Reviews (page 12 of 15)
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.
I got this the day after Ozzy died. Still don't like it very much. He was a great show man, but not that good a singer. The music doesn't seem as important as their other two albums in the book. It's not a huge improvement over Paranoid. Newer bands like Kyuss, Corrosion of Conformity, Torche etc. have done this style a lot better. However, it's not terrible. Favorite song: under the sun.
2.8 Solid songs but nothing spoke to me fr fr
Not my normal type of music, but then there were some beautiful songs like Snowblind and Laguna Sunrise. Would be 3.5 stars
Solid album, makes for good background music. RIP Ozzy
I’ve never actively listened to Zappa. I loved this!!! It’s hilarious and it sounds great and the musicianship is excellent. Stand outs ‘go cry on someone else’s shoulder’, ‘trouble every day’ wowie zowie. So good.
It’s good. Enjoyed the first half of the album more than the rest. Didn’t enjoy it as much as I’d thought I would.
RIP Ozzy. Not my fave black sabbath album but banging nonetheless
*Melodic, soft to medium rock - occasional blips of very light metal. *Lyrics seem to have been written by a 10 year old. *Lots of enjoyable songs though. *RIP ozzy, but still not a fan of his voice. RATING - 7/10
Rating (1-5): ✩✩✩ Higlighted songs: Laguna Sunrise Meh, not my type of music
Way to shove this down someone's throat on the day he passed away. Appreciate it, really. (Intended sarcasm). Anyway, liked the changes song, okay for the rest of album
I had this album curated after Ozzy's death. All around good album and changes is a top tier song
It's not my favourite Black Sabbath album and doesn't have as many "big hitters". However the variation really works nicely. 'Changes' is the main example of this, shifting to a piano base. Then I also felt that it had a strong end with 'Under the sun'.
Gir meg ikke så mye. Forstår at de er viktige for heavy metall. Tilfeldighetene ville at Ac/dc kom automatisk på etter at jeg var ferdig med å lytte til albumet - og da gikk foten 😎
Not my thing, but I can just about see the attraction. Not keen on the advancement of albums where artists have just died btw, bound to skew the ratings.
Surprisingly I liked half of the songs.
čovjek umre jučer i onda mi danas ovo "nasumice" generira, jel. solidno, al ne bih si nikad sam pustio
Not what Id been led to expect out of Black Sabbath. Ozzie Osborne really bit the head off a bat to this music? That story takes on new layers of comedy when you picture it coming during a performance of Cornucopia (too much near the truth they say! Keep it til another day! Let them havetheir little game! Delusion helps to keep them sane!). Otherwise I don't really know how to feel about Vol 4. It's theatrical and a bit ridiculous - how seriously am I supposed to take any of this? But the instruments go pretty hard, I like Ozzie's voice and there's a charm to some of the lofty, pompous lyrics. My ultimate take is that this prince of darkness angle has aged very badly.
I’ve long avoided Black Sabbath. I’ve always found Ozzy Osbourne to be a bit of a repulsive figure. Imagine my disdain to learn the band is actually pretty damn good. I’ll give credit to Ozzy where it’s due the most: his performance in Changes challenged every preconceived notion of what I had always made him out to be as a singer - and Sabbath as an act. It’s soulful, considered, and poignant - and incredibly, not even out of place on this album. Really, a beautiful song. Second shout has to go to Tony Iommi. I always knew he was a talent. But man, he brings the weight to these songs like few people in the genre ever really have. What impresses me is how he’s able to create such a distinct, heavy, sound without having to rely too much on overdubs. I like this. Eager to give more a try. ✨
3.5
I’m not sure what the chances are I got Black Sabbath on the day of Ozzy Osbourne’s passing. But they gotta be real low. RIP Ozzy. In terms of the album though, my gut tells me this not really Black Sabbath’s most notable work but it does make me excited to dig deeper into their catalog. I just feel like it’s probably not a great thing to fall asleep to an album especially if it’s a metal album. Feels like it goes a lot against the genre. Honestly good stuff though.
3.5
I found this surprisingly listenable. But I will probably never do it again.
rip ozzy but not one of my fave black sabbath albums
This kinda how I like my metal - not too metal, just heavy rock. RIP Ozz.
I always forget that, even though they're basically the progenitors of heavy metal, Black Sabbath can get really psychedelic at times. This album is all over the place, it's got some great stuff but also some real left- field, why is that there nonsense - Supernaut is fantastic, but after a ballad and a series of non sequitur sound effects, leaves you thinking "what the hell was all that?" There's definitely tracks here i want to come back to, but as an album not so much
L’ho rivalutato
I really like the song Changes, and the first track gets pretty awesome towards the end. Overall though, I felt like this album was keeping me at arm’s length somehow. It’s just wasn’t something I felt connected to. RIP to Ozzy the legend though!
