Paranoid

Great album

3.6 good, black sabbath is probably my favourite metal band faves: planet caravan, war pigs

I could take or leave Ozzy, but this is great album.

Didn’t hate it.

This is the kind of metal that makes me understand why my metal friends like the genre.

Everyone growing up in the 70s knows Black Sabbath. War Pigs and Ironman were Hugh hits and staples at most high school parties. Good to reminisce while listening to this album.

This is the first time I’ve heard Black Sabbath outside their singles, and it’s great. So much better than I ever gave credit for - I thought they’d be the ‘Ozzy Show’, but they’re so much more than that. I used to be obsessed with Stoner rock / sludge / doom when I was a teen, and I could never understand why Black Sabbath were always cited as a key influence on those genres. I get it now. Tony Iommi has a way bigger legacy than his peers. I remember watching a documentary on him when I was a kid and that very distinctive guitar sound he has is because he lost the tips of his fingers working in a factory, and has metal tips. Must’ve been a right bastard to have that happen to you; but it worked a treat. Not half as cliche as I expected, and so much more than the singer. In fact his role is minimal. The whole record almost sounds like it was created in a 70s Birmingham factory. 4.5

Planet Caravan and Paranoid are great. I initially was hesitant to listen to this album, however it was a very fun ride. Never boring, sometimes daft, but quite well-made with a great overall sound.

7/10 pretty cool, a few good songs but nothing really special

Dedicating this 4 star rating to Nolan. Ty Nolan

I mean how can you not give this a 4. The first two songs alone are enough to give a 4. It doesn’t have a 5 bc honestly i don’t love it front to back. but there’s enough meta here for get a 4

IM POPEYE THE IRON DOOOOOOM MASK MAN

Cool album very good excellent I likey

Can't believe I needed to wait 80 albums for some good, proper metal

Wow, I could've sworn I'm not familiar with this music, but I know almost every track. Every one is a massive hit!

Wow. This would be a gut punch of a record but it's got too much artistic finesse. Black Sabbath have long been in a metal box that I haven't opened. What a listening experience this was. The riffs are big, roaring and relentless but also varied. This isn't just heavy for the sake of it. Planet Caravan is the best example here - an unexpected ambient prog rock interlude - those sort of shifts appear in shorter sequences across the record. Ozzy's vocals adds here too, they're tough but also sort of soft, reminded me of a screamier Jagger or Plant. Big. Very big. That this came out in 1970 makes it even more monumental.

4.5

Nice album, probably my favorite Black sabbath album

This is one of those albums that is so good it stuns me into silence, and it's a struggle to think of anything to write. How can I do it justice with my commentary? Well, here goes. Mass destruction, mass death, and mass brainwashing are the order of the day. Mix mechanized slavery and the Bomb into this, and you have a recipe for mass drug use to numb ourselves from the bleak reality of this dystopia we're all living in. I mean, what's worth living for anymore? That's the societal commentary here. But you know what? That music! So beautiful and calming. Let it sweep your paranoia and sadness away. "Our tragedy today is a general and universal physical fear so long sustained by now that we can even bear it. There are no longer problems of the spirit. There is only the question: When will I be blown up?" --William Faulkner, 1950

Signature songs, riffs galore and great vocals. A classic.

I'm like a 3.6 so I guess I'll round up

A classic.

Like a greatest hits. Much more to it than Vol. 4

I arrived surprisingly late to the party on this album. I don't really know why I missed it so entirely in my teens when I was really into what we now call classic rock. My hunch is I had a negative association in my mind between the band and some people I knew back then, or that I mistakenly assumed the band played hardcore doom metal or something like that because of the name and Ozzy's public image. But, hey, better late than never and I'm glad that a few years ago I listened to this album and still absolutely love it. So many great tracks on this record, and this band is full of genuinely superb musicians. And I honestly could listen to an hour-long version of 'Planet Caravan'. Tony Iommi's guitar work on that song is stunning.

Yeah, man, great stuff. So why only 4 stars? Dunno really. There's something a little ridiculous about this one, which is also part of it charm, but is also a little much. It's hard to argue against an album as influential as this one, brimming with all-time classics like War Pigs, Paranoid, and Iron Man. Though at the same time, the lyrics annoy me on this one in a way that they don't on their first album. I still love Hand of Doom and Faeries Wear Boots, though.

This made me angry in all the right ways

The back half of this is really weak compared to the front half. But it doesn't matter. It's metal being born.

I often wonder what it must have been like to hear an album that is so unlike what has gone before. I'd love to go back to 1970 and see

Memorable riffs for days form a potent rebuttal to the flower children, direct from England’s industrial wastes. While this LP misses some of the tenderness that would come with later records, it’s a cohesive and thrilling statement by an incredibly young band.

отличный альбом мне не хватило плотности звука местами, хотелось больше и жирнее в остальном -- супер

I was never really a fan of Black Sabbath but you gotta appreciate this awesomeness

Listened Before? Y What can I say about this one that hasn't already been said? It's probably one of the most classic hard rock/metal albums of all time. It's front-to-back good songs and it's simple. Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Iron Man

The track listing is clearly, in part at leas, the inspiration behind some of Spinal Tap - hilarious in places. I'd never really listened to most of this before - beyond the obvious track - and it was a fun listen on the whole. I liked it more than the easy Deep Purple I had a little while back and it seemed a bit more straight down the line. Perhaps it's the organ on Deep Purple stuff? An enjoyable listen. Yes, there's a drum solo but it's not quite as obnoxious. Might have scored a five without it though.

