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Paranoid by Black Sabbath

Paranoid

Black Sabbath

1970
4.19
Rating
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35%
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45%
Distribution
Genres: Metal, Rock Styles: Heavy Metal, Hard Rock

Reviews (page 6 of 18)

5 I can tell how influential this album was, and is. It’s the basis for a lot of music today.

Not my favorite. It's quite chill but still got a slight Rick vibe, it's too quiet and not really enough for me. I would recommend tho, but probably won't listen again

Solid 🪨

As easy as this gets. Every track is an unimpeachable stone cold classic. The biggest, most important building block of metal. I’ve heard these songs 1000s of times and spending the day with them yesterday was still a thrill.

Never listened to Black Sabbath but I actually really like this album

0 bad songs straight heat

Very good album, really enjoyed this

I love classic metal and this band are one of the prime immortals of this group. Powerful vocals, thumping drums and bass, all tempered by wonderful lyrics and beautiful melodies. As Ozzy clearly tells us Enjoy Your Life and I know my life has been better with these guys in the world.

Fun times sounds like weed

It sort of plods on like a wooly mammoth on quaaludes, but other than that it's great.

CLASSIC and FOUNDATIONAL kinda decent

Black Sabbath goes hard

This album is so damn good. Black Sabbath created my favorite genre: metal. Most of the bands I listen to today such as Bongripper, Sleep, YOB and Windhand were directly influenced by this band. Their first three albums are just about flawless. Paranoid is probably their peak as a band, no notes.

Very good.

Heck yeah

killer guitar riffs throughout this record. amazing drum solos. great range between tracks like “black caravan” and “iron man”. a monumental metal album

I know this is considered a metal classic but I've never liked this band. Whiny vocals boring guitar .5/5

Quintessential stuff. Well produced, I especially like the dryness en crispness of instruments - drums in particular. The vocals are recognizable and probably for that time especially outstanding.

Iommi guitar double-tracked, Geezer on low end, Ward bashing, prince of darkness. What more do you need? Keep it simple stupid.

Didn’t think id love it like I did

Brings back so many memories. I understand better now how Ozzy, Geezer, and Iommi would have grown up in the shadow of the Beatles, Stones, Who, and American rock. To feel so close in age, yet still an outsider. You hear both the severance for electric guitar, but also the anger of wanting to create a new type of music of their own.

For me the best Black Sabbath album. Love every bot of it

I know how significant this album was for heavy metal, the impact it had when it came out, and the place it deserves in music history. Yet, I can't help but default to the basics: This is not my type of music and I can't give it a full listen in one go. 3 stars.

Well the first half of the album is three stone cold classics plus Planet Caravan. That song is also pretty damn tasty. Then Electric Funeral keeps up the typical Sabbath energy. Hand of Doom and Rat Salad are pretty good times too. And then Jack the Stripper. Terrific album! A seminal work. Insane to think of the influence this album had. And it's 1970! It's like 15 years ahead of its time!

By far my favourite Sabbath album 🤘🔥

sounds like the other one

Incredible, beginning to end. Oddly for me, Iron Man is the weakest song, the rest friggin rock.

Still holds up so SO well. No notes, all love.

A great album all the way around

Heavy. This seems like just as much a cultural touchpoint as Altamont in terms of the end of the 60's.

Iconic classic ily imy ozzy

Ozzy and company have amazing albums, aside from this sophomore effort, but none of their other albums have eight tracks with the exquisite cohesion of Parnoid. The LP is considered by many to be the most influential metal album ever made, but why stop there? This album perfectly blends jazz, blues, rock, and psychedelia with a beautiful and haunting darkness, forever changing the landscape of modern Rock!

Wow, I've heard and enjoyed so many of these tracks, but all put together I can see why Ozzy was so famous. This album is stupendous.

More varied than expected on the deeper cuts.

Their second album. Rock / Metal. War Pigs and Paranoid are one hell of an opening ! Planet Caravan changes the pace before Iron Man kicks in with that classic riff. It'd be cool to go back to 1970 and play this to see reactions. A genre defining moment.

This album is the reason why 95% of the shit I listen to exists. God bless Ozzy Osbourne and God Bless Black Sabbath.

Nowt wrong with that

Would have been a 4 if Ozzy was still alive

Amazing album Great guitar solos and vocals

musica 2, não tem como. as 3 primeiras músicas são uma sequência potente demais.

According to Wikipedia, they are a rock band from Birmingham, England. One of the famous groups active since the 1960s, they were also considered pioneers of heavy metal and doom metal. They reportedly ceased activities in 2017, bringing their over 50-year history to a close after their final concert in 2025. I found their lyrics easy to understand and their music passionate yet lively.

I don't even need to listen to this one to rate it. I definitely will, though! Absolute classic from some of the progenitors of heavy metal. War Pigs never fails to get a crowd singing. Paranoid is an amazing little song. Planet Caravan is a beautiful little departure from the heavy stuff. I'm a bit over Iron Man, but it was obviously a big deal when my music tastes were developing. And for me, side 2 is an insane four-song combo. Electric Funeral is one of my favorite songs to play on bass. Hand of Doom is a ton of fun too. Rat Salad is a great instrumental and Fairies Wear Boots is a fantastic closer. Insane album. Definitely among the greatest.

Schon ein absolu geiles Album

Iron man

3.75, couple a bangers but not enough to get a 4

Bangers back to back. I think planet caravan remains a revelation into just how great sabbath are

Tremendo álbum de Black Sabbath. Creo que de los que he escuchado hasta ahora es el que mejor suena. La calidad de la grabación y la ejecución es sobresaliente. Las ideas en la guitarra y los efectos que utilizan, la duplicación de riffs y solos en combinación con el trabajo de paneo hacen que la música suene tridimensional. Las temáticas sociopolíticas de las letras le dan más peso a una lírica que en su álbum anterior tenía el foco en la mística y el oscurantismo. Si considero que por momentos las melodías que canta Ozzy Osbourne son poco imaginativas, en tanto que imita el riff de los instrumentos. Pero podría también considerarse una elección estilística más que una falta de imaginación. Definitivamente es memorable.

