WE SOLD OUR SOUL FOR ROCK AND ROLL

I'd argue that this compilation falls just north of excellent. You can argue all day long about individual song choices. I personally feel that the PARANOID album is a slightly overrated listening experience, 4 songs is too many to include here.

Truthfully, that's entirely subjective; Black Sabbath's first quartet of albums are beyond reproach. You can count on one hand the number of bands as influential as BS to hard rock. You could almost say they invented it! As an introduction to the band's first masterpieces and some lesser known tracks, WE SOLD OUR SOULS is worth at least four stars.