Paranoid

How could I not give this classic album 5 stars when it opens with War Pigs and Paranoid? Foundational for so many genres including metal, grunge and stoner rock.

5.0 + Classic. Amazing how the sonics hold up. I love how they overdubbed the guitar lines to make them extra beefy. On “Paranoid”, the dueling guitars add scratchiness to the voicing. The synth sound on “Planet Caravan” gives a strange water element to a dark and plodding atmosphere.

One of the best of all-time. Best track: War Pigs

This has to be the absolute best album of 1970, and just sounds fantastic 52+ years later. It’s an album that I enjoyed at 12 as a foundational rock album, and even sounds more satisfying 30 years later on this listen.

C'est très bon

Incredible album, one of black sabbath besr

I’m gonna get this albums cover tattooed on my body I mean yea it’s real good

I have mixed feelings here. This album is highly influential and enjoyable. It's got "certified bangers" that have stood the test of time. I feel it's somehow a bit overrated though. I'd take the self titled and Master of Reality over it. Plus, I never ever need to hear Iron Man again in my life. Great song, but its been played and parodied to death. I almost want to give it less than a 5, but I can't. Sabbath rules.

Classic , dark and brooding , part of the fine run of excellent albums Sabbath did in this period that didn’t really sip in quality until maybe after Sabbath bloody sabbath

undying classic

It's Black Sabbath.. First 6 albums are all 5 stars. No other band has been an influence on metal and various subgenres for as long as this band.

I forget just how much jamming is in here. I mean it’s heavy, but some of this is pretty bluesy with an occasional dip into… jazz? Or at least in the neighborhood of jazz. The part of the neighborhood where you lock the car doors and go through the stop signs, sure. But nobody sings like Ozzy. And paired with Iomi’s heavy guitar it’s a match made in, well, you know where.

Great to finally hear the whole album. It felt good to hear music that didn't sound like engine noise.

Not my usual vibe but I absolutely loved this album!!

Fantastic album, Iomis guitarwork is incredible, the entire album is revolutionary

Eigenlijk zijn alle riffjes al een keer gedaan door Black Sabbath

Yup that’s a 5. Such a great album.

classic

Having listened to this album hundreds of times and them being one of my favorite heavy metal bands, I knew going in that I would give this album a 5. They are one of the forerunners of heavy metal music and their influence on music is vast and innumerable. Crazy riffs, interesting lyrics, a powerful voice, great drumming, this album and band has it all. \m/

Alusta loppuun taattua Sabattilastua

aweeesome

Aikamoinen startti tälle listalle. 8 hemmetin hyvää biisiä, eikä juuri mitään ylimäärästä. On ne saakelin kovia ukkoja Paras biisi: War pigs Huonoin biisi: Planet Caravan: Ei ollu mun mielestä yhtään selkeesti huonoa biisiä. Ehkä Planet Caravan on vaan niin erikoinen ton alun tykityksen jälkeen Ps. En tiiä mitä tää levyn kansi oikeen tarkottaa mutta ehottomasti yks mun suosikeista

Goose like it

You can see all the ingredients and where they came from to make this new perfect thing.

This album is amazing. It was amazing then and always will be. It hits right off the rip and never lets up. Complete classic.

Reading a bit about drummer Bill Ward on Wikipedia: “According to Tony Iommi, he and the band would often set Ward's beard on fire and perform other harmful pranks on him. On one occasion, Ward even received third-degree burns.” “Ward almost died after a prank-gone-wrong during recording of Vol. 4 in 1972. The band were renting a Bel Air mansion belonging to John DuPont of the DuPont chemical company. The band found several spray cans of gold DuPont paint in a room of the house; finding Ward naked and unconscious after a night of heavy drinking, they thought it would be funny to cover the drummer from head to toe in gold paint. Ward soon became violently ill and had a seizure and an ambulance had to be called. The paint had blocked all of Ward's pores, which his bandmates were subsequently informed can be fatal.”

Loved this. Even better than the last Black Sabbath album I got that was on this list.

- Already listened to this before - Certified classic - Not a huge metal fan, but this album is fantastic - WAR PIGS is one of the greatest openers of all time - Fav songs: WAR PIGS, IRON MAN, ELECTRIC FUNERAL

"You can only trust yourself and the first six Sabbath albums" - Henry Rollins Black Sabbath invented heavy metal. Sure, there were precursor examples of heavy metal, but Black Sabbath embraced the sound and made it what it is today. And while their debut album was a good start, it was always the follow-up Paranoid that cemented their legacy. Every track belongs. They're heavy, well-written, and flow nicely. Even with outlier Planet Caravan, it feels like a natural fit in between the noisier sections, giving a sort of dynamic shift to let the sound breathe. Every metal band pays tribute to this band and this album in some way. They have to, because it's the cornerstone and foundation for metal as a genre. There's no denying it.

Where their first album felt more experimental and raw, Paranoid really takes the band forward with a riff-centric approach and a more polished sound. Metal before metal, each song is a jam.

Absolutely xlassix

Ongelofelijk. Een half jaar na Black Sabbath, hun eerste album, kwam Paranoid. Waar het eerste album nog duidelijk gestoeld was in de destijds bijzondere populaire blues, maar dan zwaarder gespeeld en met heerlijke horror-teksten, is het tweede album qua geluidsbeeld weinig verschillend, maar in compositie en stijl een enorme sprong. Dit is geen blues meer maar echte heavy metal. De kolossale riffs van War Pigs, Electric Funeral, Iron Man zijn ongekend en hebben de basis gelegd voor zo veel verschillende metalstromingen. Niet alleen rechtstreeks (Alice in Chains’ Dirt is Electric Funeral) maar vooral in riffage en stijl. Doom metal en stoner zouden niet zonder dit album hebben bestaan. Sterker nog, ieder album van Orange Goblin is een poging om Paranoid opnieuw te maken. Het titelnummer Paranoid was een soort nagedachte, in 20 minuten geschreven en opgenomen, en het staat nog steeds in talloze top 100s bovenaan. 52 jaar na dato blijft Paranoid inspireren.