🤘💣🎸🤖🔥

I really like the first Black Sabbath album. This one I don’t feel as strongly about. Part of it is the pop-y-ness. For example, I don’t like Iron Man. I find that one very boring

I’m just gonna say it: greatest metal album of all time.

If Black Sabbath’s self titled album was the starting point of heavy metal, Paranoid is heavy metal perfected. It’s crazy how an album can have such a stacked first half, and still have enough to deliver a stacked second half. Honestly, it’s a little funny that such an album would cause a lot of Pearl-clutching back then. It’s just a lot of fun fantasy and one great anti-war anthem. Everything that was amazing about the previous album was done tenfold here. From Iommi’s riffs to Ozzy’s vocals to Ward’s drums, it all comes together to create a gloomy, brooding masterpiece. It’s really one of the best metal albums of all time. (Also, RIP to Ozzy. Got the debut instead of this on the day of his death. Not that that was a bad thing. Still, RIP to an icon.) Favorite track: Paranoid Other hits: the rest of the album

Sån jävla föregångare. Sången och gitarren är otrolig! Några klassiska låtar som Warpigs och Paranoid. Vilken jävla bangerstart! Ändå sonar jag ut; hårdrock är inte riktigt min grej. Så en stark fyra.

There's a lot of "this song really rips after the initial Ozzy drone part" here. Also there are songs called Electric Funeral and Rat Salad. HOT TAKE: The second half of this is as good as the first half.

Good, good shit. Hadn’t listened to this in a while and was struck by how groovy the drums are on this. MASTER OF REALITY is still my fave Sabbath, but this is obviously a strong album.

Paul McCartney is fond of saying that the Beatles "invented heavy metal" with "Helter Skelter," but come the FUCK on; this is the root of an entire genre of music, a sound and attitude, a lifestyle, and billions of records sold by thousands of bands.

Your album receives a 5 when 3 of the 8 tracks on your album are all time standards that every metal band has covered at least once. While the rest of the album falls between very good and great as well. Doesn't get much more influential than this album.

>>>>> the Beatles

Best Song: War Pigs. I love how bluesy this track is, and how heavily the guitars drip onto the tight, running bassline. Every member of the band manages to stand out here. Worst Song: Planet Caravan. I appreciate the attempt, but I don't think this soft ballad was needed in an album like this. Overall: Great. Musically great, tonally great, thematically great. Ozzy's voice is maybe at its best here, and some of the solos (guitar and drums) absolutely fucking rip. Apart from the one blemish in "Planet Caravan", an album that's meant to be played loud.

Typ tre väldigt stora låtar, resten lite meh. Overall inte riktigt mitt sound än. Återigen coolt omslag

War pigs and planet caravan

One of the best metal albums of all time. Heavy riffs, solos, dark arts - it has it all.

Heavy Metal peaked here.

Awesome record. Kind of front-loaded with the quintessential Black Sabbath tracks, but the whole thing is enjoyable. 4/5

muitas músicas iconicas nesse, provavelmente o melhor do black sabbath! 3,5

Oh, this is why people like Black Sabbath.

One of the best metal albums out there. Black Sabbath embodies the revolt against the powers that be, calling out their selfishness and callousness of our leaders.

One of the greatest. Riffs galore

Absolute peak✋🤚 Some of their best work. Stable old school rock/metal album. 5/5🎉

not impressed, it’s mostly just the same riff over and over again. I do like Ozzy‘s voice. The supposed anti-war message is not very convincing.

I listened to this one awhile ago. Has some great songs! “War Pigs,” “Paranoid,” and “Iron Man” are the best on there.

É maravilhoso ouvir do que o Black Sabbath era capaz. Esse álbum é pesado, assustador,divertido, crítico... Que som sensacional! Tudo combina. QoA Adonis New.

I knew this was a classic album but I've never listened to it. Wow. Every song is either a great 4 minute rock song or has an outro if pure self indulgence

What an explosive start to an album that is - War Pigs & Paranoid are sensational classic metal songs to set the tone for the album to come with roaring guitar riffs, heavy instrumentation and Ozzy’s iconic vocals. What follows is an interesting, brilliantly written metal album that stands strong as a genre defining album.

Really enjoyed this. A a non-metal guy I was surprised at how much I knew and enjoyed. Some absolute bangers on this.

Classic metal! RIP Ozzy

Classic. Three huge hits but there is so much more beyond it.

"Oh wait, I have heard Black Sabbath" The 70s bombast aint my thing, but can't deny my enjoyment, incredibly tight vocals, varied textures, and (perhaps thanks to the remaster) sounding crisp.

the best.

I will say that while I’ve heard of Ozzy and Black Sabbath, it’s not my favorite genre. However, I did kind of enjoy this! So that’s a win haha.

Fairies Wear Boots

pretty good can understand why it was so famous

I mean, it’s one of the best heavy metal albums of all time. This is unimpeachable stuff.

Not bad.

Classic metal album

Nunca he sido una persona con especiales predicciones por el Metal. Por lo menos por el Metal clásico y todas sus primeros subgéneros. Pero también sabia que Black Sabbath eran considerados como los creadores del género, asi que este album iba a ser la cosa más fácil de escuchar de la historia. El album mola, tiene mucha energía y al escucharlo he sentido esa sensación de familiaridad a pesar de que la única canción que conocía en un principio era, evidentemente, Paranoid. Tampoco me ha parecido una cosa loca, está bien pero sin más. Me la trae bastante al fresco y supongo que no volveré a escucharlo más. Pero está bien. eh.

A lot of nostalgia from this album. I remember listening to it a lot as a teen. Upon listening to it again, I actually forgot how great it is. It's a shame that some of the bigger some (iron man) are so overplayed because the rest of the album is fantastic.

