[QUOTE=Leper;13759457]I, too, think the only real Black Sabbath was with Ozzy in it. Sure, maybe Dio and Gillan were better technical vocalists, but they weren't right for Sabbath IMO.[/QUOTE]

*shakes head*

[QUOTE=pate;13753261]He wouldn't be able to sing any songs from the other eras. And I would die hearing him butcher "Children of the Sea" or something.[/QUOTE]
He'd probably die trying to do Disturbing The Priest. That's some of Gillan's best work, Ozzy couldn't touch it.

Or the Tony Martin stuff

"Crooooooooooooooosss of *dies*"

[QUOTE=rippa32;13759503]Do you not like it because they changed the style of music? Because the Ozzy stuff was always changing. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath didn't sound like Master Of Reality for example.[/QUOTE]

No, I just don't find the others interesting because they didn't posess that edge that Ozzy brought, and I think that was what set Sabbath apart. After Ozzy left, to me, they just became an ordinary rock band.

For me,

Dio era > Martin era > Ozzy era

Like, to give you an example of my taste, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is my favourite album. Every song on that album sounds nearly perfect to me, mostly because it's Ozzy at his best.

I still like the Ozzy era best, then Dio, and I lose interest pretty quickly after that.

At least give Born Again a try, its very good.

[QUOTE=Leper;13762426]Like, to give you an example of my taste, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is my favourite album. Every song on that album sounds nearly perfect to me, mostly because it's Ozzy at his best.[/QUOTE]

My favorite is Mob Rules.

To pick a favourite (or two..maybe three) from each era for me...

Ozzy years - Volume.4, Sabotage, Never Say Die!
Dio years - Heaven and Hell, Live Evil (best live Sabbath album IMO)
Martin years - TYR

I pretty much agree with you there. Id probably put the debut or Master Of Reality instead of Never Say Die! though. Not to say Never Say Die! is bad, just not one of my favourites.

Ozzy Years - Master of Reality
Dio Years - Mob Rules
Martin Years - Cross Purposes

Id like to get Cross Purposes actually, I just never seem to find it anywhere. Might have to go ebay, thats where I got TYR.

I got Cross Purposes new for 3 dollars two years ago. :):)

No love for the Gillan...album.

Yeah...I left it out because there is no "favorite Gillan era" album....there is THE Gillan era album.

Lee you pick Mob Rules over Heaven and Hell!? WTF?

Mob Rules is my favorite Sabbath album. Heaven and Hell has a few classic tracks, but a ton of weak spots, where Mob Rules is top notch all the way through, except for f[SIZE=2]ucking[/SIZE] E5150.

Whats wrong with a bit of keyboard instrumental (that's what it is isn't it? I don't have Mob Rules, yet.). It worked perfectly in TYR.

It's like three minutes of horrible electronic noise.

And Tyr is a horribly underrated album.

I agree, all Tony Martin one's are. However I just don't understand the reasoning behind Feels Good To Me, it's good but doesn't fit with the Norse mythology theme.

The record label forced the band to have a radio friendly song to release as a single from TYR, hence why Feels Good To Me got tacked on the end.

I nearly bought Seventh Star today, found it for £5. The choice of a new Sabbath album to add to my collection or lunch next week..lunch won :-\

I suppose you could have eaten the album if you got hungry :thumb:

I still think Feels Good To Me should have been a non-album single. I actually put the TYR CD on with it programmed to skip Feels Good To Me and going from Valhalla to Heaven In Black just felt right.

So what album's don't you have brew?

I've been on a total Sabbath binge the last three days. Just yesterday I went through like 60-some tracks, and I've been back at it today.

It's the way to go :thumb:

Mob Rules is [I]so[/I] underrated.

[QUOTE=pate;13771466]Mob Rules is my favorite Sabbath album. Heaven and Hell has a few classic tracks, but a ton of weak spots[/QUOTE]

One of those weak spots being the title track IMO.

Srsly?!

Heaven and Hell is one of my favourite Doomy metal tracks.

edit: 6000th post in a thread I rarely frequent. Heheh.

[QUOTE=Cocaine;13802802]Srsly?!

Heaven and Hell is one of my favourite Doomy metal tracks.

edit: 6000th post in a thread I rarely frequent. Heheh.[/QUOTE]

Meh, I find it incredibly generic and boring.