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"Number of the Beast" Tops HMV poll as greatest UK album of past 60 years |
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"Number of the Beast" Tops HMV poll as greatest UK album of past 60 years
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While Iron Maiden is undoubtedly a heavy metal institution, mainstream recognition is not something that they are often afforded. A recent poll conducted by music retailer HMV, however, is set to change all that. UP THE IRONS! In a poll to mark the Queen of England's diamond jubilee, the store has been asking its customers to vote for their favorite British album of the past 60 years. Winning 9.2% of the 30,000 votes cast, Maiden's landmark 1982 album Number Of The Beast went on to trump such heavyweight acts as Oasis, Pink Floyd and The Beatles. The full top ten list is as follows, along with percentage of votes, is as follows: 01. Iron Maiden - The Number Of The Beast (9.18%) 02. Depeche Mode - Violator (6.30%) 03. The Beatles - Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (5.69) 04. The Beatles - Abbey Road (5.67%) 05. Pink Floyd - The Dark Side Of The Moon (5.23%) 06. The Beatles - Revolver (4.01%) 07. Queen - A Night At The Opera (3.98%) 08. Oasis - (What's The Story) Morning Glory? (3.91%) 09. Adele - 21 (3.07%) 10. The Beatles - White Album (2.60%) Blabbermouth has published the following statement from HMV's Gennaro Castaldo: "You often tend to see the same artists and albums dominate album polls, 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, in fact, …1." ![]() They never get enough credit in this country despite their worldwide and sustained success. |
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Cool. I love Iron Maiden and they put on the 2nd best concert I have ever been to. It's great to see them get some recognition.
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Seeing Adele on these lists has became so. :yawn:
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Seeing Adele on these lists has became so. :yawn:
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My belief in the world just came back a little.
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"Number of the Beast" is my penultimate Iron Maiden track. I'm not a huge fan, but love that particular song.
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They're dross on a monumental scale but it's nice to see a new name in a list like this for a change
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Depeche Mode at number 2. I'm more than happy with that result.
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They're dross on a monumental scale but it's nice to see a new name in a list like this for a change
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Depeche Mode at number 2. I'm more than happy with that result.
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Up the Irons
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Depeche Mode at number 2 on that chart is also very impressive indeed.
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Depeche Mode at number 2 on that chart is also very impressive indeed.
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Ah, but remember, Iron Maiden aren't really popular, they only win public polls like this because they have loads of fans.
(Said to me with a straight face by someone after Maiden won that Brit award a few years back). |
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Ah, but remember, Iron Maiden aren't really popular, they only win public polls like this because they have loads of fans.
(Said to me with a straight face by someone after Maiden won that Brit award a few years back). ![]() Maiden really are a phenomenom - over 80 million albums sold, their last album going to No. 1 in nearly 30 countries worldwide, and yet the media like to pretend they don't even exist. And when they do, it's some sarky and inaccurate review. |
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They learned their trade the correct way.Out in a van and gigging.Not by being on some crap reality show.
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Ah, but remember, Iron Maiden aren't really popular, they only win public polls like this because they have loads of fans.
(Said to me with a straight face by someone after Maiden won that Brit award a few years back). |
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Nothing against Iron Maiden for the head of the poll, but isn`t their first album vastly superior to "number of the beast"?
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Nothing against Iron Maiden for the head of the poll, but isn`t their first album vastly superior to "number of the beast"?
Sorry for the oft-repeated clichés but the first album was raw, edgy, streetwise and (sorry Steve) punkish. Anyone who is only familiar with stuff like Run to the Hills or 2 Minutes to Midnight probably wouldn't even recognise it as Maiden. I know punks and indie kids who despise everything to do with Metal but they like the first two Maiden albums. NOTB was a huge step for Maiden, most people say forward, some insist it was backwards. |
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I cant see The Sex Pistols
Love them or hate them what an influentual band
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Piece of mind was better
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Very surprised, while it's always one of the few metal albums the mainstream music press are willing to acknowledge, it certainly isn't something you usually see topping a poll like this.
Personally, I don't think it's one of Maiden's better albums and there are several other albums in the top 10 alone that I would place above it. Even so, nice to see someone other than the usual suspects at the top of the list, and obviously Iron Maiden are always deserving of credit and attention. |
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It's a different "beast" altogether. I've found that most of the people that rate the first album as the best tend not to like the Dickinson stuff at all.
Sorry for the oft-repeated clichés but the first album was raw, edgy, streetwise and (sorry Steve) punkish. Anyone who is only familiar with stuff like Run to the Hills or 2 Minutes to Midnight probably wouldn't even recognise it as Maiden. I know punks and indie kids who despise everything to do with Metal but they like the first two Maiden albums. NOTB was a huge step for Maiden, most people say forward, some insist it was backwards. Last week I heard "made in Japan" and there is so much more life in Gillan`s voice and I heard that in Di’Anno`s voice, too. |
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It's a different "beast" altogether. I've found that most of the people that rate the first album as the best tend not to like the Dickinson stuff at all.
Sorry for the oft-repeated clichés but the first album was raw, edgy, streetwise and (sorry Steve) punkish. Anyone who is only familiar with stuff like Run to the Hills or 2 Minutes to Midnight probably wouldn't even recognise it as Maiden. I know punks and indie kids who despise everything to do with Metal but they like the first two Maiden albums. NOTB was a huge step for Maiden, most people say forward, some insist it was backwards. |
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I'm not sure how Iron Maiden finished top of this list.
Perhaps MetalHeads have learned how to use computers? |
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Love them or hate them what an influentual band