It feels odd to review an album that’s so engrained in your psyche. As I said with Vol. 4 by Sabbath, it’s like reviewing my own genetic code. My opinion won’t change how rooted it is in the zeitgeist of what we call heavy music. There’s a reason why Sabbath remains so present 50 something years later. Why they still spawn so many disciples of their revelatory sound. Take away the nostalgia factor, the hype and what you’re supposed to feel about it. The reason why it still holds up is it could been recorded yesterday. Aside from the minutiae of the production of the record, some lyrical themes, it’s not wrapped to a particular time. Four broke ass dudes from a very rough part of England created a soundtrack to their environment. It wasn’t glamorous, it was raw, real and relatable to people around the world to this day. The craziest one of the bunch used his voice to rail against unjust wars, toxic skinhead culture and a myriad of other social ills that plagued people in his working class neighborhoods beyond the British Isle. This is a building block of rock.

Thanks, any excuse to listen to one of my most formative albums. It is, of course, flawless. Every lyric and every riff is iconic. This is the essential ur-language of heavy metal. Oh to be a young bloke in 1970, transcending the shadows of war and nuclear winter with righteous minor pentatonic guitar solos.

I can only imagine being a kid, putting this record on in your room for the first time in 1970 and hearing the bomb sirens of "War Pigs/Luke's Wall" for the first time. I think I would have started levitating and my head would have exploded. No wonder people thought metal was devil music back in the day! I feel like drawing a pentagram on my floor as we speak! I feel like there isn't much I can add to the conversation of this record that hasn't already been said in the months following Ozzy's passing. Contextually, this album struck a moment with those in the aftermath of the Vietnam War and, being from Birmingham, living in a place still rebuilding from WW2. Flower Children and giving peace a chance was out. Feeling the anger and anxiety of a generation that has only known one terror after another - this album hit because people needed to be given the space to process their anger and grief. "Planet Caravan" is a nice bit of respite after two mountains we just climbed with "War Pigs" and "Paranoid". The instrumental outro feels similar to The Doors in the guitar's choice of phrasing. That break is immediately followed by "Iron Man" with its thumping and iconic guitar riff heard around Guitar Center's across America.

I am shocked. We've established i tend to not like British music and I'm also not a metal guy. I love nu metal and the occasional metalcore but straight up metal? Not my jam. But i REALLY liked this album. Even when it was stupid like silly lyrics and goody drum fills, it was stupid in a way i like. I love that they have an anti-robot stance and see Iron Man as a villain, I love the storytelling fantasy/scifi lyrics I'm shocked that i can understand Ozzy's singing more than his speaking, i LOVE the composition and the musicianship. I'm surprised and impressed that sometimes it got jazzy and sometimes it got funky. This is the first album i feel like is a SOLID 4, not graded on a curve. Maybe 4 and a half. Not 5 because I'm not sure I'll ever listen to it again but if i do, i won't be mad at it.

I own this on vinyl. I grew up listening to a lot of music in this vein being blasted in my dad’s shop so albums like this and Pink Floyd and Led Zepplin all smell like oil and welding to me. This project has taught me that I actually like Black Sabbath more than I realized. The music is great for a solid stank face and head rockin’. Lyrics are good with some clever lines. I love that albums back in the day were meant as albums. They bring you up and set you down and it’s a wonderful ride. Queens of the Stone Age definitely listened to Hand of Doom on repeat. In this album you can hear the direct influence Black Sabbath had on lots of early aught bands.

This album pretty much invented heavy metal and you can hear it. You’ve got some absolutely rock standards on this record. Everyone knows Paranoid and Iron man of course. I feel like War Pigs is really getting its flowers this last decade or so (wonder why?). Electric Funeral is so damn fun and crazy. Feels like an era where the drugs were pure. This feels like a band innovating and straight up inventing sounds. The way Led Zeppelin 1 is inventing arena rock in real time, Paranoid is inventing its harder, scarier cousin. RIP Ozzy!

*1970 *War Pigs is one of the best opening songs of any album. *Lots of War Pigs reprises. *Lyrics written by a 5 year old. *Fine, not memorable. RATING - 6/10

This album is great, and is a reminder as to why Ozzy Osbourne is the godfarther of metal

Great early metal album. Some.huge hits as well as some deeper cuts. 4/5

also better than i thought but not really sunday vibes.

I regret not listening sooner

Sabbath at their peak.

My very first Black Sabbath album and still my favorite. So many good ones: War Pigs Paranoid Electric Funeral Rat Salad and of course, Iron Man Wow,

Something I wouldn’t typically listen to but definitely a big hitter

Reminds me of being 16

This was a journey! Living in Brum now, I see why Sabbath are such a big deal!

Fuck yeah!

Some good tracks not enough to lift the whole album. Didn't care for Sabbath in the 70's and nothing has changed that much now.

The head is nodding along, this gallops along off the back of some tight beats & vocals floating over the top

What an epic album. One thing I noticed is that Bill Ward’s drumming is amazing on this. Izzy’s voice always gets the love you you gotta hand it to the other members as well

42 minutes of perfection.

Par album with some great tunes. Never really listened to too much Sabbath but I feel like this album gives you the best taste of what their sound is. Paranoid was my top hit for this one.

Wonderful!

uh oh! this is gonna be good. edit: it was.

Obviously, you have a big songs on this one but there are some tunes that don’t really hold up that takes a star. My sleepers on this our planet caravan which the Jefferson airplane wish they could’ve written and fairies wear boots which isn’t really a sleeper. I’ll take the next three albums over this one, but it’s Black Sabbath so it’s still great. Four stars.

Finner ikke så mye å trekke for her. Legendarisk album.

I'd never listened to the non-radio tracks before; great album. Easily a 4.75 for me, but I gotta round up to 5

War Pigs is good Paranoid is better Love the trippy and relaxing sound to Planet Caravan - very unexpected for a metal band. "On 31 May 2020, "Planet Caravan" was used as wake-up music for the crew of a SpaceX Crew Dragon before the craft's launch later that day." Iron Man is ok Electric Funeral is also just ok - did think the words were 'radiation might be gay' first which was interesting to try to dissect before I looked them up! Hand of Doom - dull Rat Salad - very good, and really cool to have an-all instrumental track. Love the interplay between the guitar and drumming from 0:35-0:57 especially. Jack the Stripper - excellent name, first off. Great instrumental start, and really good in general. A good ending to the album! Who knew it was possible!

