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An eye opener for someone who has only heard their more famous songs.
This was quite digestible. I feel like I am becoming more attuned to this genre. I liked changes, but I knew it already was just a nice suprise and I also liked Laguna suprise. Both the more chill songs I guess.
not really for me but not bad. i had no idea changes was originally a black sabbath song so that was interesting to find out
It's...ok. Completely middle of the road I just don't get the Black Sabbath obsession. Sure, I can understand how ground breaking they must have been at the time, but it doesn't click with me. And I know this is heresy, but Ozzy's vocals just aren't that great
Changes and FX kinda ruin the whole vibe of the album for me.
Couple of good songs. Changes was familiar only from other artists though. Id probably give the album a 3 and move on.
I thought the guitars were sexy and I love Ozzy’s vocals.
Changes sounded so far different from what I was expecting from this album and even though it wasn’t necessarily a style I like more, I appreciated the versatility. the whole thing was kinda a vibe, especially good when I put it on and then wandered out of the room for a bit amd so wasn’t fully paying attention. Also quite liked Snowblind
I mean, it’s sabbath!
Not as heavy as I thought it would be
Ok, ein Album von einer Band die gleichzeitig auf der Höhe ist und offenbar total den Plot zu verlieren droht. Irgendwie richtungslos, obwohl da tolle Songs drauf sind.
War genau das was ich erwartet hatte.
I got this literally the day after Paranoid and there’s no comparison for me. It was certainly okay but didn’t pack the same punch.
The metal tracks here are awesome, especially Supernaut and the closer. Then you have those weird detour songs that unfortunately don't work as well. They don't flow in the tracklist like on some of their other albums and feel awkward. I still think this album is quite good and very creative overall, but they have released more consistent efforts.
Not sure why this one deserves a place on this list over the others, but then again maybe they are here somewhere as well. Not great, not terrible.
Review - not an album of theirs I'd really listened to before, although I was familiar with Snowblind through a (very different) SOAD cover. A great heavy album and interesting to hear them branching out through songs like Changes. Maybe not their best work but still very good. Rating - 7/10 Need to hear? YES
Beter dan verwacht
opzich wel cool, gwn ni heel uitspringend
It’s black sabbath. What more do you need to know? It’s not my cup of tea, yet respect the work.
🙂↕️ Sabbath👍 Supernaut 🤩 gillar autistiska breaket nånstans där i mitten. Sprang till det här albumet och det var najs 7/10
Classic Black Sabbath
3.5 - Cool album. Changes is a great song.
404 - Heavy metal not found
Actually pretty good.
I liked this way more than I thought I would. Still probably won't listen again tho
Album #32, Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 ⭐⭐⭐ For context, my favourite Black Sabbath song is Planet Caravan. I grew up listening to their first three albums. Paranoid was one of the first songs I learned to play on drums. However, I never went beyond Master of Reality, as I felt and still feel like it was a step down from the first two, and I had an inkling they fell off after the first three. So this is my first time listening to Vol. 4. And like Violent Femmes yesterday, I wish I’d heard it twenty years ago. Because my tolerance for crunching heavy metal is limited these days. And what crunching heavy metal it is. Huge big fucking riffs with bells on. It’s Tony Iommi’s album through and through. I have to give them plaudits though. They try a few experimental things outside the formula. The samba bit on Supernaut, the lush Laguna Sunrise, and the stupidly simple FX, all of which I enjoyed. Then there’s Changes, which is tender, touching, and a genuine classic. What I don’t enjoy is the endless proggy segues. The way they stop and switch gears into another riff and beat is probably technically impressive, but there’s too much of it throughout, especially on Wheels of Confusion and Under the Sun. I prefer when they keep it dumb and simple, like on St. Vitus Dance. Two other things to note that aren’t necessarily criticisms, even if they sound like it. Lyrically, they are dirt simple. They’re not a thinking man’s band, and I don’t think they’re trying to be. But hearing Ozzy Osbourne sing through a maelstrom of guitars is as iconic a sound as any, the best example being Supernaut. Finally, the mix is very inconsistent throughout. Weirdly though, I think I prefer the muddier sound of Cornucopia. It’s almost proto stoner metal, a genre I probably prefer nowadays. I would have lapped this up in my teens. I do wish I’d continued my Sabbath journey back then. It’s a band I genuinely respect and admire.
Gran banda. Grandes clásicos
Surprisingly good. Not my vibe today.
Pretty pretty pretty good. I don’t like “Changes” though, but did enjoy a lot of the rest.
I liked this less than Paranoid, which I gave three stars. Ozzy’s vocals probably save this from being a two-star album. Barely. The songs aren’t very interesting, and the noise is often un-engaging. 2.5?
Never listened to Black Sabbath before. Much more classic rock than I originally thought
Sure ain’t as good as the first album.
Not my kind of music, but the second half of the album was significantly better than the first half. Favourite song: Laguna Sunrise
Waaay more eclectic than I thought it would be
Might relisten, might not - "Changes" was good.
Not my favourite Sabbath album but a banger, obviously.
Not too crazy about this album. Can't really tell you why??? I can see the value and the quality of the performance is undeniable however, I just didn't get ***into it I guess. I like Black Sabbath, this album isn't the one for me though. Changes is iconic though so yeah...it's BARE MINIMUM good. No lower.
Honestly a more relaxed Black Sabbath, still with some bangers but not just ear to ear noise. Not the absolutely heights of metal, but some really good tracks. Changes absolutely slaps still.