4,5

Less great than 1 and 4, but side A is stacked.

Three great classics, but the rest is good too. Hard to believe this album is so old! Barely out of the sixties!

Slight dip in the middle but very very good album

Fun!

Between songs like the title track and Iron Man, one could easily think this is a milestone of a classic album. This is further supported by the absence of duds, as well as a fairly mild aging effect (plus, let’s face it, although the album is considered “metal” it’s nothing like what passes for metal these days). I Therefore argue one is absolutely right.

5ish, but not quite.

Classic

One of my favorite Black Sabbath albums.

Rich album. Worthy.

A true metal masterpiece that laid the groundwork for future bands in the genre. So many of its themes still ring true 50 years later.

Jackson Pollock Ideas: Now Black Sabbath I can get into. This is so much better than other bullshit heavy stuff. Planet Caravan has me feeling some type of way. I'm loving the variation, it doesn't feel like I'm getting punched in the face over and over again. I'm ready for Iron Man to be punchy now. Boomfa left hook. Ok it was good for a metal, but definitely not enough for a 5. Also need to listen again for fav and least fav tracks, good sign that I didn't hate any tracks. Favourite Tracks: Planet Caravan Least Favourite Tracks: Overall: Thought it was pretty good maybe like a 7.5 on first listen, really good for a metal as I'm no fan. Had more respite from the heavy instruments then some current stuff I have heard. Still can't say I loved the heavy moments. Had some very cool instrumental moments, and the lyrical content sounded passionate. I feel like this rating could vary a lot with further listens. But its a low 4/5. (~7.5)

I enjoyed this!

ok this album rules!

Iron Man was the first Sabbath song I heard and 30+ years later it's still their best song. Does it need Planet Caravan or Rat Salad? Who cares when the rest of it's so bloody good.

Slay

Very good!

Not my thing as I don’t like Ozzy’s voice but I see why ranked.highly.

Don’t like classic rock but this was pretty good

I was super surprised by how much I enjoyed this album. Solid headbanging music that was interspersed with some genuine jazz influenced jams.

This and CotCK are the types of albums I embarked on this journey to find. Overall I'm super impressed with how good this album sounds, both on a musical level and a technical one. Really tight playing and great mixing to really bring out the interesting bits of each song. * War Pigs * Paranoid * Iron Man * Hand of Doom War Pigs - great mixing, great vocals, great riffs, great song Paranoid - annoying sound in right ear lol

Some of it wasn't too bad, need to listen again.

Really cool album with some great songs

Nunca lo escuché prestándole tanta atención. Creo que porque siempre.me pareció que el sonido quedó un toque viejo, un tanto rudimentario. Igual tiene un par de grandes canciones, y Kanye interpoló uno de ellos en Hell of a life. 8/10

Si querés escuchar metal hay que escuchar este disco. Definitivamente marca lo que es el estilo porque todo bien ya estaban Deep Purple y Zeppelin que tenian cosas re heavys y metaleras, pero ni en pedo como esto. Por momento roza lo progresivo en algunas estructuras pero es recontra re palero en escencia, o yo lo siento asi por lo menos. El sonido sinceramente no me gusta, no es que sea malo ni nada, no es mi palo. La guitarra que te parte la cabeza adelante de todo y el tacho por ejemplo se escucha muy bajo dentro de todo, los toms ni hablar. Igual no le bajo puntos por el sonido porque es una cuestión de gustos nomás. Muy espacial todo, en Planet Caravan la voz esta rarisima, es todo super alien. Ni hablar de Electric Funeral que es todo una cosa medio amorfa que suena como la concha de la lora, tiene como mucha textura la viola. Igual esta corto de graves, yo le hubiese puesto más, el bajo ni se escucha. Zarpado disco, una base de toda la música. Perdón yo me cebo a escribir y no paro.

A Sabbath como dijo la presidenta los quiero para la liberación, los quiero para la historia, los quiero para el trabajo, los quiero para la patria, los quiero para estudiar, los quiero para vivir, los quiero mucho y siempre los voy a llevar en mi corazón. No me imagino situación donde no pueda poner este disco, aunque en lo personal creo que alcanzan su pic en master of reallity. Siempre me pone de buen humor y suena pesado, eso me gusta mucho pero también me gusta que no me molesta el ruido que tienen, me deja llevar. Puedo escucharlo en el laburo, cocinando, tirada fumando porro, puedo ponerlo para hacer el sin espacio para jesus, que de hecho es para mi la mejor banda para el-sin-espacio-para-jesus. En fin solo pongo 4 estrellas porque me gustan mas otros de ellos pero está re bien.

a mi papa le gustaba black sabbath yo nunca di mucha bola me gusto mucho mucho no lo habia escuchado entero 8/10

4/5 I was wrong about how metal they were. I think I memorized the wrong band, TBH. I knew the most songs from this album than any other, and it had levels and paced itself so that when it rocked it was hardcore. I even shouted out praise after a drum solo, that's how much I like it. Would listen again. ( I'm now convinced that the more familiar an album is, the more I will like it. Further investigation needed.)

Enjoyed this more than I thought I would, had more layers and levels than I expected. Would listen to again.

