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Dr Know 
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 10:54 |
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Difficult choice. For me it was between Sabotage and Vol4, so I selected Vol 4.
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TheProgtologist
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 10:56 |
Paranoid....my first taste of dark,heavy music.Love that album!!!!!!!
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Vol. 4 are awesome too.
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Easy Livin
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 11:34 |
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"Sabotage" for me. Probably their most prog album too. "Megalomainia" and "The writ" are true classics.
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ANDREW
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 12:07 |
The first four albums are all excellent, but "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" gets my vote; it is the most proggy album by Black Sabbath (with a certain Rick Wakeman on keyboards) together with Volume IV. "Black Sabbath" and "Paranoid" contain the classic sounds of the band.
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 12:26 |
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My favorite one is Paranoid because it's the one that got me into this band. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is great also.
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  RIP in bossa nova heaven.
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Trotsky
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 12:30 |
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I actually enjoy all these albums, even the much maligned Technical
Ecstasy and Never Say Die have 3 or 4 great tracks each ... but the
real classics for me are the early blitz ... my favourite album has
long switched back and forth between Paranoid and Sabbath Bloody
Sabbath ... right now I'd say the order is
1) Paranoid
2) Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
3) Masters Of Reality
4) Sabotage
5) Black Sabbath
6) Vol. 4
7) Technical Esctasy
8) Never Say Die
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"Death to Utopia! Death to faith! Death to love! Death to hope?" thunders the 20th century. "Surrender, you pathetic dreamer.”
"No" replies the unhumbled optimist "You are only the present."
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Richardw
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 15:09 |
It's a hard choice but it has to be the first album for me. It has a real presence to it.
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salmacis
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 15:37 |
Don't like 'Technical Ecstasy' or 'Never Say Die' much- arguably their two weakest albums of all, but the other 6 are umimpeachable classics.
I went for 'Volume 4'- which has always been my favourite, featuring some of their heaviest- 'Snowblind', 'Supernaut', 'Wheels Of Confusion'- and some of their most beautifully light moments in 'Changes'(I just love Rick Wakeman's mellotron- sadly the version Ozzy did with his daughter has almost ruined this classic...) and 'Laguna Sunrise'. Their most diverse and enjoyable album for these ears.
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Easy Livin
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 17:05 |
Wonderful song "Changes" Salmacis. As you say, the version with his daughter is best avoided. I didn't know it was Wakeman on that track too. Reminds me a bit of Judas Priest's superb song "Before the dawn".
TE had a similar ballad "She's gone" which was worthwhile.
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erik neuteboom
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Posted: March 04 2006 at 18:30 |
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, mainly because of Rick Wakeman  ! I just read a story about Ozzy Osbourne his awful childhood (he was often teased and bullied), in Black Sabbath he could escape those many bad feelings and become an often praised singer. He is one of my childhood heroes but if I look at his appearances on MTV I feel ashamed that he is allowed to raise children, what a mental wreckage!
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Blacksword
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Posted: March 05 2006 at 06:57 |
Sabotage. 
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Ultimately bored by endless ecstasy!
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daz2112
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Posted: March 05 2006 at 10:16 |
Vol.4 & then Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
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In the constellation of cygnus,There lurks a mysterious force...The black hole
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GoldenSpiral
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Posted: March 06 2006 at 00:17 |
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Why so few votes for 'Master of Reality'??? What a great record. Some of their best songs are on that album. 'Into the Void' is definitely my favorite Sab song.
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glass house
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Posted: March 06 2006 at 09:31 |
The first one. It made a huge impact. Love all the Ozzy albums except Technical Ecstasy.
Saw them in concert a few years ago with the original line-up. Fantastic !
( see my picture , the little one )
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dralan
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Posted: March 06 2006 at 12:44 |
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Thats a very tough question. All of the early Sabbath albums are classics, excluding Technical Ecstacy. If I had to choose one Id go with Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.
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aapatsos
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Posted: March 06 2006 at 18:25 |
ALL OF THEM! 
but if I have to choose, Paranoid... for its FAIRIES WEAR BOOTS AND YOU GOTTA BELIEVE ME...
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Rising Force
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Posted: March 07 2006 at 02:34 |
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When I narrow it down I think Paranoid and Master of Reality are the best all around Sabbath albums at least from the Ozzy era .... But I really like those two plus Vol. 4, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Sabotage, Heaven and Hell, and The Mob Rules about equally... I've thought about this a lot and I can't decide which Sabbath album I honestly like the best, but I'll go with Paranoid 'cause it was my first Sabbath album and it has War Pigs...
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Pafnutij
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Posted: March 07 2006 at 02:47 |
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Sabotage
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Peace Frog
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Posted: March 08 2006 at 13:13 |
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Paranoid just because of Fairies Wear Boots and Planet Caravan. But then again, Master of Reality is pretty awesome too, with Sweet Leaf and Children Of The Grave and all.
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Posted: March 12 2006 at 23:50 |
The first without doubt. The beggining of the album is truly great and the modern doom metal bands are influenced by this very part alone. Excellent songs, especially Sleeping Village.
After it come Paranoid and Sabotage. I heard once Seasons in the abyss by Slayer and my wife thought at first I was listening to Sabbath's War pigs, because the opening riffs are quite simmilar and I never noticed that. That is to show on a very snall scale how influential they were.
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