Copyright: the number of the beast
The Number of the Beast is the third studio album by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was released on 22 March 1982.
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.