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3.5/5 Better than I expected.
This kind of heavy metal reminds me of drone music. Repetition of riffs, busy drum patterns, and distortions that are both hypnotic and slightly discomfiting. The vocals are sort of like chanting. All of it melds together in this lo-fi way. The production may actually be very sophisticated but it *sounds* unfinished, almost laconic, deliberately*not* maximalist despite being very full of sound. I liked The Wizard most, probably because of the harmonica. And the unearthly bridge halfway through Wicked World.
Historico
It's alright. Wouldn't seek it out to listen to but wouldn't change the song if it came on. Above average.
starts off a little boring, just better towards end of first track. Not my genre but decent enough within the genre. kinda waited for it to end. 6.8/10.
Ozzy rocks
Ozzy has a pretty far out voice. Proper metal here for sure. Sure knew how to write a riff.
A good window into the birth of hard rock at the end of the 60s. Ozzy is definitely in finer voice than he would be today.
Mmmm. It might be acclaimed as the 1st heavy metal album but somehow it fades into the background. I’ve kept listening and it is growing on me. Cover art 3/5
Before hype. Before fans. This is just a crazy idea of an album that holds its core over time. Sure there is a lot of bloat later in this genre (and from this band). But you can tell they are doing something that they just really wanted to do. I can respect that. Is this inspirational magic? More like magic history. Better potions, darker magic are norms now. Worth adding to the athenaeum.
Music is 4 stars, vocals are 2 stars
It was good. Sounded like other Black Sabbath which isn't my favorite but still a good listen.
Guitar was incredible. Ozzy’s voice just isn’t it, even for a metal album such as this.
Music was really cool. I haaaaaaaaaaaated ozzie's singing.
Pretty good for what it was - never listened to it before
Pour une critique de cet album, je vous redirige vers eltrapeze, qui lui-même vous donnera le numéro de téléphone de mon père. Une fois que vous l'aurez appelé, prononcez le mot-clé « Black Sabbath » et laissez vous aller.
Bien essayé Robert, mais le gros nom de Black Sabbath ne suffira pas à obtenir la note de 4/5. Il va falloir agir et vite.
Good riffs, albeit pretty dark (the devil's triad in title track!). Undeniably influential, but not as good as Paranoid album.
It was ok, but honestly all a little bit anonymous to me. When it ended, The Seeker by The Who came on and I was instantly more interested.
3, neutral on this one
bunu daha önce de dinlemiştim. finale gideceğim şimdi. telefonuma indiriyorum.
Master of Reality is the bar by which I measure Sabbath albums. This was fun but too much Iommi in places and not enough Ozzy. Steaming of whom - does any hard rocker have a more perfect voice for his music?
Ahh, los primeros días del metal y el rock pesado. El paso de los años se encargaría de dejar atrás estos sonidos, pero la influencia permanece.
Best Song: Black Sabbath. I can only imagine that in 1970, first hearing this track would have felt like a tectonic shift. Worst Song: Wicked World. This is the kind of slow, plodding tempo that I think bogs down some of this old metal. Plus that super jazzy hi-hat really clashes with the rest of the aesthetic. Overall: A historical monument that still has that heavy, bluesy swagger. Obviously what we think of as "metal" has developed significantly since this album, and it does feel dated at times, but there are moments of brilliance. Ozzy's voice is somehow captivating in spite of itself, but I think it is the guitar work that really stands out. A relatively tame starting point, from which better music came.
I liked this more than expected and was pleasantly surprised by the musicianship.
Begyndelsen på heavy-metal, rimelig solidt, skarp elguitar, tunge trommer
3 1/2
Ja goed maar ook niet iets dat ik spontaan ga opzetten denk ik
I try and put myself in the mindset of a young adult in the past, getting my hands on the vinyl of this album, and just listening with no other distractions (like the internet…). And it still didn’t do it for me
Was better than i expected tbh, need to listen again as sort of put it on in the background as i procrastinated. 3.5
It had a couple moments, and you definitely see the relationship to Led Zeppelin here. I didn't love it or hate it, though the first song got a bit monotonous for me.
3.5
Classic heavy metal, clean sounds from Tony Iommi and wailing vocals from Ozzy Osbourne there is not really any reason to criticize Black Sabbath on their self-titled album. Absent their most popular offerings, the album sheds light on their beginnings giving listeners a baseline for the powerhouse of metal they would become.
This album should get about a 3.6 but it gets rounded down to a 3. You can actually understand Ozzy on this album. It doesn't have any of the super well known songs of Black Sabbath. I probably wouldn't pick this album to listen to again, but I would listen if it was on.
