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Black Sabbath [Extra tracks, Original recording remastered]

Black Sabbath Audio CD
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Black Sabbath has been so influential in the development of heavy metal rock music as to be a defining force in the style. The group took the blues-rock sound of late '60s acts like Cream, Blue Cheer, and Vanilla Fudge to its logical conclusion, slowing the tempo, accentuating the bass, and emphasizing screaming guitar solos and howled vocals full of lyrics expressing mental anguish and ... Read more in Amazon's Black Sabbath Store

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  • Audio CD (26 Feb 2008)
  • Number of Discs: 1
  • Format: Extra tracks, Original recording remastered
  • Label: Sanctuary
  • ASIN: B00022TPSO
  • Other Editions: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 12,528 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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37 of 38 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Ok first off let's not confuse this release with the single cd available as this is a new remaster and what a remaster at that!
I was a tad skeptical about this release and one reason i didn't rush straight out and buy because i wasn't sure if it was just the same as the single cd,but after reading on the black sabbath forum about the unbelievable quality i had to get it asap.
Ok onto the review.
Well Many cds these days are so poorly re-mastered that great dynamic sounding music seems to be becoming a rarity these days with many artist's back catalogues and indeed new music being butchered and ruined so it fills me with enormous happiness to say this deluxe edition is really quite superb,in fact it's one of the best cds ive ever heard.
Everything about this cd is brilliant,one because it was the first and highly influential album from sabbath and two ive never heard it sound better.
From the opening of black sabbath to the final track of disc one warning i was amazed at how dynamic and powerful sounding this is.
The second cd has outtakes and instrumentals from the album which i found to be excellent especially the studio outtake of black sabbath,at the start you hear ozzy say (and i'll leave out certain words lol) "i dont understand it....i can't remember the words"....it really is priceless and in my opinion worthy of purchase on this reason alone.
Seriously though this is a masterclass in remastering and one that all engineers should take note and learn from.
So if you are a fan of heavy metal or sabbath and you are not quite sure whether to get it then don't wonder anymore just go for it.
Comparing this to the single cd version is like comparing gold to dirt,the single cd is louder,harsh sounding and brittle,this deluxe edirion is pure gold,not at all loud very smooth and rich.
Absolutely brilliant and a pleasure to award it 5 stars!
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A new beginning for ROCK............ 3 Feb 2001
Format:Audio CD
....'What is this that stands before me......' This album was the type of sound the youth then and now were/are looking for.The lyrics,Ozzy's distinctive voice,Iommi's heavy guitar work-those brilliant rifts-Geezers great bass playing and Wards'thumping drums. Although the lyrics are simple enough,it is clear that they hold great meaning about this 'system'and the evil within said system and within individuals. This album is a work of genius:in all its glorious aspects. this album will be around forever.A definite must for any collector of hard/heavy rock.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars A classic 14 Oct 2003
Format:Audio CD
Rain pours down outside, and the distant sound of thunder crashes through the sky.
Then, like no moment in music before, the striking of a single guitar chord kick-started a genre. Drummer Bill Ward pounds his drums like a caveman alerting the tribe of something bad, and indeed, something bad does arrive.

John "Ozzy" Osbourne's first impression on the music world was a strong one:
"What is this that stands before me", he barks over the minimalist soundscape, "[a] figure in black which points at me"...
And all this gloom and doom gave legions of angry teenagers something they could relate to, as well as inspiring them to pick up a guitar and start singing about the devil.

"Black Sabbath", the song and the album, is really where heavy metal began. From the imagery to the look and the sound, and to the three-note riff that pours from Tony Iommi's mangled fingers, this album sounds like nothing before it. Distorted, discordant, and ungodly slow, filled with dark, Dungeons and Dragons-like imagery which somehow ends up being much more than just your average heavy metal posturing, mainly because of the dim, suffocating musical atmosphere which is like nothing, literally nothing, anyone had ever heard before.
There isn't much variety in mood or tempo, but that's not the point; Sabbath's slowed-down, murky guitar rock bludgeons the listener in an almost hallucinatory fashion, reveling in its own dazed, druggy state of consciousness.

Black Sabbath's debut album is filled with lengthy songs and suite-like pieces where individual tunes blur together and riffs pound away one after another. And it remains one of the most influential albums ever in popular music, and a must-have for anyone with an interest in heavy metal.
4 1/2 stars.

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5.0 out of 5 stars From Birmingham you say? They don't sound like Alabama folks to me!
So many great bands started off slowly, and produced first albums that were perhaps a little naive,naff,and quickly became very dated--(Yes, Deep Purple,and Genesis for example)... Read more
Published 1 month ago by Zomby Woof
5.0 out of 5 stars Sublime, Metallic Originality
There is no point reviewing the music because it has all been said so many times, suffice to say that yes, Black Sabbath's debut is compelling in extremis. Read more
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5.0 out of 5 stars the start of something loud.
Led xep and countless others including surf rock! were influencing hard rock (early metal) in many ways. Read more
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This is an album that ALL should know and need no introduction. The birth of Heavy Metal (still called Heavy Rock at the time). Read more
Published 12 months ago by Mr. E. Sierpowski
5.0 out of 5 stars Possibly their best album
After listening to "Paranoid", "Masters of reality" and "Sabbath bloody Sabbath" since the early '90s I came across the "Black Sabbath" video on TV, and realised I've missed at... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mauro
5.0 out of 5 stars Step into the dark side of rock!
This record represents the first steps in the heavy metal genre. It presents a dark and apocalyptic themes, with Iommi's
melodic riffs and Ozzy's text messages that result in... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Renato Medurecan
5.0 out of 5 stars Black Birth Throes
Rain, tolling bell, thunder, drawl of a heavy riff, and slow bleak questions before the apocalypse strikes its shocked response 'Oh No', Black Sabbath announces 'Black Sabbath',... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Glenn
5.0 out of 5 stars Masterpiece
There should be dozens of reviews for this album, truly one of the best albums ever made.

Incredibly atmospheric, with Osbourne's owl-screetching-at-midnight vocals,... Read more
Published 15 months ago by Martyn
4.0 out of 5 stars Lovely Retro Metal
I bought this when it first came out on vinyl, and listening again was like meeting up with an old friend. Nostolgia personified, great!
Published 17 months ago by David J Potts
4.0 out of 5 stars The first metal album!
I bought this album because I wanted to hear what metal first sounded like compared to nowadays. I had some doubts because I like a lot of modern bands but I wasn't disapointed! Read more
Published 18 months ago by P. J. Ransom
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