I listened through the entire album and then realized I didnt absorb a single lyric. I went back and read through and realized I wasn't missing anything Great background rock music!
So I listened to most of this while I was driving, and I was enjoying the visual in my head of someone seeing a 20-something year-old-girl in a VW Beetle with a “Please don’t honk at me, I’m a nice person” sticker blaring this album. Anyways, Ozzy’s vocals are obviously unique, some people are into them, some people hate it. I actually enjoyed a lot of these songs due to the instruments, rhythms, guitar solos, ESPECIALLY after yesterday’s album. It stood out so much more to me as, “THIS is what rock from this time sounded like”. It was fun, and there were a lot of enjoyable records on this album. Reading some background on it, and how much the band wanted to name this album after their track about cocaine, it all made sense. I know that the drugs were going craaaazy at this time, and it really shows. I’m not saying that artists should use cocaine, but it makes rock albums go a little harder. So thanks, coke. In all seriousness, I enjoyed this more than I envisioned I would, which was kind of the point of me doing this challenge. I would have NEVER listened to this album on my own accord, but I’m glad I have. I really want to give it 3.5, mostly because I don’t think I’ll listen to this album again, but it certainly has its place in music history and I enjoyed some specific tracks. Favorite tracks: Snowblind, Laguna Sunrise Least favorite track: Changes
Shit yeah 🤘
Meh
Great opening track! Classic Black Sabbath. "Changes" brings out vulnerability from Ozzy which makes for a nice ballad. Other standouts are: Snowblind (the chorus gives this Black Metal vibe and the guitar solos are great), Laguna Sunrise (which is a beautiful instrumental) and Under the Sun that closes the album nicely
0/10 bekannt 6/10 Beste Songs: under the sun, snowblind, changes
Muddy here and there, some really notable tracks, but nothing too memorable on first listen
Respect the album is lengthy full of their unique sound. Pushed me into listening LIVE Sabbath
Solid listen, nice guitars. Curious if this is one of their more iconic albums. Not any stand outs for me.
Decent album, songs containing some good riffs, but its „Black Sabbath” which im not a fan of. I love metal, but they dont do much for me.
норм рок, рип
gar nicht so schlecht
Great album Song I like: Change,
Less fun than I expected it to be
I wouldn't count this as one of my favorite Sabbath albums. Not bad, but not what Sabbath is known for.
Such a classic album. Changes is awesome. 3.5/5
Ozzy vs guitar
Vol. 4, aka the 4th best Sabbath album. Nonetheless, it’s heavy and cool (mostly - Changes is pretty cringe in my opinion).
It's better than I expected,
Changes is a banger
personally not my cup of tea... BUT album did have some songs that i enjoyed. some felt a bit randomly placed...the instrumentation and collaborative effort is what made this album for me. and the lead guitar
Almost a 4, based on Changes and Supernaut.
Other two black sabbath albums i know are better. Masters of reality and paranoid
its good to have as background music
Ok
I think I was only familiar with two songs Ozzy Osbourne penned (those being "Crazy Train" and "Changes") prior to today, so I'm definitely not an expert on Black Sabbath. With that in mind, I honestly imagined their music being a bit heavier than this. I understand that metal had to sound like this before we could get to thrash and death metal, but I guess I'm just surprised that a band with a name like Black Sabbath (whose frontman was dubbed "Prince of Darkness") wasn't making music with a little more edge. That said, I thought Vol. 4 was a decent album! It's got good rock instrumentals with compelling progressions and some solid songwriting bringing everything together. I wasn't the biggest fan of Ozzy's voice here, but I also wouldn't say it got grating or annoying – it's totally serviceable for this kind of music. Highlights: Wheels of Confusion / The Straightener, Tomorrow's Dream, Changes, Supernaut, Snowblind
Great album in the Sabbath catalogue 3 - deservedly on this list
To be honest it’s ok. Nothing much to say. Good music but nothing new or extraordinary.
a bit old for me i liked it tho
Now we're talking. Not my fav Sabbath, but still rockin
:( Like this album and snowblind is great. Dirgy dirty sounds and rock n roll.
Favorite Track: Wheels of Confusion / The Straightener
enjoyed this more than I thought I would!!!
solid 3
It's classic metal but also blends new sounds into it as well. Songs like "Changes" and "Laguna Sunrise" aren't songs you can typically get from a metal sound, they blend a melancholic rock sound to it which really shows range for the band. Not to mention the range in which they play their instruments, songs like "Wheels of Confusion / The Straightener" and "Under the Sun / Every Day Comes and Goes" the guitar changes into a new riff or a new tempo and then the drums kick in with a new beat or match the tempo with the guitar, and yet they still make a consistent sound throughout the song that caters to that song only. A really solid album through and through.
This was surprisingly cool. Turns out the radio plays their worst songs, who knew!
It was alright.
My first time listening to a Black Sabbath album in full. I feel like any metal from the 70s has that similar feeling of drug induced loneliness which you can feel through every track of Vol. 4. It doesn’t sound as heavy as a lot of their other stuff- this felt like it had more of a California feel to it especially with Laguna Sunrise and the guitar riffs chosen for a lot of other songs. Highlights for me were Laguna Sunrise and Cornucopia. It has definitely made me interested in comparing and contrasting the metal sound in the early 70s then to the 8ps and the difference between American and U.K metal. Solid decade defining album for sure.
