Black Sabbath: Paranoid


(1970, Castle Communications)


    Tracklist:
  1. War pigs
  2. Paranoid
  3. Planet caravan
  4. Iron man
  5. Electric funeral
  6. Hand of doom
  7. Rat salad
  8. Fairies wear boots
Band members:
Ozzy Osbourne - Vocals
Tony Iommi - Guitars
Geezer Butler - Bass guitar
Bill Ward - Drums

    Rating:
    Sabbath follows up their masterful debut in the same year (!) as it came out. Once again they make some unbelievable heavy metal, if you haven't heard "Paranoid" (the song) you're a disgrace to humanity, that one's been included on almost every "best of rock/metal" album for the last 20 years or something.
    A couple of not very interesting tracks here though, "Planet caravan" is really spaced out and downright boring, "Rat salad" is a dito instrumental that doesn't do much for me. But I don't care since the rest of the tracks are so great it deserves the highest grade anyway.
    One of the very best heavy metal albums so far, sure there are really great modern metal bands too but honestly, compared to old Sabbath most modern bands can screw themselves Sabbath are the best and if it weren't for them none of today's bands would've existed.





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