Nice
Ich kann sehen, dass das ein Meilenstein war, bzw. auch immer noch ist, der Fakt dass das 52 Jahre alt ist, ist ziemlich unvorstellbar. Es fällt mir verdammt schwer, mich auf den Ton und die Langlebigkeit der ganzen Sache einzulassen, obwohl das gerade mal so über 40 Minuten geht. Das ist leider einer der langweiligsten Arten von Musik, die ich mir vorstellen kann, das hier ist noch die bessere Seite. Es ist denke ich mal einfach nichts für mich. 6/10
zuerst muss ich sagen, dass ich vielleicht zwei black sabbath tracks kenne und mich mit heavy metal überhaupt nicht auskenne, bzw. das nie bewusst gehört habe. dieses album fand ich dann aber ...ok? es sind echt gute songs und starke riffs dabei, aber besonders auf längeren tracks haben die gitarrensoli nichts besonderes mehr und es fühlt an, als ob sie nur auch auf ihren instrumenten herumnudeln. das klingt dann immer gleich.
"ich hör alles ausser rap und metal" hab tbh erwartet das deutlich lahmer zu finden aber war ganz groovy (evil woman banger beat) und auch abwechslungsreich von der sound kulisse. Unterm strich hats mich dann doch irgendwie kalt gelassen über weite strecken aber war auch nicht so krass in der mood mir was neues anzueignen von daher kann man dem das auch nicht wirklich ankreiden
Ich habe wirklich praktisch kein Metal gehört bisher, aber nichts auf dem Album war für mich sonically ungewohnt oder überraschend — was wohl zeigen dürfte, wie einflussreich das Genre war. Ehrlich gesagt hätte ich das Album wohl als Redneck Rock oder ähnlich beschrieben, hätte ich es bloß gehört und nicht Genre, Artist etc. gekannt. Inhaltlich habe ich mich nicht groß mit dem Album auseinandergesetzt, musikalisch fand ich wenig auszusetzen, aber auch wenig, was mir wirklich gefällt. The Wizard ist ein cooler Track, der Rest ist so ziemlich an mir vorübergezogen.
That new seventies sound...
Such a powerful opening, screams of terror that genuinely chill the blood, that slowly fades into fairly typical bluesy solo nothingness as the covers enter and Ozzy gets less and less moment to shine. Still finding those metal feet. Highlights: Black Sabbath, The Wizard.
Kind of dull surprisingly.
Black sabbath 1st track kinda... Boring. Wizard slaps sooo hard Rythm and intro of behind a wall is awesome!!! NIB feels kinda classic metalley. But very groove!! Evil woman is alright... It exists? Sleeping village pog good placement Great transition into warning
Enjoyed this more than I thought I would, I expected it to be one of those 'influential but not great on its own' albums but was pleasantly surprised. Sounds a lot like early led zeppelin
Not my cup of tea, a bit dull
I can see why people think it’s good, but it’s repetitive wailing and pretty boring
I was expecting more...
Not a bad album, not so great either
I was honestly surprised by this. Not yet metal and the most coherent Ozzy will ever be
Better and bluesier than expected.
Some good guitar stuff, sounds a bit derivative but only because it inspired so many. Ozzys voice is fine, not amazing. Curious to hear their later albums.
Black Sabbath? more like Black Midbbath, cause this album was mid. Its fine, pretty standard stuff, nothing jumped out at me
Hätte es in Mono hören sollen. Teilweise Surround eher unangenehm.
Not bad. Can see how it was revolutionary for its time.
Great instrumentals, not a fan of the singing
Not bad at all
6/10 I can see how influential this is but I found the songs a little long winded and also the vocals are just. Not nice
6/10. Sounded a lot like their other album. Pleasant enough to listen to, but not in love
I am somewhat familiar with the band, but "The Wizard" might be the only track I've heard from this album and that was earlier this year. I really like Tommy Iommi's guitar wark on tracks such as "The Wizard", "Sleeping Village" and "Warning". I did not enjoy the title track, and some of the vocals to other tracks. The album was okay, but I don't see myself tempted to listen again.
Ozzy Ozborne was in Black Sabbath?? very good rock and roll album
Not my thang
It’s weird to think that this album came out just as the Beatles were breaking up because brit rock and heavy metal seem so far apart from each other but they were almost contemporary. This album isn’t bad but the title tracks sound is wildly different from the rest of the album. Plus each track is 3 songs lumped together which was annoying to find a fav song. Overall, not amazing but a very interesting look into the genesis of heavy metal. Fav song I think: the wizard
Simply good rock (even if very familiar in this case).
Not the biggest fan of Ozzy's vocals.
pretty good album I don’t really have strong feelings for it, positive or negative. it’s pretty groovy, I guess. it had an awkward start but by the end I thought it was pretty good. in terms of overall quality, I’d give it an 8/10 - it’s well written and composed and other than a few awkward parts, holds up really well. however when it comes to my own preference I think I’d give it a 6/10. it’s not bad, it’s just not something I’d feel like listening to again for a while. Most the stuff I liked from the album is easy to find in other albums (like Santanas debut) and most of the stuff that made it unique like the harmonica or the jaw harp, I didn’t really like. Again, not saying it’s bad. I believe it’s an objectively good album, but on my own preference, I just didn’t really like it a whole lot.
