Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (LP)

Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath (1970)

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jan 3, 2006

Pros: Gloom Metal at its finest......

Cons: Nothing.....

Here comessss Ozzy, and Tony, Geezer and Bill....get ready, it's a demonic gloomy ride into Heavy Metal's unexplored territory in that period...This is really a trend setting album, nothing was really ever done like this before....very scary,... very dark....but very interesting....and for 1970. The title track "Black Sabbath"...also named after the band and that movie from the 1930's...Pretty evil for it's time...Ozzy's voice is very raspy in this time period....not quite screechy like it ended up being later, very chilling though..."NO NO Please God NOOOO" is pretty fitting...."The Wizard" is a kinda nice little kick back kinda harmonica jam...easygoing nothing real demonic..."Wasp"
; is pretty sweet...kinda melodic and unforgettable,the outro reminds me of E! true Hollywood stories song they play in their background....probaly is...into the lil famous bass riff of Geezers intro into "NIB"...a Sabbath classic. "Wicked World" is pretty cool...the middle guitar interlude is pretty damn creepy...this is really metals firstborn...you have to admit. "Sleeping village" is pretty cool, sucks you into the creepy kinda gutiar playing...makes you feel your in that village...The closer...the epic long "Warning" plods along in a bluesy feel into some all out attacks by Iommi's guitar playing....a first I believe in rock n roll. Summing it up....Like Zep's first, this left a mark on rock n roll's ass....definatley worth getting. RR Read more Less

Great album- not so great remastering

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Dec 11, 2005

Pros: A classic- a piece of music history

Cons: More songs than tracks- fast forewarding required to hear Warning by itself

In many ways this album was the birth of heavy metal, and is a piece of rock and roll history that every collection should have. My only complaint- when they transferred the album onto CD, some idiot thought that Behind The Wall of Sleep and NIB sho...uld be mixed together onto one track. Likewise for Sleeping Village and Warning. The result is that that if you want to hear the songs NIB or Warning (two of my favorites) you have to manually fast foreward to get there. Nowadays that can be fixed by ripping and editing. I used Nero wave editor to break the tracks. Still frustrating though. An otherwise 5 star album docked one star for that reason. Read more Less

Broke the mould

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Nov 1, 2005

Pros: innovative

Cons: none

Back in 1970 you would have to wonder what were these guys thinking. Nothing at the time even compared to this masterfull music. Seeing what came after because of this band, its easy for the significance to be diminished as years gone by. Black S...abbath did as much for rock as the Beatles have. I think the greatest band of all time is The Who. I say the first three albums by Black Sabbath are the best. The first album is raw thats what makes so good. Paranoid is the absolute best. Read more Less

First and one of the Best

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Jul 27, 2005

Pros: As Excellent as it is Groundbreaking

Cons: Not as good as Paranoid (not really a con)

The first metal album by the first metal band, Black Sabbath is one of the great works of Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward, and Ozzy Osbourne. While it doesn't match the driving riffs of Paranoid, the Black Sabbath album contains several clas...sic and influential metal songs of its own, such as Black Sabbath and Behind the Wall of Sleep. Also one of the darkest of their albums, the songs Black Sabbath and N.I.B. earned the band accusations of satanism. Very good riffs, groundbreaking style. A must-have for rock fans. Read more Less

Black Sabbath debut

By Yahoo! Shopping User  May 12, 2004

Pros: Heavy Metal is born

Cons: nothing at all!

In 1970, when Black Sabbath released their self titled record, they did not expect to become to be superstars, however, they did. Tracks like "Behind the Wall of Sleep/N.I.B", "Black Sabbath", and "Fairies With Boots", a...re probably one on the most killer riffs in rock history. Toni Iommi's guitar techniques would make this album one of the first heavy metal albums ever, and it would also set a blueprint for many other bands in their era. Truely, this is a masterpiece. Ozzy's haunting vocals make this a very interesting record. Lyrics about the devil, and harsh realities of life is sprinkled thoughout the record. These subjects would become Sabbath's main subjects in their records following. I reccomend this to any heavy metal fan. This is a masterpiece that is essential to any rock collection. Read more Less

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By Yahoo! Shopping User  Aug 31, 2003

in the days of flower power and peace and love this album kicks them right in the ass. and makes hippies look like a joke

classic metal

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Feb 13, 2003

And believe me this is the only classic rock band I listen to. It's dark and gloomy and ther best song is Warning with great guitar riffs on it.

Classic metal

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Apr 15, 2002

This is what metal is all about. Freeform guitar solos, blues, evil, gloomy lyrics, etc. Pure excellence.

Black Sabbath (1st LP)

By Yahoo! Shopping User  Mar 1, 2002

The classic debut album which has a lot of blues influences. My personal favorite is the 10minute-track The Warning with the 6 minute guitar solo. In my opinion the greatest guitar solo ever recorded, because of the many ideas and riffs and the incre...dible sound. Listen to it as loud as possible. Read more Less