Ykkösluokkaista tuon ajan taatusti kukkahattujen epäsuosiossa. Satanismin ja metallin hatunnosto

this is cool

Love it!

This is my second Black Sabbath album and tunes out I really like them? Great songs, super interesting. The fade out at the end is really something else.

Maybe best Metal/Hard Rock album ever...

Quintessential rock album.

There are some absolute monster tracks on here, and i love the bluesy feel of it.

sounds great now, must have been mind blowing on release

Don't like metal musics

4/1001 ~ are you fucking kidding me? Easy-peasy 11/10. Too much love for every individual song and this LP as a whole. Worthy side quest: check out Tuluum Shimmering’s 38 minute cover of “Planet Caravan” for a blissfully paralyzing journey to the center of your soul.

Odlično. Ker dobr album za zaključek tega tedna. "War Pigs" - amazing začetk albuma. Ful mi je všeč ta komad, že od prej. Pr Black Sabbath so mi velikrat še najljubši del komadov bobni - res so fakin hudi. In, ne morm poudart kok sede ta album po včerajšnji Bonnie. Mogoč sm bla pikico preradodarna z oceno včer. Oh, 8 minut mine v trenutku. Ampak, ni panike, je kle "Paranoid". Ta komad pozna verjetn še tisti, k nima pojma od benda, razn mogoč, 'aj to tist od Ozzyja?'. Ker chill predah s "Planet Caravan". To je komad, ki ga morš poslušat poleti in ponoči, na ležalniku pod odprtim nebom, z zvezdami direkt nad sabo. S pivom v eni in đolo v drugi roki. Al kakor vam paše. In šibamo nazaj, z "Iron Man". O, sorry, ne, tole bo poznal še vsak fakin Joža s taprve gostilne. Kje je un pepel moj, da se spet posipam z njim? Ampak, ne pomen pa to, da je komad kakorkoli slab. Amazing, kvečjem. (A ni zanimiv, kako je kšne občutke ful lažje izrazit v angleščini, sam pol maš pa briljantne besede v slovenščini kot so 'kvečjem'? <3) Ok, a sm rekla bobni na začetku?! U, "Hand of Doom" mi je na začetku, k da je iz 90h somehow padel v 70a, sam poj se pa band spomne, ker let je. And repeat. V bistvu ful zanimiv komad k gre skoz neko 7 minutno evolucijo. Booobni. "Fairies Wear Boots" - sori, že sam naslov mi je ena najljubših fraz, k sm jo kadarkoli slišala, poj pa še komad najbl hud? Kva pa še hoč za finale albuma? Ta gre na stalno rotacijo.

Classic. RIP Ozzy

non è troppo troppo il mio genere ma ho apprezzato molto di più di quanto mi aspettassi. poi come ha detto daniele ieri incredibile pensare che lui suonasse la chitarra con due “turzilli attaccati” preferita: planet caravan

Alla faccia del caciocavallo

Il miglior album in questa lista per il momento. I black sabbath nel 1970, prima con l’album omonimo e poi con paranoid, hanno inventato il metal (thank god). Atmosfere cupe, riff veloci alternati a melodie lente e incessanti, un’estetica che ha contribuito allo sviluppo del genere come musica “del demonio” (che 🐧1). L’influenza di questa band è presente ovunque, e non solo nei gruppi metal. 10/10

uno degli album più importanti della storia anche se non è il mio preferito dei sabbath. poco da dire, 5 strapieno pezzi preferiti Planet Caravan/War Pigs

molto sorpresa da quanto mi sia piaciuto!!! sempre avuto pregiudizi sul metal perché capì paura cos e invece no assolutamente mamma mia mi sono proprio divertita bellissimo album godo

I wanted to like this album, and I do, but... the praise seems a bit OTT; it's not one of the best albums of all time. Even the three big hits aren't quite as thrilling as I remembered - beyond the iconic riffs there are long sections of rather lumbering, meat and potatoes rock. Nor is it as pioneering as is claimed, given the hard rock albums that had come before (including their own debut). Still decent though! It grew on me with each listen. The quieter bits provide a welcome counterbalance to the rockin' they're known for.

Classic Black Sabbath - RIP Ozzy (9/9/2025 Listen Date) War Pigs - Classic Paranoid - Have been listening since a kid, learned on guitar.

Highlight was “Planet Caravan”

No ha sido mi rollo, pero el bajo me ha gustado mucho.

Pure gold!! Listened to it 3 times today

Ran this on loop for my back set , just hit different today. RIP.

I didn’t want to listen to Ozzy but surprisingly I recognized a few songs and I must admit this group of musicians have talent! Loud! 3 or 4 hmmm

Another top Sabbath album.

A classic. The songs you haven’t heard a million times are worth your time.

Black Sabbath, Paranoid 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 War Pigs in itself gets this album to three or four stars. Just incredible from the cacophony of siren wails to the grind of the guitar that really didn't exist before Iommi. But then! Speed it up! Make it manic! Osbourne makes you believe O, Lord, yeah! The crunchy groove of the verses. That kinda precision of a two-note repetition (turning a riff into a groove) is tougher to do than you think. And they nail it. And while some of their stuff goes from metal heaven to bong drum circle (see: Supernaut) and just kinda wreck the vibe, this one never gives up the edge. And that's one song! There's a reason grunge acts cited Sabbath among influences. Just raw. Listen to Kyuss "One-inch Man" and its riff is just a cleaner Sabbath. Listen to Helmet and they're just a 90s Sabbath. The influence is there for the good of all. The rest holds up. I mean there's the occasional miss.... Faeries Wear Boots and this silly Hobbitty bullshit. Like they could never quite separate entirely from the hippie era here. But in other tracks like The Wizard yaknow.... They do OK. We'll let it pass. Planet Caravan though is half jam, half jazz and it's brilliant. There's crossover between Sabbath and Zeppelin but it's tracks like this that really keep Sabbath on their own groovy side. I can't say I've listened to every Sabbath album, but this one brings it hard and I love it.