I'm not sure, in all of the iconic rock riffs created in the wake of this record (by Sabbath and everyone that followed), if any are more iconic than on the opening track "Black Sabbath." Ozzy's vocal is perfect for the song. I can't imagine being a Beatles fan and thinking "Man, Helter Skelter really rocks" in 1968 and then having my mind blown by this less than two years later. I love Black Sabbath. The band, the record, and the song. But Black Sabbath, ultimately, sits middle of the pack among their other records. For me.
This was way bluesier than I expected it to be, but still very Sabbath. You can definitely hear the beginnings of the much “heavier” music they would start recording after this. To be honest, the worst part of BS for me was always Ozzys voice - it just kinda rakes on me. This album was much more about the music, and his vocals were less prominent. They sounded much more like an early-70s band. I dug it.
Short and sweet with some well-crafted songs, but not as epic as I was epxecting.
It was alright, but not as good as i had expected
not their best work
Regarded as the first heavy metal album, this is a shredder. The lyrics focus on the dark, storytelling perspective that would be a theme with metal. Iommi and Butler are the standouts here, Ozzy's voice never gained traction with me, but this iteration seems less 'Ozzy Inc™' than in his later years.
I was on tumblr and the album finished and I didn't notice until the first song had already played again
I think the album can get a bit samey, and not all tracks hit. But the tracks that do well are great.
It was alright. I do like the guitar instrumentals and heavy rock/metal sound.
So good I had bat for tea
Općenito sam uvijek htio preslušati njih, ali je to sve bilo nešta aljkavo, ne sjećam se baš, nekako mi ostanu zaboravljivi. I evo sada taman na ovaj šugav dan gdje vjerujem da bi album trebao pasati, preslušavam. Dakle, album kao album dobar, sviđa mi se to, al trebaš biti u tom raspolaženju. Nisam neki fan heavy metala (iako ovo nije toliko heavy), al za tako nešta, sasvim uredan i dobar album. Ako ovo nije 5/5 kasno jesenski cover, onda ne znam. Album je 3.5/5
nisam, po sjećanju
It's OK - definitely a "jam" album...might be nice for spacing out/chilling but not particularly well suited for "active" listening
Sounds like a horror movie soundtrack. Sick thick guitar tones. Can definitely tell it’s their first album.
Really fun (listening to this makes me smell sweat and beer when neither of those things are nearby), but I've never really been a Sabbath fan.
Headbanging in places, surprisingly catchy in others. Mostly it just dirged out. Look, I get why it’s here, and you can hear the seeds of whole genres decades before they became fully fledged... but it’s a bit of a drag to actually listen to.
not my thing, that's all
First album, released the same year as paranoid. Very different to their other stuff, still some real decent tracks tho. More bluesy, less heavy. 3/5
oooh yeeeeaaaaah is ozzys version of Robert Plants Baby baby baby. does it a lot, either that or its the lasting imprint of the album on me. fairly average album. pretty mad to think that this was the starting point for the madness that is modern metal.
Crazy music… But love the album cover more
Not as hard as I was expecting
Production: 12/20 Songwriting: 9/20 Innovation: 13/20 Bangers: 5/20 Emotional response: 11/20 =50 Yeah didn’t hate it didn’t love it - it was fine
It’s hard to believe this album was released just a few months before their opus, Paranoid. It is much more raw, bluesy & the arrangements aren’t as tight. Very representative of the late sixty’s jams. Iommi’s riff-heaviness and reverb on solos gives us a glimpse of what was a few months away.
Highlight: N.I.B. (Note: several of these tracks are not available on Spotify or Apple Music, making it difficult to judge the entirety of this album) An early effort from who would soon be rock legends, Black Sabbath establishes their unmistakably Sabbath sound and will be built on and celebrated for decades to follow.
heavy metal . NO molesta
regular
Old heavy metal. It's alright. Short album with one long song at the end. 6/10.
Enjoyed this, my Dad owned it but only ever listened to a few tracks, solid 3.5
This was good. Nice to have some heavier stiff on the list. That guitar sound is pretty alright.
Close to 4 stars, but just below it. Good album.
Sounds like Sabbath but a little too Zeppelin for me to praise. But a great album nevertheless.
Some good stuff on here, but a few of the songs were almost laughably bad. Borderline silly sounding.
Disco de currículum
I'm a fan of Black Sabbath but this one is missing a lot that I enjoy. Some of it is still there, but doesn't make me super happy like I thought it would.
Meh
Its a classic but kind of dark for me.
Not the biggest fan of BS. I like the album Paranoid more.
