The Best from BLACK SABBATH
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Topic: The Best from BLACK SABBATH
Posted By: aglasshouse
Subject: The Best from BLACK SABBATH
Date Posted: 24 Aug 2015 at 7:01pm
| Not really much to say here. Everyone knows Sabbath so there isn't much to add. Vote away. |
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Posted By: Triceratopsoil
Date Posted: 24 Aug 2015 at 7:09pm
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Could be any of the first 6, I'll go with the debut for sheer influence |
Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 24 Aug 2015 at 7:22pm
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Master of Reality for me, really flows well with no weak tracks. ------------- If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme |
Posted By: Vim Fuego
Date Posted: 24 Aug 2015 at 11:40pm
| I went Paranoid, because it's Paranoid. |
Posted By: LittleBig
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2015 at 1:06am
| Vol. 4 (1972) |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2015 at 2:12am
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It´ll always be the debut for me. I never get tired of that one. If not, it would be Paranoid. ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: Vim Fuego
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2015 at 2:13am
| Wish I could have a second vote. I'd vote Heaven and Hell for the non-Ozzy era. |
Posted By: Bosh66
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2015 at 3:38am
| My all time favourite band. I can't vote in this. I'd question or regret any votes I did cast. A couple of weak albums (forbidden, cross purposes), some very inconsistent ones (never say die), some controversial ones (love Born Again and quite like seventh star as a non-Sabbath rock album) and many complete classics. |
Posted By: adg211288
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2015 at 4:04am
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This is no doubt pretty bad of me, but my knowledge of Sabbath's discography is rather limited. I own the self-titled, Paranoid, Heaven & Hell and Dehumanizer and additionally heard Master of Reality. That's it. Out of those, I'd say Heaven & Hell, but I enjoy the first two a lot as well. They are albums and a band in general I should listen to more. ------------- Earn Money Online (NOT a scam): https://premium.gg2u.org?referrer=adg211288" rel="nofollow - GG2U https://adamsfilmcorner.quora.com/" rel="nofollow - Adam's Film Corner on Quora |
Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2015 at 4:14am
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^I actually think you might enjoy the Tony Martin fronted albums. ------------- http://www.lyngby-boldklub.dk/" rel="nofollow - Forever TRUE - Forever BLUE! https://rateyourmusic.com/~UMUR" rel="nofollow - UMUR on RYM |
Posted By: Bosh66
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2015 at 4:59am
Jonas, you should stop humouring people who don't listen to Sabbath religiously. They're not worth your time 
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Posted By: UMUR
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2015 at 5:11am
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Posted By: LittleBig
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2015 at 7:57am
some of the Tony Martin fronted albums are quite good (Forbidden is the weakest, I agree).
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Bosh66 wrote:Posted By: Bosh66
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2015 at 8:28am
| Forbidden is poor - the one album I really struggle with. |
Posted By: adg211288
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2015 at 9:10am
I've heard him sing on Arjen Lucassen's Star One song Closer to the Stars and I quite like him. Not heard anything from those Sabbath albums though. Apart from The Eternal Idol it's almost as if someone has tried to sweep them them the carpet. They don't seem as expensive right now as I have seen them, but they certainly don't get the re-issues that the other ones do and they're absent from Spotify as well. I never even knew those albums existed for a long time. Just assumed Dehumanizer was the last. Oh and I do have this one in my collection as well:  This is at least an honourary Sabbath album right? ------------- Earn Money Online (NOT a scam): https://premium.gg2u.org?referrer=adg211288" rel="nofollow - GG2U https://adamsfilmcorner.quora.com/" rel="nofollow - Adam's Film Corner on Quora |
Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2015 at 10:56am
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^I second Jonas's recommendation. I have the Martin-album 'Headless Cross', and it almost has a power metal vibe to it. I haven't heard the other Martin albums, but the aforementioned one I find really good. ------------- If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme |
Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2015 at 11:17am
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Although i love ALL the albums from #1 to Sabotage, i have a thing for Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Sabotage which i voted for. THose albums kinda incorporate all the ideas that came before and meld em together into nice catchy Sabbathness. Also love that Heaven & Hell. Best album cover ever ------------- 
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Posted By: Bosh66
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2015 at 11:19am
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The Devil You Known is a very nice album. We got spoilt with two versions of Black Sabbath for a while. Headless Cross is certainly decent too. It caused a bit of a fight between Martin (who wrote the lyrics) and Iommi. Iommi felt Martin had gone overboard with the satanic imagery and had to remind him that the band used dark themes to portray the fight between good and bad and weren't supposed to be celebrating it. Apparently Martin got a bit carried away and got pulled up for it.
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Posted By: siLLy puPPy
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2015 at 11:21am
How can you calll yourself a metal admin and not have heard all the early Sabbath albums?  You're sooooo missing out! I know it all sounds a little proto these days as that was my first impression getting into those albums well after their days of release but you really must experience the first 6 albums. They are truly magical and the major foundation of metal in general  -------------
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Posted By: Bosh66
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2015 at 11:57am
| Rather harshly put (albeit in jest) but the first six albums are indeed amazing. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Sabotage were proto-proggy before DT was a twinkle it its metal mother's eye. The rest of the discography is pretty awesome too for the most part. You have most of the Dio era studios but should get Mob Rules just for the title track and Sign Of The Southern Cross if nothing else. Goose-bump inducing stuff. |
Posted By: Unitron
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2015 at 12:05pm
Love Mob Rules, Sign of the Southern Cross is probably my favorite from that album. ------------- If I say fuck two more times that's forty-six fucks in this fucked up rhyme |
Posted By: Nightfly
Date Posted: 25 Aug 2015 at 2:39pm
This is tough, those first 6 are essential but many great moments since. I'm going for Vol 4...just. I've got it on vinyl with the photo insert on the gatefold sleeve and Vertigo swirl label. 
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Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2015 at 2:40am
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Nothing beats Sabotage brahs ------------- "Before you see the light you must die!!!!!!!!!!" - Slayer "Today is born the seventh one, born of woman, the seventh son" - Steve Harris |
Posted By: LittleBig
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2015 at 7:05am
of all the classic Black Sabbath Albums (from the self-tiltled debut to Sabotage), my least favorite is Sabotage
 . I even enjoy Technical Ecstasy more than Sabotage. |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: 27 Sep 2015 at 5:16pm
Sabotage is something else that's why ------------- "Before you see the light you must die!!!!!!!!!!" - Slayer "Today is born the seventh one, born of woman, the seventh son" - Steve Harris |
Posted By: Jbird
Date Posted: 15 Oct 2015 at 11:12am
| Dio-era for me, all the way. And I'm a fan since before Dio joined. |
Posted By: Modrigue
Date Posted: 03 Jun 2016 at 3:08am
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Master of Reality for me ------------- https://soundcloud.com/modrigue" rel="nofollow - Soundcloud |