Vol. 4

Never listened to them before, that was class!

First time listening through Vol 4 I thought: a testament to why even great bands need a proper producer. It sounded murky and uneven. Full of subpar sabbath-tracks. But that might in part be the 2009 remaster. Subsequent playthroughs of the 2021 remaster considerably brightened my mood towards the album. It has some real heavy hitters like “supernaut” and “under the sun/every day comes and goes”. But also some complete duds (FX, Laguna Sunrise) and some more mid tracks. And the production really is a bit murky and uneven, but the dirty sludginess is also part of the appeal.

Ozzy as Ozzy should be. Long before the crazy, chaos, and lost wandering grandfather schtick, it's easily forgotten how great of a band Black Sabbath was. 4/5.

Good shit

This was great! 70s heavy sludge rock/metal at it's finest.

I loved this. These guys are the Nirvana of their era. They changed music. I’ll listen to this again.

A (slightly) kinder, softer Black Sabbath. Changes is actually quite lovely.

Yes

Highlight: Wheels Of Confusion/The Straightener

Czwórka dla czwórki :P

did not expect the big mouth theme song on the first day but thats just the way the cookie crumbles fav songs: supernaut, snowblind

Not the biggest fan of Ozzy and BS but this is a great selection of songs. I love the opener that just starts directly with the action. I think I like it more than their infamous debut.

Really enjoyed this one

First off, if you haven't heard the cover of "Changes" by Charles Bradley, find that and listen to it immediately. A very different and transformative cover of that piece. The original is very eerie with the mellotrons backing Ozzy. The other songs are pretty typical Black Sabbath fare hard rock / heavy metal stuff, which is fine and it works rather well. The two instrumental pieces were great. It's a big leap for them, musically and lyrically, I thought. I enjoyed it more than I expected to, compared to "Paranoid." Definitely considering picking this up. Not going to give it a 5 yet, just because I've heard it once or twice, but it's really growing on me. Not going to do coke because of it, mind you. But it's still really good.

I don't think I knew any of these songs prior to listening to this album. It's a humming piece of music - a lot of great guitar and bass work, with good drum accompaniment. Kudos to Tony Iommi for taking on production. The lyrics continue to be dark, heavy, or desolating and it works especially with Ozzy's vocals. Favorite tracks were Wheels of Confusion (slow start, but it's a droning, emotional tune), Supernaut and Snowblind (both quintessential Sabbath with their pulsing starts to the songs, which keep going), and Under the Sun (rocking end to the album, great beat). Changes is different (sad ballad, not exactly their thing and at first I thought a bit contrived but it is a nice, soft composition) and FX is a throwaway to me, but it's still a solid album.

It was quite sludgy, I liked it and would listen again, although it didn't have many of the songs I knew.... Torn between 3 and 4 stars.

Tight and heavy but more varied in styles than I'd imagine this album would be. 'Changes' and 'Laguna Sunrise' are beautiful songs too. Overall a really enjoyable album.

Great musicality with lots of space and thoughtful lyrics. Black Sabbath really paved the way for Metal of all varieties. Love learning about producer changes like this where the band does it and it changes the sound positively Not only were they pioneers, but in research, I learned they put out 4 albums in their first two and a half years: prolific

I enjoyed this more than I thought I would . I didn’t realise that changes song from big foot was a black sabbath song

I actually quite enjoyed this! My takeaway after the full listen-through was that I was positive on pretty much everything. I was jamming along and just having a good time. I think Ozzy's vocals were excellent and enjoyable to listen to, but what really stood out to me on this album was Tony Iommi's guitar. There were points, like during a section of Supernaut, where the guitar wasn't front and center and, for me, it was quite missed. A few tracks stood out to me on this one: Changes is a *very* different track here. I'm a sucker for a good piano though, and this one is definitely good. That is definitely not the only reason this song resonates with me though, as the chorus is interpolated into Eminem's Going Through Changes. Obviously after many repeated listens to that song, I have an emotional connection to those lyrics, which made this song hit a little harder. (Absolutely would recommend listening to Going Through Changes as well, but that's not the point of this review) Under the Sun is the other track that really caught my attention. I don't have much to say on that one though other than just really enjoying it. This album was not without some low points, as FX and Laguna Sunrise fell very flat for me. For FX I'm going to quote Iommi for this one: "[It's] a total joke." Funny story, not enjoyable to listen to. Though I do think it has a purpose as a segue from Changes into Supernaut. Supernaut comes in very hard and I think that would have seemed off coming immediately from Changes. As for Laguna Sunrise, I just didn't like it. Sorry, Tony. Glad you enjoyed the sunrise though. I really wasn't sure what to expect going into this, but my feelings are quite positive towards Vol. 4. Four also happens to be the score I'm giving this album.

4 Well, I think this just became my favorite Sabbath album. We’re jumping ahead a few here from our last outing with the group, and the musical evolution is heavily felt. The blues foundation and influence is almost completely gone at this point - this is heavy metal as we know it in the flesh, and it’s crazy to me how fast that transition happened (just three years since their debut!) I mentioned in my review of that album that I preferred their later sound, but at the time I was referring to songs off of Paranoid and Masters of Reality - I had no idea there was an even greater evolution from there. Holy cow this album starts strong - like to the point where I think Wheels of Confusion might be my new favorite Sabbath song, especially with that transition into The Straightener. Tomorrow’s Dream was a really solid follow-up form there… then unfortunately we hit what I would consider the low point of the album. Look, I know every hard rock band tries the tender piano ballad thing at some point in their career, but it's always incredibly hit or miss, and Changes is one that’s going to fall under the “miss” category for me. That being said, it’s apparently the most streamed song on Spotify from the album, so I guess my bad taste is just showing again. Things don’t immediately get better from there with FX, a song that gave me bad flashbacks to Throbbing Gristle - how it has more streams than the opening track kind of baffles me, but I did notice in general my favorite songs here were the ones with the lower play count. Hell, I take back my comment about bad taste, maybe mine is just superior to that of the rest of the listening world. I digress, fortunately, everything after FX is enjoyable, with Supernaut being another highlight, though a large part of that may have to with the fact that I had the privilege of hearing it performed live by Geezer Butler, Sebastian Bach, Lars Ulrich, and Foo Fighters at the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert in Los Angeles. Not perfect, but this album was a pleasantly fun surprise for me. It may be a touch disorganized and sporadic, but never to a point where it feels overly jarring - it also makes sense once you learn these guys were on cocaine for its entire production. Anecdotally, I’m now 0-2 on identifying Black Sabbath album cover elements. I previously thought the figure on the band’s debut was Ozzy (it’s not, it’s a woman), and for some reason before this I thought the figure on this album was an angel (it’s not, it’s Ozzy). Don’t ask how I managed to see an angel before because I have no idea.

