the best of Sabbath?!

I think for me the albums are at the moment;

Sabotage
Volume 4
Sabbath bloody sabbath
Paranoid
Master of reality
Technical ecstasy
Never say die
black sabbath

My top ten tracks:

Sabbath bloody sabbath
Snowblind
Symptom of the universe
Megalomania
Cornucopia
Into the void
Supernaut
Hole in the sky
Under the sun
War pigs

Although they both change

Yeah they're all B and above for sure, I can't think of any band that put out so many great albums in such a short space of time!

Interesting thread....I am a huge Sabbath fan up to Never Say Die and I do find it strange that TE and NSD get such a bad rap. I have to say both have aged really well and NSD is excellent, to these ears anyway. I find it odd how many try blueprint a band for a so called " classic" era, which is natural I suppose but a lot of these bands, Sabbath included have some excellent stuff way in the late 70's and 80's.

What a sorry state of affairs that we are discussing Black Sabbath in the main prog forums and yet Boston can't even get into prog related.  There are days that I wonder if people still remember what prog is.

ghost_of_morphy wrote: What a sorry state of affairs that we are discussing Black Sabbath in the main prog forums and yet Boston can't even get into prog related.  There are days that I wonder if people still remember what prog is.

I would imagine this will get moved. Are you more upset that BS is prog-related, or that Boston isn't?

Metalmarsh89 wrote: ghost_of_morphy wrote: What a sorry state of affairs that we are discussing Black Sabbath in the main prog forums and yet Boston can't even get into prog related.  There are days that I wonder if people still remember what prog is. I would imagine this will get moved. Are you more upset that BS is prog-related, or that Boston isn't?

Edited by ghost_of_morphy - December 12 2013 at 23:09

I think TE and NSD get short shrift because the band members themselves have criticized them pretty heavily.

^ Thanks was not aware of that. Again though it is not what the artists think of the work as opposed to what the listener gets from the work....subjective of course. I mean if we formed opinions on music based on what the artists think of their work then , for example, I would not have bothered with Van Morrison's work, cause his ' dissed' most of his too I do find some artists in retrospect trying to defend certain albums or the opposite. Mike Oldfield was completely surprised at how well received ' Amarok'  was. Now considered one of his best albums. Finally on PA the review ratings system does work by and large, even if sometimes individually we may disagree with a rating. NSD for me is one of my most pleasure listens this year

And yes, I am a fan of Black Sabbath: all eras, which includes Ozz, Dio (favorite albums are with him), Ian, Glenn, Ray Gillen (unreleased version of Eternal Idol) and Tony Martin.

The only singer who sang with Sabbath whose voice really didn't fit was...Halford. Fine for Priest, but so wrong for Sabbath!

Albums: everything up to Sabotage + Heaven and Hell

Tracks (bold font ones within the proggiest)
Fairies Wear Boots
Solitude
Children of the Grave
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
A National Acrobat
Air Dance
Children of the Sea
The Sign of the Southern Cross
Disturbing the Priest