Simply brilliant! Liked the long led zep-like tracks. Great solos, great voice too. Brilliant. The inspiring birth of genre. 5/5

Awesome! Exactly what we needed today.

Another awesome album cover War Pigs, Iron Man, and Paranoid are all bangers Iconic guitar riffs through the whole thing Geezer Butler must've had a vision of the apocalypse or something Each instrument is competing to be the lead and they're all winning There's a ballad written straight from Hell Feels like a complete piece of art

This is my second listen of this album. I enjoyed it the first listen but it hit even harder this time. War pigs, paranoid, and iron man are just rock classics. Planet caravan and hand of doom banged. Ozzy sounds fantastic on this. 9/10

It’s dumb and incredible. The second side is better than I remember, more classics

5 stars for paranoid alone

Amazing how it still stands after 40 years, still hits just as hard can't help but headbang

Discazo

Invented a genre

Black Sabbath with their absolute classic album, seriously heavyweight with iconic tracks War Pigs, Paranoid and the thumping Iron Man. The sound is big, the metal is heavy and far from being some dark satan worshiping amorality, Ozzy pleas for peace and humanity. Amazing the scare this album gave people when truthfully, here was a call for acceptance.

Such an amazing album. Loved it all but there’s a clear big 3 that are pretty well known. War Pigs, Paranoid and Iron Man. I can’t imagine listening to Iron Man in 1970 when it dropped, had to be crazy.

Classic.

Top 5 album. Amazing heavy metal album.

What an album!

Loved it, listened to it while mountain biking. Have listened to this one before as it is a classic but good to get the jams going again.

It's impossible to rate it with less than five stars. Simply one of the most influential albums in music history and essential to creating my taste for music. Nowadays, I'm much more eclectic in my music preferences, but heavy metal is in my veins, and this album is the main reason for it!

4.5 stars. One of the seminal, early metal albums for a reason. Standouts "War Pigs", "Iron Man", "Paranoid".

Much as I hate agreeing with general consensus, this album is fantastic. Can't fault it, and it's always an enjoyable listen. Sabbath tends to be overrated by metalheads and classic rock guys, and the rest of their Ozzy catalogue would only be 3s or 4s (Heaven and Hell will get a 5 if it's here), but Paranoid is just THAT good. 5/5.

This was the first Sabbath album I ever listened to and where metal really clicked for me for the first time. I may prefer "Master of Reality" by a smidge, but this is definitely their most iconic album, and a major breakthrough in the creation of heavy metal as a genre. I absolutely love how derpy the album cover is too.

Actually may like their debut more, but this album is too influential to give anything less than a 5. Really don't think there's a bad song here.

War Pigs AND Iron Man? Hell yes!

Embarrassed to say this was the first time I have listened to a whole Sabbath album. Forgive me, for I have sinned!

What the fuck is Planet Caravan?? I had to make sure I didn't somehow skip to the wrong album or something. Did not see that coming... Continuing, 3 of the songs on this record are flawless. If you like any rock bands from the from the 90s, these tracks are probably their inspiration. 3 of the most iconic songs of a generation. As an added bonus, you get Hand of Doom which is pretty great too. Then Rat Salad kicks your ass after that. Look, here are songs that were topping the charts in 1970: "Bridge Over Troubled Water" "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head" "Let It Be" Going over to your stoner buddy's house and hearing him put this on was probably like getting plowed in the ear by jesus and satan at the same time. I can imagine why it would be lifechanging.

Hell yea

I mean. This is one of the greatest albums of all time. Just so fucking good.

Gotta admit that while I'm familiar with the album's three most popular songs ("War Pigs," "Paranoid," and "Iron Man," obviously), I wasn't familiar with the album as a whole. Now that I've listened to it in its entirety, I can confidently say that it's about as solid as a rock album gets. It's hard to beat Ozzie's vocals and Iommi's guitar-playing prowess (and Butler and Ward aren't exactly slouches, either). If I'd heard someone say, "Yeah, we're starting the album with an 8:00-minute-long song," I'd have thought they were crazy. Don't you usually throw something that long into the back end of the album to make sure you don't lose people right off the bat (huh-huh)? Not if you're Sabbath, and not if that song rocks as hard as "War Pigs" does. And then immediately following that up with "Paranoid," and "Iron Man" two songs after that? Fuggedaboudit. Those three tracks alone make this album well worth the price of admission. "Rat Salad" is a throw-away track as far as I'm concerned, but the rest is top-notch, especially "Electric Funeral" and "Hands of Doom" (the latter of which I've officially fallen in love with). Old school metal doesn't really get better than this.

I only went as far as the first six albums of Black Sabbath, but the first four of those are already stone-cold masterpieces for me. The thing is, out of those four masterpieces, *Paranoid* is probably my least favorite as a whole album, in spite of its reputation. Because apart from "Planet Caravan" and its hazy atmosphere, this record is maybe a little too one-note and "basic-sounding" for me. *Masters Of The Universe* and *Vol.4* have far more dynamic tracklistings, which makes them an even more enjoyable experience for my specific ears. That being said, *Paranoid* is also a historical record, marking the true birth of the whole metal genre. I love the eponymous debut, but the latter is still hard rock, basically, i.e. blues played and processed though overdriven guitar. In comparison, it's clear that *Paranoid* goes beyond all that. And inside that historical album, "War Pigs", "Iron Man" and the title track are rightly considered as timeless anthems. So I guess I can't give this one anything less than 5 stars. Number of albums left to review or just listen to: 858 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory: 78 (including this one) Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 35 Albums from the list I will certainly *not* include in mine (many others are more important): 30

Perfect

A literal life changer. The kind of album that sets you on a musical road forever. It is chock full of iconic tunes. Black Sabbath created like three genres on this one.

Five stars

Amazing And just plain kicks ass.

Crazy good. Would love to have been around when this came out. I’m sure it blew people away.

In sold already. No need to serve up more Sabbath.

Loved this. I don't know much of Black Sabbath other than the rock radio hits. The guitar riffs all over this album fucking RULE.

Wow. What an a-side - so good that an actually amazing b-side gets lost - but if you start an album with War Pigs, followed by Paranoid - Planet Caravan and Iron Man - it’s hard to follow. But a perfectly packed punch of an album - definitely worth the score.