4.5 This album is amazing. It just might be a 5/5 for me in the near future.

Liked this more than I expected as I'm not a big heavy metal fan.

Come on, Black Sabbath in E Standard tuning is like Thanksgiving without the cranberry sauce. Gimme that sludgy C# riffage. Paranoid is easily their most iconic album and stands as a relatively safe entry point to Heavy Metal, but they'd go on to make even better work than this.

Great album, a little dated but stick worth a listen Side one is great with some classic tracks Side two I felt loses it a little but still good - too short

Este es el clásico de los clásicos. Magnífico álbum

4.5

A great metal album.

Really good album, great songs and riffs on Warpigs, Paranoid, Iron Man, Faerie Boots

Ove godine sam počeo poštivati a i slušati Black Sabbath. Nekako je došao taj trenutak kad su mi sjeli i to je to. Pogotovo navečer kad vozim kući, najbolje paše. Odličan bend koji je u početcima svoje karijere pokazao kako se štancaju najbolji albumi u ranoj fazi.

Vaak gedraaid toen ik dit plaatje kocht, begin jaren 90, maar daarna nooit meer geluisterd. Geweldig om weer te horen en nog steeds even sterk.

an album of two sides. Part one contains some of the great heavy metal tracks - Paranoid, War Pigs, Iron Man - while Planet Caravan showcases that Sabbath were talented musicians and not just riff merchants. The second side really dips and there is nothing to stand comparison with the first four tracks. Still a really good album

The classic sabbath record. A classic that has become a boilerplate for a lot of metal but it's starting to sound a bit dated to me and I find it a bit predictable which is a shame because it's good music.

This is peak Black Sabbath.

I mean, it's Black Sabbath

Jazzier than I expected. Felt like a good intro to metal, which I've never got into. Enjoyed this a lot.

Better than I was expecting

Decent album. Didn't realize that most of the Black Sabbath tracks I already new were from a single album. Planet Caravan was probably the surprise previously unknown to me standout.

Outstanding.

Bestes Black Sabbath Album für mich bisher.

Love Ozzy, wish he was featured more, iconic album either way.

4.5 / 5 Brilliant. Great stuff start to finish.

yup that's a 4

Some classics in here.

we poggin

Enjoyed this. Also, it helped me power through some of my mountain of housework during nap time, which is I'm sure exactly what they had in mind for their music.

That’s was great, and it’s clear how influential Black Sabbath was on Alice In Chains!

8/10

Better than the last one. I like it 👍

great record

Pretty fucking good

I knew War Pigs, Paranoid, & Iron Man going in. I don't have a ton of experience with metal, so the rest was new to me. Not going into my main rotation, but I can appreciate it.

Thumping and bumping all through the night. Incredible album.

Always loved this album. Paranoid is an underrated all time song.

This album, while almost 30 years old when I was in high school, takes me back there. We listened to it a lot during some of my sports practices, so it's nostalgic there. It's not quite perfect, but it's pretty darn close.

listened to again definitely some classics

Hadn’t ever really given BS a chance but this album is great. Fun and rocking. The music and lyrics all fit the album well. Makes me excited to see if more Ozzy or BS shows up!

Great songs, all of them!

Niet elk nummer is geweldig. Andere nummers springen er weer echt uit.

War Dogs is such a great song. I also like Paranoid and Iron Man, but not sure if I've heard the rest of the album before. Musically; this is a great album, I probably would prefer listening to this album without Ozzy singing, and just enjoy the music.

Insane album ozzy vocals are great

Jolly good.

pas vraiment mon style de base mais j'aime bien Black Sabbath pour une raison qui m'échappe

- Recorded 4 months after the release of their debut album - Everyone is playing so intensely you can tell they’re giving their all - Some spots are. Bit rough around the edges but it adds to the emotion and heaviness of the whole thing - This album has so many classics, war pigs, paranoid, iron man - Ozzy’s vocals are super strong here, interesting use of tremolo and vocal effects throughout Fav - War pigs - Classic heavy riffs, ozzy sounds great - Big boomy drums least fav - hand of doom - I like the bassline and quiet loud contrast, great guitar work but the song as a whole doesn’t excite me 4/5

pretty good album

Really liked it! Surprised me.

Jotenkin kuvittelin tämän levyn menneen jo, mutta olipas kiva yllätys kun tuli eteen. Kova, tosi kova, rautanen. Ei silti riitä ihan kuninkuusluokkaan asti.

Assumed I would hate this, but really enjoyed!

Thought this was going to be fucking shit but I actually enjoyed it. Going to give it another spin!

Couple big tunes couple duds.

Another classic. Black Sabbaths “Paranoid” was another benchmark in history for music. Im not the biggest fan of metal, but this is an exception. Fr shoutout Black Sabbath. Favorite tracks: Paranoid, Iron Man, and I liked Hand of Doom & Jack the Stripper / Fairies Wear Boots more than I used to.

Belting - 3 or 4 total bangers here, and not much is better than Warpigs

The highs of Paranoid have something of the curse of familiarity, initial heaviness giving way to hits which sometimes get a little silly. But silly is hardly a bad way to be, and that Black Sabbath register worked its magic on me quietly. No duds here, just solid tunes. The band trades experimentation for stability and still rocks.

This was cool when I was 15 and obviously pretty groundbreaking for its time. It holds up relatively well, which is pretty impressive.