Found myself enjoying this more than I expected. It's definitely hard rock, but it was more melodic and engaging throughout. 4/5

Black Sabbath has that quality to their songs and albums, that is so hard to find in other bands from 70s and 80s trying to move into direction of heavier music. Honestly, I was only a casual fan of Black Sabbath, and I definitely didn't know any song from Vol. 4 album, but just first riff from the opening song was enough to tell me what a great music it is. Ozzies voice is at its best, drums and bass are doing their job, but Tonny Iommi is just magnificent. His solos, riffs, melodies, everything is top notch. I do prefer modern music, but 'll use another cliché- they don't make music like that anymore. Simply amazing job. As for the overall impression, I was enjoying this album on Side A, and slightly grew tired of it on Side B. Still, it's an exceptional work.

This is a very nuanced album that demonstrates Black Sabbath's versatility. While the are still heavy hitting hard rock and early metal tracks, there are also more restrained tracks that deal with more personal issues, addiction etc. I can also hear the seeds of doom metal here as well. Overall, I think this is a huge leap forward for the band, and it was also very listenable as well. It may not be as influential as the self-titled album or Paranoid, but the growth it shows is striking and looks forward to Ozzy Osbourne's solo career.

Full spectrum of music. Takes a journey

Wheels of Confusion un infierno de canción. Casi dejo de escuchar el álbum. Menos mal que no lo hice, porque me ha sorprendido para bien (Changes, Laguna Sunrise)

8/10 fun stuff! didn’t love it, but I definitely liked it

överraskade bra, skulle kunna lyssna igen!

I think I'm officially a Black Sabbath fan? Somehow they always seemed too edgy for me, but Ozzy really does sound like a priest from the underworld with how he belts with complete control. And the musicianship on this album is striking. Each instrument is on direct display at some point during the album, which is great because it shows the full skillset of the band not just the singer. I can't say it's a 5 because it didn't have that jaw on the floor effect, but it's a very high 4. I just realized, that was a lot of words when I could have just said Vol. = Rating. Oh well.

What a f#cking start to the week.

Honestly a bit surprised by seeing this one pop up, but 'Wheels of Confusion' and especially the anthem 'Changes' are great.

Solid album. I don’t know if they wanted to be the band known for the theme song of Netflix’s Big Mouth, but here we are. “I’m gooooooing through chaaaaanges.”

Not really my genre, but overall very chill album to have running in the background.

- Wheels of Fortune: Producción bombástica, increíble bajo y batería, voz un poco lejos pero funciona en la estética, la guitarra no me mata pero cumple su función - The Straightener: Interesantísimo, una instrumentación mucho más variada que su contraparte y mucho Groove -Tomorrow’s Dream: buena propuesta, interesante riff, pero las voces se ven desperdiciadas por los lejos que se sienten al igual que en el primer tema,siendo que en este se sienten más protagonistas en su identidad, ozzy da una muy buena performance pero es opacada por la sonoridad de todo lo demás. - Changes: Unq muy agradable sorpresa en lo que sería una balada de piano (y demases) donde la oportunidad de brillar de ozzy se nota, espectacular. - FX: Corto interludio dónde se ve la experimentación con los aparatos de efectos sonoros, nada que me duele la cabeza pero para la época tuvo que haber sido interesante - Supernaut: excelente canción donde cada miembro de la banda logra brillae, al igual que otras canciones la voz se ve opacada por la mezcla, pero no deja que la composición se queda atrás siendo una de las mejores canciones que tiene Black Sabbath, es explosiva, movida, Groovera y un millar de ETC… excelente canción. - Snowblind: Casi Perfecta, que más decir, muy buena. -Cornucopia: Excelente letra y unos motivos melódicos muy pegadizos, muy entretenida - Laguna Sunrise: Precioso tema instrumental, unos arreglos de cuerdas muy bonitos, nada del otro mundo pero muy disfrutable - St. Vitus Dance: Se siente hasta un poco rock n roll, no le siento mucha personalidad. - Under The Sun / Every Day Comes and Goes: Buen cierre, muy variado y acorde a la época, se siente su influencia en el rock n roll pero actualizada a algo más rápido y hasta tal vez más agresivo Black Sabbath son indiscutible, los Padres del metal, y su cuarto álbum en 2 años lo sigue demostrando, aunque hayan unas canciones que se sienten relleno o que no aportan mucho, los highlights son muy altos, como changes, cornucopia, snowblind y supernaut.

It´s not Sabbath best work, but definitily one of those metal albums that I´m always happy to come back. I admit I have to skip some songs when I revisit this, but songs like "Snowblind" or "Tomorrows Dream" will always slap. Anyway, I just love this band.

La verdad me gustó más de lo que esperaba, me lo imaginaba mucho más heavy pero si bien encuentra eso por momentos, en otros es bastante suave y con letras más soft

I love how Black Sabbath is able to effortlessly mix quieter songs with their rockers. Not their best, but still great.

I think I prefer Masters of Reality but this is a well crafted follow up with Iommis low tuned guitar which became influential with stoner bands of the future. Strong.

Great album! Didn't hit the heights of their first, but another classic I think. Really enjoyed Changes & Supernaut. Some vocals were a little distorted but I think that was the intention of many of the songs.

Their fourth album in a span of two years, these guys were the original Griselda. This album definitely has some of the metal that made them who they are on the debut, but there's quite a bit of exploration into other territory, including with piano and acoustic guitar. I have to say, they pull it all off pretty well. I wouldn't put this on the same level as the debut or Paranoid, but it's damn good too. Lots to love. Favorite tracks: Changes, FX, Snowblind, Cornucopia, Laguna Sunrise, Under the Sun. Album art: I take it that's Ozzy doing his thing. I do like the font and framing, it's a very simple cover but pretty effective. Certainly not as memorable as others from them, though. With the "Vol. 4" title too, it feels more like a compilation. 4.5/5

Classic rock.

Rocks pretty hard, mostly.

I liked this a lot.

I often think I should get more into sabbath and I think this is a good argument for that. I still find some songs boring blues rock territory, but the stuff that feels like proto doom etc I get into, like the closer. And how bout the mellotron on changes ?

Can appreciate

Great versatility shown here. Some harder songs, some slower ones and even a few instrumentals. Always with, for me, the perfect combination of hard riffs and singing. Lacking a few more standout songs though for a 5 Star rating

I just imagined a Black Sabbath concert and Ozzy having a sit while Iommi ripped.

Lekker album, maar niet Sabbaths beste werk.

Never heard this album and enjoyed the changes in tempo and even the instrumentals. Not as good as their first three albums, but still really good.

