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The Number of the Beast

Artist Iron Maiden Released 1982 Type album

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Third of the seventeen Iron Maiden records held here. It came seven years into a run that began in 1975. 1982 is twelve years into Heavy metal, which this tree dates from 1970. It is one of the four records Heavy metal is listed as starting from.

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The Number of the Beast is the third studio album by the English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was released on 22 March 1982 in the US by Harvest and Capitol Records, and on 29 March 1982 in the UK by EMI Records. The album was their first to feature vocalist Bruce Dickinson and their last with drummer Clive Burr.

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