Wegweisend

Has everything you could possibly ask for. 8 songs in just a little over 40 minutes. Incredibly heavy riffs - fast, energetic, sometimes suddenly powerful - propelled the heavy metal genre influence in a new direction, serving as the primary influence of the creation of thrash and doom metal many years later. It's accessible, not just because its top hits have been cemented in pop culture, but because the riffs are simple and catchy, the vocals are clear, and the lyrics cover easy-to-understand, engaging topics of apocalypse and destruction. Production and mixing are well done: everyone can be distinguished and sounds good. Drumming gets their shine in the last two tracks.

If War Pigs, Paranoid and Iron Man are all on the same album, it's five stars.

What a great album, timeless, and still rocks hard. Planet Caravan is great, just wish it was 3 minutes longer.

It might have a much stronger first half than second half, but that's still a five from me. The first 4 tracks are bostin'. Fave track - "Planet Caravan" is a chillout track of epic proportions! "War Pigs" for the more standard metallic fare....

Every song* has at least 2 legendary riffs. Great understated drummer, great bassist, Ozzy Osbourne. It’s a testament to how great the seventies were that one of it’s best albums was released so early and it still didn’t slow down. *not Planet Caravan. Still a great track

Absolute perfection. No ifs, ands, or buts. If smoking and tripping is all that you do, look no further.

Izvrstan izvrstan album

Ne smim ja dat prva četiri albuma black Sabbath manje od pet jer ću ostat bez kuće😄

Bless this album, bless this band.

Featuring some of the most memorable riffs and drum fills in heavy metal history, Paranoid is nothing more than a relentless, balls to the wall masterwork. And to believe that this is Black Sabbath's second record! They continued to define and refine what would be the heaviest and most impactful genre in rock and influence many bands in their wake.

Clearly Side B doesn't keep up with Side A, but that's hard to do when you're trying to keep up with War Pigs / Paranoid / Iron Man. This is a 4.5 for me, rounding up today.

Black Sabbath's diamond among a pile of precious gems. Has some of their greatest hits as well as so many fantastic deep cuts, and was instrumental in bringing the idea of heavy metal to the minds of the world. Amazing.

Keep it going Sabbath. An album with the most popular songs still hits all the features of the group that I love.

\m/ Fuck yes. I've loved this whole album since I bought it from a BMG catalog when I was maybe 13. Had no knowledge of who Sabbath was or how influential they were. Just thought it sounded cool based on the description. So much of what I love now wouldn't exist if it weren't for this band. Goddamn they are so good

Trzeci Sabbathowy pick na liscie, tym razem padlo na paranoida, ktory jak dla mnie jest ich najklasyczniejszym krazkiem, jesli mysle o Sabbathcie, to przewija mi sie jako pierwsze skojarzenie wlasnie paranoid z legendarnym openingiem war pigowym, czy iron manowym songiem, plyta z 1970 jest drugim studyjnym nagraniem bandy o ktorej nie ma co sie rozpisywac skoro trzeci pick, cienka jest granica pomiedzy hardym rokowaniem, a ciezkimi metalami i tak o ile jestem sceptycznie nastawiony do metalowych brzmien, tak Sabbaty kupuja swoim podejsciem do komponowania, wiekszosc materialu z tego krazka powstawala w czasie jamowanych sesji zeby potem byc rerecordowana, slychac to glownie w wymyslnych riffach gitarkowych pana Iommiego, ktore zazwyczaj dominuja brzmienie utworow, ale nie jest to regula, bo pojawiaja sie takze spokojniejsze kompozycje jak planet caravan, ktora brzmi wrecz akustycznie, wiec na 42 minutach zawarli klasycznie ostre brzmienie i jednoczesnie eksperymentowali z spokojniejszymi brzmieniami, kolejnym ciekawym eksperymentem jest sam pan Osbourne, ktory zmienia sie z kawalka na kawalek nie tylko przez wykorzystanie synthowych efektow, ale rowniez przez granie na emocjach ktore sa przekazywane wokalem, a jest co przekazywac, bo Sabbathowe utwory pomimo tego, ze sa raczej prosto pisane to jednak potrafia dobitnie dotknac poruszanego tematu, dodatkowo nawiazujac do folkloru filozofii czy religii, jak czorny sabat, to przeciez diaboly musza sie przewijac, co tez zeby ubarwic kompozycje, nie bez powodu pan Ozzy stal sie pewnego rodzaju ikona hardego brzmienia, bo z samego wokalu czuc jego charyzme, ktora przyciaga sluchacza, na plejke nie ma co za bardzo dodawac, bo juz wiekszosc wspominanych trakow gdzies ma swoje miejsce, ale cala plyta laduje w biblioteczce spotifajowej

An all-time kickass classic. This album takes other albums out behind the shed and kicks their asses, and they give thanks that Black Sabbath paid them attention.

The singles are of course top tier but everything else rocks just as hard. Electric Funeral and Rat Salad especially were great.

I love this album! It is the coolest.

Gostei. É bem rico e um rock mais pesadinho, talvez seja o que eu mais gostei até agora 5/5

