Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah I prefer this to Paranoid

Paranoid's a 5 too though.

It crushes a lot more than skulls

Album Rating: 4.5

Yeah I prefer this to Paranoid [2]



But Sabotage >



;P

Album Rating: 4.5

"Paranoid's a 5 too though."



I'm too jaded about the t/t and "Iron Man" to agree with that... 4.5 works for me.

t/t I can understand.

But Iron Man...

Album Rating: 4.5

"But Sabotage > "



It's def easier to get into and more interesting musically, but this is still much better tbh

My ranking of Paranoid:

War Pigs
Iron Man
Hand of Doom
Fairies Wear Boots
Electric Funeral
Planet Caravan
Paranoid
Rat Salad

Album Rating: 4.5

This was a lot easier to get into than Sabotage for me. That one took quite a while to grow

Sabotage does have it's rough spots, but once you get used to them, the album works awesomely as a whole imo.

Album Rating: 4.5

Hand of Doom

Electric Funeral

Fairies Wear Boots

War Pigs

Planet Caravan

Rat Salad

Paranoid

Iron Man

Album Rating: 4.5

OH FAIRIES WEAR BOOTS YOU GOTTA BELIEV--- wrong thread. Let's start over again....





ALRIGHT NOW! WON'T YOU LISTEN!?

Album Rating: 4.5

Another Ars ranking

Album Rating: 5.0

you're right putting paranoid and iron man at the bottom, but not putting war pigs as one is probably a sin

Album Rating: 4.5

"Hand of Doom" has one of the best Sabbath bass lines ever and it's pick up is legendary. So

I can't place it any other place than 1.



I love Iommi's guitar work, but Geezer's bass is my favorite part of the instrumentation of most

Sabbath songs.

Album Rating: 4.5

I think I know why you dont like most metal now

Album Rating: 4.5

Go on, I'm interested in hearing your musings.

Album Rating: 5.0

ars might be right, hearing that bass purr on classic sabbath is the best thing

Album Rating: 4.5

You dont seem to care much for riffs since bass playing is your favorite thing in music, while metal is mostly about

the guitar riffing.



Basically when you listened to Sad Wings, you were looking for something it wasnt about

Album Rating: 4.5

"You dont seem to care much for riffs since bass playing is your favorite thing in music, while

metal is mostly about the guitar riffing."



I love a good riff, but if riffs and vocals is all a rock band has that's stands out, I'll probably find

them boring. Which was one of my biggest issues with Sad Wings. I tried listening for a

good bassline and good drums, and they very rarely appeared...



Bass lines and interesting drums (by interesting I mean drums that standout rather than just

keep the beat) are often highlights in my opinion. I also often really appreciate when a rock

artist decides to use an instrument that's not typically "rock associated" such as the marimbas

in a lot of Zappa songs.



Don't get me wrong though, I certainly appreciate a good guitarist and absolutely love Iommi's

work, but if Geezer and Ward were just your typical musicians instead the extraordinary ones

that they actually are, I might not even be a Sabbath fan.