This was fine. I'm not a huge fan of Ozzy's voice (RIP) and it felt a bit samey same.
sounds like black sabbath alright
-changes
RIP Ozzy!
Messy and seems long.
Has Big Mouth theme song + RIP to Ozzy. Not necessarily for me but still strong album. 7.2/10
Gevarieerder dan ik dacht. Ik vind het verder lullig om te zeggen, nu-ie gisteren is overleden, maar de vocals van Ozzy verpesten het een beetje voor me. Geen fan, sorry!
Random album - yeah right. the other person I am doing this with also got Black Sabbath the day after his death. still very much wanky big hair classic rock with those cliche rock riffs, but at least there is a little bit of variation. nothing god awful, but nothing amazing. also amazed with all the 5 star reviews. I guess my disdain for classic and heavy rock is not shared by many people, or are most of the reviews influenced by his death. who knows. 3 stars
Turns out I don't like Black Sabbath as much as their legend suggests I should. Some big, fat riffs but I'm left a little cold.
Le hasard fait bien les choses comme on dit… Le 22 juillet, le "Prince des Ténèbres" a tiré sa révérence et le 23 juillet, le système me propose d'écouter un album de Black Sabbath. Comme quoi, ça devait être écrit 😀 Donc le quatrième album de Black Sabbath, "Vol. 4" est le son d’un groupe au sommet de sa gloire, mais aussi au bord du précipice. Enregistré en 1972 à Los Angeles, loin du gris industriel de Birmingham, l'album transpire l’excès, le soleil californien et, surtout, une ambition nouvelle qui, malheureusement, se perd parfois en chemin. Ce qui frappe d’abord dans "Vol. 4", c’est le son. Il est radicalement différent de la production plus nette de "Paranoid" ou de la lourdeur maîtrisée de "Master of Reality". Ici, le son est cru, presque sale. On sent la chaleur des amplis, l’énergie brute des sessions d’enregistrement. Cette authenticité est la plus grande force de l’album. Sur un titre comme "Wheels of Confusion", qui ouvre l’album, on est happé par une énergie live, une sorte d’urgence qui capture parfaitement l’état d’esprit du groupe à cette époque. C’est puissant, viscéral et sans compromis Cette puissance atteint son paroxysme sur des morceaux emblématiques. "Snowblind" reste un monolithe de heavy metal, avec son rythme rampant et son atmosphère chargée. "Supernaut" est une décharge d'adrénaline pure, un riff d'une efficacité redoutable qui prouve que Tony Iommi marchait sur l'eau à cette période. Ces chansons sont des réussites totales, des moments où le chaos créatif du groupe s'est transformé en or. Cependant, le principal défaut de "Vol. 4" est que ce chaos prend trop souvent le dessus sur la direction artistique. L'album donne l'impression d'être un fourre-tout d'idées, un collage d'expérimentations qui peinent à former un ensemble cohérent. Là où les précédents albums avaient une vision, une couleur sonore unifiée, "Vol. 4" part dans toutes les directions. L'exemple le plus flagrant est la juxtaposition de pistes qui n'ont rien à faire ensemble. Comment passer de la brutalité d'un "Cornucopia" à la douceur presque mièvre de la ballade au piano "Changes" ? Si la chanson est touchante sa place dans l'album est incongrue. Elle brise totalement l'élan et souligne le manque de fil conducteur. De même, l'instrumental acoustique "Laguna Sunrise" est une jolie parenthèse, mais elle ressemble plus à une esquisse, une note de carnet, qu'à une pièce maîtresse de l'album. Cette dispersion se ressent aussi dans la production. Si la crudité du son est parfois une qualité, elle dessert souvent les compositions. La basse de Geezer Butler, si proéminente et géniale sur les autres disques, est parfois noyée dans un mixage confus. La voix d'Ozzy semble parfois lutter pour exister au milieu du mur de guitares. On sent que le groupe s'est auto-produit pour la première fois, avec une liberté qui a mené à des choix audacieux mais aussi à des erreurs techniques. En fin de compte, "Vol. 4" est un bon album mais il est aussi décevant à cause de son manque de finition, sa structure éclatée et son son parfois brouillon. Un album imparfait qui finit avec un 3 sur 5.
I wonder if everyone that hadn't already revealed this album got it today. RIP Ozzy. Album was fine. Good even. Not one of the 1001 best albums of all time. Certainly shouldn't be on this list over Paranoid or Black Sabbath.
