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  • Release Date: 10/25/1990
  • Original Release: 1970
  • Sales Rank: 22,488
  • Label: WARNER BROS / WEA
  • UPC: 075992718523

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Black Sabbath

1LISTENBlack Sabbath 6:16
2LISTENThe Wizard 4:18
3LISTENWasp/Behind the Wall of Sleep/Bassically/N.I.B. 10:40
4LISTENWicked World 4:42
5LISTENA Bit of Finger/Sleeping Village/Warning 14:20

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Black Sabbath's debut album is given over to lengthy songs and suite-like pieces where individual songs blur together and riffs pound away one after another, frequently under extended jams. There isn't much variety in tempo, mood, or the band's simple, blues-derived musical vocabulary, but that's not the point; Sabbath's slowed-down, murky guitar rock bludgeons the listener in an almost hallucinatory fashion, reveling in its own dazed, druggy state of consciousness. Songs like the apocalyptic title track, "N.I.B.," and "The Wizard" make their obsessions with evil and black magic seem like more than just stereotypical heavy metal posturing because of the dim, suffocating musical atmosphere the band frames them in. This blueprint would be refined and occasionally elaborated upon over the band's next few albums, but there are plenty of metal classics already here. Steve Huey, All Music Guide

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Black Sabbathby Anonymous

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October 09, 2007: Who else would release an album on Friday the 13th. Perfect example of the mindset of the most talented, yet horrific band ever. I wish I could have been back in 1970 just to see the reaction of parents whose kids had been listening to the Beach Boys, The Doors, and The Who. The greatest asset a band can have is their own signature sound. Very few, maybe a handful, have an original sound. Most are copies of Sabbath, Deep Purple, Thin Lizzy, etc, at faster speeds. This group was crucified by the press and still is worshipped by the masses of fans and fellow musicians. Few people realize that all of their albums in the 70's went platinum, which back then was a much bigger accomplishment than it is today.

Black Sabbathby Anonymous

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August 23, 2006: This is the one that started it all, released on friday the 13th of 1970. It has a more evil feel then any other Sabbath Album. Get it, it truly rocks.


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