Black Sabbath is such a misunderstood band. While a ‘Black Sabbath’ is indeed a satanic reference, the band was never really about satan. There’s only a couple of references to satan on 'Paranoid,' and even then, it’s certainly not celebrated or glorified as 21st century Black Metal bands do on their recordings. Shame the band wasn’t more appropriately named Black Doom or Monsters Of Destruction, or something of that nature. OK, now that that’s out of the way… I have been listening to 'Paranoid' ever since it was released in 1970, my first introduction at the impressionistic young age of eleven. Even then, I immediately knew the opening track was concerning the evil nature of the ‘war machine.’ I furthermore surmised this not be a critique of war, per se, but the profiteers of war, particularly at the expense of the poor who are treated ‘just like pawns at chess.’ It’s a great image. And when satan does make his appearance at the end, ‘laughing, spread(ing) his wings,’ it is to enact God’s merciless judgment on the war pigs. As this scenario is completely void of grace, I don’t think it’s particularly good theology; still, at least they got the satan/God relationship right. The hasatan in the Hebrew Scriptures was not a forename, like Anton, but a title (‘adversary,’ ‘accuser’) indicating his role as the heavenly prosecuting attorney arguing, in this case, for the conviction and sentencing of the war pigs. God is the judge (this is not a jury trial), and therefore passes the final judgment. This idea is found throughout both testaments, both Hebrew and Christian. Again, it’s not the complete picture, but it is an accurate representation of the book of Job, for example. I wonder if the Christian religious right ever really read Black Sabbath’s lyrics? The rest, and vast majority, of the lyrical themes on Paranoid cover the kind of things one would expect on a 1970 LP: the Vietnam war (‘War Pigs’), the dangers of drug abuse, which vocalist Ozzy Osbourne unfortunately became all too familiar with himself (‘Hand Of Doom’), global destruction from atomic bomb radiation fallout (‘Electric Funeral’), even modern psychiatry (‘Paranoid.’) And some wonderful sci-fi songs like ‘Planet Caravan,’ and ‘Iron Man.’ By the way, who exactly was Iron Man anyway, and what put him in the grave in the first place, and how was he resurrected, and why was his sole purpose to wreak vengeful havoc upon the people ‘he once saved’? He sounds an awful lot like Jesus’ evil twin. Or, I guess if you’re a Monty Python fan, Jesus and Brian’s sibling triplet who went terribly rogue. Finally, ‘Fairies Wear Boots’ isn’t so much in the fantasy literary genre so much as it is an LSD inspired vision, as the last verse reveals. My point is that its quite a range of subject matter, and again, you will not find a one of them praising evil. Quite the contrary. 'Paranoid' seems to be about cautioning youth about the deadly nature and consequences of dancing with the devil. Which, of course, is the very stuff of sermons and liturgical prayers one may find in a worship gathering on the Christian Sabbath. Now lets’ talk music for a moment. I don’t think I’ve ever previously considered that these blokes were every bit as talented on their respective instruments as the members of fellow hard rockers Led Zepplin, Jimi Hendrix and the Experience, Cream, The Who, Rush. I mean it. Guitarist Tony Iommi is a rock god, just blazing away on super sonic lead solos on almost every song, even delving into a bit of tasty jazz guitar (accompanied by piano and congas… on a metal album!) on ‘Planet Caravan.’ Of course, he’s mostly known for one of classic rock’s all time most famous riffs- ‘Iron Man’ – his signature heavy, heavy power chords. (Every kid I knew, including myself, learned this and Deep Purple’s ‘Smoke On The Water’ immediately upon learning how to tune our guitar strings.) Geezer Butler gets this uniquely crunchy(?) kind of sound on his bass- he must have been playing with a pick- and meanders up and down and sideways and around that fret bar like a kid on a swing set trying to arc up and over the top bar. And drummer Bill Ward with his relentless driving drums of doom. Most of these songs were birthed from improvisational jams which is clearly heard in every song. Then, for the cherry on top of the hot fudge sundae, the infamous Ozzy Osbourne. His sneering vocals are a perfect fit for the head banging thunder his mates hurl down. How can you not love this guy when he sings in a particularly nasty manner on ‘Electric Funeral’: ‘Turns people into clay, radiation minds decay!’ This is a kid you would love to be friends with on the school playground but loathe to be the teacher of in the classroom. Sabbath ain’t what you think. Unless you think their mighty damn awesome. And then you’d be right.

So do I write a review with hindsight or do I write the review I would have written as a 12/13 year old, nearly 50 years ago. Because I remember hearing this the first time. War Pigs was like nothing I'd ever heard before, and the rest of the album kept me enthralled. It still does. Some of the lyrics are trite, but it's a sonic masterpiece.

It's THE classic metal album, definitive. Always in rotation in my house.

Vraiment trop hot cet album. Ca donne le gout de rocker 5

All six first Sabbath albums are absolute classics in my book.

Masterpiece of stoner rock, nothing less. Keep 'em coming!

Classic Rock, no doubt it's in the book.

To produce instant classics like Paranoid, War Pigs and Iron Man on one and only album is a miracle, or is it genius? Tony Iommi absolutely deserves the "riff master" title after this one. Every second of this masterpiece is worth it. Black Sabbath will always be one of the best metal act ever.

All time classic stoner music from the creators of Marijuana

VIVA O ROQUE

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toppety

Amazing metal album

A classic, takes me back to being an angsty teen. Ozzy's vocals and iommi's guitar is a truly legendary mix

👹👹👹

PERFECTION! This is the only way to describe this album. I've lost count of how many times I listened to this already. Favorite tracks: * Literally all of them, but if I need to choose three: * War Pigs * Electric Funeral * Paranoid

good

perfeito

Amazing. Full of hits

This was a great album. I've listened to a few albums on this list that lost a star or two because they added too many songs. This one is a little short but at least there's no filler garbage. (Turns out the title song was actually written as "filler" but it is far from garbage)

Listened on February 26th 2022. Absurdly relevant to this crazy Russian invasion of Ukraine times were living in. Fucking meaty. Pure anger. Love this album

It doesn’t get better, heavy metal peaked here

Amazing. I was blown away by how good this record was. This album has been on my list for a while, and I’m glad that I listened to it. Will be buying this if I see it at my record store.

Early Ozzy !!! Iommi blazing the guitar on "War Pigs". Geezer's base just cranking out on Paranoid. Beautiful, soothing guitar picking and congos on "Planet Caravan". Raw raw power of "Iron Man". Song just does not give up; increasing in intensity all the way to the end. And "Hand of Doom". Just a great, driving song in every way. Sad lyrics, but that goes with the times (Vietnam, heroine). Simply a masterpiece. Hands down my favorite song on this album. "Rat Salad" devotes time to Bill Ward. His drumming is perfectly adequate, but this one just does not excite. Wrapping it up with "Fairies wear boots" ... "cause smoking and tripping is all that you do". hoo-rah. Absolutely classic album.

As good as it was decades ago.

Great rock and roll album with many classic songs. Some filler but does not disturb the flow.

