Black Sabbath's Original Lineup: Vote for Your 3 Favorites

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  1. GodShifter

    GodShifter Forum Member

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    Having a song called "Sweet Leaf" certainly didn't hurt either!

    But, yeah, I've always maintained the downtuning was highly influential. Look at Sleep's Holy Mountain. A virtual copycat to MoR but done out of reverence.
     
  2. Mickey2

    Mickey2 Forum Resident

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    Yes. The best radio station at the time was WNEW at 102.7 FM in NYC. They were pretty adventurous with programming. I didn't know Black Sabbath from Adam until I heard those two tracks, and was hooked. Man! Those deep threatening guitar riffs and Ozzy's tortured strained vocals. Like nothing else at the time.
     
  3. Barnabas Collins

    Barnabas Collins Senior Member

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    Ahh, what the heck. This week it is :

    1. Sabotage
    2. Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath
    3. debut
     
  4. patient_ot

    patient_ot Senior Member

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    Voted for:

    1. debut
    2. Master of Reality
    3. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

    The debut (U.S. version) will always be my favorite because I heard it first at a young age.
     
  5. jon9091

    jon9091 Master Of Reality

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    I wonder who the first band to copy that tuning was? Did anyone ever use it before Sabbath?
     
  6. Vangro

    Vangro Forum Resident

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    Paranoid
    Vol. 4
    Sabotage
     
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  7. Vangro

    Vangro Forum Resident

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    Believe it or not, the Velvet Underground used it!
     
  8. Spaghettiows

    Spaghettiows Forum Resident

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    I like them all but my favorites are Vol. 4, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Sabotage. They really hit their stride on those albums.
     
  9. izgoblin

    izgoblin Forum Resident

    THREE favorites make this really easy for me.

    Master of Reality, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Sabotage. These are the ones I'll revisit the most.
     
  10. DeadLoss

    DeadLoss Well-Known Member

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    Paranoid
    Black Sabbath
    M.O.R.

    Paranoid
    stomps, and storms along (most of the time) , like a crossfire hurricane . For me, their most headbangingly danceable album. BS forges tritone torments, crunching and grinding as though part of some primordial sludge; it's an epic game changer. MOR is rifftastic - almost proto-grunge in its approach; the instrumentals feel a bit like filler this time though.
     
  11. GodShifter

    GodShifter Forum Member

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    No idea but that's good question. Further research is warranted.
     
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  12. Tim1954

    Tim1954 Forum Resident

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    Leslie West has said when he first Tony he could not understand how he was getting that sound. Thought he had some special guitar or something.

    I'm not sure anyone ever did it prior to him. Maybe a track somewhere as an avant-garde experiment or something but certainly not as the basis for a sonic approach to songwriting.
     
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  13. Emospence

    Emospence Forum Resident

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    I knew technical ecstasy wasn't well liked, but never say die too? Worth listening for a non sabbath fan?
     
  14. Centralscrutinizer

    Centralscrutinizer Forum Resident

    Yes. Well worth a listen.

    It gets a bad press, but that seems to me like it's based on a couple of sub par tracks which come in late on the album.
     
  15. husafreak

    husafreak Great F'n music that's difficult to listen to!

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    This thread is bumming me out. It's like asking to pick your favorite children. I'm just not ready. Maybe tomorrow.
     
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  16. ericc2000

    ericc2000 Forum Resident

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    Sabotage is my favorite.
     
  17. jazzyjm

    jazzyjm Well-Known Member

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    Actually Volume 4 is really underrated... isn't as popular as S/T or Paranoid... but there are some good tunes on there. The sonics are quite good on my vinyl.
     
  18. Doctor Flang

    Doctor Flang Forum Resident

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    Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
    Sabotage
    Black Sabbath
     
  19. Evil Strawberry

    Evil Strawberry Forum Resident

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    1.Master Of Reality(Best album IMO)
    2.Sabotage(HEAVY AS HELL)
    3.S/T(Classic Debut)
    4.Sabbath Bloody Sabbath(UBER HEAVY!)
    5.Paranoid(ALL THE CLASSICS!!!)
    6.Never Say Die(Underrated)
    7.Vol 4(Under The Sun is a masterpiece)
    8.Technical Ecstasy(Not Bad But compared to Sabotage its just alright)
     
  20. pexie

    pexie Forum Resident

    Have been on a Sabbath kick lately.

    I think by and large Paranoid is always going to have a special place in the cannon as far as the exalted sound they captured there at the top of their game. The song writing in particular is just unreal. Personally, I really have a fondness for Sabbath Bloody Sabbath too, especially because the vocals are some of Ozzy's best there. Really inventive that album.
    So, I voted for Black Sabbath s/t, Paranoid and SBS. I would gravitate to Vol. 4 (or Snowblind as it was originally intended to be called) as a very close 4th before Master of Reality.

    So.....
    1. Paranoid
    2. S/T
    3. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
    4. Vol 4 (Snowblind)
    5. Master Of Reality
    6. Sabotage
    7.Never Say Die
    8.Technical Ecstasy
     
  21. Atomic Punk

    Atomic Punk Forum Resident

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    1. Paranoid
    2. Master of Reality
    3. S/t
     
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