I respect Black Sabbath. Their slow and heavy guitar sound was innovative, paving the way for doom metal. Ozzy's voice is distinctive and solid. Their albums tend to feel pretty well crafted. However, I can't say I really enjoy or relish listening to them - I merely appreciate them for making things possible for later artists. There's something that just feels flat and unexciting for me, even though I don't dislike any of the elements of their sound. 3*
старе, вайбове, інколи енергія такого маск мейл, який усе зробить для своєї жінки. 5/10
not what i expected at all i thought it was metal. vocals were super good, didn’t understand the first song at all which was so long. none made it onto my playlist though
There are a few standouts in the mix here, but overall I felt most just blended together into a just-okay soft rock sameness.
solid album. not much more that i can say i enjoyed some songs and theyre ofc an influential band with their trad doom metal sound. this just didnt hit as much as their album paranoid
Very much my style of music and I enjoyed this listen a lot, however I have heard better from Black Sabbath and this is not their best album.
3/5 Nice album to listen to, but it got a little samesy after a bit.
Having only previously been familiar with Paranoid, this seemed surprisingly mellow.
It was better than I expected.a different genre which I thought would just be a bunch of electric guitar and illegible screaming but it wasn't a was much more interesting to listen to. I will say that for me it had too much of just guitar and instrumental parts
Pretty good
Started off unimpressed but the solo at the end of The Straightener straightened me out. Tomorrow's Dream is good, Changes, emotional. FX would probably spin my head if I were stoned. Supernaut starts with a sick guitar riff. Snowblind rocks despite being explicitly about cocaine. Cornucopia is a dark, swaying romp. Laguna Sunrise, a touching instrumental. St. Vitus' Dance returns with an English rock song that doesn't do much for me. Album finishes with a sick anti-religious jam, Under the Sun. 6/10.
Very emo! Love it
While I did like the album, the type of genre is not really my cup of tea
Never heard any of these before. Neat.
Decent. Couple bangers
Overall rating by me: 5,5/10 Songs added to the playlist: ,,Tomorrow's Dream", ,,Changes'' Notes: Not my cup of tea but again, casually as background music I think I would listen to it again.
Groundbreaking and heavy, but too scattered to beat Sabbath at their tightest.
Not my fav Sabbath
Not my favorite sabbath, but still good.
Decent but a little lacking compared to their more iconic albums. The guitar riffs aren't quite as good, Ozzy's vocals are hit or miss depending on the track, and they tend to get overpowered by the instrumentals. The audio mixing is noticably better in the remastered version, and the vocals are clearer. "FX" is not a real song and while "Laguna Surprise" isn't necessarily bad, it's not what I'm looking for from Black Sabbath. Final score is based on the remastered version.
Enjoyed more than I thought I would. Will give a second listen
not my typical music but i enjoyed it
Liked some of it, but a lot of repetitive guitar showoff stuff in it
Black Sabbath is not my favourite as the vocals are not my style, and vocal melodies feel repetitive. I was surprised by FX and Laguna Sunset. I also enjoyed the final track and can definitely see the influence of their sound on doom artists I enjoy.
Rip ozzy 😔✊🏼 Album war ganz gut würde es mir glaub ich aber nicht nochmal anhören
Not my vibe, definitely a product of its time. Not bad music by itself
Not the type of music I would normally listen to, but can definitely see why it's considered iconic.
Under the Sun quella che mi è piaciuta di più
Black Sabbath are undeniably heavy metal gods- even to someone like me who wouldn't normally listen to an album like this and who really just knows the big, famous hits. The album hooked me and it was a fun listen . "Supernaut" has this cool little bridge that reminds me of Zeppelin's "Bron-Yr-Aur Stomp." I really like "Snowblind" - it may be my favorite track.
Listened to the 2021 remaster. Favorite song was Laguna Sunrise. Haven't listened to Black Sabbath much before but enjoyed the album.
I had never really listened to Black Sabbath before. It was less intense than I thought it would be.
first song was banging but LIKE 8 MINS?? crazy good guitar solo hope i get to the level of being able to play drums like supernaut fav song- Under the Sun WHAT THE FLIP IS FX THAT SCARED THE ANCESTORS OUT OF ME i was playing it in the gym and it was so eerie
I forget how garage they sounded. They really just had an infant school yamaha keyboard and a dream. Utter filth. Mostly like this because it's influential but I would choose to listen to it.
Really enjoyed the efforts to make this an interesting body of work (Changes, FX, Laguna Sunrise), but generally not my favorite songwriting.
Cant go wrong with Ozzy
Badass, but less badass than I was expecting. I locate the most badass Sabbath in the mid/late 70s. This is early 70s. But it's record #4!? Clearly another research project I need to do. Another great educational album that's not in itself going to bring me back for further listens.
This doesn't seem like heavy metal…things were different then apparently.
Hey, this is good. Enjoyable. Not amazing. Funny to think that this was out there heavy in its day. Seems quite tame now.
Good album. Solid performances. Lacks a great song.
Listening to this Heavy Metal Album is like walking through a temple built of amplifiers: awe-inspiring in its sheer weight (thick, downtuned riffs, thudding drums, and smoky, overdriven textures paired with weary, spectral vocals), yet the floorboards shake just enough to remind you the structure might collapse at any moment.
Vocals were great
There's some great band moments on here that raises it amongst the rest in a genre of hard rock / metal that isn't a favourite of mine. The second half of Wheels of Confusion (the instrumental part), the drumming in particular of Supernaut in particular. I like that it's got some light and breaks from the onslaught at times like Changes and Laguna Sunrise. I guess I like the band but am not such a fan of the yelling version of Ozzy.
