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Blacksword 
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 Posted: July 10 2007 at 10:49 |
Sabotage for me! Sabbs finest hour.. 
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Zoot Allures
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Posted: July 10 2007 at 21:33 |
After debating long and hard  I'll have to say the first one. Absolute classic. Without Black Sabbath there wouldn't have been heavy metal as we know it today. Simply the most influential band in the history of metal 
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The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There's also a negative side. - Hunter S. Thompson
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NotAProghead
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Posted: July 10 2007 at 23:53 |
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I always thought that 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' and 'Paranoid' are best albums from Ozzy era. The popularity of 'Vol. 4' among progheads is a surprise for me.
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Who are you and who am I to say we know the reason why... (D. Gilmour)
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dralan
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Posted: July 11 2007 at 21:33 |
I love the first 6 Sabbath albums from start to finish, all of them are classics. If I had to pick one I'd say SBS.
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Melomaniac
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Posted: July 12 2007 at 14:43 |
Just bought Master of Reality...
What's with the lyrics on this one ? I mean, they're good, but definitely not what I expected from Sabbath ! Almost sounds as if they were written by a Peace & Love Hippie !
Edited by Melomaniac - July 12 2007 at 14:44
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"One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio
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unclemeat69
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Posted: July 12 2007 at 14:50 |
 Melomaniac wrote:
Just bought Master of Reality...
What's with the lyrics on this one ? I mean, they're good,
but definitely not what I expected from Sabbath ! Almost sounds
as if they were written by a Peace & Love Hippie ! |
unlike their popular image, they very rarely sang about devils, hell
and such. Back then they were more into singing their love for
harddrugs (Sweet Leaf, Snowblind etc) and occasionally God and Jesus
(After Forever)
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Follow your bliss
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Melomaniac
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Location: Canada
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Posted: July 12 2007 at 15:13 |
unclemeat69 wrote:
Melomaniac wrote:
Just bought Master of Reality...
What's with the lyrics on this one ? I mean, they're good, but definitely not what I expected from Sabbath ! Almost sounds as if they were written by a Peace & Love Hippie ! |
Back then they were more into singing their love for harddrugs (Sweet Leaf, Snowblind etc)... |
Sweet Leaf is about weed, not a hard drug in my book !
Snowblind must be about cocaïne, that's a hard drug.
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"One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio
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GoldenSpiral
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Posted: July 12 2007 at 19:58 |
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No love for Master of Reality???
With Children of the Grave, Into the Void and After Forever, it's definitely my favorite!
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emdiar
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Location: Netherlands
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Posted: July 13 2007 at 15:00 |
I voted for Technical Ecstasy which, although probably not as iconic as the earlier albums, reminds me of a special time in my life. When I was 17 a good mate of mine with whom I shared a flat was an old-school metal head. We would bring rock chicks back and TE seemed to always be on the turn table. As prog chicks were thin on the ground (it was 1984) I didn't mind masquerading as a metal head. and having v. long hair it was quite easy to pull off. I saw Sabs live the year before (my only Sabs gig) but Gillan was doing the honours by then, to varying degrees of success.
Ozzy's voice has come in for some stick over the years, but I think it was perfect for Sabs.
Edited by emdiar - July 13 2007 at 15:01
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Perception is truth, ergo opinion is fact.
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kingdhansak
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Posted: August 02 2007 at 03:16 |
The 1st album for me every time. I have always said that it pretty much started Heavy Metal. As far as I'm concerned, nobody had done anything like that before (although High Tide came close)
2 and 3rd places would go to Master of Reality and Sabotage.
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Zargus
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Posted: August 02 2007 at 08:43 |
Paranoid followed by Master of Reality.. but all the first 6 are classics! 
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Abstrakt
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Posted: August 02 2007 at 08:45 |
Black Sabbath & Never Say Die is my favorites.
I can't believe why "Technical Extasy" & "Never Say Die" isn't seen as classics. All 8 are great!
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Melomaniac
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Posted: August 19 2007 at 10:42 |
Update : I now have all five first albums and already have a hard time deciding !
Though so far it's between these three :
Master of Reality : What I consider to be the heaviest and darkest of the early albums (so far).
Vol. 4 : More elaborate musically but less heavy, excellent album.
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath : Wow ! Surprised by this one. Even more elaborate and interesting musically.
Will get Sabotage, Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die very soon !
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"One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio
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Equality 7-2521
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Joined: August 11 2005
Location: Philly
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Posted: August 19 2007 at 10:52 |
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Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
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"One had to be a Newton to notice that the moon is falling, when everyone sees that it doesn't fall. "
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Jim Garten
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Posted: August 20 2007 at 03:46 |
GoldenSpiral wrote:
No love for Master of Reality???With Children of the Grave, Into the Void and After Forever, it's definitely my favorite! |
If I have to choose, this is the one I'd go for (see my earlier post); I didn't vote before, but if it's a case of furthering the cause of MoR, then I'll stick my little tick in the box...
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Piotr Buendia
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Posted: August 20 2007 at 14:20 |
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Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. one of my favourite non-prog albums. He had every thing he need. Is brilliant.
Killing yourself to Live !!!
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"You are free to do as we tell you."(Bill Hicks in Revelations)
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Tapfret
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Posted: August 21 2007 at 15:07 |
Despite marking the end of Ozzy Sabbath, I find Never Say Die to be the most interesting. Lots more style blending then previous albums. I really love them all except Technical Ecstasy. I think I would rank them thusly:
Never Say Die
Sabotage
Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath
Volume 4
Black Sabbath
Master Of Reality
Paranoid
Technical Ecstasy
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jimidom
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Location: Houston, TX USA
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Posted: August 21 2007 at 15:15 |
Paranoid followed by Master of Reality 
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Melomaniac
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Posted: August 26 2007 at 14:44 |
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Another update : I now have all eight albums. My vote coming soon !
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"One likes to believe in the freedom of Music" - Neil Peart, The Spirit of Radio
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Nightfly
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Posted: August 28 2007 at 17:34 |
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Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is worth a vote for the title track alone which IMO is the best song they ever wrote. Brilliant stuff!
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