Music music music. Stop. Sing some words. Music music.
Guitar is kinda cool sometimes, but not my style overall.
clasico favs warning y NIB
Meh, interesting but messy
Black Sabbath and N.I.B are good tracks
Hörte ich erstmals 2020 und fand sie nicht ganz so gut wie die Paranoid oder die Master Of Reality, hatte allerdings seinerzeit ihren Einfluss als den Metal begründendes Werk gar nicht zu würdigen gewusst. Sehr gute 3 Sterne.
Old school metal.
I can appreciate the quality of the album but it's not exactly my taste of music
Never listened listened to Sabbath other than what you get culturally and was pleasantly surprised. I love how two of my fav songs on the album aren't on spotify atm... (sleeping village and warning -- on youtube tho). I can finally say yes Ive listened to Black Sabbath and am therefore ~cultured~
3
okay, not as metal as I had assumed
It ok
Happy 50th bday to metal. Still real good
Classic
First time listening to Black Sabbath and i like it, im not really into these genre, but this group has something that get me
Not bad for an album that was recorded in 2 days and cost 600 punds to make!
1970 Hard rock, Heavy metal Entiendo que ha sido uno de los álbumes que ha definido el género, pero el género no es mi cosa.
I enjoyed this more than I anticipated. He sounds good here!
favorite song: N.I.B
I actually liked the two starting tracks, but then after that the rest of the album was not as interesting to me. I would like to know the purpose if cramming multiple songs into one rather than just releasing them as their own because the last track being 14 minutes long was actually insane.
Some cool riffs, I’m sure this was revolutionary when it came out but it just felt a little bland and tired to me. Like if KISS was on heroin. Maybe I’m just more of a Judas Priest guy
Very unremarkable, guitar solo very long with not much happening.
On one hand while I was expecting heavy metal here, the density of the metal was actually quite nice, on the other; just because you can do a 20 minute instrumental bit doesn’t mean you should. I feel like a lot of genuine musical talent here is being overshadowed by the excessive length of the songs
First listen thru felt like I was listening to 40 minutes of Black Sabbath slop. Second go thru was definitely better, but still felt like it was a long way off from some of their hits I’m more familiar with (ie snowblind). The use of harmonica in heavy metal was awesome though. Liked the Wizard and Wicked World the best probably
👍
It was good on the instruments but a little mopey for my taste.
just kind of boring
album #104 this was before they had found their sound properly, and it shows. it's fine but a bit dull. ꩜ album rating: ★★⯪☆☆ ꩜ number of albums left to review: 985 ꩜ number of albums from the list that i agree with being on the list: 49 ꩜ albums from the list that I would consider on my list: 22 ꩜ albums from the list I won't include on my list: 82
Скучная унылая шляпа Dull boring cliche of the rock n roll world. Every song is nothing different to others, Ozzy and Sabbath might be legends, but not in the modern world, unfortunately. This classic didn't pass the time test.
paar ganz nice parts aber nicht so meins insgesamt just for me to keep track of my rating scale: 1 star > dislike / annoying to listen to 2 stars > didn't hate it, didn't like it 3 stars > I like it overall or maybe it has 1-2 songs I already have in / added to my playlist 4 stars > has several songs I added to my playlist 5 stars > has a special place in my heart (I NEVER liked all songs in any album so far so let's settle for this lol)
eh, kinda zoned out for most of it.
More harmonica than expected. First two tracts are the musical embodiment of the time the son on Home Improvement was goth. While still pretty disjointed, the album picks up in listenability after the rough start. Still, when a full 1/3 of the album tracks are laughably cringe, it's hard to rate this album as a whole very high.
boring
certainly an album!
Not my cup of tea
When this popped up as the album of the day, I thought I didn't want to listen to it. I was right. Some capable guitar work, but .... yeah. When I was 15, I would have been willing to sit through this, and even find it somewhat interesting. It reminds me of when I was 15 and bought a used copy of Steppenwolf's greatest hits ... this album is like listening to the other songs on that album besides Magic Carpet Ride and Born to Be Wild. Docked one star for my having aged substantially since 1985. Famously (in some corners of the internet) Tony Iommi briefly joined Jethro Tull as the replacement for Mick Abrahams when Mick left Tull because it wasn't going to continue being a blues band. The fit between Tull and Iommi wasn't good, and it lasted, like, a few weeks. Mick Abrahams formed a band called Blodwyn Pig, featuring a saxophone player who modeled himself on Roland Kirk. Their first album, Ahead Rings Out (1969), had a cover photo of a pig's head with sunglasses, headphones, a ring through its nose, and a cigarette in its mouth. That obscure, unimportant album was markedly better than this album.