Rip
# 530 : Vol. 4 This album is heavy—definitely one of Sabbath’s weightier efforts. The production’s a bit rough, but it kind of adds to the gritty vibe. There are a couple of tracks that really hit, and overall it’s a solid listen. Not totally my style, though. Some songs dragged on a bit, and “Changes” felt out of place—too mellow and kind of broke the flow. That said, Supernaut was an absolute standout for me. Killer riff, great energy. I’d definitely spin this again. If I had to pick one: Supernaut Listened: 24/07/2025
Classic groovy heavy rock
p257. 1972. 3 stars. Well done but generic 70s heavy metal. Not their best work. As for random generation of albums - this came up the day after Ozzy Osbourne died. Coincidence? I think not ;)
A bit slow and swampy for my taste, but I admire it all the same.
Groovy opening and closing tracks, good vocals, bit long in the tooth, drags in the last third.
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Decent. Not a huge metal or sabbath fan but good. Not as enjoyable as their earlier records for me but it was still a good listen.
An obvious choice to mark the passing of Ozzie. Black Sabbath never been my fave but good to hear some of their classics again
RIP Ozzy
Something in a bar at at 23:32 to hype up the crowd then they all do cocaine
Pretty good. I’m so used to Paranoid, it’s hard for this to even come close. RIP Ozzy
Good, not the best
Rock ass
Ozzy fan, but hadn't really delved into Sabbath albums before now. Really cool!!
Fan of Ozzy, but not of Black Sabbath
I think I like Ozzy more as a solo artist.
Heavy metal is not really my thing.
not my favorite
I'm a bigger fan of their older stuff. A lot of this feels phoned in. Too much filler.
Ok
It's kind of unfair to try and review this album the day after Ozzy died. I like Ozzy better than Black Sabbath. As the name clearly states, Black Sabbath is very dark. Too dark for me.
I think I'm just not an Ozzy Fan outside "Crazy Train". RIP, Ozzy, you laid the groundwork for music I love, and for that I will always thank you.
Never listened to Black Sabbath before but I'm aware this is a classic. The guitar solos are really good and the songs are OK. Although metal is not my cup of tea, I might give it a listen more times.
Not a big fan of Sabbath, but maybe it's the album.
More varied than the debut. Plenty of rocking here like before, but there’s also a piano ballad and a song with some unexpected Latin elements. It’s less gloomy English countryside and more of an LA romp. I don’t know if this is really my thing, but I can see the appeal.
They wrote changes! Whoa! Fun album, great vibes
Good fun album to listen to. Good music, just the sound quality was a problem during a few songs.
Just doesn’t have an iconic song that you’d expect.
Sabbath hits have always been great for me to listen to, never sat with a whole album though. It’s good, not great. I’ll come back to this though and give it another chance.
Ozzy just passed away yesterday, so I am sure that’s why I am reviewing this one today. I’m just not a big fan of heavy metal, but I enjoyed this one for the most part. I had previously reviewed two other Black Sabbath albums, Black Sabbath and Paranoid, and I certainly preferred this one over those two. Again, I am not a big fan of the genre, but I will give this one 3 stars plus.
Oddly this comes the day after "Paranoid" was teed up for review, and the same day Ozzy passed away. Vol 4 can't hold "Paranoid"'s jock strap but it has a few classics in "Tomorrow's Dream" (listen to "Fairies Wear Boots" afterwards), "Changes" & "Snowblind". It's a good hard rock album but it doesn't break any new ground for the genre or the band. They missed the mark for me on "Supernaut" & "Wheels of Confusion", just not great songs. 3 stars, it's good not great.
Black Sabbath is firmly the best of these metal bands in terms of melody and range. Found this release a bit uneven but enjoyable.
Nothing to complain about here. Slightly generic as well.
I used to own a first pressing record! not the best sabbath but I was still pissed it was ruined in the flood from hurricane Helene. Good thing my husband still has a copy!
Black Sabbath is a band I should have given way more attention to in the past. They continue to surprise me with their albums. Vol. 4 still brings solid metal rock with good guitar work and dark vibes but also shows a lighter side. Never knew it was a Black Sabbath cover but "Changes" by Charles Bradley is a great tribute. Pretty sure we'll see their 3rd installment on the list as well. RIP Ozzy...3.4 stars.
