The Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was today voted the nation's favourite Number One album.

The smash hit only just pushed Michael Jackson's Thriller album into second place by 201 votes in the BBC's Radio 2 Music Club Top 100 Albums chart.

The nationwide survey saw more than 220,000 people select their favourite artists and was designed to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the official UK album charts.

A full run-down of the top 100 was broadcast on Radio 2 by DJ Simon Mayo. U2's Joshua Tree came in third, with Rumours by Fleetwood Mac taking fourth place.

The Fab Four scooped five spots in the album top 11, with Revolver taking sixth place, Abbey Road in eighth, the White Album at 10 and Rubber Soul taking 11th place.

Colossal Mike Oldfield hit Tubular Bells, which stayed in the charts for five years, also featured, taking the number 18 slot.

Of the classic albums that failed to reach the number one position, Britons voted 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, as number two.

The Official Album Chart started in 1956 and since then there have been 787 number one albums.

Presenter Simon Mayo said: "It is a very impressive list and no surprise at all that Sgt Pepper is at the top. It revolutionised music and what we expect from an album. A fine choice indeed."

Misspellings by voters keen to take part in the poll also saw votes go to "The Dark Side of the Room" by "Pink Flid" and "Achtung Bono" by U2. Other blunders included fans voting for "Codplay" and "Oink Floyd".