Clássico

2022.01.10

Discazo

Classic. War pigs, paranoid, and iron man are right up there with the best rock songs. Amazing to think it was only a few months since their debut.

5 mastapeeece baybee

A masterpiece. You can hear the future of metal in this.

Hugely influential epic doom. Not their best album but still awesome and crushing.

This album is absolute insane

Una de les grans fites del hard rock, i això que no feia ni un any que el génere havia nascut a les mans d'ells mateixos. La primera cara és demencial, 4 temes amb dret a figurar en qualsevol llista; la segona és menys coneguda però gairebé igual de bona. Rock de malson, pesadot, agressiu, recargolat, que t'absorbeix de mala manera per no deixar-te anar mai més

Awesome. Further comment superfluous.

the perfect early metal album, almost flawless except it feels too slow in places. paranoid was the second song i ever learned on guitar so it has a special place in my heart. favorite tracks - war pigs, paranoid, iron man, planet caravan least favorite tracks - hand of doom

Amazing album from to back.

Extra special this album coming up on my list on Ozzy Osborne's birthday. This album for me is working back till 3am on many deadlines, alone in an office with this blasting out of my computer's speakers. Perfect album

As an Ozzy fan, I looked at this album cover and was like \"huh? I haven't heard this one\" but once I clicked to listen to the album, i've realised that i've played it on high rotation prior to today.

Legendary

Listen to Black Sabbath

War Pigs takes me back to when I played a lot of Guitar Hero.

Classic kickass metal album. What more can I say?

brack saba!

Wow. I've never intentionally listened to Black Sabbath, maybe because it was too old or something. I've heard some of the songs a lot, but I never knew what a great complete album it is. Cohesive sound, but enough variation between tracks to stay interesting.

I didn't even finish War Pigs. Not on purpose, but I got busy and forgot to come back.

Very solid, just the last few meh songs on the album prevent a 5

Best overall black sabbath album (that I've listened to so far). Always classic

Love this album. No question. Easy to drop in and let the music wash over. Feel it in my chest. Propelling. Deep.

All time great.

That first side, man. Just floors you. Three of the greatest metal songs ever. Then there's the Planet Caravan song. Yikes. It reminds me of the Spinal Tap song, "Clam Caravan." I'm sure that that was what they were going for, but it just seems out of place here. Everything else fits really well. I remember getting this CD a few years back at Best Buy (remember when they had CDs, kids?). It was in a $5 bin. Only five dollars?! Sold. This defined the genre. Pretty much all of metal has taken from this album (except for "Planet Caravan", maybe...) The one song being a clunker, I am still going to rate this pretty high. How can you not?

Oh yeah. Now that's an album. I'm not really a metal fan but I love guitars and bass. It's probably the simpler (yet still intricate) sound that I love so much about Sabbath. I'm pretty sure I heard somewhere that Iommi invented or popularized power chords. It just brings so much sound. And yet there is plenty of complex tapping, plucking, hammering on and off (solos & sequences in Paranoid, Iron Man, Rat Salad, I could go on and on). War Pigs really epitomizes their sound - goes wherever it wants and it works. The intro crawls in, then the first verse has an up-tempo power chord repetition, then a 1min bridge with a different pace and chord progression, then back to the verses sound for 30s, then a new 1min bridge/solos, back to another verse, back to the style of the first bridge for 30-45s, then a long outro complete with some final distortion just because. Some stuff is simple, some is complex, but altogether it's a masterpiece.

Album met veel hits op. Stond volle bak op in de auto! zeker van genoten

Solid metal album by Black Sabbath. The first half is full of bangers and the second half doesn't disappoint either. Not as memorable the first but still a great listen.

Ozzy forever! War Pigs, Paranoid, Electric Funeral and Fairies Wear Boots. Iron Man is also great but been worn out by hearing it on the radio. Easy 5.

Tried to think of something clever to say but...

Absolutely fantastic. Not a heavy metal fan normally, but thesingers voice is great, the subject matter dealt with excellently in the lyrics, and love the balance of the music.

Holy cow! This album is freaking fantastic! What have I been waiting for??? I think as a kid I bought just enough into the satanic panic of the 70s and 80s to believe at least a tiny bit that listening to Black Sabbath would invite Satan into my soul. (There were Christian protestors outside the brand new Events Center when Black Sabbath came to my home town in the early 80s.) And even after I became certain there was nothing to fear in this music, I had convinced myself that Black Sabbath just wouldn't appeal to me. They'd be too hard, too noisy, too mean. I even knew and liked half these songs already (War Pigs, Paranoid, Iron Man) but there was still a part of me that did not believe. Gah! Propaganda works, yo! Now I get why the powers that be needed me to be afraid. But the truth is we don't need to fear this bunch of hippies! The war pigs are the ones to fear! Anyway, my feelings about every single track on this record run the gamut from like-it-a-lot to oh-my-god-I-love-this-so-much! The drums, the guitars, bass, vocals are all amazing. When everything but the hi-hat drops out at the beginning of War Pigs? Sublime. The mellow bongo-ness of Planet Caravan? Smooth. The psychedelia Electric Funeral? Terrific. The bluesy grooves in the middle of Hand of Doom and Fairies Wear Boots? Bluesy and groovy --- and wicked! I love this record. More please!

Greatest Metal Album of all time. Genre defining. Driving guitar links heavy bass and harrowing vocals make for an amazing listening experience.

Gros classique. Fait Stoner. Considérer à acheter en vinyle

Front to back this is what heavy metal should sound like. Sabbath were pioneers. From the fast to the heavy and even a slower song like Planet Caravan

Albums were so short! The tracks that everyone knows still wail but the others are surprisingly chill.

We do not deserve and can barely handle the badassery of Black Sabbath. This song is at least 50% hits, and the other 50% slaps. Keep it up and you'll go places, Oswald.

Iconic, IronMan, Maybe top 5

Absolute Masterpiece

Outstanding, nom stop bangers start to finish. Also, the best percussion I've heard in ages.

