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Black Sabbath discography Black Sabbath - 10/10 Paranoid - 9/10 Master Of Reality - 10/10 Black Sabbath Vol. 4 - 7/10 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - 10/10 Sabotage - 8/10 Technical Ecstasy - 6/10 Never Say Die - 7/10 Heaven & Hell - 9/10 Mob Rules - 8/10 Dehumanizer - 9/10 can't stand the other Sabbath albums. They would be good were they released by another band but don't work for me as Sabbath records

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Ill stick with Born again as the best Sabbath album, Ozzys singing doesent do it for me anymore, used to really like them ten years ago or so but cant stand him anymore. Gillan is absolutely superior

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The debut is a pretty good choice regardless. Sabbath are worth checking out through to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath/Sabotage (can't remember which precedes the other right now but the later one is what I m

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Master of Reality is my favourite of the Sabbath albums I've heard (and probably in my top 3 albums of all time) basically because of Into The Void, Lord Of This World and Children Of The Grave. Into The Void is about tied with Alice In Chains' Nutshell as my favourite song ever. Paranoid is more consistent in quality overall as there's nowhere near as much filler and you obviously have some metal classics to boot, but it never quite reaches the same heights for me. I don't like the track Paranoid much, either. It's so commercial and seems to feature on so many terrible 'old man (sorry, I mean 'classic') rock' compilations, I just find it pretty dull these days. I also get sick of people saying they like heavy music but can only name this one bloody song.

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I think I go against the crowd with my favourite Sabbath albums 1 Sabotage 2 Black Sabbath 3 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 4 Never Say Die 5 Born Again 6 Volume 4 7 Mob Rules 8 Heaven & Hell 9 Master of Reality 10 Paranoid 11 Technical Ecstasy 12 Featuring Tony Iommi 13 Dehumanizer 14 Tyr 15 Eternal Idol 16 Cross Purposes 17 13 18 Forbidden 19 Headless Cross

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I think I go against the crowd with my favourite Sabbath albums 1 Sabotage 2 Black Sabbath 3 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 4 Never Say Die 5 Born Again 6 Volume 4 7 Mob Rules 8 Heaven & Hell 9 Master of Reality 10 Paranoid 11 Technical Ecstasy 12 Featuring Tony Iommi 13 Dehumanizer 14 Tyr 15 Eternal Idol 16 Cross Purposes 17 13 18 Forbidden 19 Headless Cross
Wow, you really don't like Tony Martin do you? Haha, I think Headless Cross is a great album. Sabotage is amazing, containing classics like Hole in the Sky, Symptom of the Universe and Megalomania. Their debut is awesome, the title track is my favourite on that album. SBS is another great, Sabbra Cadabra wins, but the title track is a close second. Never Say Die is decent, Johnny Blade wins. I LOVE Born Again, so many good songs but Zero the Hero is my favourite, dat riff. Volume 4: great, Supernaut and Wheels of Confusion, nuff said. Mob Rules: good, Title track and Turn Up the Night :D Heaven and Hell: good, Neon Knights FTW. Master Of Reality: good album, Into the Void, one of Sabbaths best songs IMO. Paranoid: Classic, Fairies Wear Boots, Iron Man and title track tie. :P Technichal Ecstasy: never listened to it. Ft Tony Iommi: see above Dehumanizer: Brilliant, Computer God is the best. TYR, Eternal Idol and Cross Purposes: never listened to them. 13: Only heard God Is Dead? And I loved it. Headless Cross: Great album, When Death Calls is an underrated classic. Phew xD
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I do like Tony Martin, I think he is a great singer, he is around the bottom of my list just because the top is immense, my all time favorite band. I really like Tyr but yeah Forbidden and Headless Cross are kind of mediocre imho, I don' t know why, great singing great riffs, but doesn' t work for me. Featuring Tony Iommi is great and Born Again is awesome, I don' t get why it was so criticized, Zero the Hero has one of the heaviest riffs of metal (if not THE heaviest) totally underrated. The base line on symptom of the universe drives me crazy, and the drumming on the whole Black Sabbath album is phenomenal. National Acrobat and Killing yourself to live are pushing up SBS on number 3

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You can be a good vocalist on a bad album (ask 'Ripper' Owens). Born Again is flat out boring to me. If I were to order Sabbath's discography I would go 1. Sabotage 2. Dehumanizer 3. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 4. Master Of Reality 5. Black Sabbath 6. Paranoid 7. Heaven & Hell 8. Mob Rules 9. Volume 4 10. Born Again 11. Technical Ecstasy 12. Never Say Die 13. Headless Cross 14. 13 15. Eternal Idol 16. TYR 17. Cross Purposes 18. Forbidden

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There are some albums that I have not heard yet like forbidden for one that I'm hearing now for the first time. During the 90's I simply was not listening to any metal that was not on the radio. plus my brothers soured me on the idea of any non Ozzy Sabbath. I'm over that concern at any rate, and Born Again is one of my favorite. well.... 6 minutes in Forbidden seems a little weak.

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I prefer the Ozzy Sabbath because I prefer Ozzy's vocals, he has a more specific voice and in my opinion gives an unique sound to the band, but one of the reasons I stay out of Sabbath discussions is that it all comes down to who was better. It doesn't matter. Some people like Ozzy, some don't, luckily we have enough albums with both vocal so everyone can listen to what they like. It's a discussion that's going on for years and it's pointless because people are circling around same arguments and concussions, there's nothing new to add to it, and I refuse to accept that the only thing worth discussing when it comes to Sabbath is who is the better vocalist.

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Ozzy lineup for me, too. When Dio came in they started sounding a bit dated and seemed to lose some of their edge. I still liked the Dio lineup, though; great songwriting, great melodies, incredible vocals for what they are. The only trad metal I can really enjoy. But nah, it's gotta be Ozzy; for the Master of Reality album alone!

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they're one of my favourite bands. i've seen them last year on their aussie tour and so glad i went, as the last time they were touring australia was 40 years ago so this would probably have been my last chance. they were amazing. as for ozzy/dio debate - ozzy for me. i love dio years and he was a better vocalist but it was a different band.

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they're one of my favourite bands. i've seen them last year on their aussie tour and so glad i went, as the last time they were touring australia was 40 years ago so this would probably have been my last chance. they were amazing. as for ozzy/dio debate - ozzy for me. i love dio years and he was a better vocalist but it was a different band.
One of the regulars here was at that show too.
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