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Iron Maiden top best UK albums list

Los Angeles - Iron Maiden's The Number of the Beast has been named the best British album of the past 60 years.

The heavy metal group were "astonished" to have placed so highly in the poll with their 1982 LP, beating Depeche Mode's Violator and The Beatles' Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, which were placed second and third respectively.

Speaking about the survey - which was carried out by HMV to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth - Iron Maiden singer Bruce Dickinson said: "We're astonished and delighted to hear 'The Number of the Beast' has been named number one in HMV's Diamond Jubilee survey for the greatest British album category. 

"Some of the most influential and classic albums from the past 60 years were in the running so it's a testament to our incredibly loyal and ever-supportive fans who voted for us. 

"Iron Maiden is a proudly British band, so to win this category as voted for by the British public, in Jubilee year, is very special. Thank you to all our wonderful fans!"

The Beatles dominated the top 10, with entries in fourth, sixth and tenth place - for Abbey Road, Revolver and White Album - while Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon rounded out the top five.

The top 15 best British albums as voted for in HMV's Diamond Jubilee poll are:

1. Iron Maiden: The Number of the Beast
2. Depeche Mode: Violator
3. The Beatles: Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
4. The Beatles: Abbey Road
5. Pink Floyd: The Dark Side of the Moon
6. The Beatles: Revolver
7. Queen: A Night at the Opera
8. Oasis: (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
9. Adele: 21
10. The Beatles: White Album
11. Led Zeppelin: IV
12. The Beatles: Rubber Soul
13. The Clash: London Calling
14. David Bowie: The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars
15. The Smiths: The Queen is Dead

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