Album Rating: 5.0

this has a totally different feel than paranoid as literally anyone with a semblance of nuance of music understands given its A) obvious B) regarding two of the more popular albums in rock history



paranoid was much more a traditional sound and yeah felt more like "hits", this is more progressive and doom

Album Rating: 3.8

Some of the solos here are literally just less interesting rips from Iron Man

Album Rating: 3.8

Still love half this album, Sweet Leaf and Children of the Grave are some of their best tunes

Album Rating: 5.0

youre literally just a less interesting version of the worst contrarians on the site

"Some of the solos here are literally just less interesting rips from Iron Man"
... what the hell

Album Rating: 4.5

"Some of the solos here are literally just less interesting rips from Iron Man"



I mean, I'd take Paranoid every day over this but still wtf

Album Rating: 4.5

Been listening to lots of Sabbath recently. Think this and Sabotage are my favs

Album Rating: 4.0

I’d go with this and then Paranoid, Vol. 4 and the s/t.

Album Rating: 4.5

rating for the first 6 are as follows



1. BS, V4, paranoid, SBS, Sabatage

2. MOR

Album Rating: 4.5

1. Paranoid

2. Sabotage

3. SBS

4. This

5. Debut

6. Vol. 4

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

Oh, here we go again !!

Album Rating: 4.5

it ends up happening all the time, no way to stop it

Album Rating: 4.0

i've never actually heard Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - this & vol 4 followed by Sabotage are my favorites tho. I just feel like those first two in particular are the albums where they really nailed what i love about Black Sabbath, versus Paranoid which was more of a revelation, but still sounds like only the beginning to me. obviously overexposure to half the songs before I was even into the band didn't really help much, but I still at least like it

Album Rating: 4.5

agree with source. Paranoid would slot in at 3

Album Rating: 4.0

yeah i was kinda surprised with how good Sabotage was considering I only ever seem to hear about the first 4 albums - at least up until entering this thread! gonna get on that SBS soon, and even though (or perhaps because) Never Say Die & Technical Ecstacy haven't even been mentioned on this page, i'm curious as hell to hear what those are all about

Album Rating: 4.5

First three songs on Never Say Die are great. The rest sucks hard

Album Rating: 4.0

those are the last 2 w/ Ozzy right? (barring 13, obv)

interested to hear 2 albums considered to be such hard immediate drop-offs from the previous catalog

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

"gonna get on that SBS soon"



another hard 5 sabbath classic for me



very different album with lot's of progressiveness, if you keep an open mind you will love it

Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound Off

"Never Say Die & Technical Ecstacy haven't even been mentioned on this page"



And for good reason too. Decent hard rock albums but nothing all too special.

Album Rating: 4.5

"those are the last 2 w/ Ozzy right? (barring 13, obv)"



Indeed. I think they're worth checking. As I said, first three on NSD are great just like You Won't Change Me and Dirty Women on TE but the rest of those albums is ugh.



They have my favorite Sabbath artworks though