3.4
Has one of my favorite songs - ‘Changes’ - even if I like Charles Bradley’s version better!
Pretty solid, I think I liked Paranoid and Master of Reality more but there were some chunky riffs on this one! Snowblind and Changes were my favorite
Another rather strong entry by Black Sabbath although I kind of wish this website would pick one album per band or artist. But this was a fun, more mature aspect of Black Sabbath that I didn't know. I personally liked Changes and Laguna Surprise which had hints of Les Zeppelin in them.
I really haven't gone past the first three records with Sabbath. This will all be new to me. This is pretty much what I expected, though that's not a bad thing. Changes is a really interesting turn. I actually never realized this song is originally theirs. Laguna Sunrise is gorgeous. Really nice chord movement and acoustic playing. I wonder if they were being influenced by the prog movement of the early 70s at this time. Of course he is a groundbreaking legend, incredibly influential, and this may just be because of his missing fingertips, but I feel like Tony Iommi is kind of a messy guitarist. There's a few runs where it feels like he didn't really bother to figure out the notes. Maybe that's part of the charm. Under the Sun/Every Day Comes And Goes sounds like the foundation of all modern doom metal and metalcore. This is definitely a very cool record, and you can hear the influence it had on the metal world. They introduce some new interesting stuff here vs. first three records. Curious to listen to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath now!
I've struggled with Ozzy's voice - but Black Sabbath have some great tracks - Changes in particular of course.
Bon vieux album de métal comme on les imagine !
Was shocked when a cover of Changes came on. Dug it.
Actually pretty diverse but once they get into their grungy stuff its a bit tragically bad. I think i have to round to a 3 though because their range is pretty creative
Me when im trying to remember the title of Black Sabbaths fourth album On some normie type shit Too many drugs I guess Rest in peace, Prince of Darkness
Some monumental tracks, here, with Ozzie's great voice
Very much early 70's Sabbath style. Despite it being a pretty heavy rock album, there's still place for the Changes and Laguna Sunrise tracks, both of which I like. Tony Iommi's guitar riffs are always top quality and bring a great melody to all tracks.
Its fine. Some good songs, Changes will forever be awful.
Ok but quite an odd collection of tracks that doesn't seem that cohesive as an album. A few good classics metal tracks but interspersed with some quite average tracks.
Ned so viel in erinnerg bliebe aber het mi i keinere wiis gstört und bi paarne tracks doch sehr freud gha 3 mönet sabbathical uf das
Changes er så god! Men resten er ikke lige mig
Best song is Snowblind, Changes close second. 7/10 album.
interesting, a departure from the typical metal sound
++: Tomorrow's Dream, Changes, FX, Supernaut, Snowblind, Cornucopia +: Wheels of Confusion, Laguna Sunrise +-: St. Vitus Dance, Under the Sun 7,7/10
Love a 7-minute opener. Great heavy fuzzy guitars. Acoustic instrumental "Laguna Sunrise" is a lovely change of pace.
This is a weird album. Apparently, there are metal artists who understand that there are tempos that exist slower than allegro and dynamics quieter than fortissimo. Seriously, though, I did like this. I don't think I want to hear it often, but the lyrics are compelling and work with the music. It's got a driving beat when it suits the song, but there's more range here than the FanThrashtic 4 have between them.
Somewhat mediocre Sabbath album with some real standouts on it. Supernaut again presaging doom/stoner rock. All hail
This might be my fourth favorite Black Sabbath album. I think I stopped checking out their discography after the Self-Titled, Paranoid, and Master of Reality. I never made it to Vol. 4. I can kind of see why. Some of the songs are pretty great, I liked the opening track and really enjoyed Supernaut. I wasn't sure why FX was on there as a track, sounded like my kids trying to mess with my guitar and someone recorded it. Kind of a waste of a track. I'm not sure why Changes is such a popular track, too, it has the most listens of the album on Spotify. Not all that impressive of a ballad, imo. I think this is a good album, but as far as Sabbath goes, the first three albums belong on this list, not sure if Vol. 4 does.
i love the wall of sound but its sometimes tiring to hear just guitar solos over and over
Changes. Snowblind.
piacevole ma non riascolterei attivamente
Its fine, I don't dislike it, just not sure we need another Sabbath album on the list when it's weaker than the previous two. 2.5/5. Raising to 3.
All just blended into one for me
Sabbath has still got it here but by now the formula isn’t as novel or exciting as it was on the first few records. Still got the riffs, still got the mood and it’s got a few departures from the sabbath formula with one “Changes” working out really well for them. This album for me is where the quality in Sabbath material starts to drop a little though. 6/10 Favorite tracks “Changes” “Supernaut” “St. Vitus Dance”
A bit heavy for me!
Worst of the 3 so far. Still not bad.
Quick album to listen to. Was a blast hearing Black Sabbath with a very different sound for the most part.
7/10
Nunca entendí lo de este grupo. El cantante tiene la voz más desagradable del rock. Hoy al escucharlo me ha parecido que sonaba mejor (era una versión remasterizada) a nivel instrumental. Incluso me han parecido mejores las canciones. No obstante, la voz sigue siendo insoportable.
i like the other sabbath albums on the list more but last track was really very good
7/10 Highlights: Snowblind Under the Sun Changes Wheels of Confusion Laguna Sunrise St. Vitus Dance
I haven’t listened to a lot of Black Sabbath. I know the hits. Listening to the whole album was a pleasantly surprising experience.