Amazing guitar riffs and Ozzy's vocals are just fantastic

Love it. Classic again. Raunchy

Iron Man and Paranoid

War pigs

Did not know they made Ironman, which I only knew from Cardigans. Whole album survived like Ironman does

I liked this a lot more than expected

Despite not liking Metal as a genre, I do love a bit of Sabbath. They did it first, and best. Iy’s easy to forget that tis album was released in 1970. Paranoid is a fantastic tune, but I found my attention wandering after the first half of this album. War Pigs is great too, so maybe I just love the ‘hits’? Still a great album though.

As much as I love "Iron Man" and "Paranoid", "Planet Caravan" is now my favorite song off this album.

This is the best Black Sabbath album on the list. I had not heard this whole album in its entirety before. Several of the songs are classics and are great. Although War Pigs does not need to be 7 minutes long. Paranoid is the best song on the album.

The first four songs were legendary. The other half of the album was decent. Ozzy Osbourne is the man.

So many classics on this album

Listened to on 8/29/22 4/5 Favorite song: paranoid Metal music usually scares me but this album was phenomenal and had pretty much all of their hits on it

Some classic guitar riffs that kick butt. Favorite song is Paranoid.

Knew Paranoid from Guitar Hero and war pigs from radio. First listened to full album in 2015 on mushrooms. Amazing. Not quite as good as Black Sabbath (album), but still very good. 5/8 Stars

Banger

it's fine? i liked it? Highlights: planet caravan war pigs

Pretty great!

Legendary, exciting to listen to.

Planet Caravan-- sophisticated slow roll is a nice break Fairies Wear Boots- solid rocker with cool time signature changes. Love this Overall, I'm digging this album a lot! Political , good jams, and solid instrumentation .

I knew of Black Sabbath. I had not listened to the full album before. Very nice indeed

Classic

first half is a monster!

Classic! Love the hits. Album cuts were solid but not quite the same level...

A classic and solid album.

more fun than I imgined!

Kicking things off with an album I've heard countless times and never tire of. It's like the algorithm KNOWS ME. Fantastic album and has some of my favourite Sabbath songs on it. War Pigs never ceases to get me into a rockin' good mood. Same for Paranoid. Planet Caravan is simply haunting. And such a change in mood and groove from the previous tracks. Iron Man always makes me think about The Road Warriors because in the early days of their wrestling career that was their walking to the ring music. Love the bluesy groove to Hand of Doom.

Very good, definitely revolutionary for its time and greatly influential for many years to come. For me it's not exactly the sound I'm actively looking for these days. In the past I liked it way more than now, but tastes change and evolve so I'm not blaming the album for suddenly getting worse or anything like that.

Solid album and always a great listen.

Classic Black Sabbath. Surprised with grooviness of the song Planet Caravan.

It holds up amazingly well: they really were on the leading edge of something new and all the elements are harmonized in service of that sound and sensibility. There is a little too much muddy recording and sometimes kind of dumb lyrics (though they are mostly pretty good and well ahead of most of their genre ilk) for a perfect score, but it’s a great album.

Krasser Druck und auch viel bluesiger als erwartet. Wirkt heute noch neu. 5 Sterne Respekt und 3 Sterne Begeisterung gebe. 4 insgesamt

An all time fav! More than four stars but not quite five

What is there to say about this album that hasn't been said a million times? Black Sabbath paved a road forward for heavy metal with this 1970 album. It would become a blueprint for successful heavy metal music for decades to come. The album has some of the most amazing and memorable riffs to ever grace music, and at least THREE songs from this album (War Pigs, Paranoid, Iron Man) have stood the test of time and are acknowledged as among the best heavy metal songs ever, even all these decades later. Every other song on this album, while not all as commercially appealing to the general public, serve the same level of amazing quality metal and offer a blueprint of success for the genre going forward. This album is iconic. This album is the definition of legacy.

very good start to finish

Solid album by Black Sabbath. To think that this came out in 1970 is pretty crazy. The landscape of music was not ready for what Black Sabbath contributed at that time. Really changing the rock genre towards something more hardcore. This album is probably their best with great riffs and eerie lyrics and sounds. Plus some of their most popular hits. 7.7/10

Helt bankande.... ett minuspoäng för att bokstavligen ha uppfunnit metal, den sämsta genren. (Det är ett skämt, jag ger det en fyra för att det är ungefär hur jag känner mig om skivan...)

a legendary album that's a teensy bit played out at this point, but an incredibly accessible foray into metal-like sounds.

Wow, that was really good. Much better than expected. 4.5/5

Solid album with some undeniable classics!

War Pigs to Electric Funeral, all bangers. After that I feel like it loses steam. The vocals aren’t my favorite, but sometimes they work well.

This turns out to be a really good album. Obviously some classics like War Pigs, Paranoid, Iron Man; but even ones I don't know like Electric Funeral and Jack the Stripper (dumb name) are pretty rad.

A musty, dark and rather crabbit little album - if you forget that it's also casually helping to invent heavy metal in the first place. The interplay between Ward's impressionistic drumming and Butler's bass playing is beautiful. Yes, Iommi provided the huge riffs ('Iron Man' pretty much kick-starting the entire doom metal genre) but it was the boys in the rhythm section who ensured Sabbath's sound remained so idiosyncratic. Lovely stuff!

Not as terrible as I was expecting

Vaker luister om verschil op te merken. Klinkt nu wel heel erg naar alleen elektrische gitaren. Verder wel een masterlijk album.