I've come to realize that I've unfairly overlooked early heavy metal and am glad to continue to have reason to delve into it further. It's no wonder Black Sabbath were huge and Ozzy was such an icon if these are the releases they were putting out. Vol. 4 has all the pieces you need to take you on a ride and keep you entertained. RIP to the Prince of Darkness. We lost a legend a couple weeks back. 3.13 stars
RIP Ozzy Met dat uit de weg, ben ik benieuwd of dit album qua rating opeens omhoog gaat schieten. Het is een heavy metal album, maar dat zou je eigenlijk alleen nog weten door de scheurende gitaren die er soms op een nummer bij zitten. Veel nummers vind ik juist heel erg melodieus en hoor ik bij Changes nu alleen een piano? Mooi man, ik ken natuurlijk de Charles Bradley(RIP) cover ontzettend goed, en vind die wel nog steeds mooier. Maar dit valt me alles mee! Sowieso is de stem van Ozzy goed passend bij de muziek. Later op het album word de muziek wat steviger, maar eigenlijk nooit echt herrie ofzo. Er zit een duidelijke melodieuze basis in en die waardeer ik heel erg. Als je dit dan vergelijkt met punk of, god forbid, noise rock is dit echt veel beter te doen. Er zitten heerlijke riffjes/loopjes op een aantal nummers die ik ook een beetje headbangend luister. Eigenlijk waardeer ik het beter dan ik van tevoren had gedacht. Dit album is best heavy, scheurende gitaren enzo, maar veeeeeeel minder schreeuwzingen dan bands als Guns n' Roses of Aerosmith. En dat trek ik ook een stuk beter. Vibes, prima te pruimen dit album. FAVO: Changes, Snowblind, Under The Sun/Every day comes and goes
A decent record from a band I grew up with. This has a couple of classic Sabbath, "Changes", "Supernaut" and "Snowblind", but the rest are just okay.
Rock AND Roll, strong but not bullish. I liked it
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3.5 Likte veldig låta Changes
Good timing on this album coming up (even if there was some manual intervention to do so). I really only know the hits from Black Sabbath and they aren't on this album. I feel like Vol. 4 is a move away from their metal sound and has a wide range of genre's in here. Changes being a good example of a ballad-esque track that works well. Still, there are some good old Black Sabbath tracks like Tomorrow's Dream and Supernaut that I really enjoyed. Solid album, RIP to the Prince of Darkness. Favorites: - Supernaut - Snowblind - Changes
Never listened before, and I think Spinal Tap ruined stuff like this for me; I just can't take it seriously.
Favorite song: changes
I liked it more than I thought
Fun album! Near genre mix, and great use of horns. Like the Whale Ad, but a record.
--Wheels of Confusion...takes a while to get going but once it does watch out --Tomorrow's Dream...this is some good sludge --Changes...I honestly didn't know this was a Sabbath song. I prefer the Charles Bradley version --FX...just remove this one, guys --Supernaut...hmmm, I like the guitar but the mixing is on the other instruments is muddy --Snowblind...good not great --Cornucopia...another track that takes a while to get going. Seems to be an issue with this album --Laguna Sunrise...nice interlude. I hear Zeppelin's Rain Song in here --St. Vitus Dance...meh --Under the Sun/Every Day...this kicks
Good record, quite alot of musical variety here which was interesting. This came on my list the day after Ozzy decided to go on his way.
Not my thing, but I like that the “random” generator paid its respects to Ozzy, and there was more diversity to the music than I was expecting.
This is a big slab of proggy metal by a band that paved the way for so much of the music I grew up obsessing over, but even in my most metal-devouring years as a young teen, I never fully clicked with Black Sabbath. I ‘get’ them today but this isn’t an album I find myself turning to (I’ll take Sabbath Bloody Sabbath though, or Master of Reality). I find a lot of the stuff on here to be a bit stodgy for my tastes, and ‘Changes’ and ‘Laguna Sunrise’ sound like they’re on the wrong record. I love that Black Sabbath existed, but I can take or leave this one.
Given recent news apologies if this seems a little irreverent but to me Sabbath have always been a spotty teenager in denim kind of band. I am sure they were forerunners etc.but I don't feel it has aged well. What first strikes me is how slow and long the songs are. There are Black Sabbath songs I quite like, but they aren't here. Revisit?: unlikely
RIP Ozzy. I enjoyed this more than I thought I would. It isn’t as drone-y as their last album we reviewed - it has a nice variety. Definitely a psychedelic flavour to this. My mind is kind of blown that Changes, of Big Mouth theme song fame, is a originally by Sabbath. It feels very poignant today.