Not a fan. But did enjoy more than I thought I would. I have always liked Supernaut. However, I had listened to the 1000 Homo DJs cover first and prefer it.
i expected quick 1/5 and turn off after 1st song, but first 20 seconds convinced me to listen a bit more and this dark version beatels is listenable strong 3/5
Spodziewałam się bandy rozwrzeszczanych odpałów grających mi na nerwach, a dostałam naprawdę ciekawą muzę Momentami za intensywnie ale overall stabilna trójeczka
Noen fete riff. Men ikke sikker på disse balladene.
Je m’étais préparé à écouter un album de giga métal avec des mecs qui crient dans des micros mais en fait c’était plutôt du rock j’étais un peu déçu
Fun album to listen to. Very good vibes.
Its great, but sometimes creative choices in the tracklisting makes you go... huh... FX, Laguna Sunrise.
Least favorite Sabbath album so far, but that's like saying my least favorite type of pizza.
Not as good as led zeppelin but not the heavy heavy death metal I was expecting. I like it.
I enjoyed the album I've never listened to it before
Fine, but not my thing.
They are okay. When you make as much music as they make you are bound to have a few hits.
Nem hallgattam vegig. Eljart felette az ido
This the the album with Supernaut! A few great tunes on here, keeping Black Sabbath on the path of pioneers of metal
Better than I expected actually.
An old high school favorite.
Good Sabbath album, loved the strigns-acoustic guitar combo in Laguna Sunrise
I think its a good album. Some classics, it was for sure nice to comeback to it. But i wouldn't say it is the best from black sabbath, even less the best of all time. Clean album, nice sounds. Nothing much more to say. I would give it a 3/5 or a solid 7 out of 10
It's fine the other Sabbath albums are better
141225 11:55 3.5 / highlights: snowblind, wheels of confusion
Can’t complain it’s Sabbath
Another solid Sabbath
Day 24 Never really been a metal head. First time listening to a Black Sabbath album and was very impressed, some awesome riffs that sound well ahead of their time. 7/10 Highlights Supernaut Snowblind
I'm gooooooinggg throughhh chaaaangeeeeeesssss; not a lot of singing but good vibes
More of a 2 1/2 than a 3 but it’s a good heavy rock album
I liked change
Decent
3.3 2x catch up 9/4/2025
Appreciate the Sabbath as the birth of Metal but not something I'd choose to listen to necessary
I can't tell if I'm being too generous with some of these. This could probably be a 2 as well.
Cool!
when Supernaut started I went to turn it off bc I thought my library started playing Nobody by Mitski
My problem with Sabbath is that their trademark sound is actually fucking sick but then they start doing all this other stuff that I don't care about it and then I get annoyed. But even with the piano rock ballad and the stuff that veers out of doom and into blues I still like the album. I just wish they went full steam ahead with the scary giallo doom stuff. Prob 3.5 for me and I enjoyed it more than their debut Fav song: Wheels of Confusion
Awesome, particularly for having come out in 1972.
The production is stunning, but not my vibe, actually.
Nice album
Supernaut was fun, Changes was okay. The rest sounded decent but not that memorable.
This one really did not grip me in the way the other three did. I’m not sure why, but I’ll list some thoughts. First song fine but too long. Changes is objectively good but corny. Fx is a waste. Laguna sunrise is great but I was over it after a minute. Last song rips. I don’t know. At a loss i think it deserves a 4 but I did not 4 enjoy it.
Yet another Black Sabbath?!? I like them and I think this album is influential. But more influential than the other few Ozzy/BS albums we have already heard? Hell nah.
It was alright. There was one really weird song tho. Kinda liked it
Not exactly the heaviest of metal, but still pretty good.
Ozzy is a legend, but I’m just not that big of a fan of this style of music.
good rock album, nothing stood out too much. will relisten to see if anything special stands out to me.
Rock as expected but not as hard as expected some tunes were very melodic
Not my usual pick, but can see it growing on me
Good album. Enjoyed.
A bit too 'classic rock' for me, but then it is 1972 after all. Favourite tracks: Changes, Supernaut, Snowblind, Laguna Sunrise.
Idk why the first song was 7 minutes but I ain't doing allat
Yeah, maybe black sabbath isn't my thing. Can't get into it hard like other metal bands.
Surprisingly melodic. 3/5
It was an awesome Black Sabbath record. Still need to define what 3/5 means
Snowblind was my favorite track. Starts out a bit predicable but it adds some elements I enjoy.
Ok
This is coked-out Sabbath, much faster tempos and slicker guitar playing than the albums preceding this. It foretells more of the hair metal genre than the doom metal in Master of Reality, with exceptions. The strongest songs are "Supernaut" and "Snowblind" back to back. I'm just not a big fan of "Changes" or especially "Laguna Sunrise" which draw the album to a halt and just feel like time filler, though I know a lot of people especially like "Changes". Overall the riffs and songs just aren't as strong as the albums preceding it, and I wonder how much they were burned out by this point, considering this was the fourth album in two years.
J - 3/5 Best Track - "Supernaut" F - DNL
Classic Sabbath
Good tunes thanks !
Sin más, aunque alguna canción me ha gustado. La de changes la mejor y creo que está bien, pero no es mi rollo de música.
Surprisingly listenable & not overly heavy for metal. I liked the album as a whole. Would probably listen to “Changes” as a single or the album as a whole.