*listened before the project* the best heavy metal without No doubt

The first album is proof of concept and a move to hard rock and heavier vlues, but this is the first real pioneering metal album. That makes it one of the most important records of all time. Also, it fucking rocks.

album cover rules. great songs, some real bangers with a couple turds thrown in 3/5

This album slaps. This record has a lot of iconic tracks, and the deeper cuts still bang hard too. Favourite Track(s): War Pigs, Paranoid Least Favourite Track(s): Planet Caravan

Fairies in Boots clears most other albums by itself Not to mention War Pigs Rest in peace, Prince of Darkness

Somehow hadn't listened to this album in full before Very little to say that hasn't been said already. Arguably the album that started the entire genre of metal. Riffs are awesome. Ozzy's awesome. Album's awesome. Fav Track: Fairies Wear Boots 8.7/10

already heard t his album before, but i forgot how much i still love black sabbath. really sounds like a product of it's time and that's a huge compliment because i love music from the early 70s. iron man (2008) has done irreparable damage to the song to me, but we keep it moving. war pigs goes hard no matter where or when it's heard. for example i just listened to it at my desk in the bowels of a marriott hotel while listening to a guest bitch at my coworker on speakerphone. and it still went hard. my favorite tracks: war pigs (duh), paranoid, rat salad and electric funeral. ozzy brother we miss you already.

Ok so this album is obviously iconic, and the big hits are huge and unforgettable. So heading into this I wondered how do they all weave together and what songs support them. There's a similar vibe across all of the songs. Slow and sludgy riffs with some of those notes highlighting how they used to be a blues band (fun fact!). Electric Funeral and Hand of Doom are fun, and it's all just a vibe. Very inventive for 1970, gotta give it its props.

5 stars of course. Love almost every song of this album, and it was a big influence on other artists. RIP ozzy🙏🏻

Sharon someone has been in my room and gave 5 stars to this iconic album in my room. 10/10.

I thought this band was louder. It wasn't bad though. I enjoyed the vibe, it felt like rap but rock. The beats (what I would call it for hip hop) were repetitive, and some instrumental bits. Fun. 7/10

I've never followed Black Sabbath, but I really enjoyed this album. 9/10

Damn. First time listening to the whole album and it's fucking great. War pigs, paranoid, and iron man are of course the stand out classics but I also liked electric funeral and Jack the stripper.

Great album, heard it a million times.

Interesting album. Not a band or genre I would typically listen to, although I know of Ozzy. I like that you can hear the early influence of metal. It's kinda funk like Pink Floyd from hell, or something like that. Overall I was pleasantly surprised.

RIP Ozzy, but forever grateful for this masterpiece. Incredible and influential tunes beyond belief. Truly too much success for one lifetime.

THE Black Sabbath album.

RIP Ozzy

Classic.

Not much to say about this, some absolute stonking riffs. Probably not my favourite Sabbath album but they have some choice when it comes to defining metal. And you can’t help but smile when it starts with War Pigs.

The perfect album

Brilliant.

Vet album. Niet helemaal mijn smaak, maar wel leuk om te luisteren. Bevat een paar toffe klassiekers!

A classic. The back half isn't anywhere near as strong though. RIP Ozzy.

Jeg falt inn i Black Sabbath-periode her forleden, og innså på nytt hvor idiotisk sterk denne skiva er. A-siden består av fire ikoniske tracks; FIRE av rockehistoriens mest legendariske låter. (Jeg er litt usikker på hvorvidt Planet Caravan regnes som like ikonisk som sporene som sandwicher den, men for meg har dette vært en unik og sublim låt siden jeg hørta Panteras cover* av den.) B-siden åpner med Electric Funeral som er nesten like ikonisk som låtene fra A-siden, og de tre siste låtene er egentlig ikke noe dårligere. B-siden er kanskje mer groovy enn A-siden, og hinter på mange måter til Master of Reality. Jeg har alltid vært bestemt på at Master er den sterkeste skiva til Sabbath, men i det siste har Paranoid sådd tvil i meg. Det eneste det ikke er noen tvil om, er at begge skivene får 5 av 5 par fairie boots. *Jepp, det var i hvert fall da jeg første bet meg merke i den. Når jeg hørte den igjen i dag, er det lett å høre at Pantera ikke tilføyer denne låta noe nytt (noe som er typisk når et metal band covrer favorittlåtene sine), men vi kan ikke bestemme vår egen origin story. Om ikke annet taler det for at Pantera skjønte at Planet Caravan er låt, ass.

Mit ozzy oder? Nie bewusst gehört. Ich dachte Metall geht erst in den 80er los. Bin gespannt…kannte drei Riffs c btw: YouTube mit geschlossenen Fenster am handy player: https://apps.apple.com/de/app/silence-music/id1401084344

Having just reviewed a BS album a few weeks ago (self-titled), I won't go super long here. I'll try only to repeat myself to the extent of expressing RIP Ozzy. I found this album to be better than Black Sabbath, their first album, for a few reasons. Definitely having a full album of songs instead of a half-album and a jam was part of that, but also because the songs themselves were well constructed. You could tell the group was growing and gelling musically here. I already knew many of the tracks on Paranoid, as a few are iconic in metal (and really music in general). They stand up as great songs decades after they came out. The whole album's influence and lasting power also speaks for itself. Even the songs I weren't as familiar with were good. There wasn't a whole lot here to dislike, though I could see the genre/length not working for some listeners. They were part of the enjoyment for me. I consider this album in the high-good/low great range. I thought about keeping it at the high 4-star level, but I can't come up with any real reason that it doesn't deserve to get up to 5 from me. It just rocks. I'd definitely listen again, in full. Overall: 4.5/5

Seminal metal album establishing the groundwork for decades to come, pioneering the genre and sound with heavy bass riffs, complex guitar solos, insane drum work, and Ozzy’s metal singing voice, 5/5

Really good. I enjoyed this from front to back.

The opening riffs of Iron Man will never fail to psych me up.

It's fuckin Sabbath man

That’s what I call a classic. Starts out as a 4. Will probably be a 3 eventually, despite the hits. Paranoid. Iron Man. Drops to a 3. Stays there. Good album. Not sure how it’s considered the beginning of heavy metal?

