Your top 3 Black Sabbath albums?

Master of Reality
Vol. 4
Paranoid

 

A day late and a dollar short but mine are

Volume 4
Paranoid
Live Evil

 

Is this a serious post? If so, bravo sir. Bravo.

 

Indeed, bad Sabbath is still good Zeppelin.

 

As far as I know, it was Bill who demanded to be removed from all the official photos.

 

Any idea why?

 

Only one album for me!

 

1st, 2nd, and 3rd. Lost me after that.

 

The Deluxe Edition CD is probably the best this will ever sound...unless Tony can locate the multitracks and remix it.

That said, there are some great Sab tunes on there, and Zero The Hero has some of the most insane lead work Tony has ever done.

 

1. Dehumanizer
2. Heaven and Hell
3. Cross Purposes
4. Mob Rules
5. Seventh Star
6. The Eternal Idol
7. Tyr
8. Born Again
9. Headless Cross
10. The Devil You Know
11. Master Of Reality
12. Vol 4
13. Never Say Die
14. Paranoid
15. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
16. 13
17. Sabotage
18. Technical Ecstasy
19. Black Sabbath
20. Forbidden

Iommi/Hughes Fused would probably fall between #9/10
The End and BestBuy bonus tracks would probably fall between #12/13

 

1. Sabbath bloody sabbath 2. Master of reality 3. Heaven and hell

 

Black Sabbath
Master of Reality
Heaven and Hell

 

Copyright crap and using his image without his consent or something to that effect. All part of the contract squabble with 13 and the subsequent tour.

 

First 3 for me since I only considered the original band. Probably would move Heaven and Hell above MOR if I added in the other versions of the band.

 

1. Sabotage
2. Sabotage
3. Sabotage

 

S/T
Paranoid
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath


Honorable mention: Vol. 4 & Master Of Reality

 

1. s/t
2. Paranoid
3. MOR
4. Vol 4
5. SBS
6. Sabotage
7. 13
8. H&H
9. Mob Rules

Don't see any other possible order........

 

Agree, Zero the Hero is a strong song. Can anyone compare the original vinyl versus the crappy CD?

 

You know, after listening to this yesterday I have to change my top three to Vol. 4, Sabotage, and Paranoid with Sabbath Bloody Sabbath knocking on the door. Megalmania, The Writ, Hole In The Sky, pinnacle level Sabbath. Supertzar sounds freakin' fantastic on vinyl, adds mch more depth than the CD listen. Masterpiece period. I for one love the change of direction and varied songs on the SBS and Sabotage albums.

 

So I'm that guy that didn't really like 13 that much outside of a song or two? Hm.

 

I own everything Dio has ever put to tape and Heaven Aand Hell ranks very highly in the Dio cannon. Still i have to rate it behind the first six with Ozzy and about on par with Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die.

 

Considering where they were at that stage in their careers it was a very strong effort. I think some were turned off by the regurgitated tunes but I think they did a great job of capturing the old sound just unfortunate that it was brickwalled to hell. I think the one comparison point where it does not hold up to the early albums is clearly the vocals although Ozzy did a fine job overall. Due to the DR rating of 4-5 that makes your ears bleed and the monotone Ozzy I can't rate it higher than any of the early stuff. Still very glad they released it and I probably would rate it higher when it first came out but somehow the excitement level has slightly worn off. The vinyl does sound quite a bit better than the Cd though.

 

Are you a fan of the debut?

 

Try the vinyl issue, it's right much better, IMO.

 

Yeah, it's probably my all-time favorite record. Easily top three of anything I've ever heard.