Its a classic sounding Sabbath album that has plenty of focus on the guitarist. It's not the most memorable album to me. But I enjoyed my listen through. Notable Songs ||Changes, Snowblind, Laguna Sunrise||
Great music rip Ozzy
My first Black Sabbath album. Pretty impressive and I can appreciate the range on this album. Makes me curious to hear their earlier stuff, as I admittedly take to the more metal tracks of the bunch.
I'm not well versed enough in metal to give this a definitive ranking, but I didn't dislike it. 7/10
Similar to the previous Black Sabbath album, not too heavy metal, somewhat enjoyable, but I wouldn't seek it out to listen to again.
Was ok. Started to zone out a bit when it all started sounding the same after a while.
2,6/5
Ozzy passed yesterday so we all get Black Sabbath today. As much as I can appreciate some of their stuff, I can also get a bit weary of it. This is fine. I can listen to it. But I can tell I also get tired of it at times. If I am happy when it's over...how many stars is that? But I kind of enjoyed some of it along the way. It's probably 2.5 stars from me, but rounding up because I do appreciate certain sections and moments to make it worth it.
Solid, lacks the drive and standout songs of paranoid
Not really my thing. I liked their debut album a lot more than I liked this one. Compared to the Metallica album I just listened to, there is a lot more musicality and variance which I like, but nothing grabbed me.
RIP to one of the greatest. Best Song: Under the Sun Rating: 6.5 Stars: 3/5
lit i love ozzy
Better than I expected.
Rip Ozzy this album was a bit more melancholy which I liked
★★★½
This one never clicked for me. Some good songs but one I rarely listen to anymore along with most of the other sabbath albums. I’ve moved on.
The impact of cocaine cannot be overstated here. I swear, half these songs are structured in such a sloppy, nonlinear way that the *only* explanation would be that the band wrote it after doing a deadly amount of coke. And they did, so it’s kind of forgivable, I think. Not a bad album, really. In fact, the more I got used to the coked-out song structure, the more I started to enjoy it. But it is a bad Black Sabbath album, especially compared to literally the 3 albums before it and the 2 albums after. It’s a lot more ‘70s butt-rock than metal, and the schtick of how Sabbath albums “flow” feels repetitive at this point. Of their first 6 albums, it’s by far the least essential. Hell, it’s even less essential than Heaven and Hell overall. It’s still good because Black Sabbath in the ‘70s were pretty flawless, and I’d say songs like “Supernaut” and “Snowblind” are great songs that any Sabbath fan should hear. Frankly, if you like at least 3 other Sabbath records, you should listen to Vol. 4 at least once. But, for casual fans and non-metalheads, there’s only one reason Vol. 4 is included over Masters of Reality, Sabotage, or Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. This album is here because of “Changes,” which is maybe the greatest song Ozzy Osbourne, rest his soul, ever sang, and it is arguably in Sabbath’s top 5 songs ever. A beautiful, perfect song that has more power now that he isn’t with us. But, once again, I have such a problem with this book including an entire album to make sure you listen to one or even two songs on it. Like, babes, I thought that was what the 1001 SONGS list was for?! Not bad, but not Sabbath at their best, especially in an era where they had, like, 10 examples of them at their best. And a more bitter listen when some of those albums aren’t represented on this list. Regardless, the Prince of Darkness and his bandmates are always great during this era, so it’s hard to not find something I like here. Rest in peace, Ozzy.
Crazy that for decades my mind has labeled Black Sabbath as “heavy metal” which I just assumed would be too harsh for my taste. Then along comes the album with two tender ballads, plenty of melody.. I should have checked them out much earlier! As an Aston Villa fan, I do have a bonus tie to these guys. Ozzy now joins the other Holte Enders in the Sky, to cheer our guys on from the other side. Thanks for all the entertainment Ozzy and UP THE VILLA!!!
Didn't make a huge impression on me.
Ahh… hair and metal. Nothing gets the white chicks undressed faster. This genre arrived on my teen watch. Lucky me.
Genuinely surprised by how much I liked this. My whole knowledge of Ozzy was from after he jumped the shark, but I guess he would not have been as famous without some amount of mass appeal. Good job mainstreaming the weird 👏👏👏
I get it. It's a decent album, but I also now understand the statement I heard about Ozzy, which was his talent is memorable, if not great. Also, their toe dip into prog rock was just awful.
Ozzy Osbourne became something of a national treasure in the years before his recent death (I guess that prompted this album to show up in the list this morning). I kind of like Paranoid, but this album left me a little underwhelmed.
Not as strong as the debut or the second, but still decent.
Not my cup of tea, but I respect the forefathers.
So I had the self-titled album (4/5) and Paranoid (5/5) before this. And somehow this is only a 3/5 for me.
A few good songs but not as consistently great as their debut.
It’s a good album. They were really the early masters of psych/metal. Just needs a standout song or two. 3.5/5 Probably will listen again
I don’t know if the algorithm is programmed to do this, but I got this album the day after Ozzy died. What a legend.
Dark album.
RIP Ozzy
Bye, Ozzy. It was good a lot of the time.
