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| Artist: Black Sabbath
Label: Sanctuary UK
Category: Music
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 71558
Format: Extra Tracks, Import, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.7 x 0.4
EAN: 5050749203120
ASIN: B00022TPSO
Release Date: May 31, 2004
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| Tracks:
| • | Black Sabbath | | • | Wizard | | • | Behind The Wall Of Sleep | | • | N.I.B. | | • | Evil Woman | | • | Sleeping Village | | • | Warning | | • | Wicked World (Bonus Track) |
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Album Description
2004 reissue on Sanctuary of their top 30 1970 debut. Originally released on Warner Brothers. Digitally remastered from the original master tapes with faithfully restored artwork, it features all eight original tracks, including'Black Sabbath', 'Behind The Wall Of Sleep', 'N.I.B.', 'Evil Woman' and 'Wicked World'.
Album Details
2004 Digitally Remastered Reissue of 1970 Debut Album from the Most Important Metal Band Ever. Includes Original Album Notes, Images and Track Sequence. Songs Like "Black Sabbath" and "Wizard" Signaled the Birth of the Dark, Heavy, Metallic Phenomena Known as "Heavy Metal". Includes the Song "Wicked World" which Didn't Appear on Earlier Editions.
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Black Sabbath September 28, 2006
Hank Helpless (NO, Norway)
Band Personnell:
Ozzy Osbourne - Vocals
Tony Iommi - Guitars and Keyboards
Geezer Butler - Bass
Bill Ward - Drums
The very first Sabbath album, the name came from a song that Butler wrote when the band was called "Earth", because of this they managed to call the band "Black Sabbath" too and the first album was titled after the artist name, it includes two cover songs such as "Evil Woman" and "The Warning".
It's a great album, especially to be their first one.
In the Beginning... March 28, 2006
D. Haralson (Jackson, MS USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Quite simply, this is probably the most influential debut release ever. All hard rock and heavy metal that is in existence today, whether the artists performing it know it or not, is indebted to this classic. The question is: how does it hold up today, 36 years later? The answer: better than almost every hard rock or heavy metal album released since.
1. Black Sabbath-5/5. This song is superb. I can only imagine what was going through people's minds the first time they heard this song in 1970. It starts with a thunderstorm and a faint church bell and blasts into one of the most recognizable riffs in history. Slow and doomy, with some of the greatest lyrics ever. Perfect song.
2. The Wizard-5/5. Very cool bluesy song with some great harmonica playing by Ozzy. The lyrics are excellent and the vocals are superb.
3. Behind the Wall of Sleep-5/5. This one has a hard driving beat from Bill Ward on drums. The music isn't that heavy, but the beat is great and the lyrics are trippy. Great vocals, too.
4. Bassically-4/5. An excellent bass solo by Geezer. Just goes to show just how great of a player he really was back then, and he has only gotten better since.
5. N.I.B.-5/5. My personal favorite Black Sabbath song. The riff is super heavy. The lyrics are excellent and the vocals are perfect. This song really epitomizes heavy metal. Meant to be played REALLY loud.
6. Evil Woman-4/5. I don't particularly care for this song very much. It's a cover song that, I think, was forced on them by the powers that be in Britain, considering that it was not on the American release. A little wimpy, but they attempt to make their own.
7. Sleeping Village-4/5. A slow and sludgy song that's mostly instrumental. Great music that is played perfectly.
8. Warning-5/5. A bluesy, obscure cover song. The lyrics fit Sabbath perfectly. Instead of covering the song and leaving it at that, they use the opportunity to open the song up a bit and showcase how great the musicians, particularly Tony Iommi, the guitarist, really are. A little long, but never boring.
9. Wicked World-5/5. Another bluesy, but heavy, song. Really heavy riff by Iommi and great vocals by Ozzy. Excellent.
This album holds up perfectly. In fact, it may even be better than it was 36 years ago, because at the time, the only thing to compare to was Deep Purple's "In Rock." This just blows that release out of the water. In sheer heaviness, it can still compare to much of what is being released today. Highly recommeded to any fan of classic rock and modern hard rock or heavy metal.
 Hail Satan! Black magic and Rock and Roll . . . March 27, 2006
Flash
This is one of the coolest album covers ever -- and the music ABSOLUTELY lives up to the graphic image which graced the album cover. In 1970, Satan become hip with other bands delving into the dark side, to wit, Coven and Black Widow. If preachers dismissed rock with their banal ravings, then living up to the accusation of perfroming the Devil's music proved too enticing to avoid. The atmosphere of the USA after the grizzly Manson killings produced Esquire Magazine's notorious March 1970 issue which was almost completely devoted to the growing trend among flower children with the black arts. One L.A. policeman interviewed for the article went on and on about "Satanic dope fiends", and on the heels of Altamont it looked as if the counter-culture was finally gonna stick it to the ultimate authority figure: Jesus Christ.
So, with bands like Coven staging Black Masses complete with a roadie hanging from a cross only to jump off and invert it, it's easy to see how Black Sabbath's first tour was delayed. But they eventually arrived while the other bands fell by the wayside.
This album along with Black Widow's "Sacrifice" and Coven's "Witchcraft" prove once and for all that not ALL long hairs from 1970 dug Jesus Christ Superstar. In fact, many were ready to "Hail Satan!" their way across America, pointing out that God fearing American's supported Vietnam.
Hail Satan!!!
Get the Vinyl! March 4, 2006
Mark Carlson (Sioux City, IA United States)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
The CD (whatever version you may have) does not match up to the original Warner vinyl release I bought at the age of ten (and hid from my mom). I found a mint copy (vinyl) on the internet and if you play it on high quality equipment with a kick A$$ turntable you will only then realize what this album truly means to the metal Genre. Believe me, this album rocks! They recorded it in an afternoon! There's no stops between tracks, they just kept on rocking. This is by far the best album Black Sabbath ever came out with, by far. You must listen to the vinyl version to understand what I'm trying to convey. Every track is very important to the album. This is a must have classic for vinyl rock collectors. For those of you who don't know about vinyl - shame on you!
G Force
The Gods of Metal September 14, 2005
Lisa M. Prue
No matter if it's denied Black Sabbath influenced some of the greatest metal bands around Metallica, Venom, and Slayer to name a few. And by the way, I agree with all you guys Korn, Limp Bizkit, Papa Roach, Linkin Park and Slipknot suck and are crappy fake metal. This album is downright amazing "The Wizard" is one of my favorite Black Sabbath songs plus other amazing tracks such as "Black Sabbath", "Wicked World", "N.I.B.", "Behind the Wall of Sleep" and pretty much every track. The only track I have a hard time with is "Warning" not because it's long but because it's just boring to me. Pick this one up it's definately needed.
No doubt this album is a heavy metal masterpiece.
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