Wonderful stuff and so influential to the development of heavy metal - amazing tracks such as war pigs, iron man and of course paranoid I haven’t debated a score as much and my head says four but……

Hand of doom. The best part about this album is you can take all of the singles that everyone’s heard plenty of times away, and what you’re left with is still amazing. I love this album. Again….hand of doom.

Classic masterpiece.

Classic album. Generated a new genre for future middle school boys to headbang too. 5-star banger.

hell yeah

Wow what a dead-center-kick-to-the-nuts album from top to bottom!

Such a classic. It's cool to hear the subtle stereo panning of the drums and guitars with headphones.

Banger

Top classic metal

Warum ist Hand of doom nicht beliebter? Klassiker der immer wieder spaß macht.

The best

Insane. The riffs on here are SICK NASTY..a HURRICANE of intensity. One of my all-time favorites. This one is so good it's RIDICULOUS

What an album, there isn't a bad song on it. I can tell why this is such a touchstone for the genre. It has a primal quality that it's heavier predecessors struggle to capture.

Brilliant album

Fantastic classic. Always was very good, still is

Nothin to say. Pure fire 😂. 5/5

Knew it

Great album. A lot of nostalgia

yes please. this is a band i would love to watch, sadly the later versions of sabbath are pretty awful so that just isn't going to happen.

Some disgustingly good riffs in this album, had actually forgotten abt War Pigs, which was a nice surprise. Pretty much every song is a banger, also they pieced together Paranoid in 2 hours??? What the fuck Already Saved: Paranoid Saved After Listening: War Pigs, Iron Man, Electric Funeral

One of the best albums ever made.

It's the album Prince Philip will have blaring out as he's lowered into his grave. As if we're not getting a bank holiday. That is most upsetting.

Ha

Classic

Easy 5, one of my favourite albums of all time.

Classic

I may be more of a Black Sabbath fan than I had ever considered... I’d love to have this on vinyl.

Great 👍🏼

Sí me gustó la vrd, jamás le había dado chance a escuchar mucho de esta banda salvo Paranoid que no me logró atrapar y otros pares de canciones que me habían pasado desapercibidas. Chistoso, fantasioso, brujesco y apocalíptico. Un disco poco relatable, nada sentimental, lo cual es refrescante, si bien ahora suena graciosisimo, supongo que en la época era dark. Según lei en la Wikipedia la primera canción se iba a llamar Walpurgis, pero la disquera dijo que no porque sonaba muy satánico (aunque según entiendo todo este performance de los nombres místicos era un pedo más como en la punk-politics-related ondita en vez de ocultista, lo cual fue bummer pa mi), así que, cuál niños regañados, le tuvieron que cambiar el nombre, lel. Pues, yo no soy quien pa afirmar esto, pero pa mi que sí que se nota mucho la influencia que han tenido en el metal hasta nuestros días estos dudes (sobre todo en el famoso stoner metal con el cual estoy muy poco familiarizado, pero dizque yo todas las bandas de ese género suenan a una digi-evolución de Black Sabbathh). Fav: Electrical Funeral porque tiene un inicio que sí suena a que va a empezar una invocación con las fuerzas del maligno. Mood: Este Iron Man cae mejor que el de marvel porque es bien loser y nadie lo quiere ajajaa

Give it 5 stars or I'll get ye

Pretty good indeed. Side 2 is particularly strong.

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How is it so heavy for 1970?!?!

Su aparición en aquel aclamado juego Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock me hizo conocerlos jajaja no se si salieron en otros pero ahí conocí paranoid y la de Iron man que chuladaaaaaa.... buen glugluneees

Imagine putting this on for its first spin back in the day. Planet Caravan is a bit of a rad piano diversion from the rest of the album

Damn, what a great album. Good example of a rough voice used perfectly. powerful lyrics, good songs, good flow, and an album that changed the game. Legit.

Qué puta belleza. Quiero decir que es gracias a este ejercicio que neta me doy el tiempo de escuchar con calma y atención a black sabbath que por algún extraño prejuicio consideraba música del montón. Es un puto discazo de principio a fin, y no sé si me gustan más los riffs de guitarra o los solos de batería pero la puta madre. Y qué carajos con planet caravan? cómo una rolita así de suave entra tan perfecto en un disco de metal progresivo. Putos genios.

This is a bit ‘welcome to my twisted mind’ but I fucking loved it. 5 Big Ones

almost every song on this album is perfect, in so many ways, really incredibly great music 🥲

Natuurlijk geweldig album, de start van de metal en altijd legendarisch.

Over too soon! Short, sweet, and classic!

Awesome. 10/10 every song is awesome.

Ideal type of rock music I'd listen to when in the mood. Great stuff.

Great album. Always forget how mellow and melodic it is.

I rocked out so hard I almost drove my car into a ditch

Just good pure rock.

Classic!

Badass. So cool. Bluesy, infant metal.

Classic

Jamz

Great album full with big hits and great songs

This is cult stuff!

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6 stars.

Clássico ignorado por mim e que supreendeu demais pelos riffs e vocais. Ouvir mais vezes

A Rat Salad away from absolute perfection FT: Can I really choose? OK. I will. A tie between Planet Caravan and Paranoid. 9/10

Spectacular

Que dire, un chef d'œuvre

Classic

Honestly could be a 5 on further re-listens. I understand better now why Ozzy has the legendary reputation he has.

I slept on Sabbath forevs. I’m glad I finally opened up to them. This is a great album. I love how menacing they sound.

Your head banging was on point for this. I once bought a beat of Black Sabbath album and later realised 70% was just this album. Absolute power house, with great interval tracks showing the diversity and talent of the whole band. Well worth a listen and a rock out.

Great

Liked it more than I thought I would

Surprised that I actually liked this. Probably won't reach for it much though

Black Sabbath are the Godfathers of heavy metal music, and it shows in their best album. Paranoid is one of my favorite tracks, the lyrics not rhythmically locking in with the track is part of the magic of the song. This song does not sound like it was from 1970 to me, it sounds much more modern. War Pigs, Iron Man, and Fairies Wear Boots are good, but to me they sound older. One of the things I don't love about this album are the drum sounds in these tracks. It sounds like Ginger Baker was playing these tracks on plastic tubs. There's just a blah sound to them to me.

