Black Sabbath: Best Brit rock album

<div class="section1"><div align="center" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="1" width="70.3%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/1023676.cms" alt="/photo/1023676.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">10.Manic Street Preachers – The Holy Bible</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script><br /><br /><span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Sean Moore of The Manic Street Preachers performs during the Tsunami Relief Concert at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, south Wales, January 22, 2005. (Reuters Photo)</span><br /><br />LONDON: Ozzy Osbourne''s Black Sabbath have topped a list of the 100 best British rock albums of all time. <br /><br />Follow-up album Paranoid was fifth in the poll voted by readers of Kerrang! magazine. <br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section2"><div align="center" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="1" width="61.1%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/1023677.cms" alt="/photo/1023677.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">9. Iron Maiden – Iron Maiden</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script><br /><br />Ozzy appears in the list six times, more than any other artist. The Brummie rocker features four times with Black Sabbath and twice as a solo artist. <br /><br />He said that Black Sabbath making the number one spot was a triumph for British rock.<br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section3"><div align="center" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="1" width="70.3%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/1023678.cms" alt="/photo/1023678.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">8. Queen – Sheer Heart Attack</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script><br /><br /><span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Members of British band ''Queen'', Brian May and Roger Taylor (R), pose for photographers as they arrive at the National Gallery in London for the global launch of the latest Pepsi advertisement January 26, 2004. </span><br /><br /><span style="" font-style:="" italic="">The Queen song ''We Will Rock You'' is the theme music for the new advert. (Reuters Photo)</span><br /><br />"Back then you''d hear, ''if you go to San Francisco, be sure to wear a flower in your hair''. And we were like, ''what the f*** are they on about?'' We lived in Aston, Birmingham, in drizzly rain. The only flowers I ever saw were on a gravestone in our local cemetery," <span style="" font-style:="" italic="">The Sun</span> quoted Ozzy as saying.<br /><br />Kerrang''s Top 100 features a mix of heavy metal, punk and glam rock.<br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section4"><div align="center" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="1" width="47.4%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/1023679.cms" alt="/photo/1023679.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">7. The Clash – London Calling</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script><br /><br /><span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Bassist for the rock band The Clash Paul Simonon speaks as the surviving members of The Clash accepted their induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, at the 18th annual induction ceremony at New York''s Waldorf Astoria Hotel, March 10, 2003. </span><br /><br /><span style="" font-style:="" italic="">The Clash was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame along with AC/DC, Elvis Costello and Attractions, The Police, The Righteous Brothers, and Mo Ostin. (Reuters Photo)</span><br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section5"><div align="center" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="1" width="70.3%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/1023680.cms" alt="/photo/1023680.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">6. Muse – Absolution</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script><br /><br /><span style="" font-style:="" italic="">British band Muse perform on stage at the Brit Awards 2004 in London, February 17, 2004. (Reuters Photo)</span><br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section6"><div align="center" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="1" width="49.5%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/1023681.cms" alt="/photo/1023681.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">5. Black Sabbath – Paranoid</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script><br /><br />Black Sabbath''s been around in some form or another now for 35 years or so. Ozzy Osbourne said the band''s success in the poll was a triumph for British rock.<br /><br /><span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Ozzy Osbourne with wife Sharon arriving at the 54th annual Emmy Awards in Los Angeles on September 22, 2002. (Reuters Photo)</span><br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section7"><div align="center" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="1" width="54.8%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/1023682.cms" alt="/photo/1023682.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">4. Led Zeppelin – IV</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script><br /><br /><span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Defunct for almost 23 years, the pioneering English band behind such hard rock classics as ''Stairway to Heaven'' and ''Kashmir'' has cleaned out its vaults to issue eight hours of previously unreleased live material on DVD and CD. </span><br /><br /><span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Band members Robert Plant (L) and Jimmy Page perform at the duo''s concert in Istanbul on March 5, 1998. (Reuters Photo)</span><br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section8"><div align="center" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="1" width="47.2%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/1023684.cms" alt="/photo/1023684.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">3. Sex Pistols – Nevermind The B******s</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script><br /><br /><span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Johnny Rotten, frontman of the legendary punk-band the Sex Pistols, performs at the 20th open-air concert in St Gallen, Switzerland, late June 30. (Reuters Photo)</span><br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section9"><div align="center" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="1" width="70.3%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/1023685.cms" alt="/photo/1023685.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">2. Iron Maiden – Number Of The Beast</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script><br /><br />Iron Maiden''s ''The Early Years'' DVD has been certified platinum in the US for sales in excess of 100,000 copies, according to Billboard.com.<br /><br />The Early Years, which was released in North America in early November, covers the band''s course from its first days, back in the mid-''70s up until 1983 when Maiden went on their first major world tour.<br /><br /></div> </div><div class="section10"><div align="center" style="position:relative; left: -2"><table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="2" align="center" border="1" width="70.3%"> <colgroup> <col width="100.0%" /> </colgroup> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><img src="/photo/1023686.cms" alt="/photo/1023686.cms" border="0" /></div> </td> </tr> <tr valign="top"> <td width="100.0%" colspan="1" rowspan="1" style="" valign:="" top="" background-color:="" f3f3f3=""> <div class="Normal"><span style="" font-weight:="" bold="">1. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath</span></div> </td> </tr> </table></div> <div class="Normal"><script language="javascript">doweshowbellyad=0; </script><br />Black Sabbath formed in the West Midlands in the 1960s and although the band later reunited for various gigs, Osbourne himself left in 1979.<br /><br /><span style="" font-style:="" italic="">Ozzy Osbourne performing at the Golden Jubilee pop concert in the gardens of Buckingham Palace in London on June 3, 2002. (Reuters Photo)</span></div> </div>