Absolutely ace! A heavier, more fun version of Led Zep with a slightly less screechy vocal, but far more political lyrics. Rightly a classic with surprising laid back jazzy song as well. Great!

Classic album, really ahead of it's time. Loved it, but it's not perfect.

OOGH. Another childhood staple. Grew up on this one. This album is definitely one of the best in the style. Possibly THE best in the style. The style happens to not be my ALL TIME FAVORITE THING EVER IN THE WORLD. I really want to give this 5 stars but I don’t knowwwwww. I don’t feel blown away by it. I just don’t. It really is perfect. I have 0 complaints. But I just don’t feel blown away by how good it is. If I could play like any of these people I’d trade in the skin on my face. I’m sorry but 4. A really high 4. Maybe if I smoked. Idk. I’m sorry.

It's a seminal and influential album that misses the 5 stars for me because it meanders off halfway through but War Pigs, Paranoid, Iron Man and Fairies Wear Boots are as good as it gets.

Yeah, this is excellent. 4/5 for me. Opening track is really fun, then Paranoid is a classic. Planet Caravan (Track 3) is really odd - feels completely out of place on the album and isn't interesting at all in its own right for me. Back to form on Iron Man, then a couple of good but not great songs before it perks up again at the end. Only critique of the album as a whole is that the songs drag a little bit, could maybe do with shaving 30 seconds to a minute off a few of them. Paranoid really leaves you wanting more, but some of the others go on a bit too long.

L'avevo anche già sentito, dei Black Sabbath credo sia il più famoso infatti. Non mi è dispiaciuto, solo che me n'ha sparato uno loro tipo due giorni fa, non ne avevo super voglia lol.

Good stuff.

8/10 very good in spite of corny lyrics

7/10. Some good songs, but probably wouldn't relisten to the whole album

I really love parts of this album but other parts felt pretty slow. 8/10

Good band, good albun

Classic. The whole "First side" of the album is amazing. That side alone is a 5/5. The rest of the album is good too. Standouts: Iron Man, War Pigs, Paranoid Others; Planet Caravan

Classic rock is classic.

A lot less heavy than I thought it would be. I wasn't aware of the non-hook sections of this album and was way more musical than I was expecting. Ozzy was charismatic and def a force in this band, but I would classify him as musically-inclined and not necessarily a musician. "Hand of Doom" that intro made me think I had cut to a diff album

Total classic.

'Generals gathered in their masses/Just like witches at black masses'... what a kick-off! This is one of those albums that transcends whether I normally like that kind of music, it's so good. One of the, if not The, greatest metal albums of all time I'm sure. My top pick is 'War Pigs' but I also enjoyed 'Paranoid' and 'Fairies Wear Boots'. Another time I wish this a ten star scale as this is really a 9.

Classic. Probably gonna have this album on heavy rotation for the next few weeks

Wow! Trip down memory lane!

I heard this pretty recently, so I don't even need to hear this to know how much I like it. Classic album, although I do prefer their self-titled debut more. Solid 4 for me.

Side 1 is excellent - Side 2 lets it down a little. But overall a great album.

Good 70’s rock

War Pigs is my favorite Sabbath song, I think. This record is excellent. The drums sound so dead. The fuzzed out guitars. Ozzy's vocals are as strong as they'd ever be. I'll always listen to this record. It's heavy but also sort of mellow. I wonder if these guys smoked week? Heh.

This has to be the best Sabbath album, right? War Pigs, Paranoid, Iron Man - all the songs that drunk bikers karaoke to. I actually do like this album, but I'm not sure why. I think I was surprised by the simplicity of it. It hits you hard, but it's also really under-produced and stripped down. Guitar, bass, drums, vocals - that's it. No special effects - just point a microphone and go. There's something respectable about that. I'm not sure if this is a "hard 4" - but I gave their last album a 3 and this one is definitely superior.

Dope album!! Of course the classics are great but the other 5 songs are still great. Rat Salad might be the exception, but it’s almost like an instrumental interlude. Big fan of this. 8/10

Listening to their music was a simple act of collective ritual that required no education. But unlike Beatles fans (who became pop singers at best), the teenagers who identified with the "lightness" of Black Sabbath's music were the very ones who would form rock bands: Black Sabbath spread an alien virus, the heavy metal virus. (8/10) FT: War Pigs, Paranoid, Planet Caravan, Iron Man

Bang

When I was in Middle School, Ozzy was legend. All the stories about biting bats heads off on stage, and his weird performance style were the main attraction. His music I feel took a backseat in the conversations because we were kids and didn't really understand. Now, I am happy to revisit this album. War Pigs is incredible. What a song. The guitar riffs are so awesome, Ozzy sounds great. Paranoid is a classic. Again, it shreds, it rocks, and it is iconic. And Iron Man, of course more iconic riffs and awesome rocking. What an album! And the whole thing clocks in at 42 minutes. Beautiful.

I really enjoyed a lot of this album. Didn't really consider myself a black sabbath guy, but they impressed me.

