Although I always prefered Iron Maiden with DiAnno on vocals (largely I think, because that's where I came in and also saw them on the Killers tour), the Number Of The Beast, was, is and will remain one of the all time great rock albums. A lot of people dissed Dickinson just for 'not being DiAnno', which is daft. The guy has an awesome powerhouse of a voice with at least a 5 octave range. I bought the LP when it came out and it got played most days. It was also the album that sent the band stratospheric and deservedly so. The scream on the title track is still jaw-dropping and the album is still fresh 30 years later.
