Number Of The Beast Second Best Album of All Time

Posted by The Saint on February 16, 2005 @ 14:01

*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
2. Sex Pistols - Nevermind The B******s
3. Led Zeppelin - IV
4. Black Sabbath - Paranoid
5. Muse - Absolution
6. The Clash - London Calling
7. Queen - Sheer Heart Attack 9. Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
8. Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible
9. Led Zeppelin - Physical Graffiti
10. Judas Priest - British Steel
11. Def Leppard - Hysteria
12. Black Sabbath - Volume 4
13. The Darkness - Permission To Land
14. Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz
15. The Wildhearts - Earth vs The Wildhearts
16. Lostprophets - Start Something
17. Queen - A Night At The Opera
18. Muse - Origin Of Symmetry
19. Ash - Free All Angels
20. Motorhead - Ace Of Spades
21. Stereophonics - Performance And Cocktails
22. Manic Street Preachers - Everything Must Go
23. Feeder - Echo Park
24. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin II
25. Cradle of Filth - Cruelty And The Beast 28. Iron Maiden - Brave New World
26. The Clash - The Clash
27. Funeral For A Friend - Casually Dressed And Deep In Conversation
28. Therapy? - Troublegum
29. Feeder - Comfort In Sound
30. Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman
31. Deep Purple - Machine Head
32. The Damned - Machine Gun Etiquette
33. Def Leppard - Pyromania
34. Hundred Reasons - Ideas Above Our Station
35. Pink Floyd - Dark Side Of The Moon
36. The Prodigy - The Fat Of The Land
37. Muse- Showbiz
38. Led Zeppelin - Led Zeppelin
39. Manic Street Preachers - Generation Terroists
40. Ash - 1977 44. Iron Maiden - Killers
41. Pitchshifter - www.pitchshifter.com
42. Judas Priest - Screaming For Vengence
43. Idlewild - Hope Is Important
44. Biffy Clyro - Infinity Land
45. Reef - Glow
46. Napalm Death - Scum
47. Lost Prophets - The Fake Sound Of Progress
48. Saxon - Wheels of steel
49. The Cult - Electric
50. Skunk Anansie - Paranoid and Sunburnt
51. Bush - Sixteen Stone
52. Deep Purple - In Rock
53. A - Hi-Fi Serious
54. Hell Is For Heroes - The Neon Handshake
55. Whitesnake - 1987
56. Terrorvision - How To Make Friends And Influence People
57. Free - Fire And Water
58. Led Zeppelin - Houses Of The Holy
59. Black Sabbath - Master Of Reality
60. Judas Priest - Stained Class
61. Idlewild - 100 Broken Windows
62. Skunk Anansie - Stoosh
63. Killing Joke - Killing Joke
64. Venom - Black Metal
65. Iron Monkey - Iron Monkey
66. The Wildhearts - PHUQ
67. Motorhead - Overkill
68. Queen - Queen II
69. Feeder - Yesterday Went Too Soon
70. Rainbow - Rising
71. Sisters Of Mercy - Floodland
72. Therapy - Nurse
73. Biffy Clyro - Blackened Sky
74. Godflesh - Streetcleaner
75. Earthtone9 - Arc'tan'gent
76. Bush - Razorblade Suitcase
77. Stereophonics - Word Gets Around
78. 3 Colours Red - Pure
79. Cathedral - The Etheral Mirror
80. Thunder - Backstreet Symphony
81. Raging Speedhorn - Raging Speedhorn
82. Paradise Lost - Draconion Times
83. Feeder - Polythene
84. Stiff Little Fingers - Inflamable Material
85. A - A Vs The Monkey Kong
86. Discharge - Hear Nothing, See Nothing, Say Nothing
87. The Ruts - The Crack
88. Fudge Tunnel - Hate Songs In E Minor
89. Baby Chaos - Love Your Self Abuse
90. Carcass - Symphony Of Sickness
91. Gang Of Four - Entertainment
92. Orange Goblin - Tiem Travelling Blues
93. The Exploited - Troops Of Tomorrow
94. Cradle Of Filth - Dusk And Her Embrace
95. Anathema - A Fine Day To Exit
96. Therapy? - Infernal Love

Sources: ICBrimingham, NewKerala.com

Many many thanks to oozily for the transcript of the list

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