Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
| Release date: | 13 February 1970 |
| Style: | Doom metal, Hard rock, Heavy metal |
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Disc I
01. Black Sabbath
02. The Wizard
03. Wasp / Behind The Wall Of Sleep
04. Bassically / N.I.B.
05. Evil Woman (Don't Play Your Game With Me) [Crow cover]
06. A Bit Of Finger / Sleeping Village
07. Warning [Aynsley Dunbar's Retaliation cover]
08. Wicked World [bonus]
Disc II [2009 Deluxe Edition Bonus CD]
01. Wicked World [Single B-side]
02. Black Sabbath [Studio Out-take]
03. Black Sabbath [Instrumental version]
04. The Wizard [Studio Out-take]
05. Behind The Wall Of Sleep [Studio Out-take]
06. N.I.B. [Instrumental version]
07. Evil Woman [Alternative version]
08. Sleeping Village [Intro]
09. Warning [Part 1]
Top 20 albums of 1970: 2
Top 200 albums of all time: 32
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01. Black Sabbath
02. The Wizard
03. Wasp / Behind The Wall Of Sleep
04. Bassically / N.I.B.
05. Evil Woman (Don't Play Your Game With Me) [Crow cover]
06. A Bit Of Finger / Sleeping Village
07. Warning [Aynsley Dunbar's Retaliation cover]
08. Wicked World [bonus]
Disc II [2009 Deluxe Edition Bonus CD]
01. Wicked World [Single B-side]
02. Black Sabbath [Studio Out-take]
03. Black Sabbath [Instrumental version]
04. The Wizard [Studio Out-take]
05. Behind The Wall Of Sleep [Studio Out-take]
06. N.I.B. [Instrumental version]
07. Evil Woman [Alternative version]
08. Sleeping Village [Intro]
09. Warning [Part 1]
Top 20 albums of 1970: 2
Top 200 albums of all time: 32
Featured In "Getting Into: Black Sabbath"
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Lyrics John Michael Osbourne - vocals, harmonica
Anthony Frank "Tony" Iommi - guitars
William Thomas Ward - drums
Terence Michael Joseph Butler - bass
Additional info
Produced by Roger Bain.
The tracklist of the more common American release (June, 1970) combines several tracks into one and incorrectly switches the titles around, as well substitutes Evil Woman for Wicked World, the B-Side to the original Evil Woman single, resulting in:
1. Black Sabbath
2. The Wizard
3. Wasp/Behind the Wall of Sleep/Bassically/N.I.B.
4. Wicked World
5. A Bit Of Finger/Sleeping Village/Warning
The '96 Castle remaster uses the original track-listing, plus "Wicked World" as track 8, being the only release with both songs on one disc.
Some versions of the album contain a live version of "Tomorrows Dream" as track #8.
Following the release of the expanded Paranoid set, Universal issue a further two classic Black Sabbath albums in the Deluxe format with an additional CD of goodies.
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Black Sabbath is not an ordinary album. It's the one that gave birth to our beloved metal genre. It was recorded back in 1970. At that time, although the spotlight was on the popular rock'n'roll groups which were constantly producing new "hits", Black Sabbath managed to compose the first heavy metal album ever. Read more ›› |
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| Maco Pvt Funderground Posts: 3593  |
It's a doom metal saturday. Gonna jam this an other classics. I actually love the bluesy elements, makes this one quite unique in their discography.
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| Cynic Metalhead Ambrish Saxena Posts: 7564  |
Today, it's the 50th anniversary of this masterpiece. Staff should staff pick this.
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| RaduP CertifiedHipster Staff Posts: 9030  |
Written by Cynic Metalhead on 13.02.2020 at 22:35 I think we did something even better
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| Cynic Metalhead Ambrish Saxena Posts: 7564 |
Written by RaduP on 14.02.2020 at 07:31 I think SSUS's article came after my post. It's a sweet pot.
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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62022  |
Written by Maco on 16.02.2019 at 19:00 My fav from that band and it means to metal a lot , its like a day when you lose your virginity, we all remember it , it means a lot, its same whit this album, metal lost its virginity
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| JOPE OF STEELE Steelemeister Posts: 3333  |
Kind of good debut for such an early metal album. I've given the album a few extra shots to turn out as better than how I'm see it right now, and as a conclusion it hasn't improved. Some of the songs are rather good: the S/T song, "Behind The Wall Of Sleep" and "N.I.B.", but I cannot see The Wizard, Evil Woman, Sleeping Village and Warning as very good songs at all. IN overall the album's songs aren't that amazing; they're not quite BS classics in quality, but still there is something enjoyable to listen every now and then. So I don't think it's superb album, and the band's following releases make this album look clearly weaker. Similar case is with earliest Manilla Road which isn't very far from early BS musically.
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| Metal Diogenes Posts: 1262  |
Feels embarrassing to admit, but I have never enjoyed this album beyond the title track. Yes, it's raw and intense and all kinds of stuff and even has some historical value, but I just don't like it, too much blues for my taste. When I was a teenager and didn't have access to internet, I even thought that Paranoid was their debut. I guess I wasn't alone, since nobody I knew really enjoyed or talked about this either.
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| nonZero Posts: 1334  |
Obviously a classic, but the first half is far stronger than the second.
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| F3ynman Nocturnal Bro Contributor Posts: 3031  |
Enjoyable beginning of our beloved music genre! The obvious masterpiece-songs here are the title track and NIB. The rest of the songs are pretty average, but not bad!! Behind the Wall of Sleep and Evil Woman are fun and catchy. The Wizard is cool, even though the harmonicas can be a bit annoying. The Sleeping Village and Warning have nice instrumental sections that remind me of Pink Floyd, but they can get too long and boring if one is not in the mood. I'm glad that Sabbath improved a lot after this release!
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| AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 5314  |
A debut with a legendary status, that sounded well ahead of it's time during it's release, it was completely unique, and different to anything ever done before. Although it may not of been perfect, it had some outstanding, memorable moments, the title track being the most memorable. It's hard to think such a song was released in 1970, with it's haunting, and doomy atmosphere that buids up, and those sinister lyrics, that were made by the eerie vocals of Ozzy, and then finished by that amazing Iommi guitar solo. "Evil Woman", "NIB" and "The Wizard" were also great songs too, which used so many influences, from jazz, and blues, to hard rock, with lots of groovy jamming. "Behind The Wall Of Sleep", "Sleeping Village" and "Warning" were also very good songs too, although not as great as the other three I mentioned.
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| Redel Moderator Posts: 2250  |
Incredible live footage here. Ozzy at his peak. Black Sabbath - Live in Paris (1970)
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| A Real Mönkey Posts: 1181  |
The figure on the cover is some random witch, apparently. I always thought it was Ozzy.
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| Majesty1911 Posts: 194  |
The most influential rock album ever? I think it is, at least for Metal fans. I didn't agree with statements like "first metal album". Jimi Hendrix's debut (1967), Cream - Disraeli Gears (1967), Steppenwolf's self-titled (1968), Led Zeppelin and Grand Funk first two albums (1969) - all of them on the same level of "Metal" for me as a 1970 Sabbath. Unique feature here is not a heavynes of performance, but dark and evil atmosphere in lyrics and overall sound. First side of the record is perfect! Second one, well, it's decent jammy blues rock. 8/10 +1 for hystorical importance.
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