Black Sabbath Top Poll

Black Sabbath have topped a poll listing the best British rock albums of all time.

Ozzy Osbourne’s band led the list with their 1970 eponymous debut, in a poll by Kerrang! readers.

The band beat the likes of Led Zeppelin, The Sex Pistols and Iron Maiden to claim the top spot.

Black Sabbath also featured at number five with Paranoid, and had two more albums lower down on the list. Ozzy Osbourne also features twice with solo albums.

Kerrang! editor Ashley Bird told the BBC: "It's amazing to see so many incredible homegrown albums in one list, and without any of the abysmal fashion bands that currently clog up the music scene.

"These are the real opinions of proper rock fans."

The full top ten is as follows:

1 Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
2 Iron Maiden - Number of the Beast
3 Sex Pistols - Never Mind the Bollocks
4 Led Zeppelin - IV
5 Black Sabbath - Paranoid
6 Muse - Absolution
7 The Clash - London Calling
8 Queen - Sheer Heart Attack
9 Iron Maiden - Iron Maiden
10 Manic Street Preachers - The Holy Bible