The music didn't offend me as much as other records we've been subjected to. Still, I didn't enjoy it I, and the lyircs are so painfully stupid I couldn't bear listening to them. Today I learned that I don't hate Black Sabbath as much as I hate Iron Maiden. I guess that was worth 30 minutes of my life. (No I did not listen to the whole thing.) On the plus side, I treated myself to the Bill Withers album as a reward for catching up on my listening and that made it all worth it!!
These dude's really like the devil hey
I went into this quite curious about the apparent "first true heavy metal album." It seemed I'd gotten a historically significant album as my first one on this journey. The album began promisingly with a foreboding riff, but things quickly took a turn for the worse as soon as the guy opened his mouth and started singing. It should be evident by now that I'm generally not a huge fan of the traditional heavy metal genre, and I don't know what I was expecting, but I was hoping the vocals and lyrical content would be a little less 'Iron Maiden' (who this album makes me appreciate even less, seeing where much of the heavy metal tropes that I dislike and they embody apparently originate from). The musical content grows more repetitive over the course of the album, catchy riffs growing stale and one song barely-noticeably blending into the next. The first track (a self-titled track on a self-titled album, fun) might've been my favorite--it at least stands out as most memorable after my listen. Perhaps it was because my hopes for the album hadn't yet been shattered, or maybe it's a sign to explore more doom metal (a sub-genre apparently stemming from this song). The ending took me by surprise on my initial listen, the album concluding abruptly after a final track about ruined love that might've been better suited as a sad harmonica ballad. To be clear, there are plenty of great moments that are easy to miss if you let yourself zone out, and the band's playing is solid. I'm sure if I had a greater understanding of music history I'd appreciate this album more, but I don't think there's much that could make me like it more. Not a bad album, and very good for what it’s trying to be, but not my thing at all. As a first album on this journey, I’ll say it serves as a lesson to not let your expectations dampen an experience too much and to judge the music on its own terms. My ratings are ultimately subjective and primarily meant to track my personal enjoyment/appreciation though, so… Rating: ~3.5-4.0/10 _____ Album 1 / 1001+
5/10
no es muy mi estilo la verdad
Good guitars, vocals bit weak
5/10
Legendary name. Interested to try, though I'm not sure I'm quite in the brain space for darkness... Let's go! 1) Self-titled song in the self-titled album... Got a bit bored really. 2) Wizard. more like it - know it from Guitar Hero lol 3) Wasp - cool headphone balance of the vocals. I like the quality to the lead guitar. honestly just a bit all of the same. not necessarily a bad thing to have a common theme, a vibe... just not my cuppa. Solos at the end of the last track are nasty and wild and I really liked that.
Black Sabbath has such a repetitive style but this is 5/5 at the pool hall or scary bar
Good instrument and Ozzie is a good story teller. Not my type of music.
I don't like metal or Hardrock. But this album has some great guitar riffs.
non avevo mai ascoltato questo album perché solitamente il metal non è il mio genere, ma ora, avendolo ascoltato, direi che per me non rientra nel genere. lo sento più appartenete al rock ci sono delle sequenza acustiche con la chitarra elettrica pazzesche ma che ritrovo ripetute nel corso dell’album. ho trovato un po’ difficile capire quando finivano e iniziavano certe canzoni il che mostra che comunque l’album è ben collegato da un punto di vista della produzione musicale che rimane simile per ogni canzone. nonostante io tenda ad apprezzare la produzione più rispetto ai testi per black sabbath devo dire avrei sperato avesse un po’ più di diversità nella produzione. in generale l’ho trovato sicuramente un album originale per l’epoca ma allo stesso tempo piatto, in quanto molte canzoni alla fine, al mio orecchio,sembravano simili
I think I have to finally accept i dont like black sabbath that much
doggo/10
Was always curious why rock, metal and prog bands have song of over 6 minutes. The song is usually fine except for the 5 or 6 minutes titting about on the guitar or even worse the drums. Clearly early Sabbath and the lyrics reflect this about Lucifer. Good listen except I would trim the length of song of the songs
Uniikki nimi
Not my favorite album of Sabbath, but definitely the most pivotal intro to kick off the band’s theming & direction.
Reasonable album, not a huge fan of Black Sabbath
whismichu
It was fine, but I wouldn't put it on.
Darker, but still enjoyable
Rock identity crisis.
cool guitar but I'm not super into guitar only music
Didn’t care for Black Sabbath much when I was “in the moment” and honestly 50 years hasn’t helped my appreciation of the end product. I can appreciate the guitar work, but the whole death culture BS is off putting - as bad or worse than the nihilism of the 90s artists (whose music is just worse).
Understand the skill but not for me
Not my main vibe but I still enjoyed it😛
none for me fanks
Decent album
Having now listened to more bs 60s/70s jammy psych crud than I’d ever want to…this doesn’t stand out to me as much as people make it out to. At least this wasn’t as slow as the other Sabbath entries, but man something about their oft used slow riff tempo really irks me
Ozzy did a lot of the same vocal cadence on this one that was fun to make fun of.