Another Sabbath classic

I quite enjoyed this, 'Changes' is a classic, and 'Laguna Sunrise' was lovely, quite enjoyed the rest but it's a bit Spinal Tap in places.

LOVE IT! Loved the way it transported me back to the days I never lived in but know from movies.

Great listen. Changes is one of my favorite songs ever. This album feels so perfectly amateur and professional at the same time. Such an attainable yet unique sound from this band. Great listen

Not a list of their greatest hits but a really good album, liked the flow between songs and then snowblind pops up in the middle as a great track

Good stuff

I feel like the order that I’ve gotten Black Sabbath albums on this list so far are in ascending order of quality. This is better than their first album but I highly doubt I’ll enjoy this more than paranoid when I get it. Overall this was really good and has some excellent guitar work throughout, especially at the end of the first track and on supernaut. It was also shocking to hear a cover of the big mouth theme on here and it was even more shocking to find out that this is the original. I just assumed it was a soul song first but it’s honestly much better this way. It’s also just surprising how versatile Black Sabbath is with their writing, production, and singing since they can do sad poignant stuff like changes as well as the classic heavy metal stuff they’re known for.

This was really fucking good, and surprising too. I knew that Black Sabbath could come up with some awesome riffs but a couple of very nice, mellower songs in the mix as well. This might sound strange, but some of the songs reminded me a bit of Rush. A bit more simplistic, but similar chord and song structures. Much better though, in my opinion. I like early Black Sabbath, and this is perhaps the best early Black Sabbath I've heard. 4 stars.

An unexpected range in tone from piano ballads to driving doom riffs. As someone put off by later Black Sabbath with Master Of Reality I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of vocals and all around musicianship. Not quite as innovative as earlier Black Sabbath but it's hard to reinvent the wheel.

Great

4/5 the heavy stuff is amazing. like others i went back and listened to supernaut a few times. such a great tune! only rated this a 4 because of the lame and boring “lighter” numbers which are self-indulgent waste.

me gusto mucho mas que paranoid

me encanto sinceramente de los mejores q salieron hasta ahora en el generator me hizo pasar por distintas emociones la manera en la que las guitarras y la voz estan mezcladas me volvieron loco

favorites: Supernaut, Snowblind, Laguna Sunrise, Under the Sun

So i did a thing where you get one album off a 1001 "albums you have to listen before you die" list thing, and this one was my first one. Immediately after I looked at the name of the band and the genre I knew it was going to be a rough start but surprisingly enough, I really really FUCKING LOVED THIS RECORD. I really need to stop having judgements about hard rock/metal because just like with master of puppets, another album I thought I wouldn't like, I always get very pleasantly surprised. This album deserves all the praise in the World just based on the lyrics alone, they are so real and such a breath of fresh air. Here what you see is what you get, no sugarcoating. LOVED the guitar riffs, LOVED the vocals, LOVED the energy of every single band member. I loved how they were not afraid to slow in down in some songs and show variety, showcasing just how great they can sound in different genres, while also maintaining the autenticity in the lyrics and their esence in their energy and performance. I'd say maybe I thought one or two songs could've been cut shorter and I did not enjoy St. Vitus' Dance as much but apart from that this is just an amazing piece of art. Like I'm actually in awe of how good this is. What this album has taught me is that I really need to stop thinking a record is not for me just because it's something I'm not accustomed to, like I do not consider myself a rock or metal fan but fck this was amazing and I will definitely be overplaying it until I get tired of it in the coming weeks. FAV TRACK: Tomorrow's Dream LEAST FAV TRACK: St. Vitus' Dance HARD8/10 Also I love the title but they were right, Snowblind would've been 10000 times better.

Pretty good, not something I’d add to playlist (not a metal/rock guy) but it’s good for a single listen

Surprisingly deep and varied, ozzy sounds huge.

Hard-driving guitar histronics courtesy of Mr. Tony Iommi.

7/10 İ liked the guitars in this album. İt was good, would listen to this type again.

it's a black sabbath album. apart from changes, which is annoyingly sappy and overly long, the rest of the album are full of bangers.

Black Sabbath, vanha kunnon. Junnaavuus viehättää aina, samoin kikkelihevilaulun esiaste. Sitten välissä biisejä kuten Changes (en tienny, että on Sabbathin alun perin?!). Pidän.

Black Sabbath was still rocking at this point, but the cocaine was kicking in.

Snowblind is the best song to do cocaine to

Very old school Heavy Metal, still rooted a bit too much in the Blues for my liking. But the riffing is strong with this one, and considering the time, it was one of the best Metal records of the era 3.5/5

Not an album I'd listened to in its entirety before, but knew several of the tracks. It's a cracker, as expected.

This is my introduction to Black Sabbath, and it's pretty good. Even though it's what I expected, the riffs are awesome. I don't have much to say but great music. Fave track(s): Cornucopia, Supernaut, Under the Sun

Yes very great. I did not know Black Sabbath could get a little experimental. I liked it!

Toujours aimé Black Sabbath, leur chanson Changes est si poignante (version originale ou en reprise). La voix d'Ozzy est si particulière. M'a donné le goût d'écouter encore d'autres de leurs albums

estuvo bueno la verdad, no me cambió la vida pero re bien. 8/10

01/04/23: Great production/musicianship, a lot of power to the guitar and drums. Ozzy's vocals are stellar. Didn't pay much attention to lyrics but apparently it's some sort of ode to cocaine. My first listen highlights are as follows: -Wheels of Confusion/The Straightener -Changes -Supernaut -Snowblind -Laguna Sunrise -Under the Sun/Every Day Comes and Goes

Surprisingly arty.

Love Black Sabbath.

Not the best Black Sabbath album at all imo, but it has some strong songs still. Saved tracks: Tomorrow's Dream, Supernaut, Snowblind, Under The Sun / Every Day Comes and Goes

First of all, Sabbath rules. There are 4 essential Sabbath tracks here (Wheels of Confusion, Tomorrow’s Dream, Supernaut, and Snowblind). These are behemoths, metallic marvels. The rest is not bad. Decent fun with some instrumental experiments thrown in. I’m really not that jazzed about Changes. Classic Ozzy track but not really Sabbath’s forte. There are more complete Sabbath records, but you can’t go wrong with this one.

LP

4.5

Great riffs, but some of the vocal melodies would benefit some work. For me, this album is inferior to the debut, to paranoid and to master of reality.

Zróżnicowany album, czasem melancholijny.

Not bad stuff

Hey, hey. El metal es un género muy cercano a mi corazón, por lo que escuchar en este disco muchos de los estilos y subgéneros que ahora escucho es sin duda esclarecedor

I really liked the intro song! Wasn’t able to listen to it all! But brought me back to working on cars with my dad.