Sigh. I found this album kind of underwhelming. I went in with the hype of Paranoid bouncing around in my head, an album that took me completely by surprise. I love that album. Add to that the hype from looking up "best Black Sabbath albums" and seeing Vol. 4 at the top of almost every list. So I was expecting something even better than Paranoid, which I gave a 4. And to add even more to that hype cocktail, the passing of Ozzy. I really wanted to his "best" work as a way of honouring him. Sooo ya, my expectations were high going into this album, and it just doesn't live up to the hype. Sigh. Maybe I ruined it for myself. Stupid. Stupid. Stupid. And the worst part is... *whisper voice* I think Ozzy is the weak link. He just doesn't deliver many memorable vocal melodies or lyrics throughout the vast majority of this album... except for one notable exception that i'll get to in a minute. Weirdly the rest of the band totally kicks ass on this album. The riffs are iconic and heavy and familiar in that they've been ripped off by 1000 other bands. The song structures are full of those rave up sections I loved so much on Paranoid (i still think fast Sabbath is better than slow Sabbath). There's a solid amount of instrumental variety. A folksy acoustic song (Laguna Sunrise). A dramatic piano ballad (Changes). A weird ambient noise cut (FX). All fun and welcome asides to the hard rock/metal that fills the rest of the album. The production is great, much more polished (which I like but I'm also a sucker for scrappy, lofi production so i'd probably prefer Paranoid, but I understand that on paper this is better). It feels like musically they have really pushed their original sound to its apex, and finally realized it (I bet this sounds like it sounded in their heads back in Birmingham when they were nobodies). I just wish Ozzy delivered a more memorable performance on top of all this badass instrumentation. Outside of Changes, which I'll get to in a minute, the only other memorable vocal melody I can think of is on Snowblind (which if i'm not mistaken is about the mountains of cocaine they were doing while recording this album). Maybe the cocaine was not helping him focus on the lyrics and melodies... but whose to say. Compare that to Paranoid... you've got War Pigs, Paranoid, Iron Man where half the planet knows the words and lyrics to at least one of those 3. Then you have the deep cuts with great, interesting vocal lines like Hand of Doom and Planet Caravan and more. Other than Changes, this thing doesn't even have a hit on it. Not that that means it's a bad album. But it's a symptom of the greater issue, that vocal performance is very underwhelming... again, except on Changes. And the piss off is... you know he still has it in him to craft hooks and good lyrics, he still hasn't written Crazy Train yet when this album is released and on this damn album there's the song Changes which has this absolutely incredible, heartbreaking, iconic chorus. It is by far my favourite song on this album. I love the simple lyrics, the minimalist piano, the synthesizer strings... and at the centre of it all is the wonderfully sad performance by Ozzy. It made this album worth checking out. I had no idea this was a Black Sabbath song. I only knew it from the Charles Bradley cover that's also the theme song for Big Mouth. Such a great song, both the Sabbath version and the cover. I really wish Ozzy had put the effort into the rest of the album that he put into Changes. The rest of the tracks are underwhelming in comparison. Sigh. This is a 2.5 for me, but in honour of Mr. Osbourne (and the effort the rest of the band put into this album), i'll round up to a 3. "You can do it Ozzy, bite his fricken head off" RIP.
Not the best but some good songs. Rip in peace
crazy coincidence listening to this album today
Very timely. Pretty solid.
Not my favorite Sabbath record but it’s got some good songs on it.
RIP Ozzy. Not a big fan of this genre but Black Sabbath/Ozzy does stand out as being one of the better examples of it. 5.5/10 (2.75/5)
Appropriate choice, random album generator. I listened to a few Ozzy solo albums yesterday but didn't dig all the way back to Sabbath. And I don't think I've ever actually heard this album so I'm interested to see if I recognize any of it. Having read the Wikipedia section about this album's provenance, I'm hoping this cup of black coffee will be enough to put me in the right frame of mind. When "FX" came on, I wondered what the story behind it was, and Wikipedia did NOT disappoint: "'FX' came about unexpectedly in the studio. After smoking hashish, the crucifix hanging from Iommi's neck accidentally struck the strings of his guitar and the band took an interest in the odd sound produced." P.S. - I remember reading about "Snowblind" but otherwise none of this sounded familiar.
Suprinsingly good. Escpecially after reading all the stories about the everest of snow and other substances they blew during the recording. It's my first Black Sabbath and I didn't think they were that old/early relly being pionners in the genre. I guees there's a good algorythm prompting an album after an artist death.
Overall, I prefer this album to Paranoid. I really like its sludge/stoner edge and some grooves are impressive for 72, thanks to Tony Iommi. A miracle since the band was deeply into drugs at that time. But Ozzy’s nasal, limited voice is just awful and somehow ruins what could have been a great album. Now that he’s gone, I can say that his personal success has always been a mystery to me. Was it pity? Was it confusion? The guy had been funny sounding, unintelligible and off-key for decades, and honestly came across more like a tragic pathetic junky clown than a rock icon to me.
Odd timing with ozzys death, but whatever. Will always get at least a 3 from me for supernaut, especially after al jourgenson showed us what a banger it could be.
This album is not as good as Black Sabbath’s earlier albums. I suppose if you’re a big fan you would enjoy this one, but I thought it was mostly standard Sabbath. Not horrible.
