With more than 200,000 votes cast, only 201 separated The Beatles' 1967 hit from Michael Jackson's Thriller in second place.
The nationwide survey of music fans was commissioned by BBC Radio to mark the 50th anniversary of the official UK album chart.
U2's Joshua Tree was third, with Rumours by Fleetwood Mac taking fourth place. The Fab Four managed five of the top 11 spots, with Revolver in sixth place, Abbey Road in eighth, the White Album at 10 and Rubber Soul in 11th.
Mike Oldfield's hit Tubular Bells, which stayed in the charts for five years after its release in 1973, also featured, taking the number 18 slot.
Definitely Maybe, the debut album by Oasis, managed to make number 22.
Earlier this summer it was voted best album of all time – with Sgt Pepper's in second – in a poll of 40,000 people by the book of British Hit Singles and Albums and music website nme.com.
The most recent albums to make the top 100 were records released last year by Coldplay (33), Madonna (37), James Blunt (80) and Gorillaz (95).
The oldest number one albums in the list were Please Please Me by The Beatles (79) and The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan (85) – both from 1963.
Of the classic albums that failed to reach the number one position, fans voted for Pink Floyd's Dark Side Of The Moon as their favourite with The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars, by David Bowie, at number two.
The official album chart started in 1956 and there have been 787 number one albums.
The first number one was Songs For Swingin' Lovers by Frank Sinatra.
Source: http://www.news.com.au
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