Disco soberbio.

Solid all around.

Paranoid-Fav song on album

I don't listen to a lot of Ozzy or Sabbath. But I have to say that the production of this album, especially the drums, is pretty great. I will have to make sure I add a little more Ozzy and Sabath into the rotation.

dosta dobro! sviđa mi se bluskastost, kao i nekonvencionalna (s današnjeg gledišta i valjda zbog moje predodžbe) strukturiranost ponekih pjesama. jako volim stvar »paranoid«, ne znam zašto mi je tako dobra

I never thought Black Sabbath was for me but last year I went on a little exploration thanks to the Geezer Butler biography and found lots to like. There is a super strong sequence of songs in the first half but the back half is slightly less successful to me. I’d want to listen to that again though.

classic rock with pretty good lyrics! especially liked 'war pigs' since it's political, i could relate to 'paranoid' and the best melody winner is 'electric funeral'.

Killer record. The guitar and pedal work on this is sick. It’s also more jam-my than I thought it would be but it’s pretty cool. A side is truly a back to front masterpiece. B side is weaker but tough not to be

Ozzy Osborne uses his voice as an instrument, and I really appreciate that. Tbf, an absolute stonker of an album.

Almost perfect

Given there is only 8 tracks on rhis album, you couldn’t get much stronger of a first 4. ‘War pigs’ showcases the individual elements of Sabbath superbly. Typical of a lot of Ozzy era Sabbath it manages to balance heaviness with a highly enjoyable (and listenable) groove. ‘Paranoid’ is well ‘Paranoid’, just simply a high energy classic. Strangely my first introduction to ‘Planet Caravan’ was through a Pantera cover rather than the original. I love how spaced out and chilled it feels compared to the first two tracks. It feels unfair to say the second half of the album doesn’t quite maintain the same level, but that’s the issue of having the first four tracks be that strong. That said there is still plenty to enjoy. ‘Hand of Doom’ meanders through various different styles of Sabbath, slowing down and speeding up at will throughout. If anything if probably goes on a little too long, but is still enjoyable enough to not prompt nervous glances towards the remaining running time.’Rat Salad’ is possibly the most unnecessary track on any early Sabbath album and could’ve been cut without issue.

Obviously this is good. Everybody knows this. I love how, despite being some of “the” metal guys, Black Sabbath never devolves into noise for the sake of noise. It always feels more intentional than that.

Very cool, I had never listened to the whole album before and enjoyed it a lot.

I think the producer not putting paranoid as the opening track was a colossal mistake. That riff screams opening track all day. I’d put Paranoid on my greatest songs of all time playlist. Iron man is obviously iconic but lyrically I think it’s just alright. Some other stellar riffs in here. For me, instrumentally this would be a 5. I don’t LOVE the lyrics and vocal performance on some tracks which slightly holds it back.

Not really my thing but it's a classic.

Solid listen

This kind of confirmed for me that I like Black Sabbath but love solo Ozzy, and very much confirmed that this should be the only Black Sabbath album on the list. (Replace one with Diary of a Madman, the other with an entirely different band) This rules, there’s no doubt about that, but anything else is diminishing returns really feels odd to start with negativity for an album I’m either giving a four or five but this list needs to get its act together

I liked this more than I was expecting too. Metal is just silly dark stories huh. "Rat Salad" is a crazy title and a very long drum solo.

When I am in the mood for something heavier, this is in the rotation. So good. I am IRONMAN!! 4.0

The hits! Rockin' but melodic. A classic album. High 4 stars.

Classic AF. And for the record, it's Sabbath > Zeppelin all day, every day.

Planet Caravan peak

8 out of 10 classic album from black sabbath very famous

8/10

Even tho it is not my cup of tea i really enjoy it

Really enjoyed most of the songs.

Ótrúlega sterk plata.

An amazing album, War Pigs still sounds epic today

How can you even rate something so influential? I guess by the fact that I like it, not love it.

I listened to this album on a late day walk in between chores. This day feels like a turning point for me, like the moment when someone with a snoking habit suddnely becomes a parent and never touches a cigarette again. I recognized way more songs here at a glance than I thought I would, which got me excited. This is the sound of heavy metal that I love: heavy, pounding, and intimidating without completely losing itself in rapid percussion too fast to click with and growling vocals I cant hear. I was worried that was what I was in for, but I was wrong to doubt Black Sabbath. The front half of this album, with all its singles, is an absolutely insane run, and I love how the band is not afraid to make weird sonic choices like the spacey, underwater-sounding Planet Caravan or the strange metallic voice that starts Iron Man. I sometimes forget that artists have always been making weird artistic choices, and that even "classic" pieces of art and music are strange and unique in what makes them so good; they are not the toned-down, somplified version of themselves which can sometimes exist in the public consciousness. I don't think the rest of the album quite touches the big hits, but this is deservedly remembered as an incredible album. Highlights: War Pigs / Luke's Wall, Paranoid, Planet Caravan, Iron Man, Rat Salad, Jack the Stripper / Fairies Wear Boots

-War pigs is obviously awesome on here. Intro takes a second. -Iron man is on here as well

So many hits. It's familiar and not too metal so I did enjoy it

War Pigs and Paranoid. What a way to start an album.

Напиться, неразделённо влюбившись в шлюху. Баллада по не выгоревшей интрижке с периодическим отвлечением на новые интересы и удовольствия, но с возвратом к основному желанию. Слушать целиком просто обязательно, альбом даже несмотря на такие длительности композиций не затянут и динамичен. Легендарность заслуженная и не навязанная. Оценка 8/10.

This is good. Never really liked Black Sabbath but I guess I just had some preconceptions based on what I thought about Ozzy. Fave Tracks: War Pigs, Paranoid, Planet Caravan, Iron Man 4.4/5

Another very good album by these guys. Besides the hits I particularly liked Planet Caravan. Maybe the album loses steam by the end, but it’s running red hot through the first half.