I mean, it rocks. It also kind of blends together and I don’t see myself coming back to it. Idk maybe it’s a 3 album day fatigue
Pour one out for the fella but this is not Sabbaths best work by a mile. The start and end of this album are standard fare but I feel the middle drops off as far as my personal taste is concerned. When I think of Black Sabbath I am typically thinking of the groove their music has, I think my lukewarm feelings about the middle tracks are really down to a noted absence of the groove that makes the tracks march along.
Obviously not their best album but clearly not their worst. RIP Prince of Darkness. 6/10 fav songs : Supernaut & Under the Sun
Was never much of a Black Sabbath fan, and this didn't change my opinion. RIP, Ozzy...
Wow. I surprised myself, I can actually say I listened to the whole thing and have a new appreciation for these guys-went and read Iommi's story, amazing-he lost 2fingertips in an accident on his last day of work in a factory-to still play made a prosthetic !? and started playing lefthanded
Solid album. Each band mate is at the top of his game.
Given Ozzy's passing this week, "Changes" has taken on a new meaning and level of somberness. The Mellotron gave it that church feel. Extra. I like this album, especially "Supernaut". It's funny how dark this type of metal seemed decades ago. Now, it feels thoughtful and introspective.
I've always liked Ozzy but never got too deep into Black Sabbath beyond the radio songs. I am impressed. What's funny is, mixed in with all Ozzy's antics and craziness, the guy can actually sing. This album has catchy melodies . I don't know why, but for some reason it just didn't strike me that Ozzy could really do this. I was also struck by how much Soundgarden has pulled from Black Sabbath. I find Iommi's guitar work to be really cool also. All the musicians are strong actually, and it seems like Ozzy was actually lucky to be able to front a band like this. RIP Ozzy. His music and persona will be missed.
Not as good as paranoid but still good music. Changes was a standout
RIP Ozzie (they gave us this album the day after he died)
Didn’t go as hard as I thought.
he ich bin am autofahre gsi bim lose, au scho ufmerksamer gsi. changes isch super. susch au eaaaasy geili sache aber cha nüm sooo viel gnaus sehe. het meh afoch guete rock aber nüt wo mi meega umhaut. e starchs 3.
On my newly-discovered scale of angsty teenage boy music, for which Slipknot is the actual, literal bottom, this rates pretty well. I wouldn’t listen to Black Sabbath outside of this project, but I’m not disliking this album. I’d even go so far as to say that I actively like Laguna Surprise. Also, RIP Ozzy Osbourne.
Can’t be a coincidence this album comes up the day after Ozzy dies. The band seems to have evolved quite a bit in the two years since Paranoid. The songs sound more complete, whereas a lot of their earlier songs sounded more like just a heavy guitar riff and Ozzy singing with a lot of space between. Was surprised to hear a couple slow songs which Ozzy can pull off with his voice (especially Changes). Liked it, didn’t love it.3.3
2.9 By far the most progressive effort of the early Black Sabbath albums, but I am unfortunately going to argue I don't really think that it works, the progressive parts felt disjointed from within the songs and didn't feel like there was a ton of flow, song to song. Iommi's guitar work is outstanding on its own and so is geezer's, and ward's. Changes is a cool song, Charles Bradley does an unbelievable cover (especially a live version with George Stroumboulopoulos, even if Charles isn't exactly nailing the lyrics). Still a decent album, but for me the weakest of the first handful of sabbath albums. RIP Ozzy
Nothing was bad, but also nothing seemed particularly noteworthy on this album. This is perhaps another victim of not reading the details in the book that highlight why this album holds a place on the list.
Is the list preordained or is this only because he just died? I confess being an acolyte of the first three and feeling at the time they were starting to pander to new fans (now I would call myself a bitch-ass rock snob), though why did I immediately not revel in the brilliance of Wheels of Confusion/Straightener? Maybe I was confusing polished self-awareness for lack of urgency? That being said, what fool allowed Changes to be recorded? There are a couple more lapses but all in all they are at the height of their powers.
Well, how apposite for this to turn up on Ozzy’s death day. Not a fan but I was strangely moved today. We’re going through Changes - RIP Ozzy!
RIP. Never been a big fan of his music but an indisputable icon. Snowblind was my favorite on this one - loved the slow solo. The rest was decent. Very consistent sound.
Good hard rock (doesn't feel thrashy enough to be metal to me). Never been a big fan but I liked the album. Changes seems a little out of place though.
I didn't hate this!
