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    Posted: March 29 2008 at 12:51
These are total faves of mine, I know that for many fans too. Being the most progressed albums, with great use of keyboards, much melodic sound too.

So Which?
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Sabbath Bloody Sabbath overall though Sympton of the Universe is one of their best tracks ever.
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Originally posted by Nightfly Nightfly wrote:

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath overall though Sympton of the Universe is one of their best tracks ever.


Are you a metal fan? I'm not, so I really can't stand Sympton of the Universe, but the final part is great and awsmoe too.

Overall I prefer SBS slightly, but Sabotage has The Writ and Meglomania, both have one of my fave riffs from them.
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Points: 13536 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 29 2008 at 16:02
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is my fave!
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I'll play devil's advocate and go for "Sabotage." Why? Symptom of the Universe and Megalomania are absolutely reckless tunes! And The Writ? Oh man... "vultures sucking gold from you" and "Are you Satan, Are you man?", plus the light moments and the heavy moments... I just love that song.

Plus, unlike SBS, it doesn't have "Who Are You" Tongue
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Points: 15585 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: March 29 2008 at 18:15
"Sabotage" for me. I reckon it is the Sab's finest hour and their most progressive album too.
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^ What the man said!

Sabotage is their best album.
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Originally posted by Nightfly Nightfly wrote:

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath overall though Sympton of the Universe is one of their best tracks ever.
 
Same for me.
 
But their first two albums have the most power for me.
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SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH!

Its a friggin' masterpiece. 

Sabotage kind of sucks.  I mean some of the songs are good, but overall it sounds like a mess.  The artwork on SBS is even 334239430 better than on Sabotage.
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... but Sabotage is one louder. (It goes up to 11)
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Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, easily.
Sabotage has some great songs, but sounds overall more messy, and not as solid as their other albums.
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Sabotage for me, it just seems to have stronger songs, although I think the song "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" is a Sabbath classic
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Hmm...  Sabotage has some good moments (actually, the more I think about it the more I remember it having), but it's still the album where the cracks began to show in Sabbath's creative process.  It doesn't, for me, have much of the energy or the depth of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, or indeed any of its predecessors.  It still ain't a bad record by any means, though.
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Originally posted by Blacksword Blacksword wrote:

^ What the man said!

Sabotage is their best album.
 
I have to agree with Easy McRobinson on this one....Wink
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Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is their best album.

Sabotage... not so much.
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I don't get the dislike of Sabotage myself... it's a more consistent album, really, sure it has its fillers (Supertzar and Am I Going Insane?) but those are far better than those on Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. I mean, wtf's the deal with Fluff? Spiral Architect never did much for me either...
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Originally posted by Easy Livin Easy Livin wrote:

... but Sabotage is one louder. (It goes up to 11)


And lets not forget with Sabotage, not only do we get some of Sabbath's finest moments in 'The Writ' and 'Symptom Of The Universe', but we also get a picture of Bill Ward wearing ladies' tights...

...top that!

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Points: 782 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2008 at 00:26
Yeah, what's with that cover? Erk. But 'Sabotage' was my favourite heavy metal album for twenty years and more. SBS is excellent, but there are riffs bursting out all over the place on 'Sabotage' - Iommi plays 'em and throws 'em away (How many are there on 'Thrill of it All'?) And the shock value the first time you listen to it - the sudden ending of Hole in the Sky, the chugging riff of Symptom, the dramatic chords introducing The Writ... ah, heaven. Well, perhaps not heaven. But some blissful place, anyway.
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Originally posted by russellk russellk wrote:

Yeah, what's with that cover?
 
That's just how people dressed in the 1970s. Wink
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Points: 11415 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: May 08 2008 at 07:40
I guess both albums have their ups and downs eg
'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' suffers from some overly elaborate arrangements esp 'Spiral Architect' which does dilute the raunch a tad plus it all sounds over produced to me but with stronger songs maybe ?:
'Sabotage' is rawer and perhaps more heavy sounding but the material is a little weaker in places ?

But yeah, I've got to admit that 'Symptom of the Universe' has got a tritone riff you would die for.
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