🤘🤘

Rip Ozzy Produksjonen var mye cleanere enn jeg husket Geezer er en helt

supeerrrrrrr i loved it and the drum was so pleasing

guys the perseverance paid off 😍i liked this album yippee! unsurprisingly my favourite song was the most mellow one (planet caravan) but the whole album was a solid good time 💪

Had a lot of fun rocking out to this in my bedroom. Really talented instrumentalists and vocals. Basically every song was a banger. Only giving four stars because it didn’t absolutely blow my mind, but will definitely be revisiting

4.1 fucking classic man

Solid. 3.5-4

Jcommence a vraiment aimer Black Sabbath, la guitar et les batteries vint super bien ensemble dans War Pigs

This album I know well, not because I listened to it over & over as a kid, but most of these songs are mainstream now, War Pigs, Iron Man, Paranoid. It seems like your grandma knows about Black Sabbath & the late Ozzy Osborne. This was Sabbath’s 2nd album & it’s the one that really broke them. Paranoid was a hit single for the group. That had to really broaden their audience, which led to the right people finding this music, which led to the best metal bands being birthed. It’s amazing how things come together & work perfectly. Tony Iommi with the riffs, Ozzy with the melodies, Geezer Butler with the lyrics, and Bill Ward with a jazzy drum style that really kept the group tight. This isn’t my favorite Sabbath album, probably because I’m still an a-hole at heart, but it’s a must-listen masterpiece. Hand of Doom and Faeries Wear Boots are my faves off this album. Mostly because they are heard less than the hits. Electric Funeral just sounds evil, so it's great as well. Paranoid is a masterpiece & you can hear where heavy metal came from after one listen.

Partire con War Pigs vuol dire aver già vinto. Per me la miglior canzone dei Black Sabbath, seguita a ruota da altri classici come Paranoid e Iron Man. Electric funeral è puro Doom ed è stupenda, ma tutto l'album non perde un colpo. Fondamentale!

Amazing album, sees the band really finding their groove and leading a path lots of others would follow

While it's definitely not as hard or fast as modern metal, you can argue this is one of the places where it all began. The sounds they produce here are kind of timeless, and a lot of the songs are unavoidably catchy. I think early metal like this isn't quite my sound, but I can't deny it's good, and its impact on the genre speaks for itself.

Fondateur mais a mal vieilli.

The second Sabbath record I get and quite the noticeable improvement. First listen and I get the hype around this release. It has all the hits of course but it makes out to be a well balanced release. Overall, it wins at kicking ass and lots of it too. (9/10, bordering on 10, 5/5 on this scale)

Good, need to listen this again

Ooo finally a legend, tho he's deceased now. I remember listening to this album, but I don't remember any of the songs, it was too long ago I suppose. Mm I think I'll like this so high hopes. First song, mmm like the start, the headphone play and the whole introness of it all. Needn't make a comment about how good this is tbh. Rather listen to it with full immersion than waste time writing. So many changes and work from the sonical part. Second song, this is very known, the delivery is amazing. The upbeatness must be noted too. Everything came together here somehow, full and giving every element song could entail, but that can be said about every one of this album's song I assume. Third song, mm it starts quite slow, but it'll pick up, as it always does. It didn't pick up nvm. It's pink Floyding in its own way, the song. Apparently this is one of their lighter song, didn't remember that, as I already said generally. The instrumental break in my right ear is amazing right now. 4th song, evil start already mmm. This is an instant bop, wonder why I don't have this saved hm. The ending part is too good, something is extra working. No words to describe how joyful it is to listen to a quality album finally. 5th song, talking guitar y'all, Ozzy was making a hell of this song as usual. If I have something to say I usually have a lot, can't critic anything here that's what I can say rn. 6th song, this is a classic one, not in a popular sense, it's just so Black Sabbath somehow, perfectly cooked. The part where it becomes a fully new song, mmm so good, didn't expect that. 7th song, this feels like a bigger than usual interlude that actually is good on its own too. 8th song, I thought this song would be muuch longer, nevermind that I guess. The main catchy part of instrumentals is too good, really grasps the idea of what my ears like to hear. Well this was such an amazing experience, I'll head to writing the finale, as I'm listening to it mm. If I knew more about music and how it works, I'd probably talk a lot more about how pleasing this was. It's a definite 5 star album that will be in my rotation one way or another. Mm I hope they have one or more albums here for me tucked away. Otherwise rest in peace Ozzy..

Yo! This rocks! I always assumed Black Sabbath were a metal band but this is pure hard rock. I groaned when I saw this was my album assignment for the day but this is a fucking banger. I knew I'd love it when the songs I wasn't familiar with were making me head bang while brushing my teeth. Opening tracks War Pigs/Luke's Wall and Paranoid are perfect. So epic. Knew those ones going in. The guitars are healing me. Very influential, I see that now. Obviously thinking about Ozzy RIP. A weirdo I once knew said Ozzy had one of the best voices he'd ever heard and ofc I thought he was a poser. But yeah I get it now. 20+ years later. I should definitely listen to this again on headphones.

This is the one with all the hits, not the critical acclaim, but still wild to think this was the first of its genre essentially, especially given how chock full off hits it is.

Classic of all classics!

Muy buen álbum, él inicio del heavy metal y un álbum legendario, mi favorita fue la qué abre él álbum, war pigs. En general un álbum muy experimental por qué ayudo a crear este subgénero, legendario y único, le doy un 8.7 teniendo en cuenta importancia, época en la qué se hizo, sonido y qué encima, todos los miembros de la banda estaban probablemente en su más alto nivel.

The best black sabbath album, basic pick but every song here is absolutely amazing. This album got me into metal and therefore also got me into music in general, it holds a really special place in my heart. RIP Ozzy

Great album. Reminds me of learning guitar in high school.

Couldn't stand it

Ozzy's passing is still fresh, but even without that this is a banger of an album. Didn’t realize how political it is too, which makes it even better. Drive fast with the windows open and blast this one.

I don’t have to say much about this do I? It rocks so hard.

Lots of great songs.

SABBATH! jaaaaaaa! Kaum eine andere Platte ist so gespickt mit Hits. Eins der besten Alben aller Zeiten.