Never listened to Black Sabbath. Some good tracks. Quite different than I thought it would sound--not that cheesy hard rock proto-metal at all. 1st one has a bunch of time sig changes. 3. "Changes" chill and somber--I like the reverb I am sort of reminded of Yes, though Yes' bass and drums, i think, ties it all together. With some of these tracks, the guitars' slimy and drifty quality makes everything less solid and impactful. So you got some great tracks, though sometimes the incompleteness takes over. The ideas are there, I just need it to be taken home. Sometimes the singer's voice succeeds in this though, I can't lie. 7. "Cornucopia" hits it pretty good 8. "Laguna Sunrise" another chill song. Great guitar playing, and what seems like violins and strings in the background. Not what you'd expect from a band called "Black Sabbath".
Nothing that blew me away. Solid album nonetheless.
Surprisingly nice, might give it a listen again sometime
3.5/5
Some good riffs but nothing really caught my attention
COCAINE!!!
Was good. No SFX would've been better
If I didn't know this was Black Sabbath's album, I wouldn't have guessed it. Vol. 4 wasn't completely out of the realm of Black Sabbath but was more progressive than you think Black Sabbath could be. At the same time, heavy metal isn't far from progressive music. And Vol. 4 was definitely heavy metal, through and through, but I heard more of the artistic/progressive side of this band. The best part of this album is definitely that guitar, which slayed throughout.
A definite departure from earlier Sabbath, and I'm sure diehard Sabbath fans (I'm not) did NOT like Laguna Sunrise. A soft rock song on a heavy metal band's album!?!?! It's definitely going through Changes (I really dislike that song). 3.3/5 stars = 3.
Not my thing but not horrible!
This lands with full-on, coke-fueled, long-haired-loner rock energy. It's gritty - I always found BS a little absurd—but that's part of the charm. The lyrics do hold up surprisingly well; “Changes” in particular flooded me with the emotion (maybe it was the PMS). But also, listening made me smile - it took me back—summer break at my friend Liz’s house, smoking weed and spinning her mom’s old Sabbath records. We’d belt out the songs in our grungiest deep-metal-dude voices, collapsing in laughter on piles of laundry. Liz was a total chaos queen—one of the messiest people I’ve ever known. Black Sabbath was fitting.
A few head-scratchers, but overall I liked it
Pretty solid record. Enjoyed it, but not sure how much I'd come back to it.
Good not great. More in line with what I originally expected from Black Sabbath than Paranoid.
** 1/2 Well, gave it a try ( again). However, Never been a Sabbath Fan…hasn‘t changed.
these guys ARE METAL. tho it's hard to say it as the guys who kinda made metal into what metal is. cool stuff overall.
It’s Black Sabbath and it’s a really great album. Love it!
I admire the diversity, but the doom songs are too similar. And I swear I started to hear the solo from 'War Pigs' creep in somewhere.
"Changes" is a great song, but the rest are pretty forgettable. I dig Sabbath's sound, and Ozzy's voice is near the platonic ideal for hard rock like this. But most of these songs go nowhere interesting. A star less than the brilliant *Paranoid*.
I enjoyed this more than I thought that I would
Okay, sorry, but this just washes over me. Nothing really sticks, good sounds though.
I can really see why people like it, but it ain't for me!
This is fine. There were a few really great songs on here but I don't think it measures up to their debut. Really had to think hard about how I would feel listening to it in 1972 and that did make it a 3 for me when accounting for cultural impact.
Some good moments and songs but I feel like towards the end it's started tapering off - This however is an album that feels very harsh to rate after just one listen so maybe I will hold off
3.5/5
Standard Sabbath. 3/5
It’s probably really insensitive, but I find Changes by Black Sabbath really funny. I think it’s because the first time I heard it, it was Ozzy and Kelly Osborne singing it together and it sounded awful. Otherwise, this album seems to experiment more with genres than I was expecting (Changes being a prime example of this, to be fair). It was a fun album, but I’m not sure it should be considered an essential one.
Way more lowkey than I expected from the bat biters. 3.5
Personally, not my favorite Black Sabbath album but good nonetheless
Decent album, didn’t connect with any one song but it felt polished. Enjoyed it.
I guess I like Black Sabbath?
Kind of run of the mill, and not even all heavy metal. No standout songs in my not very knowledgeable opinion.
Interesting and at times good, but I also tired of the dude vibe loudness sometimes
Very good classic metal. Maybe it's not the best now but thinking that they are one of the innovators of this sound is pretty amazing. Very ground breaking stuff. Fun to listen to with great vocals and music. I'm sure I will listen to this again.
Another Black Sabbath album. Another album that I think is fine.
there's a few cahnges
Sounds like Sabbath. Good, but peaks after the first song. Tony writes some killer riffs though.
Technically very impressive but not my vibe.