Намного мягче, чем я думал

Track 01 - 5/5 Track 02 - 5/5 Track 03 - 4.5/5 Track 04 - 4.5/5 Track 05 - 4.25/5 Track 06 - 4/5 Track 07 - 3.5/5 Track 08 - 3.5/5 Overall: 4.25/5 Album Art: 1.5/5

Classic album - lots of hits

J'ai reçu ce matin au réveil un appel de Robert qui voulait savoir pourquoi j'avais un retard de huit critiques sur le générateur. J'ai tenté de bafouiller quelques excuses mais Robert n'en a pas du tout été convaincu. Résultat des courses, je dispose d'un délai d'une semaine pour toutes les rédiger. Dans le cas contraire, Norbert Episode sera chargé de me rendre une nouvelle visite faisant suite à celle de la semaine dernière (cf critique d'Animal Collective). Un très bon album de Black Sabbath à part ça.

Une fois n'est pas coutume, un des albums les mieux notés du générateur tient enfin son rang. Ce qui n'est pas le cas de mon camarade d'écoute robtenaillère, qui compte une fois de plus de multiples reviews de retard. Après son déclassement de bras droit de Robert à simple auditeur générateurien (a mon profit, puisque je le rapelle je suis le nouveau bras droit de Robert), rob multiplie les bavures. Un long chemin de croix, qui seul dieu (Robert, dont je suis le bras droit) sait où cela le menera.

Track 3 is surprising for a black Sabbath track

First time listen for me - pretty good

Stacked first half. Need to listen to back half again. Great album though.

Great Classic Metal Riffs

Brilliant !! 4*

Hmmm… Have I discovered a little metal head living inside my skin??? I suppose I am still exploring this possibility, but I did find this album quite enjoyable. And, I was told there would be more Satan.

I wasn’t looking forward to a Black Sabbath album. Not really what I typically think of as music I would listen to. But I’m willing to listen to all of these albums once… and I do know the song “Iron Man”. Not my favorite song, but we’ll see. I started the album and realized I did know the first song “War Pigs”. Looking at the lyrics, I found I kind of liked it. Then “Paranoid” came on and I realized I not only know the song, I really like the song! “Planet Caravan” was new to me, but I the moody description sailing through space under the watchful eyes of the war god Mars was a surprisingly tender song. When “Iron Man” started, I started feeling my fingers moving and suddenly realized where I know all these songs from. Several years ago I played a lot of Guitar Hero with my friends and had played along to these songs often… Raised in the 70s and 80s, “Electric Funeral” resonated with its horrific vision of atomic destruction. As a bonus, I think it ends with some just punishment for the wicked. “Hand of Doom” is a surprisingly sultry depiction of war leading to drug addiction. That was a theme on one of the songs on the John Prine album I just listened to as part of this project. How cool is it that doing this 1001 project I can compare/contrast these two artists?! Black Sabbath presents a much more graphic depiction of the subject well-suited to the hard, ominous music they make. “Rat Salad” was a groovy 70s metal instrumental with a prominent drum solo (not my favorite thing in music), but I liked it well enough since it was pretty concise. A lot of bands indulge a little too much in their solos to stay interesting on a recording. I appreciated Black Sabbath keeping this one tight. “Jack the Stripper/Fairies Wear Boots” had some good 70s metal to wrap things up. The singer is a bit obsessed with the fairy in boots, and I’m not exactly clear on what the singer is observing. Although maybe the doctor’s diagnosis at the end explains things? I’m glad I listened to this album, and I will listen to them again, although maybe not in one sitting like this. Black Sabbath still isn’t squarely my thing, but I’m more than happy to dabble in their music now and again.

Remember when I heard i first time. I was fifteen years and was surprised over the "new sound". It's a very good record 👍

I'll give it high marks for War Pigs and Paranoid, but I've never really liked Black Sabbath's music. Also I really don't like Iron Man.

I'm not a huge Black Sabbath fan, but there's no denying the riffs and the power of their early albums. They were definitely pioneers of heavy metal. 4 stars.

How have I never listened to this whole album before? Going with 4 but I may regret not setting it as a 5.

Much closer to getting top marks than I expected. Busy boys to follow up with another album the same year as their debut. A couple of massive tracks on there and interesting jazzy stuff as well.

great album great songs, sometimes the flow of the lyrics is a bit lacking

Gosh darn it I'm gonna slap a four on it and be done with it. I'll be honest I had low low expectations here. Never had any interest in listening to these bozos, but it turns out there's nothing bozoic about it. The instrumental tracks of Planet Caravan and Rat Salad (lovely name) are really enjoyable (barring the awfully long drum solo in Rat Salad (lovely name)). As much as it makes me cringe slightly hearing the guitar riffs to Paranoid and Iron Man, on this occasion I feel like applauding them for writing something so catchy and simple. Really enjoyed a lot of the more intricate guitar, especially on War Pigs. I guess I feel like it's pretty intriguing stuff but I wouldn't have it on my living room wall ya know.

Funny that music that seemed heavy and subversive in the 70s does not today. Except that whole bat thing... seems like a misguided idea in the wake of covid. A bit slow for me, but still like it a lot. High 3/low 4 Iron Man is overplayed War Pigs is great

Another eye roll album where I am happy to be proved wrong. Heavy. Bluesy. Dark lyrics. Melodic. 4/5. Maybe slightly higher because of how timeless and influential it feels.