Why didn't they give me this when Ozzy Osbourne died? This is a million times better than their self titled thing

Recognize some hits from here, but I feel just as "eh" about this Black Sabbath album as the last one. A 3.

Am I a bigger Black Sabbath fan than I realized? This album fucking rocked. The sounds on this are haunting, guitar riffs that will melt your face off. Setting a clear standard for anything to come after. No notes. clear 5/5

Rockin! Straight up unbelievable to think that this album is contemporary with CSNY's "Deja Vu" which was also "pushing the boundaries of guitar playing" lol

Too classic. Some songs I thought were boring, some songs I never heard before I want to listen to all the time. Weird how the classics are like this

Que entiendo lo que fue en su época, pero hoy es un poco tostón. Pero un discazo

Ich dachte erst, das ist gar nicht mein Fall, aber konnte mit „Paranoid“ und „Iron Man“ was anfangen…

Not much to say. Rocks like few albums can rock, but there's enough lulls that I can't give it a 5.

First time listening to the album beyond the singles. I can see why it’s considered a classic, amazing riffs, vocals and rhythms!

Lemppari: Paranoid Vähiten lemppari: Electric funeraö

This album must have been mind blowing to audiences at the time. I knew the heavy hitters but the whole album is enjoyable front to back. I really appreciate how clear all of the sound comes through despite being a metal album. Ozzy's vocals are fantastic.

This album has some heavy hitters ( War Pigs, Paranoid, and Iron man). If it had one more banger or if the others were better this would be an easy 5 star. Right on the bubble. Very instrumental in to heavy metal

I loved the heavy metal sound and I most of all appreciated what I perceive to be an anti-war message.

Contains "Paranoid" and "Iron Man" and "War Pig" and "Hand Of Doom" and, basically, its entire track listing. RIP Ozzy

Okay this album is actually fire. I think this is the most this genre, or maybe specifically this type of metal, has ever actually stuck and resonated with me? Something about it is just EXCELLENT sounding. Even despite the long song lengths, I never got the usual feeling of all this guitar sounding the same for 40 minutes. Great stuff.

There is some cool stuff on here, and I really respect the talent on display, but the reality is that I just don't like metal all that much! There's nothing really here for me. War Pigs is a great song but nothing else really stands out.

No notes! Just pure riff-filled heavy goodness the whole way through. Fantastic atmosphere, fantastic songwriting, pure banger energy.

Black Sabbath at their absolute peak. Best listened to at max volume while speeding down the highway. The RIFFS. War Pigs, Paranoid, and Iron Man are all iconic. But the rest of the album is awesome too. This is certainly one of the best albums on this list.

God, what an album. Obviously the megahits here are incredible, but the deep cuts are what really surprised me -- the album does not drop in quality for a single second, and every track is strong in its own way. My personal standout is Planet Caravan, a meditative bass and bongo groove and perfectly placed breather in-between the face-melting Paranoid and Iron Man. I THINK I still prefer the rawer, darker atmosphere of their debut album -- but who are we kidding, this is a 5 star all the way. Standouts: War Pigs / Luke's Wall • Paranoid • Planet Caravan • Iron Man • Hand of Doom • Rat Salad • Jack the Stripper / Fairies Wear Boots

Really agonized over this because I know I should be raving over it. The only song on here I was really vibing with was Paranoid. I want to die admitting this but I think that Cake's version of Masters of War is better than this one. Kanye improved Iron Man by sampling it. This album left absolutely no impression on me and I couldn't even hum a single song from the B side if my life depended on it. The book compares what they did to Led Zeppelin, but the vocal is average and they have no craft in their lyrics.

RIP, once more. didn't know he played an ironman on rs tho

This album has Iron Man, Paranoid, and War Pigs and that's only on the first side. RIP Ozzy

It's hard to believe these classic Black Sabbath tunes are from 1970. RIP, Ozzy

The pinnacle of a new genre. Still sounds great after 55 years. bittersweet that this hits my feed just days after Ozzy's funeral. Thank you Prince of Darkness and brothers

A classic of the genre.

Cool album

Never listened to this one all the way through. I knew the hits and it makes sense that they were the hits. That being said I enjoyed the majority of this album. Planet Caravan was interesting but I wouldn’t listen to it again. Otherwise it was a great album. Rest easy prince of darkness.

No words, I obviously knew this before and love black sabbath. I feel like this is an album everyone can and did enjoy, no matter what genres they usually listen to. It’s just iconic and changed this genre. Perfection.

Amazing from start to end, not a weak track. Every band member adds so much, Tony Iommi has an incredible talent for writing great riffs and licks, nearly every series of notes played on the guitar is genius, Bill Ward’s drumming lends so much energy and power to the music, Geezer Butler’s bass adds a lot of depth and heaviness, and Ozzy Osbourne’s amazing vocals are so powerful and really sell the messages the songs are sending. Incredible songwriting and the long songs are very much worthy of their length. 5/5

First album is better..

This is a landmark; it is a super important album stuffed with incredible songs... that I'm not sure resonate with me much anymore. Which is wild, but the truth. Great, innovative work all around, but I never need to hear Iron Man again. Still, legendary stuff. RIP Ozzy, the world will never see another like you.

Classic!

now this is what im talking about

Best and most influential metal album ever

I think when I first discovered free will and started listening to Rock music on my own, this is the first album I remember playing on Spotify. No debate on this one

There's nothing I need to say this is a must listen

fu Zionist Ozzie

Opening gives defintion to HEAVY metal Planet Caravan's use of stereo adds depth to the song and guitar solo Dark Side...I'm not sure if it glorifies it or not but the music is fitting for the lyrics Hand of Doom may be my favorite. Some nice musical changes in Jack the stripper/ fairies wear boots

The blueprint for ALL Metal that came after it. 'nuff said!

RIP Ozzy

you can hear the guitar style throughout the whole album. Much of it sounds like the song paranoid but there are a few bangers. Pretty decent, would buy the LP.

This album is the epitome of why lists like this exist. No matter how many times I have listened to it, it remains amazing. Even with Paranoid and Iron Man getting extremely overplayed on classic rock radio, it could not affect how kick-ass those songs are.