While I’m not a big fan of Ozzy’s voice, and I had always shied away from Sabbath maybe as a result. I remember thinking they were so heavy, and as a young kid I was sort of scared of them. So I never really listened to them. I’m glad I did, this is okay.
3.5 stars. This album has a nice flow to it
Não me pegou tanto quanto eu achei que fosse 😩 Tiveram umas 3 que amei, mas o restante não me chamou muito a minha atenção.
It's giving noise, it's not bad noise it's just making me kind annoyed listening to them one after another. If they were in a mix I'd like them more
3.9 Would be 4 but not their best. Some of their best songs, but not the best album
Solid, albeit a bit disjointed. Back half was more enjoyable that the front half, but this album did push itself past a 3.5.
3+ Stars (9/15)
Quite a bit sharper, more polished, and more upbeat than the first two Black Sabbath albums. I liked it but didn't love it. Doesn't quite capture the fun or creative feeling their earlier work had, and rarely matches the more serious feelings of doom and gloom. It's all very competent and very energetic but I can't help but be slightly disappointed. Vocals are better and with less awkward lyricism, but that was kind of the charm of Black Sabbath and Paranoid. Also a bit too extravagant for my tastes in many areas.
I used to call them grandpa metal. Not because they are only for older folks but because they are metals actual grandpa. Great album, its musically solid, and doesn't feel old. Well worth the time to listen.
Solid album with a heavy and dirty sound that Black Sabbath makes palatable to the listener. The guitar work on this album is the clear standout.
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Not my usual listen but good to break the afternoon up.
Easily one's favorite heavy metal album of all time, which means it might just crack one's top 1000 overall. It's about textures and hooks, such as the bouncy guitar bits toward the end of the opener. "Changes" is a better than a power ballad and "Laguna Sunrise" also a nice break from the noise, if a bit heavy-handed and syrupy on the strings. "Snowblind" is also cool. There's a lack of pretension here that maybe Metallica woulda done well to emulate. Before he became a reality TV joke, Ozzy was kinda cool, no?
Vol. 4 é um sólido album de rock, que, até mesmo para alguém como eu (que não ouve muito Heavy Metal) pode se encontrar entrando na atmosfera das músicas e aprendendo a apreciá-las.
Not my favorite Sabbath album but still enjoyable!
Some of this is just typical hard rock, which I am not crazy about. But some of this is very different and I even enjoyed several songs.
It's alright.
Fine
I prefer the guitar to the singing.
it's something I listened to in the background, but not really my thing.
changes is a lovely slow song
Classic rock
A bunch of stuff I've never heard and some surprisingly good songs!
To be a fly on the wall when this album was made.
good album don't have much to say to it
I had Black Sabbath on The Sabbath! Yikes! Anyway, this is classic metal. Definitely an album which lacks big hits, but fun nonetheless. Favorite Track: "Under The Sun".
I had a boyfriend in high school who was into Black Sabbath. I just didn't understand the appeal. Of course, he didn't understand my love for post-punk either. Listening to them now, I understand the attraction a lot better than I did when I was younger, and I actually rather enjoyed this. This wasn't as "heavy" as I remembered it being. Best track is Snowblind.
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Pretty underwhelming compared to their previous albums. Changes is a classic, though. The engineering behind this album seems good, drums sound nice, but it's Sabbath; it should be heavier.
When I think of Black Sabbath, this is pretty much the sound I imagine. I wasn’t expecting a rock balled or acoustic interlude to be on here (“Changes” and “Laguna Sunrise”, respectively), but I was pleasantly surprised by them. Overall, I would say the album wasn’t anything special, but I did think it finished strong with “Under the Sun/Every Day Comes and Goes”. 3.5 Stars
Vol 4 is the 1st doom metal album. If you like that genre, this is like the firing gun of the genre. Doom Metal is a very low pitch sounding, riff oriented genre, dark lyrics, slow tempos and wailing solos. Is not my favorite Sabbath album, and I don't know if I would consider it as one of the 1001 albums all time. But the credit for starting a genre, must be given. Even maybe just one song, "Under the Sun" could be considered the one that defines the genre. The production could honestly be a little better, Some guitars are out of tune "Snowblind" , "St Vitus Dance", Others "FX" and "Laguna Sunrise" are filler tracks. It is an uneven record. I consider myself a Sabbath lover (from 1st album to Heaven and Hell), but I wouldn't call this their best album. On another hand, the album cover is iconic.
I forgot that Sabbath isn’t as dark and gloomy and satanic as I always perceive them to be. This is very sludgy blues. Heavy lazy sounding guitar and drums with a vocal delivery that, as I said, reminds me of the blues. Choice cut: Changes
Good, patches of very good
Some really good guitar solos!