Någon form av morbid timing att detta album dyker upp dagarna efter Ozzy har 'lämnat scenen' permanent. Måste säga att jag blev väldigt laddad när jag såg att ett Sabbath-album väntade på mig. Klassar mig själv som en väldig junior när det kommer till, del genren, men också bandet. Lite Paranoid och lite Master of Reality är väl det jag känner mig någorlunda bekant med. Men jävlar vad bra det är! Sköna riffs och melodier klädda i en rockig, lite smått metal-aktig look. Som grädde på mosen står han där med sina runda, mörka glasögon och sjunger som en kung. Changes håller såklart hög klass som den fina rockballad den är. Men jag blir mest imponerad i Snowblind. Den känns otroligt TUNG, på alla rätta sätt. Det är ett skönt flöde i låten, trevliga arpeggios som rullar ut ackorden och det är något som gör att den är tung, men inte känns tung. Sen kommer det ett gitarrsolo, som förvisso inte är det bästa jag hört, men som i kontexten av låten passar alldeles utmärkt. Det är ett bra album tycker jag. Tror och hoppas att jag kommer återbesöka! Bäst: "Snowblind"
Not their best, good though
Enjoyed Changes, can take or leave the rest of the album. RIP Ozzy, but this was mostly forgettable to me.
rip ozzy 22/07/2025
Algunes cançons com "FX" i algunes parts de cançons m'han sorprès per ser força experimentals. Altres cançons son bastant rock dur primigeni i meh. Cançons preferides: "Wheels of Confusion/The Straightener", "Snowblind", i "Under the Sun/Everyday Comes and goes"
I appreciate Black Sabbath for what they opened the door for, but I feel that I enjoy Black Sabbath songs performed by bands that are not Black Sabbath.
I enjoyed listening to this. It makes me sad thinking of the shitty music that this (helped) inspire, but Black Sabbath are a great band with some great songs. I don't know if this album in particular is the one I needed to hear, but I'm glad I did. 3/5.
Not my fav Sabbath. Good not great. Ozzy rules 4ever. RIP rocker
Like me this more than I expected. Ozzy could actually sing! Some sweet bass lines and the guitar isn’t just noise. Sabbath really did rock. And there are quite beautiful interludes too. Great record.
I was surprised at how much I liked this album. I’m not a heavy metal fan, but I’m used to Ozzy’s vocals and find young Ozzy and his band to be compelling on this album. All the songs were listenable and dare I say most were enjoyable. R.I.P. Ozzy!
I’ve only listened to Black Sabbath’s first two albums. I’ve really enjoyed those two, but Vol 4 didn’t seem as good to me. It’s ok with a few standout tracks.
Listened to 2 songs but I just would rather be listening to something else
Incluso en nuestros peores días seguimos dominando el genero. Changes en Vol. 4 es el manifiesto de que los metaleros son duros por fuera, pero tiernos por dentro. Los Sabbath, incluso en sus momentos más oscuros, siguen demostrando que hasta ciegos hacen los mejores discos de su género. A veces no hay mejor especialista que un cocainómano en su cocina. Metaleros cocainómanos vulnerabilizándose y el nombre irreverente del álbum —que se hace cargo de su propia producción— rechazado: déjenlos, están pasando por cambios. Vol. 4 de Black Sabbath es la prueba de que, si a los metaleros reventados los entretenés con sesiones de estudio, cada tanto sale algo que cambia el juego. Siendo la piedra fundamental del stoner rock y el doom metal, la banda lo hace de nuevo y se coloca en el epicentro de los mapas conceptuales que intentan explicar los géneros musicales. En la cresta de la ola de su fama, sus vidas cotidianas empiezan a desmoronarse de a poco, al punto que ni siquiera pelean por ponerle el nombre más rockero y antisistema al disco: Snowblind. Rechazado por la discográfica, claro. Ozzy Osbourne se desarma sobre un piano en Changes. Tony Iommi, inspiradísimo tras presenciar un amanecer drogado, compone una instrumental que lo deja solo frente al vacío. Tu espina dorsal se tensa con los FX, y tu ceño fruncido intenta descifrar si lo que suena es un interludio o si se confundieron de archivo en el máster final y pusieron el MP4 que decía “versión 04” en vez de “final FINAL este sí va”. La cocaína puso a los chicos finísimos a la hora de componer, trayendo sonidos nuevos como mellotrones, pianos y capas orquestales rudimentarias. Los metaleros también lloran y ambicionan más como proyecto creativo, dejándonos su álbum más caótico y vulnerable. Unos riffs bien sabbatheros, la impaciencia lírica que ya no poetiza sus adicciones y cotidianidades desmembrándose que dan miedo, pero —sostenidas entre dos guitarras— se mantuvieron cohesivos como pudieron. Incluso haciendo el proyecto ciegos de blancura, igual podían ver: usaron la oscuridad como contraste.
Classic rock album - changes still is a great song
A little dull. Some of the songs are now just commercials.
RIP Ozzy. Not a Black Sabbath fan, but respect the work.
Aqui Ozzy e a banda fizeram um trabalho muito experimental para o Heavy Metal, mas eu adorei, músicas bem melancólicas, com ótimo lirismo, instrumental no ponto, com ótimos solos, mas não tão extensos. Comparado ao debut, sinto que as músicas me prenderam mais, principalmente por tirarem a mão do cru heavy metal e explorar mais no rock progressivo.
Better than I expected. They were changes?!?
As many others I got Sabbath the day after Ozzy's passing. I liked this listen ecen though the tracks them selves didn't stood out to me. It's like metal the album woth heavy riffs and instrumentals. Great vocals, as always.
Yeah, it gave me the fourth album after I listened to the first three the day before. RIP Ozzy the legend, the prince of darkness, and the best rockstar to be on reality tv. Clearly, the generator knew I already listened to the other two (I got Paranoid a few weeks ago) and gave me this one to listen today. I really liked this album since it wasn't all heavy metal, although I can't quite tell what it has influenced.
well this is random? don't know it but it's supposed to be legend. and...not for me.