Man, this is better than I remembered. The melodies are thick, heavy and robust, basically the beginnings of doom metal I think? Ozzy's voice is mildly annoying, but I think that's because I'm hearing him saying "Sharon, where are me keys Sharon?". The young Ozzy actually had a pretty good voice and it suits the music. I like the socio-political leaning lyrics. It's a good album. 4*

Classic metal... I enjoyed this for the most part. The title track is my favorite

Big hits with just a few misses. So good!

pretty good actually

Iron man really slows this whole thing down unfortunately

They'd benefit from not standing at the other end of a concrete hallway from the microphone. The tracks they are in the same room as the mic for are great.

What an album! Ozzy and the boys kill it here with 3 of their--and perhaps the genre's--most recognized songs occupying the A-side. Still undecided on "Planet Caravan", it works as an intermission of sorts between 3 face melting classics, but it also feels like a flat tire on an otherwise peerless record. Also, while I reserve the right to change my opinion, I currently love the camp album cover as there's nothing wrong with bringing some humour to a really self-serious genre. ⭐⭐⭐⭐ (4.5)

Has some bangers on it. Favourite has to be the title track. But there are a couple on here I can't really imagine listening to again, ie track 3.

The most famous black sabbath album, Iron Man, War Pigs, Paranoid are timeless bangers

un genio ozzy

Classics but a little bloated

enjoyed more than i thought i was going too

Was not happy when this came up as the first album on this. but nah this album is pretty incredible it deserves the legend status. They weren't just "The first heavy metal band", they created so many elements of it on this one album. The sparse heavy riffs, the quiet/loud dynamic, the sludgy riffs, "paranoids" very punk rocky, "Planet Caravan" is basically an Alice In Chains song lmao. Def some real shit here, better listen then I expected.

Great album, knew I liked it anyway. Really well composed and each song is fun and interesting in it's own right

Classic rock/metal album, really recommend listening to at least everything before fairies wear boots. I feel like there is probably a reason behind fairies wear boots being there, but without it I feel like it comes off a little pretentious -- "here, listen to the album again but slightly different..."

10/10 would recommend to a friend.... or would I?

Almost 5 stars just for iron man

Eyyyy it's the other good Brummie group. I think we've had all three of them now. This is a very good album, slower tempo but doesn't sacrifice intensity.

Solid Black sabath album. An album i would not mind listening to at another point.

An amazing fusion of guitar, drums, and voice. Album record in 1970, difficult to believe in it.

A classic, filled with classic hits.

ok now this is epic

A true example of an album before it’s time. So much heavy fuzzy distortion used to full effect in Iron Man & War Pigs for example. Doom metal is a genre used so much these days but this album is where it all started. 4 Stars!

- very fun - great for not heavy metal fans

Really enjoyed this good stuff. Needs another listen.

Classic tunes, melodic album which was a more theatrical than expected.

Great opening and enjoyable throughout

An Iconic album that lives up to the hype. Its very much classic rock rather than the metal that it sometimes gets shoehorned in with. Maybe tails off a little in the 2nd half but has some classic rock riffs throughout. 4/5

Discovered this only recently. Great.

Discazo, obvio.

Metal. Dos megahits.

I've never been a Black Sabbath fan, but when listening to this album I can understand the appeal. This is a pretty seminal recording of early heavy metal with some pretty kick ass tracks that stand up well 50 yrs later. I finally know what those metal heads were going on about now.

Classic Black Sabbath album, and Planet Caravan is pretty cool. Easily an 8/10, maybe more

Ah, pues me vine a enterar que Black Sabbath sí me gusta, jaja. Ubicaba "Paranoid" y "Iron Man", pero disfruté todo el disco, tiene sus riffs imponentes, que sus bajos por acá, las percusiones, todo el hard rock que puedo pedir o esto ya es metal? Como sea, viva Ozzy y compañía. "War Pigs" sí es rolón y "Electric Funeral" también me gustó bastante. 9/10

A badass album, classic sabbath, all their hits.

It’s a good rock album, and I really enjoy these classic riffs. I am just not a fan of the overall songwriting.

It's hippy music, but it's classic hippy music.

Este si ya es cosa seria

A cool metal album!

this was amazing. high 4

Love sabbath

Classic

Pretty good, has some good classics like: War Pigs Paranoid

What a monster. Every track is a hit so far. Didn’t know all of these were from same album

Solid album, good ballads, coherent story. Weirdly reduces the paranoia.

Great album

Pretty good

Like Sabbath

Just the beginning of an era, awesome album

Nice

Great guitar! Some classic songs like Iron Man and Paranoid. The vocals match the vibe, normally would find this kind of singing a bit grating to the ears, but it really works.

Pretty good, I remember listening to this about 10 years ago and it was definitely unlike anything I had heard before. Listening to it again in 2021, it still holds up but doesn't really sit well with me since I'm not a huge metal fan.

Diese Platte kenne ich, seit ich 14 oder 15 bin. Sie ist (sehr) gut, verflacht aber gegen Ende etwas.

Achei um tipo de rock bem foda

Great follow up to S/T. More extremely influential music and better production. The bent notes alone on Iron man are better than 90% of the metal released after this.

WHERE’S THE REMOTE

Album med gang i den. Klassisk rock med mange fede numre. 4,5 stjerne. Jeg synes desværre at Ozzy stemme er lidt irriterende til tider.

Good angry music, reminded me of Jesus Christ Superstar. Also, I didn't realize that Iron Man was on this album!

Great album

Baita descoberta. Muito mais suave e harmônico do que imaginei que seria. Agora ocupa o mesmo lugar que os bons blues no meu coração, mas com espaço pra força e momentos de honrar a raiva também. Solos vibrantes e estonteantes. Começo maravilhoso.