If the only downside to this album is the song “Changes”, then it really isn’t such a bad thing. Tony is still reigning Riff Engineer General, Geezer plays all the right notes and locks in with Bill Ward, who slays the drums. If there is a weak link it is Ozzy. But he is still solid and Sabbath wouldn’t be Sabbath, in this period, without him.

I recognize this album cover. I’m pretty sure MG bought this one on release. Tony’a guitar playing is quite good and the drumming is also top shelf. Hard to believe they pulled this off drunk and stoned. I like the ballad on this album too. I made a rookie mistake and rated the War Pigs album too low so will bump this one.

Their guitarist, Tony Iommi, has gone riff crazy on this one, changing it up every couple of minutes. Black Sabbath were starting to sound a little pre-fab at this point, though now that I’ve listened to Metallica, who sold a zillion times more LPs and claim that BS was a big influence, I can appreciate Tony more. The opening track’s main riff is uninspired, but the guitar work that graces the intro and last 2 minutes make up for it. “Supernaut”, Frank Zappa’s favorite apparently, and “Under the Sun” are quality enough to have been on one of their earlier releases. I'll give a thumbs down to the ballads and the echo chamber song. It's interesting that their record company forced them to change the name of this album from "Snowblind" as they did their second LP, from "War Pigs".

Not as good as paranoid but still great album with cool riffs, drum, bass and some of Ozzys better vocals

me entretuvo bastante

Surprisingly good. Liked Ozzy’s singing, really liked Changes.

Ash man loved dancing to this

Very very very good.

Supernaut is God tier Sabbath. Wheels of Confusion and Changes are good, bordering on great. The rest is good, but altogether not as satisfying a listen as Masters of Reality.

It was nice for a metal album.

From when heavy metal was cool.

Yeah, loved it...

I think I’m a Black Sabbath fan.

Found myself digging these songs more than the last Black Sabbath álbum assigned.

Yes. Just this black viscous goopy wave of cacophony scored with deep bass and vitriol. Love it.

Whatever it is about metal you like, Sabbath did it first.

Love the groove of old early metal. Solid vibes, and I love seeing the roots of the genre extend down into NWOTHM, DOOM and Stoner metal. Sabbath age well IMO.

4. Very good record, sound still sounds fresh. Standouts: Wheels of Confusion / The Straightener, Tomorrow's Dream, Supernaut, Snowblind, Under the Sun / Every Day Comes and Goes.

10/??/2022 Retrospective listen. This album is so fucking good. Honestly my favorite album that I've heard from Black Sabbath so far. Made me want to listen to even more of their stuff. Idk how they're so fucking tight and solid with their sound. Cornucopia, Changes, and Snowblind were my favorites. I had loved Under the Sun before hearing the entire album, so getting to hear it as the closing track was truly the cherry on top.

Enjoyed!

I really enjoyed that. Based on the rock music I listen to today this felt like a melting pot of genres. 4/5

Geiler 70s sound! Rock von damals ist auf jeden Fall extrem in meinem Musik-Gedächtnis verankert. Danke Papa 🙃

4/5 Best song: Changes

Great album

Great album that I have never listened to, I’ve only heard their hits. Solid power chord driven rock with intricate bass lines. Many of the e bands I enjoy listen to list them as an influence, so will give more of their albums a listen for sure.

This one has actually survived over time :)

This is great, very Led Zeppelin, maybe with a little less variety, but Ozzy's charisma makes up for it.

Now that's music!

It’s Ozzy man, where’s fucking Sharon!!

Riffs.

Vol. 4/5

Banger

Good record all of it

Dope dope dope. Ozzy voice gets annoying after some time but this album kicks ass. Great flow of up and down heavy and soft. First real time listening to BS

solid early Sabbath, liked it

I actually enjoyed this a lot. Had never listened to Black Sabbath before so was expecting something overall heavier.

Great workout album honestly. Love the guitar and drumming. Classic rock/metal is always amazing and this is like the purest form of it. Was pleasantly surprised by changes and laguna sunrise. Didn’t think they would be a black sabbath track.

Never listened to Black Sabbath before. Crazy. This is much better than I was expecting. Actually, pretty good. Already on my second listen through. Stand out tracks: Changes (love the Charles Bradley cover), Snowblind, Wheels of Confusion / The Straightener.

My love for early metal is equal to my disdain of current metal. damn that under the sun song is good.

Excellent performance by the group, very tight and cohesive album with catchy and popular songs.

Plus les albums de hard rock défilent dans le générateur, plus mon rival et compagnon d'écoute eltrapeze se rapproche de mon père étant donné leur passion commune pour ce style de musique. Le lendemain de la génération de cet album et alors que je déjeunais avec mes parents, j'eus la très mauvaise idée de mettre mes coudes sur la table. Mon géniteur se fendit alors de la réflexion suivante : « Je donnerais si cher pour que mon fils biologique soit eltrapeze et non toi, robphacochère… » Je courus m'enfermer dans ma chambre et allai pleurer sous ma couette.

Cet album vient encore un peu plus nouer les liens très forts qui m'unissent au père de robpecunière. Je me réjouis d'avance de partager avec lui certains des solos endiablés de cet album de Black Sabbath, au fond de sa caverne a vinyles.

At first I thought it was an ac/dc album and was like how’d they get so good all the sudden. Lol. This album was great.

Heard many of these songs before and loved them (Changes obviously!), don’t think ever listened to full album start to finish.

Heavy rock blues and the blueprint for metal’s rise to fame.

Not as good as "Master Of Reality" but better than "Never Say Die"

Black Sabbath rock out, I don't know what to tell ya.

4.5/5

Rating: 8/10 Best songs: Changes, Snowblind, Cornucopia, Under the sun

Nice changes in glow Great guitars Good vocals 3.7/5

Great metal riffs

I was surprised at how much I liked this. Since Black Sabbath was at the forefront of heavy metal, I assumed it would be screamy, but I apparently don’t understand what heavy metal is.

Sólido.

I’ve listened to quite a bit of Black Sabbath over the years but not really to the full albums much, and increasingly impressed with the band. This is very strong and also showcases the always-surprising gentler side, with the really beautiful Laguna Sunrise and of course the amazing Changes. There is some filler though, the genuinely pointless FX being the most egregious.