RIP Ozzy! That one was hard for me! I love Ozzy’s voice. I love the song Changes. In fact the version he did with Kelly was the first song I ever bought on iTunes when I got my first iPod in 2007! I didn’t know any of the other songs.
This album sounds like it begins right in the middle of another song. That was weird. The Changes song is very good and I had never heard it outside of the song Eminem made sampling it. This is the second Sabbath album i've listened to on this, and both are much softer in sound than I was expecting. This album even more so than the first one, which was called paranoid. Lot of good song though. Thumbs up!
Listened in the truck via YouTube music. Great album. It was assigned the week of Ozzys death.
I liked this album, even though I wouldn’t say Black Sabbath is my normal cup of tea. I recognized more songs than intended, and now I’m open to hearing more from them.
Not as heavy as I was expecting and I feel a bit bored overall. The songs are fine but there's not much that really jumps out in them. The only exception might be the acoustic songs, but those just feel like they're following Led Zeppelin's footsteps
generated just in the day when ozzy osbourne died the type of metal i could listen liked some songs It's the first album we've produced ourselves
Heavy. I love that this app gives you an album when a relevant person dies so everybody listens together. Truthfully I think I liked Ozzys solo career more than I liked the Black Sabbath days, but it was still good. Lots of variety on here, loved changes.
I got this album within hours of knowing Ozzy Osbourne passed away. Heavy
First, Sabbath is the first heavy metal band and gets all the credit for that. Second, this is a solid album. Third, I'm getting it on July 23, 2025 - the day after Ozzy passed. BUT, give me the band's seminal album (Paranoid)! Or the breakout first album (Black Sabbath). Stop with the filler. If this is the 1,001 albums everyone should listen to, include the big deal important albums from these bands!
I’m showing my youth a bit here, but my first exposure to Ozzy came from my father (who claimed to hate reality TV) having The Osbournes. I found it entertaining as hell and it was only later I learned he was a musician.
Not my favorite Black Sabbath album but still great.
Pretty good, probably won't listen much though!
Classic
Rip Ozzy. Legendamenoa ja tulipa viimein kuultua tätäkin.
This made me want to listen to early metal. It's good, didn't blow me away, but it's good.
A good album with 4 great songs and the rest are just fillers. Yes it is an experimental album but it doesn't sound fully fleshed out. Vol 4 feels like a stepping stone to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. Out of the first 6 Sabbath albums this is definitely one of the weakest ones.
186/1089 - This is slightly adventurous metal music but not as adventurous as the first Black Sabbath album in my opinion. I always thought Ozzy Osborne was a musician with pure charisma and no other redeemable traits. He didn't write the lyrics, he didn't play an instrument, and he never learned how to sing in tune. That being said, he was still important to the development of this genre and had a larger-than-life persona and a great quote we can live by: "Being sober on a bus is, like, totally different than being drunk on a bus." Also Changes was extremely awful. Completely unrelated to the above review but I wish "Combat Rock" by The Clash was on this list. I'd give that a 5 for sure.
Very well timed as the prince of darkness has passed and what a good album! Sad day but good music!
I can't believe we lost Ozzy man... As for this album, it was fine. I like Panic better, but it's never a bad day when you're listening to Sabbath
A very decent heavy metal album, but when compared with their previous works, I find this record to be a bit underwhelming. I have to say that I find the sound of this record to be more refined, specially the guitar tone; and the riffs are also great, but, in general, I believe the songs aren't as memorable as in their previous works, excluding 'Supernaut', 'Snowblind' and 'Under the Sun/Every Day Comes and Goes' which are very great. Also, I have to admit that I don't like 'Changes', at all. For a song that is supposed to be sentimental, I find it a bit stale and boring in terms of performance. Overall, I did enjoy it, but not as much as I did their first two albums.
Already owned. I think it's an enjoyable album with some great songs. 'Changes' is great, and feels completely different from black Sabbath I was used to.
RIP Ozzie 6/10
Perfectly listenable, but doesn't reach the heights of the first two albums. "Changes" is lovely, of course.
Solid progenitor metal album with some real high points.
definitely not their best
rip ozzy osbourne A whole lot weaker than paranoid but still worth checking out
Nothing major stood out on this one, but I appreciated the mix of guitar styles and riffs.
Changes is a beautiful track but compared to their other albums I just wasn’t wowed
I really liked the first Sabbath album and Irinman was interesting. This is a bunch of hit and miss - in particular, I find the guitar work really uneven and uninspired. But it doesn't totally suck, either.
Iconic rock. He will be missed
Third and I believe final Sabbath album today. I'm certainly no heavy metal connoisseur but I appreciate they were one of the first to do it and created a blueprint for many many artists and subgenres that came after. It's a good, solid album with plenty of the high-octane stuff and a few experiments, although I must confess, the ballady 'Changes' is a bit of a dirge. It's not on the level of Paranoid, for me. While I've enjoyed the melodic riffery, I'm happy to say thank you Ozzy (and friends), that will do, and may you rest in peace.
I was never a big Black Sabbath fan, but this was a reasonably good and listenable album. FX was an unnecessarily interesting track, I liked its inclusion.
I'm now used to the "In Memoriam album choice" 1001 gives us, RIP Ozzy, you wild weirdo, went out raising 200m for charity after living a life some consider a myth. As for this album, puts the heavy in heavy metal, another kick in the face to the hippy music scene of the 60s, that was dead and was never coming back because heavy riffs, heavy drums, and heavy singing was the only way through the gift shop towards the exit.