Could have been worse
J’aime beaucoup le « build-up » de Black Sabbath. Ce n'est en revanche pas tellement mon genre musical de cœur, mais pour l'époque, c'était impressionnant.
It was just too early in the morning today
Eh, it was very.....OK. Never heard this first album. Expected a lot better given knowing what classics they would have in the future. I'm sure at the time this was pretty unique. Would never listen to this again.
Not the great revelation I was looking for unfortunately. ⭐️⭐️
It's just quite...dull? The songs are slow, lacking in dynamics and every now and again they break out into a riff. Quite strange.
Hmmm on this one i don't like the metal :(
OK, I thought the first was better
Bra album, inte min smak
whatever. only listened to bc of ozzy
Something about thus stage of heavy metal doesn't work for me. No rhythm and the sing song delivery of Ozzy feels weird. Solos put in in weird ways too.
Enjoyable & had that first metal taste to it. Being the first album from Black Sabbath, you can both here what sounds within their works they would go on to develop. Truly interesting to listen to an album that was both the birth of a extremely important band, musically, & what was essential the birth of Dark, Satanic, Heavy Metal, as a genre. The large, chunky & whirring guitar(s) through out are the real winner for us. Vocally & lyrically there is depth, but hearing the absolute & unbridled sounds from the guitar took all the lime-light. Like cream, but worse ~
Not very heavy for heavy metal but that suits me just fine. Still, nothing really seemed to stand out for me? I couldn’t name a single track after listening or differentiate tracks from one another but maybe that’s just me
- Ah, here's that Zionist SAer again. - Ozzy's cadence, like a kid taunting someone, gets old fast. - A whole lot of nothing with the lyrics. - The guitar player is definitely talented and has a nice tone. - This music isn't bad and it has some interesting moodiness and bluesy moments, but it's not super compelling. Guitar riffs without a strong melodic base just don't hit for me. - I want to rate this a 2.5, but I'll probably round down because I'd never reach for it and it felt like it went on way too long.
Black Sabbath--didn't love it but there were bits and pieces I liked and I found it largely inoffensive The Wizard--I don't really like it, the best I've got for why is that it sounds like a lot of other classic rock I don't like but I don't have a good sense of what the shared characteristics are there And then I stopped really paying attention to individual songs. Idk I didn't hate it, I've heard a lot of stuff I liked less, but I don't really want to listen to it again or listen to more Black Sabbath either. I can hear some of the influence this had on music I like a lot more.
Not for me… maybe if I was in an angry mood…
It was fine. Ozzy still sounds like a Muppet. A few guitar solos were sloppy. random southern rock song.
I had a tape of Sabbath's second album back in the day, but never heard this one. I was interested when track 1 (title track) came on - impressed that four guys from Birmingham came up with this style, and impressed that the album was recorded in one day just by playing through their live set. But, as has been said by others,, the album gets weaker into the second side - 'Warning' in particular is half-baked and bloated, I think not good enough to be on any record. After a bit more listening and reflection, I concluded this album showed potential (interesting guitar tone, Osbourne may have been a creep but could sing, etc), but is mostly unsatisfying rather than satisfying. It's Pretty Poor, 3/10.
2,5 ster Max
Not my cup of tea but can appreciate why it is a revered album, the drumming and guitar work are really good and Tommy Iommi knows how to write a riff but if your not into this style of early metal it’s a bit of a slog. 2.5
Not as good as I was expecting it to be.
Not their best and I'm not a big fan of their best. For me 'Snow Blind' was their best ever song and none of these tracks come close. 'Warning' is especially cringe. 'Wizard' and 'Wicked World' keep this album from bombing. The latter was their first ever track played when they were called 'Earth' so I guess they got a lot of practice in.
Not for me. I know it is an iconic album but the sound wasn't for me.
not my jam but I get that people like it
mmm i only liked two of them
I’m really not in to
nope.
feels like a 2
It was fine, no takeaways for me and nothing crazy. Wouldn't listen to it again, honestly.
1. scared me tbh😐 2. liked the rhythm, not sure ab the lyrics 3. not so bad 4. really liked the start but the song was repetitive 5. liked ittt, wanna be the evil woman 6. mmmm no 7. YEAHHHHHHH, loved everything, wow 8. not my style
nice not something i would prefer but it was good it didn't make me feel like i wanna skip
wasn’t a personal fav 😔 but I did like ‘Evil Woman’ !
All sounded too similar. Liked his haunting sound. Evil woman probably was my favorite
8 songs, 42 minutes… felt like the same song the whole time and it refused to end.
It's not my genre I guess? Sounded quite repetitive. 1,5/5
Just ok.
Was expecting it to be better. A couple really good ones but most take too long to pick up.