4.5

Nice

just love the hard rock with no hesitations, it’s just so good

I like Sabbath. At times quite a bit. But still... I can't help but occasionally feel like Sabbath were no better than a high school band at times. This album gives a few good examples -> i.e. some of the riffs are really interesting but then either don't subtly diversify or lead into a good derivative part. Maybe they just weren't great songwriters. Or needed stronger preproduction. Or were inhaling Scarface amounts of coke and peaked on the intake during this album. It's probably that. Enough nitpicking, this is actually for the most part cool. Sludgy and creepy (Ozzy's voice of course the primary cause) but with enough unexpected turns to make most of the songs interesting. The first track for example...that tempo increase out of nowhere is weird as hell. "Tomorrow's Dream" and "Supernaut" are just awesome hard rock classics, my two faves on this album and brilliantly showcase how good this band could be at their best. Overall tho, there are parts that are tough for me. e.g. sometimes the sloppy performances (excepting Ozzy. I actually think his vocals are tremendous) are a bit distracting. Again...it's probably utterly patronizing but it's like talented high schoolers trying to play a bit above their weight class. I love Tony Iommi's sound of course, it's probably at worst half of what made this band unique. But the solos...ehh. FX might be the dumbest waste of major label studio time in history. thankfully it's short. "Changes" is their mellow "hit" here and frankly it's kinda childish. And "Snowblind" - even tho it's a catchy tune - has always driven me nuts because could not *one* stoned to the gills person in that studio have told Tony Iommi to tune his goddamn guitar?? one string is just ahhhhh (I think it's the G string, I can't not hear it on the arpeggios. still like the tune... mostly). "Cornucopia" has such a bad intro; it leads into a fine enough main section but that comical sludge is too much. Still still... I don't know why I focus on the negative. Because even if there are a few ehhh tunes this is one that's a worthy early metal collection - and the 2/3 of it that rocks is worthy of a recommendation. I think I'm a bit harsh on it because I often think they should have been so much *better* than they already were! e.g. a clean or better band w/could have made this a 10/10. Then again they wouldn't have been Black Sabbath so round and round it goes... 7/10 4 stars.

Not all the moves work, but it's good to hear a good heavy band stretch. Has to be consumed in order, I think.

This one surprised me. Way more melodic than I expected less reliance on shredding guitar solos and more on song structure. There's even a piano balad (Changes). All-in-all listenable album. 4.5 🌟

Not their best, but still a very good record from Black Sabbaths peak. Favorites: "Wheels of Confusion", "Supernaut", "Under the Sun"

Not as good as the first three but still a top time.

Fucking great, enjoyed it, really lightened up my mood.

Loved the instrumentals. Ozzy is a legend

Geweldig album, wat een stem

Surprised I'd never listened to this. Supernaut and Under the Sun were the standout tracks for me.

Solid album! Enjoyed supernaut and slowblind.

Standout Tracks: Wheels of Confusion, Changes, Snowblind, Laguna Surprise, Under The Sun

A more experimental and diverse Sabbath I think. Smoother and not as Heavy. More accomplished. Still good but easy to listen to.

good stuff

Good, enjoyed it.

didn’t have enough time to finish but what i listened to was great (up to changes)

Not my favorite black Sabbath album, but still fun with some real bangers.

This album instrumentally is a 5. Vocally ozzy is not.

Different than what I was expecting. I like Black Sabbath and I liked this album. But it was different.

I need to listen to Black Sabbath. I missed out. Both albums so far have been fantastic, and not at all what I assumed.

Not as good as the first two, but I enjoyed it.

There has to be an examination of how Funky so much early metal is. Also: are Sabbath The Godfather’s of grunge?

#2 sabbath imo

Similar to Deep Purple, lots of fun! The arrangements are fast, energetic, interesting. Noticing I’m tending to like a lot of 70s metal, then something happens 80s-00s that loses me really hard.

Awesome

Honestly, I thought the soulful version of “Changes” from Big Mouth was the original.

Goed albumpje

I'm starting to like this black Sabbath. Do you know I didn't know they did the original Supernaut? I'd only ever heard - and loved - the 1000 Homo DJs version of that. Haha. Life, am I right? Anyway, no wonder people like Black Sabbath. The songs are good. It's heavy, but that's not what makes it good. The songs are good. I liked this album.

Vol 4 is one of those albums that just quietly rules. It doesn't have any of their hits but it's just so solid all the way through. Ok, maybe changes is a bit how-ya-goin'. But whatever. 4/5.

I should listen to more Black Sabbath.

Enjoyed this so much more than expected, best sabbath album so far

This is a great album from Sabbath, intense and often darkly beautiful. On my first pass through the album, I thought it was stylistically a little uneven, but coming at it again I appreciate the band’s efforts to stretch their legs a bit musically. There are some surprising touches here that you don’t really expect to find on a Sabbath album. I don't think Geezer Butler gets enough credit by the way for some pretty great songwriting. The lyrics are plainspoken, but often incisive and eloquent in a way that’s surprising for such heavy music. I think that is a big part of the magic for this band and for why they had such massive appeal. That, and they also freaking rock. Top notch all the way. Fave Songs: Snowblind, Supernaut, Changes, Under the Sun, St. Vitus Dance

The Sabbath at their most drug fueled best, their coherent approach to heavy blues is quite wonderful. I love "Supernaut" "Wheels Of Confusion" "Snow Blind" "Cornucopia" and the much gentler "Changes". Ozzy at his best vocally and Tony Iommi is at his height guitar wise. The Rhythm section holds it altogether via Geezer and Bill Ward which is amazing considering the overindulgence in chemicals that they all allegedly were involved with at the time. Proper "Spinal Tap " stuff in real life. (A Gold Painted Bill Ward could come straight from the Spinal Tap Script on how they lost a drummer!) Good to see this on the list.

It's Sabbath! This isn't the best Sabbath album, but it's still jam packed with great tunes. High 4 for me!

en route pour dégager le métal de mon genre détesté et remettre la country

Događaj se odvio 17. listopada 2029. godine. /// Ulazi kupac u moju trgovinu ploča zvanu "TriTriŠest". Kupac: "Dobar dan, kako ste? Imam jedno zanimljivo pitanje za vas." Ja, Luka: "Hej, pozdrav, evo dok se vidimo dobro je, kažite?" Kupac: "Pošto su mi mnogi rekli da ako slušam heavy metal/hard rock, moram bar proći albume Black Sabbatha, možete mi možda dati/preporučiti njihov najbolji album pa da s time krenem u akciju hevi metalizma?" Ja, Luka: "Nema problema, izvolite." Kupac: "Hvala puno, malo mi taj čovjek na slici izgleda kao Mišo Kovač zbog dignute ruke hehe." Ja, Luka: "Bome imate pravo, odoh poslušati njegovu onu Dalmatino i popit koju. Upravo ću zatvoriti trgovinu, lijep pozdrav vam želim i hvala što ste došli!" Kupac: "Ne, hvala vama!" Kupac je otišao sa osmijehom na licu, a moj dan je bio ispunjen.

I am a Black Sabbath fan now. Thank you, 1001 Albums Generator.

