A Fine Day To Exit
100. Therapy? - Infernal Love
Sources: ICBrimingham, NewKerala.com
Many many thanks to oozily for the transcript of the list
10 Comments
This is one of the few top album lists I tend to agree with. A lot of my favourites are there (even though there are some glaring omissions and some bad choices). Good to finally see someone accepting Queen in the same rank as Maiden and Sabbath!
I definitely don't agree with Muse & the Darkness though....... but top 4 was to be expected (bands atleast)
If someone has a source that list the remaining 50 in the list, please tell me.
I can't find any info on this.
Cheers
Iron Maiden is great !! It's an excellent news... but it's weird that the first 3 cds and BNW are in the list ! Where is Piece Of Mind and 7th Son ?
Anyway, for Muse, try to get the Origin Of Sym. and Absolution cds, and you'll find out why they deserve to have the 6th and 20th place. They are absolutely great...not like Maiden, but good. 
Iron Maiden 4 'eva
Cheers
Notice hoe high Funeral for a friend and the Sex Pistols are
Added the 50 to 100 listing.
Cheers
Who should have won the poll ?
Vote here 
http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/entertai...album_poll.html
Cheers
I think Piece of Mind should of been included. It's better than alot of those albums that were ranked.
I saw this in metal hammer as i was flipping through the magazine in a shop while on holiday. Or it may have been kerrang (dont hurt me!).
There was another list aswell, top 100 rock guitarists. Iron Maiden's lads came 2nd in the list, after Tony Iommi. Dragonforce came 7th, wehey!
In my opinion, Piece of Mind and 7th son are better than killers, so they should be better un the ranking