Why did these songs all have to be like 12 minutes long?? Not bad, but not for me.
not for me
Not my genre but pleasantly surprised
Muy melódico el álbum, WARNING es una obra de arte. Pero si muy lejos de lo popular, como Crazy Train.
It's seminal for sure, but it's just not that interesting to be honest. There's a reason none of the songs from this album are popular.
reminiscent of john mayall and the bluesbreakers lyrically less mature but more metal that zeppelin you can feel that they were on the precipice of war pigs/iron man
Look, you will never hear me say a bad thing about Ozzy (RIP 🦇), but this wouldn’t be a Sabbath album I’d pick. It’s all just a little bit too prog rocky for me.
Meh
it was fine.
I listened without prejudice but I didn't enjoy it 🙁
Eh. I liked black sabbath last time but this one isn't for me.
Not really a sabbath fan, but this was alright.
Good album.
I don't really get this style of metal. Can't figure out what they're saying. Old man yells at cloud.
Didn’t really stand out for me. Most of the tracks I felt blended all together and there wasn’t anything too significant in my opinion.
Yes, they're a legendary rock band. But this isn't great. Some good tunes but then a lot of blah
Bwaaaaa
So this is where the legend began Not my favorite album, but you can hear all the key elements that would morph into the definitive Sabbath sound
i just don’t care for metal sorry ozzy
Not my thing. Ten minute tracks are NOT it, like no. I like some of the guitar parts and the title track is a bop but the rest is very monotonous for me, not bad, just not exciting. I didn’t even notice when tracks changed.
Inte min smak
I’m going to presume there are more than one Black Sabbath album on the 1001 album list, because this is certainly not their best (Paranoid is far better). This is alright, lots of twiddly guitar and riffs. Probably viewed more with rose tinted spectacles, especially now Ozzy has departed.
Too heavy
I was loosely familiar with Black Sabbath prior to listening to this album, but as someone who typically isn't a huge fan of heavy metal, I had low expectations going in. I didn't dislike the album as much as I thought I would, but it's not something I would seek out again for my own personal taste.
Surprisingly gentle for something categorised as "metal."
Not for me
dark and gloomy
While I appreciate Ozzy as a human and guitarist, I'll never be the target audience for this album.
It a fan of bs but I gave it a little listen.
Уже третий альбом Black Sabbath здесь, и я так и не могу понять, в чём прелесть
This music’s not very good
What if Jimi Hendrix was heavy? I would not enjoy it
I can take this in small doses only. Tedious.
Not their strongest record by any means, but sews the seeds for what was to follow.
I can only take so much Ozzy!
ahhh just not really for me
Had def heard a lot about this recently and with ozzy passing recent I was very aware of the context around it. Although musically fine, it didn’t do much for me . I can imagine If it’s 1970 and I haven’t heard any metal, this may blow my mind, but now that I have , this blended in and at times underwhelmed
Not a metal fan. Even Black Sabbath.
cool doomer vibe ig, title track was atmospheric. Like the parts with singing in The Wizard but not so much the harmonica sections. Warning is my favourite i think 50/100
bruyant
I didn't so much care for this either.
sentiment aside (RIP Ozzy) this isn't that great an album, most tracks sound the same and whilst distinctive his voice grates.
Early heavy metal
if i liked lord of the rings i would probably enjoy this...
is metal just not my thing??
Not as good as Paranoid imo.
you’re the beer thief
I know I'm not much of a metal fan, so that definitely covers my review a bit here. But - and I mean this with no disrespect to the late Ozzy - his delivery on a lot of these tracks detracted from a lot of these for me. This is insanely groundbreaking for 1970, which is why I'm still giving it a point, but it's nothing more than that to me :(
Just doesn’t do it for me. RIP
It seems when a singer dies, their album ends up on as my album of the day. RIP Ozzy. While I do like some of Ozzy’s solo material, Sabbath has never been my taste. I appreciate they are one of the OG of heavy metal, just not my cup of tea.
Amazing how much better Paranoid (started 4 months later) is than this.
Interesting sound, not what I expected but it also makes sense. Nothing stand out. 2/5 stars.
Not great
ah geeez. I liked Ozzy. He was a decent chap, it seemed. He’s recently passed, sadly. Not to speak ill of the dead, but…this is ghastly. I understand why this may be appealing to a younger segment of the listening public. The image and vibe is everything. The music is not, how do we say…good. Yes, I’m old. But I was young once, and this did nothing for me then, either. Good on you if you like it. Not for me.
Very good but not fully my style
short but not for me
Black Sabbath close enough to Heavy Metal that it's not entirely fair to rate it since I asked to exclude the category. Like most of the category, this record is overweight, indulgent. At its best moments it touches on blues influenced rock but I'd rather the Yardbirds by 100000000%. Wasp et al so far is the best selection although it's also too long and indulgent
For some reason this just left me with a Paranoid earworm.