Really haven't had much exposure to Black Sabbath before but damn they can rock. Love the dark, fuzzy guitar that gives the sense of forward motion

Heavy lot of fun

My fifth favourite Sabbath album... :)

Favorite Track - Snowblind Where I was - Office How I listened - Amazon music on BT Speaker Listen Again? - Likely

Really enjoyed this. Ozzy is a total lefend and this is guitar riff heaven. Love it.

Pretty cool.

Miles better than expected! Some belters.

Must be good - except for the track with 41 million listens, as I've had it on repeat for a couple of days now and added one or two liked tracks

DID YOU CUM IN MY BURRITO?

Heavier than Putin's plans for Ukraine.

Not what I expected, in a good way. "Changes" and "Supernaut" are standouts, along with the opener. Let the myth of Ozzy Osbourne colour my impression of Black Sabbath. Will try to explore more.

great album. was a it scared of the heavy metal genre but it turned out great

I was surprised by less heard songs. Very good album.

Simpatico, non male.

One of my top Black Sabbath albums, St. Vitus Dance is still a favorite of mine by them!

Honestly really like this. Feels more like a Zeppelin album and not too heavy. Changes is a GD ballad for cryin' out loud!

I feel like this band was going through some changes …. Great album.

A classic. It's on my top 4 records by Sabbath. I don't like Changes and FX, but the rest of the songs are superb. Favorite tracks: * Supernaut * Snowblind * Wheels of Confusion

lumbering menace - glorious!

very black sabbathesque hardrock, heavy on the guitars quite primitive in that regard but the lyrics are way better than you'd think

I very recently relistened to the Ozzy-era Sabbath records, and this surprisingly easily was the runaway favorite. 4.5

first listen the guitar tone is timeless and very cool

My 8th grade science teacher gave me this album. Big ups to Mrs. Brown!

A great album with classic tracks.

Some more nice Black Sabbath, I'm surprised I haven't listened to them at all before. Gave the last one a three so giving this a four to average it out..

En muistanutkaan, et oli näin kova levy. Sabbath On Sabbath!

inte det bästa sabbath har gjort men väldigt bra.

Blimey! Not sure how I’ve missed this. Yes, enjoyed the album; possibly not my go to style, but good none the less. Listen to “the music” generally, so need to review again to big a bit deeper. Which I will do. No frame of reference for rating, but 4*

Rocks hard asf. Changes ight be one of their biggest hits but I don't really like it so we'll say a 4.3/5

4/5

8/10 very good metal album.

This rock is hard. 8/10

Long day. Listened but couldn't write much! How many albums have Snowbling, St Virus' Dance and Changes? One. This one. Sometimes prone to overlong jazz metal interludes, but other than that, brilliant

4.5

Never been a big metal fan, but this was a very nice trip down memory lane.

Traditional Black Sabbath style of rock and metal, Vol. 4 is their aptly named fourth album which builds upon what they had already recorded. The approach to minimal vocals is relatively unorthodox, but the fun musical production and melodic bars render it sufficiently entertaining. CHBs all around and true to its roots, although some tracks fall short of being memorable.

Very solid

Just a horrible title for a great album. I wondered if this wasn't a greatest hits album when I first saw it. The should have fought harder to keep the original name of the album, "Snowblind", but I suppose that thanking "the great COKE-cola" in the liner notes was a suitable concession. Your mileage may vary, but I like the change of pace that Sabbath provides when busting out the piano and mellotron.

What can be said about this cocaine-fueled journey that has not been said before? After all these years, it still feels alive and kicking. The drums are solid and maniac; the guitars accentuate the paranoia coming from Ozzy’s voice. The bass is there, haunting the listener all along the album like an anima after a ouija session is over. A master piece created by perturbed musicians

Black Sabbath release six great albums at the start of their career between 1970 and 1975; can you guess which number this one is? Yeah, it's a classic. Just guaranteed heavy metal from the early 70's. Also features the compelling piano ballad "Changes" One of the great things about these early Sabbath albums isn't just that they were writing great songs, but that they were willing to experiment and push the envelop with things to keep the albums fresh. Even if you didn't like the ambient "FX", I'm glad it's there. Outside of that, ending side A on Supernaut and opening side B with Snowblind is a powermove; I can only imagine what it was like to hear it for the first time when it originally came out. Fucking excellent.

Pleasantly surprised.

Why Vol 4 is Definitely Sabbath but not... Black enough (?) by some guy who only listened to "Master of Reality" (A shame it wasn't included in the list. Oops, spoiler! But the thing is, I loved em-oh Reality a dozen tunings more than the legendary em-oh Puppets), "Heaven and Hell" (I know there's quite a discourse regarding the two vocalists. While both are fine, I'm not a huge fan of either. But still, I'd pick Dio any day of the week. Sorry Ozzy fans.), and a couple of singles and thinks he can make such statement. (Whew! What a title!) Well first of all, look at that cover. I mean, it's not bad. But thinking about the incredible covers of the debut (my all time favorite album cover, yes even though I haven't listened to that thing) and "Paranoid," I wonder why the covers turned into some boring and generic signages. Orange on black seems cool though, and that image of Ozzy seems almost grotesque. I couldn't make out his face at first. But of course, as cliche sayings go, "Do not judge a book by its cover." Riffs? Check. Heaviness? Of course. Big C? Wait what? Big C! Oh, the speaker box was delivered. Compared to em-oh Reality, this album sounds... happy? I dunno. It's pretty upbeat and while it is trippy (Big C flavored, I guess), it's not as dark and gloomy sounding as em-oh Reality. Sure, "Heaven and Hell" sounds like Renaissance, but Vol 4 (a generic name because the company doesn't want the Big C reference, "Snowblind") sounds hard rocking, upbeat -- too upbeat for a Dark Age Era Sabbath. Of course I might realize I'm wrong (which is likely) when I listened to this again (which is also likely). But as of now, I think this album -- which has a tropical beach sounding instrumental -- sounds too happy. It's not bad of course, just not Black. Sabbath yes, but not Black. I still liked it despite the boring soft breaks. It's Sabbath after all.

4.0 - Some gems swirling in the mud here. First, the mud: the guitar sound in songs like "St. Vitus Dance" sounds like a high school kid messing around with gain levels on his amp. But then almost each song suddenly morphs into something different, which makes for an awesomely dynamic experience with killer guitar riffs and solos throughout. And rising up from this swirling mud are a few gems, starting with "Wheels of Confusion" that finds Ozzy riffing melodiously above a droning chord, up and down the scale. "Changes" is a crystalline masterpiece with impressive mellotron violins and Ozzy's singular voice buzzing forward. "Laguna Sunrise" is a gorgeous instrumental and the album ends with an epic sweep with "Under the Sun..."

