The Number of the Beast (album)

The Number of the Beast
Remastered cover[a]
Studio album by Iron Maiden
Released	22 March 1982 (1982-03-22)
Studio	Battery (London)
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	39:11
Label	EMI
Producer	Martin Birch
Iron Maiden studio albums chronology
Killers (1981) The Number of the Beast (1982) Piece of Mind (1983)
Singles from The Number of the Beast
"Run to the Hills" Released: 8 February 1982 "The Number of the Beast" Released: 26 April 1982

The Number of the Beast is the third studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was released on 22 March 1982 in the US by Harvest and Capitol Records,^[1] and on 29 March 1982 in the UK by EMI Records.^[2] The album was their first to feature vocalist Bruce Dickinson and their last with drummer Clive Burr.

The Number of the Beast was met with critical and commercial success, and became the band's first album to top the UK Albums Chart and reach the top 40 of the US Billboard 200. The album produced the singles "Run to the Hills" and "The Number of the Beast", the former of which became the band's first top-ten UK single. The album was also controversial, particularly in the United States, due to the religious references in its artwork and the title track's lyrics. Since the release of The Number of the Beast, "The Beast" has become an alternate name for Iron Maiden and was later used in the titles of some of their compilations and live releases, including Best of the Beast and Visions of the Beast.

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