All the hits! Love this one.

The first Black Sabbath album I ever listened to over 20 years ago. Still one of my favourite albums with so many good songs!

Hell yeah let’s GO

A classic

Never took the time to listen to an entire black Sabbath album before. Really liked planet caravan, it was like proto-tool. Obviously paranoid has one of my favorite solos of all time. Electric funeral was not my favorite song ever but it really picked up in the second half. Dynamic range is great, but the difference in volume between a few of the songs is jarring. The mix is gone, about what I'd expect for a 1970 release, not bad, not great. Pretty sure I've heard a cover of hand of doom, but I'm not sure by who. Very proggy at times which was unexpected but not unwelcome.

I ilike so much of this album, is the kind of rock that I used listen. I knew the band, but only the famous songs so this album was a great choice, because it had the famous one and other songs that I didn't know.

Grew up on this. Classic.

I liked this a lot more than Vol. 4, mostly because the guitar riffs are so good! The lyrics feel pretty shallow and like they’re trying on purpose to be as edgy as possible but this was early hard rock so. But yeah better melodies and instrumentals. I wouldn’t mind hearing the majority of the songs again. 6.75/10

Well played, pushing Sabbath the day after Ozzy died. Recency bias in play, but this is a terrific album . . . would love to know the thought behind Electric Caravan, a jazzy five minute interlude between three of the most famous metal songs (War Pigs/Paranoid/Iron Man)

Banging tunes, classic rifs.

This album hit like a punch and a prophecy. The guitar riffs are crisp, massive, and unforgettable. Ozzy’s voice is haunting and unique. It still feels super relevant. War Pigs, Iron Man, Electric Funeral.

RIP Ozzy Osbourne🦇 Your contributions to music will never be forgotten. You were a great person and a joy to everyone who knew you. Now, with that out of the way, onto the actual review. This album is one of the greatest metal albums of all time. It’s also one of those rare instances where there isn’t a single bad song on the whole album. The band is firing on all cylinders this album, with Geezer Butler and Bill Ward creating an incredible rhythm section, especially on songs like War Pigs and Iron Man. Tony Iommi’s legendary riffs and solos are essential to this album. Tony is one of the only guitarists who can stand beside Jimmy Page in how many iconic riffs he’s created. Ozzy’s vocals are just the icing on the cake to this iconic record. His performance on the title track is one of the greatest in rock history. The album also has many great deep cuts, such as one of my favorite songs on the album, Planet Caravan, and Hand of Doom is another great song. Overall, this album is just legendary in every way, shape, and form. Thank you Ozzy, for leaving us such an incredible album, and thank you to all of Black Sabbath for making it possible. Rock On!

classic rip ozzy

All time classic, RIP Ozzy. Will be listening to this today but no additional analysis is required since it is and always has been an easy 5/5. War Pigs and Hand of Doom are maybe the most epic songs ever recorded.

Justo ayer murió Ozzy Osbourne, es curioso. No entro en su rollo, sinceramente. Las guitarras me suenan de juguete y no soporto la voz de este señor.

Büro, Heidenheim, Deutschland. Gute Scheibe.

rip legend, ozzy osbourne! 22-7-25 with that set aside, this was actually a pretty cohesive and enjoyable project. 9.2/10

Not my favorite genre, but this album is fantastic!

liked some songs!

Cover 7 Good album. No bad songs but only two Paranoid and Iron Man are repeats. Others are ok. Maybe OK+.

Their first album not withstanding, this was their REAL debut as far as I’m concerned. Instead of the one-day live-in-the-studio documentation of a typical Sabbath club set (complete with wanky solo-instrument solos), we get eight focused tracks that truly demonstrate what the band was capable of.

71/1001. I guess this not a coincidence that the album is in my plate the day after Ozzy left us, or is it? A secret war pigs algorithm which puts forward recently deceased artists albums? What are the odds, same as the betting ratio between Iron man vs. Jack the Stripper? Is this a message from an electric funeral in a planet caravan? Hand of doom preparing some rat salad? I think I am paranoid.

Great ostinatos.

this shit hits rip ozzy

I'm torn. At the moment I'm giving this a 3. And I feel terrible about it. Knowing that this is THE Black Sabbath album, and that I'd certainly give a 4 to the first one, makes this feel like heresy. Every song here is strong. Paranoid is the only one I was familiar with, and it's clear why it's so iconic. I find the other songs interest me more, though. Take Electric Funeral. This one reminds me more of the first album, and what I've come to think of as the 'Black Sabbath sound' (even though clearly, not having listened to this album before, I'm not qualified to decide on one). Planet Caravan is another interesting one, and Hand of Doom is possibly my favourite. I appreciate that the lyrics are pretty audible on this album. I have difficulty processing words from background noise, so it makes a difference to me when it's possible to tell what the vocalist is saying. I think the most striking difference between Sabbath and more modern 'metal' bands (if Sabbath may still truly be considered metal at this point) is Osbourne's more conventional vocals, in my opinion much more listenable than the screeching or death chanting of his later counterparts. The reason why I'm not rating this as highly is, I suspect, because this sound is overly familiar to me. I've listened to too much music that was inspired by this album, and so this one feels basic... when it was probably very fresh at the time. It just doesn't really stand out to me. Shit. I may have to change this later but I've just had too many good albums recently. I believe this is a 3 for now. RIP Ozzy, you were a man of huge talent.

Got this on the day after it was announced Ozzy died. When I was young, I got the feeling that Black Sabbath was verboten in a 'how could you listen to that darkness'? kind of way. Honestly, I thought that perhaps Black Sabbath was sick and cruel (and the bat thing didn't really help). When I got older and listened (and was more media literate), I realized War Pigs was just a hardcore peace song. And I think that the people that didn't want us to listen were just telling on themselves. Anyway, this rocks. It's classic for a reason.

not really my thing but RIP Ozzie!!!1

what a question, every song is a banger and so iconic

Passande, bra tajming. Självklart inget okänt album. En riktig klassiker. Vila i frid Ozzy 22/7-25💔