Not for me beyond this listen. It was a good experience, and I bet I could appreciate it deeply as a live performance. Fantastic artistry but doesn't connect with me in an album setting.

Love the mood and vibe. Many standout songs for me that jus capture the energy of highs and lows so well.

Overall, I see why this is considered an iconic album without even fully understanding its context due to my lack of knowledge about the 60s/70s metal scene. I'm a huge fan and connected to the music's sound at a very core level. Intro song (War Pigs) is iconic--Every instrumental is a banger. I love when music is just "war is evil, guitar solo." Paranoid taking half an hour to write is hilarious and a sign that sometimes the vibes are just immaculate. Just a great bop of a song. Planet Caravan was very pleasant, a major comedown from the energy of Paranoid. I liked it and could hear myself listening to it when I am in a focused mood. Love the instrumentation. Iron Man's verses are so catchy (positive). Thematically, I vibe with how the world can turn us hard so easily, it can be hard to care when nobody else seems to want you to. Cathartic listening experience. Great solos, which will be a trend. I almost wish it came back to one more verse at the end, but it could just because I liked it so much I could have had it keep going. Electric Funeral's sound was an immediate yes for me. Doom and gloom but make it sound sick. Love the unevenness in the sound overall, then the unsteadiness in the time structure in the bridge. Overall a mood. Hand of Doom just feels so heavy. The weight in the lyrics and the instruments, just bleak. Makes me feel a pit in my stomach. Headbanger for me though, just feel the instruments and vocals in my bones. Rat Salad (the Baltimore diet). Drums go boom, it's a good time. Doesn't overstay its welcome at all, I'm sure it'd go crazy to witness live. Fun addition and a good placement in the album. Fairies Wear Boots is a tough lyric choice for me to enjoy, so it turns me off the song a bit. My least favorite off the album, but I definitely will find the chorus get caught in my head.

I really enjoyed the 1st and 3rd song, but the 2nd and 4th (intro part) really dragged for me, so it's hard to gauge my overall opinion. Definitely like the instrumentation and overall sound, I feel like edited versions of the song would be my preference. Walk on By: I am enjoying the sounds, love the character all the instruments have, especially the keyboard and funky guitar sound. At first when the vocals came in, I almost missed the instrumental. But it won me over, especially the brass section at 5:00. I really didn't notice the length of the song on first listen since its dynamic enough to keep my interest until about 9:00 when it gets a bit drifty for me, and I was ready for it to wrap up. (Wish I knew more about the original version of the song since it's a cover!) Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic: This one had some sounds I really got into, but it didn't really stick the landing to me. Enjoyable enough but not particularly memorable, not including its hilarious title. Middle section of the song had me a bit bored, it doesn't seem to build or go anywhere for a while. One woman: What an awesome love song until the part where I went, excuse me? I enjoyed the sound of this song a lot, and I thought the vocals felt particularly strong here, probably due to the more stripped back instrumentation that lets him shine. Maybe just slightly long for me but I liked the sound. Like the song, definitely want to ignore the lyrics. By the Time I Get to Phoenix: The spoken intro was interesting at first but I was ready for it to wrap up. I get why he did it, but I literally got so annoyed by the end I almost wasn't going to listen to the main song. That part is pretty good but I admit my focus was diminished by the time it actually started. Best Song: Walk on By

I'm biased. 6/5