Haven’t listened to much Black Sabbath, really enjoyed it.

Great vocals from Ozzy. Really cool metal album with some cool lyrics.

Changes is a hell of a song, but it doesn't really fit the album. Best track: Snowblind

Album has Changes. Generally good.

Twerking to Black Sabbath kind of day

Great album super chill listen

Great sound. Tight vintage rock guitar. Ozzy vocals are cool. Makes me think old music is way cooler.

So much more versatile than I imagined Black Sabbath being. Instrumentals, ballads, hard rock- very cool. Not easy to hear lyrics and Ozzie’s voice is a little one dimensional for me, but very solid start to finish.

🤟

Sabbath is never not bitching, but this one was slightly less bitching. Not as many hits that I was familiar

Really enjoyed this. More varied and complex than I imagined.

Classic Sabbath

Black Sabbath are always a pleasure to listen to. However, I really don't understand why this album was picked. It doesn't have any of their greatest hits and isn't too special in any other ways either. I'll admit they sound tighter on this one then on their previous Ozzy albums. But in the case of Black Sabbath I don't think that's a good thing. Apart from Ozzy's recognizable vocals, this album, while far ahead of the curve at it's time, could have been made by any number of metal bands. I'm missing the the full, droning but catchy sound of their earlier albums, which is the trademark Black Sabbath sound to me.

Grundsolider, aber - weil zur Entstehungszeit so visionär - ganz schön prägend knackiger Stoner Rock. Eine Essenz von satter Gitarre ohne großen Schnickschnack. Völlig verständlich warum Bands wie Motorpsycho und Soundgarden folgen konnten. Überrascht haben Hispano Folk-Einflüsse („Laguna Sunrise“), das balladig-gute „Changes“ gefolgt vom experimentellen „FX“ und dem tribal-treibenden „Supernaut“. Gute 3.8

Ja, wäre ich mehr Metal, ich könnte es wahrscheinlich noch mehr schätzen. Auch, und wahrscheinlich insbesondere, dass hier die Metalpfade ja schon teilweise wieder verlassen werden, zugunsten von harter Psychedelik oder wie ich das jetzt nennen würde. Das hier, in seiner satanischen Hendrix-artigkeit finde ich auch fast furchteinflößender als zB War Pigs und was ich sonst so erstmal mit BS verbinde. Trippiger und treibender sowieso. Bekommt also fast 4 Sterne von mir, ach und wieso eigentlich nur „fast“?!

Forget how much I enjoy early Black Sabbath. Heavy, but still soulful. Changes is a beautiful track

Hard rock

Incredible. Top 3 Sabbath album. Some of Iommi's best riffs. SUPERNAUT. 8/10

OZZY 4 LYFE

Excellent

Black Sabbath had already made 3 classic albums, but still had one left in them. This album contains two of their best songs with Supernaut and the ballad Changes.

Sounds like typical Black Sabbath. Lots of instrumental sections lend many of the songs to being good for just chilling to. Changes and Wheels of Confusion are the best tracks.

I didn't hate this. Actually a super up-tempo start to the day.

Pues, maso. Me gustó sobre todo cornucopia porque tiene ese sonido pesado y lento. Suena a un apocalipsis.

Not my thing but it was pretty good

Real good. Grew on me after a second listen. 4.6/5

Was familiar with Snowblind and Changes but the rest was a pleasure to listen to. Got some new favourites

Yet another crusher by Sabbath full of bangers and fire. Docked a star because of a few overly tryhard, "oh, I'm a scary boy" moments but, overall, a fun listen.

Sabbath rules. I still feel like "Changes" is a weird song in the midst of all of the other heavy, psychedelic offerings here. Still, Sabbath during their prime and just about as heavy as it gets. A lot of the music I listen to today is deeply indebted to Sabbath, and thus so I am. Favorite tracks: "Supernaut", "Cornucopia", "Under the Sun/Every Day Comes and Goes"

Very good rock album, also with a softer, mellower side to a few songs.

I personally prefer the vibe of the earlier albums, but this is still quite good. Enjoyed "Tomorrow's Dream", "Supernaut".

Man this one shocked me. I enjoyed almost every minute. I had no idea...Sabbath doing a piano ballad and doing it with taste and a memorable melody I'm tempted to go 5 stars but I'll keep it at 4.5. Put no doubt this is a great album.

A thoroughly enjoyable experience, albeit a biased one.

This was my first listen through of an entire Sabbath album and I enjoyed it more than expected. Many songs I recognized

When I first saw this selection I thought, meh, a couple of good songs from what I remember. Wrong. A solid grouping of classic Sabbath

- energy, variety, passion - personally like the sound they drive - might re-listen

Favs: Chances Under the sun / every day comes and goes

Wheels of confusion starts out with really bluesy almost sad sound and then when it goes into the upbeat sounds it feels like you're at that point in a movie where the hero is down but now beiing picked up

Changes masterpiece zou ook mooi zijn als ze er een doul versie van maken Laguna sunrise goeie vibe

Reasonable rock album, but not much in the way of standout songs to keep you engaged.

Great album. There is a cover by Charles Bradley of the song changes that’s really good

Not as metal as I thought it would be, solid album

Was awesome.

Good album, more of my jam. I didn't know any of the songs from this album but I like Ozzy's voice/style so I give it a 4.

Heavy metal at its best

Full disclosure: I should say at the outset that I'm a fan of both Sabbath and Ozzy. My big brother is a rock guitarist who has played in bar bands from the age of 16 and he loved them. The first two Sabbath albums were staples in our house when I was a kid. We didn't have Masters of Reality or Vol. 4 though, so I've never listened to either all the way through. From the beginning, Vol. 4 is quite different in tone from those earlier albums. Whereas those earlier albums specialized in monolithic headbangers like Iron Man or War Pigs, opener Wheels of Confusion/The Straightener feels more like a heavy metal fever dream the way it drifts through it's multipart structure. You can see where it's relatively complex structure might have inspired latter day rockers like Soundgarden. The third track, Changes is a genuine departure, an honest to God ballad with remedial block piano chords, a mellotron chorus, and a heartfelt Ozzy vocal. Truthfully, it's kind of lame but I find Ozzy's lachrymose and heartfelt performance funny as hell. FX makes a nice psychedelic pallette cleanser before the monster riff that anchors Supernaut. Oddly enough, there's a quasi calypso acoustic break stuck in the middle of the tune, but it's not enough to derail the tune. Snowblind is one of Sabbath's adorably lunkheaded proto Beavis and Butthead headbangers, a paean to the mountains of coke they were snorting during the sessions. As you might have guessed, I find Black Sabbath impossible to take seriously, but I love them anyway. On the one hand, I am amused by their dead serious lyrics about drug use, war, suicide, and the demonic, their well-meaning attempts at balladry and psychedelia, and of course, Ozzy's dotty wailing. On the other hand, I genuinely enjoy the catharsis of the metal riffing. On Vol 4, Sabbath clearly still has the metal goods, but they're branching out and experimenting. I'll have to struggle not to give this a higher rating than it deserves because I'm enjoying it so much. Clearly, Toni Lommi's Laguna Sunrise is a piece of fluff, pleasant enough, but really slight, but I gotta admit, in Sabbath's case, I actually enjoy the pretension. 4/5

lekker

Cool, kende alleen een ander plaatje, maar deze was ook erg tof.