Not a bad album. I wouldn't recommend for all occasions, but it's fascinating hearing the start of heavy metal.

Key songs: Paranoid, Iron Man, Planet Caravan, Electric Funeral

Actually enjoyed it

Liked this more than I thought I would. Iron Man is pretty silly but overall I like the heavy guitar riffs across the whole album. I can hear the influence in a lot of modern stuff.

Ну не нравится мне ни металл ни протометаол

Trash, dusty, classic

429/1089 the ending of War Pigs is SO good, love those guitar riffs I fear Iron Man got overplayed bc of the obvious culprit… it’s still good but has lost its shine imo. Electric Funeral is my fave so far i enjoyed this one, it was well executed but i hopef to hear more stuff that really piqued my interest i’d place it above self titled but below vol 4 faves: electric funeral 65/100

6/10 No es malo, pero meh. Tiene buenos solos pero no resalta ni me llama nada

Ok

Not a fan of the genre, but there were a few tracks that i liked

Nothing about Black Sabbath excites me, but I don't mind having it on in the background

“War Pigs” is a great opening to an album, then to follow it with “Paranoid” sets the bar high for the rest of the album - a high bar that is, sadly, not generally reached again. “Planet Caravan” harks back to the psychedelic 60s, which feels out of place in general for this album - especially when it is followed by “Iron Man”, which is this album’s other highlight. The rest of the album is never quite as great as the 3 big tracks, even if I do quite like “Fairies Wear Boots” - but you can’t deny the influence this has had in the pushing 60 years it has been since it came out. It’s probably a 2.5* for me, but the strength of the biggies is undeniably worth rounding up.

There are a ton of absolutely classics on this album, though as someone who loves weird cover versions with big genre-shifts, it did mean I spent a decent amount of time thinking about bluegrass and brass bands during listening. War Pigs is possibly my favourite on the album (shoutout for The Big Push's cover) because I love the sharp jabs of instrumental cutting out completely with Ozzy's vocal just taking attention. Paranoid is probably the standout track though (whatever the opposite of a shoutout is for Weezer's cover) as it's probably the definitive Black Sabbath song for most people. I've never listened to this album before so it was interesting to me how willing to slow things down they were. It's far from the (now almost cartoonish) heavy metal legacy of the band. Ultimately this is a genre of music that's not something I'll regularly want to listen to (ridiculously long drum solos outside of an actual gig make me want to break stuff), but I did enjoy the majority of this. 3/5

Not bad at all and it has some nice moment but it never had any standouts

Lite högt och lågt här. Paranoid är en jäkla bra rocklåt. Snyggt riff och bra sång. Inledande War pigs är däremot rätt tråkig riffrock. Ibland låter det lite taffligt när Ozzy sjunger unisont med gitarriffen, som i Iron man. Svårt med betyget, men jag kan bjuda på en trea. Bättre än mycket annan hård rock från 70-talet.

Heavy metall? Nä, snarare psykadelisk, progg blues. Och visst BS är betydligt roligare än annat, kategoriserats som metall, som tidigare slumpats fram. Bara för detta ska vi inte sänka måttstocken. Ozzy går knappast till historien som någon av de större sångarna. Rätt monotont vilket låtarna emellanåt också blir. Samtidigt bryter de jazziga inslagen av på ett fint sätt. Snarare än att lyfta fram vissa låtar som sticker ut finns partier i respektive med såväl toppar som dalar. Batteristen uppskattas ska också föras till protokollet. Det blir en trea som nog snarare sneglar uppåt än nedåt.

Jag är positiv överaskad. Ozzys närmast monotona sång och de långsamma riffen är på plussidan. På minussidan har vi att flera låtar ebbar ut i trista bluesrockjam. Mest överraskande är den jazziga Planet caravan ( det enkla pianot I slutet av låten är magnifikt). Den närmast funkiga Hand of Doom är också bra.

Not always a fan of Ozzie's vocals here. Quite liked some of the riffs that were new to me. Not a bad listen.

One banger but nothing else to hook me in

Some really good highlight tracks. Not quite my cup of tea but you can see the roots of the metal genre and how it shaped it throughout the years

I respect this album but it just isn't really My Thing

War Pigs is classic. Planet Caravan is not what I was expecting from Black Sabbath but I love the vibe.

A classic

Not adding anything to the playlists, but enjoyed a surprising amount of the songs on here

Fine

ура теперь запомню уор пигз и айронмэна! поняла что Оззи завышает

Not a big heavy rock fan, but really enjoy this theatrical bit of nonsense. Some great tunes!

Great drums and guitars. Not so fond of Ozzy’s voice. Overall 6/10

73

Tracks longer than 3:59: Yes Long tracks interesting or special: Aside from War Pigs, none of the others need to be over 4 minutes. Album shorter than 58 minutes: Yes Will listen to album again: Not likely Overall: This is not a genre I normally listen to, but there was definitely some nostalgia tied into my enjoyment of the album. That said, I can’t imagine throwing the album on, but I will enjoy hearing Wars Pigs, Paranoid and Iron Man in the wild.

I wrote a review for this, but it was lost :/ In summary, Planet Caravan stands out the most to me. Paranoid was also pretty good, but otherwise the sound was kind of bland.

I liked this more than I thought I would, but the vocals are so wholesome and so silly.