Kult album, selv om uttrykket er enkelt så er det gjort mye kreativt i å få til en stemning. Flere kule sanger også

Fav: the popular ones L: Electric Funeral 4 Yep, pretty good. I’m tired of rating everything a 2 or a 4 though

This album is the sort that I can imagine a meathead normie enjoying alongside someone with the worst politics ever. And me left dumbfounded on what they get out of it. Some songs maybe overstay their welcome, but in general the sound is great. Expressive lyrics, great production, virtuosic performances. My favorite and least favorite tracks are the same because I am a milquetoast baby. W: War Pigs, Iron Man L: War Pigs, Iron Man 4/5

Classic. Great listen.

So pleasantly surprised by this one!

Maybe should be 5 star but I’m very hesitant to give my first 5 star rating

Fine I recognized a few. Not really for me. Started really strong and I was digging it, then toward the second half I was like it’s fine. Definitely think I enjoyed this more than the last Black Sabbath one. At least half of the songs on the album are very popular songs. More favorite album.

Great music. RIP Ozzy.

I’ve heard this one a few times and it’s pretty damn solid. This is a high 4, maybe a 5 upon re-listen. Highs: War Pigs, Paranoid, Iron Man Lows: Planet Caravan

Did not know Black Sabbath had this many big hits in a single record. The record is good and surprisingly laid back. At times it takes on an almost bluesy sound. It is strange that they helped pioneer a sound that nowadays sounds completely different.

I don't typically like Heavy Metal, but some of these songs were catchy. I recognized a few, and I'm glad I listened to the whole album. Still not my genre, but I was surprised I liked it.

A lot better than the band name would suggest! Somehow maintains a lot of strong melodic lines even among their rock peers, and super memorable ones at that.

Classic British heavy metal. Despite being nearly 60 years old it still sounds fresh. It won't be a regular listen but thoroughly enjoyable at volume

maneirin ate

I quite enjoyed this album which has made me wonder when metal as a genre lost the plot. When did band names become a competition of who could string together the most vile words they could think of and when did the songs start to have so much screaming in them? I know these are things people enjoy and I know that they have their place but I feel like a lot of the time it’s just being edgy for the sake of it and I can’t stand that. Anyways this was good, I liked this.

listened

Isoja klassikoita tällä levyllä ja ikonista soundia. Tää olis ollut siisti kuulla julkaisu aikana, mutta ei tää kummiskaan niin säväytä enää että olis ihan 5 tähteä, mutta kovaa kummiskin. Parhaat: War Pigs, Paranoid, Iron Man, Rat Salad, Planet Caravan

Not my cub of tee

I see the appeal. Will I revisit it, most likely not but I can’t lie I was over here headbanging like a mf.

Yes yes thank you

Probably Sabbath’s second best album after Masters of Reality. War Pigs and Iron Man are classics that take me right back to high school track practice. Fairies Wear Boots is the surprise goof sleeper track. Electric Funeral is terrible definitely hits and misses here. I’m torn between a nostalgic 4 and a realistic 3. It’s a 7 so I’m giving it the nostalgic 4 because I do like a lot of it.

War Pigs, Paranoid, Planet Caravan, Iron Man, Hand of Doom

Pretty darn good lads.

signature guitar sound

Nearly every track on here is ingrained into my brain. Extremely iconic from front to back, this record played a key role in birthing whole genres of music. I guess my only real point of criticism would be that personally speaking, songs played in this style have never been extremely evocative for me so while I concur that these tracks are heaters, they somewhat lack on the emotional front. That being said, I think the specific genre of classic Heavy Metal was pretty much perfected on Paranoid.

This album is so badass

really good. surprising

3.5. Enjoyed the front half of the album way more than some of the middle or later songs. Added the first two to my playlist. Didn’t enjoy the quieter ones as much, but overall enjoyed the album.

I really liked the guitar and the energy, but I don't really think metal is the genre for me. I like the vocals to be a bit more refine, still I really liked the cover song and war pigs - the guitar riffs are pretty epic.

Banger

Been waiting for Sabbath to come up for ages :) Such a good album. Not the elusive 5* but very close 4.5

Good songs but just isn't enough to listen on repeat. 3.5

C'est la première fois que j'apprécie l'écoute d'un album de métal et c'est très sympathique.

Banger after banger

Already listened to their debut, wow they got so much tighter. One of my loose "complaints" of that first album is it's a bit sloppy, kinda endearing though. But to go from that to this... awesome. Not only does everyones musicianship shine more, but they're tighter as a group. Their progressive side is coming out here, and I want to rate this 5 stars just for War Pigs and Iron Man. But idk wtf Planet Caravan was, and there's a bit of underwhelm so we're going 4 stars

Of course this is a classic. Despite hearing War Pigs and Paranoid far too often over the years. Not my favourite Sabbath album, and Planet Caravan lets it down a little for me, but it’s solid nonetheless.

Buenisimo

Three genuine, bona fide rock classics on this album. There are excellent riffs and melodies; the musicianship is excellent and serves to accentuate the songs rather than dominate them; and the vocal work is a worthy reminder of how good Ozzy O was before he became a caricature. The other tracks are decent too but not quite at the level to get the album to a 5.

Was expecting to dislike it (the singles are a bit overplayed and not really my style) but was actually pretty good. Other albums tracks really helped with it - I was particularly fond of ‘hand of doom’ which was surprisingly jazzy. Memorable riffs and solos, pounding drums, clear vocal delivery - it’s still really surprising how well this has aged which I guess is a testament to the music it contains but also its following legacy.

Some great songs on here. Ironman, Paranoid, War Pigs. All so great. Also some sleepers like Rat Salad. I can imagine when this came out it was insanely heavy. Would have been cool to be there in that context listening to it. 7/14/26

First 4 songs are peak. Jack the stripper had decent melody Other songs were kind of forgettable and I'm not a fan of drum solos that last a minute

I've never really listened to Black Sabbath before and was very pleasantly surprised by this album. Decent songs including the famous Paranoid. I listened again on the same day any it was great second time round too. It's great to find these gems.

Another gem from the greatest (and first) metal band of all time. So much to love here, especially the constant grooooove.

regonised few of the popular songs, likes it but doesn't have that "fullness" I like in songs. Makes sense though as this was the blueprint for much to come.