Ik heb me eigenlijk nooit echt in Black Sabbath verdiept. Ken alleen de bekende nummers. Maar zo een heel album is me eigenlijk erg goed bevallen! Paar hele gave nummers, en overal wel lekkere riffs en energie. Ozzy is een halve zool natuurlijk, maar het werkt wel 🤘

Drugie objawienie sie czornego sabatowania na liscie, tym razem z troche bardziej niszowym albumikiem, bo jakos nigdy nie obilo mi sie o uszy slyszec cokolwiek o vol 4 od czarnej grupy, nazwa dosc samowyjasniajaca, bo jest to 4 album grupy, nie wiem czy sabatowa tworczosc dzieli sie na jakies epoki, ale jak dla mnie to bedzie najbardziej znane wczesne sabaty, z orginalnym skladem, z kawalkami utrzymanymi w zblizonym stylu, opartych na unikalnym brzmieniu gitarkowym, technika bezpalcowego grania Iommiego, czyli jak wypadek u ktorego przekreslilby kariere muzyczna byl jednym ze zrodel sukcesow w biznesie muzykowym, piekna historia, do tego wokale Osbournowe ktorymi juz sie zachwycalem na poprzednim albumiku, bo ciezko o tak paranoiczne wokale wokol ktorych instrumenty staraja sie jak najbardziej do nich dopasowac, a nie w druga strone jak to byla w muzyce popularnego rocka, tematyka trakow jak zwykle jest dosc mroczna, ale tym razem motywem przewodnim sa wszelakie stany swiadomosci narkotycznych, wiki oferuje legende jako ze byl to okres najwiekszego dawania po kablach w bandzie i czuc to w lirykach pojawiajacych sie na tej plycie, nawet same tytuly jasno wskazuja co jest glowna inspiracja krazka, bo to chyba najbardziej oczywista interpretacja otwierajacego wheels of confusion lamanego na straightenera czy tez opening drugiej strony snowblind, co do moich hajlajtow tego vynylaka to jest to z pewnoscia changes, ktorego nie znalem od samych sabatow, a z eminemowego going through changes, wiec pozytywnie jestem zaskoczony takim znaleziskiem, wiec miejsce na plejce z pewnoscia znajdzie, jest to tez trak dosc nietypowy jak na bande ciezko metalowa, bo jest oparty glownie na klawiszach ktore wyczarowal Iommi, do tego dochodza smyczkowe akcenty i najmniej ozzbornowy Ozz calego albumu, a moze i kariery i tak wlasnie tworzy sie najpopularniejszego traka plyty, wedlug spotifaja, co do dziwnych piosenek to nie jest to jedyny dosc malo sabatowo brzmiacy trak, bo jest jeszcze laguna sunrise, instrumentalny czil o blogim wzejsciu, jest tez FX, ktoreg nie potrafie zrozumiec, bo brzmi jak randomowy zlepek dzwiekow gitarkowych, wikipedia wyjasnia ze to najbardziej upalony trak, tak tez wlasnie brzmi, na plejke wrzucam jeszcze supernauta za chyba najlepsze solowki calej plyty gitarka, a potem drumersowanie, zakonczone wstawka wokalowa, jak przystalo na kompozycje sabatowa, wokal, gransko, zeby potem znowu zamknac wokalem, to prawie jak piesni trzyczesciowe z muzyki koscielnej, ale pewnie mocna nadinterpretacja, a ostatni trak tommorows dream

I'm on board. Ozzy is great. Snowblind is great. Though there were plenty of songs i didn't know, i thought they were solid, hard and would definitely listen again.

This first song is totally throwing me for a loop, as I was under the impression that Black Sabbath was metal, and this is totally ballad and nice. I like this first one. And the second one has a similar sound. I am so confused right now. So I’m wondering if I misunderstood what the sound of metal bands really is or if this is an atypical album for them. I actually liked it, and I usually don’t much care for metal.

Pretty pretty good

More varied than I was expecting. Very much not for me.

Høye topper, men litt for mye lavland også her.

Synest det kan merkes at substansbruken har nådd nye høgder. Ein del kjempebra, men som heilheit litt for ujamn. 6.5/10

Ikke så tung - ikke så ond Noen kule låter og innslag av mere psykedelika, men er vel få hits her. Hører nesten aldri på den siden de platene før er bedre rett og slett

Don't know this album, but I quite enjoyed in places.

Не впечатлил особо. Да, вокал Оззи, выше всяких похвал, но остальное прошло мимо. И да, кстати, песня Changes-для меня лучшая на альбоме.

fine but not for me

Had some of the classics

It was okay

Great record. Awesome band and just some killer jams. Always love Changes as well, really sticks out on this record.

the fact that this is considered metal is mind boggling to me. i didn’t grow up listening to bands like this or rock music in general but i always imagined they would be a lot more hardcore than this. very similar to the one zeppelin album i listened to. listenable but not really something i would be drawn to on a regular basis.

It's fine

Some bangers, but some silly stuff too.

6/10 Best songs: Supernaut, Snowblind Great guitars, awful vocals, some (but not all) really boring songs.

Hmm, early metal/hard rock. It's easy enough to listen to. Just waiting for that one riff/hook that stands out.. Changes is surprisingly not heavy FX is just a waste of my time. I've heard the SOAD cover of Snowblind, but this original version is better. Best track - Snowblind 3 stars - it's all fine, I'm just not a Sabbath fan

liked changes!

Av en eller annen merkelig grunn klarte jeg sette på Master of reality-plata og tenkte at det var skikkelig tøft. Den her ble litt nedtur i forhold. Litt for seigt og ikke like tøft.

Pretty good Sabbath album. Half was pretty good and the other half was forgettable but no bad songs or issues. Iommi's guitar is too iconic

Not as exciting as Paranoid, but interesting to see them exploring some different ranges and textures.

First time intentionally listening all the way through, better than I was expecting.

Heavy metal, but better than Metallica due to less thrashing. Heavy distortion is still there.