I can see why it was ground breaking, but it's not really for me
Quite bluesy, first track is a bit more of a standout. A historical landmark, arguably heavy music may not exist in the same way without this album.
Not a heavy metal fan. This album is likely on the list because it's credited as being the first heavy metal album. However, it's not a notable album. There are no Best Songs. Recommend instead listening to Black Sabbath - Paranoid.
Sorry Ozzy this ain’t it for me
Nothing really stood out, old rock. Not really my thing this time
Trisha Paytas ha parido a la reencarnación de Ozzy Osbourne y por eso hoy toca esto. a ver qué tal bah no me gusta como canta I meannnn a mí un buen solo de guitarra me mola, pero no me gusta la voz, es muy aburrida XD probablemente no lo vuelva a escuchar, prefiero a led zepelin sé que tiene mejores canciones 2.75/5
glad I heard it
I'm surprised the music isn't as raw and intense as I expected. Frankly, it's a bit of a disappointment, though I understand it was a source of inspiration for other bands. RIP Ozzy
Should be a four for influence, but not my taste.
Right, before I get into the review, please, please, please whoever is generating these lists would you stop serving albums from artists who have died the day before as this clearly leads to the potential for bias in reviews. It’s not a good idea. Anyway, rant over, again. I was pretty disappointed in this album overall I really enjoyed the last Black Sabbath album that we got served but it didn’t really cut the mustard for me. Appreciating that this allegedly is the first heavy metal album ever. I guess it’s paving the way for things that followed, but that doesn’t make it necessarily that good. I’d usually be generous enough to round it up to a three, but because I feel obliged to counteract the inevitable positive bias from other reviews, I’m gonna rate it a two star album.
RIP Ozzy Same feelings as the last two Black Sabbath albums I got (Vol 4 and Paranoid). I love the guitar work, but I don't really like Ozzy's voice. The Wizard was pretty fun. Best song: The Wizard
doesn’t move me. rip ozzy though
This gets better as you go. RIP Ozzy but not the best thing in the world. Cool to hear how it evolved from Led Zeppelin though. 2.5
RIP Ozzy but I didn't like this as much as Paranoid
I keep trying but it’s just not my genre
Aqui eu entendo a importância desse álbum para o heavy metal (ele é uma referência para o que veio depois). Ouvir esse álbum é quase cinematográfico pela atmosfera que ele traz: sombrio, falando de coisas macabras, a instrumentação ajuda no ambiente. Entendo o contexto por traz dessa atmosfera pesada (desindustrialização e desemprego no UK), mas mesmo assim sinto que não lembrarei das músicas.
Had high hopes for this one but disappointed
Cool music, don't love but don't hate. Legendary duh but not something I would throw on every day. 5.7/10
The groundwork they laid was better presented on later records. The more blues inspired ideas on here mostly fall flat.
I understand it’s importance, but I really didn’t care for this.
I have never willingly listened to Black Sabbath so it’s no surprise that having to suffer through their debut album was less than enjoyable for me. I tried to imagine myself in 1970 hearing this new sound for the first time … I kind of get it, but also, I so don’t care
Clearly a super influential band that spawned the metal genre. The atmospheric title track effectively imparts a dreadful feeling. Although all the references to Satan & Lucifer feel like a gimmick used for shock value. That aside evaluating this based on its own merits not a very good rock album.
it's ok, not my cuppa
2/5
Not a fan, only N.I.B was decent
Fucking scary cover Ah light sabbath again, still sounds soft Must have been hard af at the time tho, or I don't understand the appeal to this band. heavy music really has changed since, so thats probably the case N.I.B is not bad
I had high hopes. I really did not enjoy it.
Disappointing
"Black Sabbath" by Black sabbath on the album Black Sabbath...were they really trying to push the band or what? Not a bad debut for them or the genre though. Definitely upped their game with the second album "Paranoid" but BS is no BS. Early heavy metal with some harder guitar and dark jam sessions. Ozzy's spooky tone works too. Give them credit for kicking off something new...2.28.
Not for me Roy. Competent but ponderous.
Not really my kind of music
Ozzy's voice is terrible...
This was certainly an album with a lot of instrumental solos. Sure, it is a landmark album but I feel like it's more a historical curiosity than an actually good album. It gets very muddy in places, it's repetitive despite the short length, and perhaps one or two solos could have been omitted. I'm glad I listened. It's okay in places and I can see why it's so influential. This album just doesn't wow me.
Not my genre really, long songs, unnecessary intros, yet guitar was pretty outstanding good if you like classic rock/heavy metal
I can recognize the talent but I'm not a huge fan of metal. Got to give credit for being one of the pioneering albums though. Didn't prefer the long multi song tracks.
I guess I get it but I don't like it
Not my style but ok.