The Number of the Beast — 1982

The arrival of Bruce Dickinson and the band's classic era, galloping, melodic and theatrical. Anthemic from start to finish. A heavy-metal landmark. Mid-catalogue, but far from a placeholder.

On vinyl: Second-hand copies circulate widely; a clean original can be better value than a new repress.

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