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Track Listings
| 1. Sweet Leaf |
| 2. After Forever |
| 3. Embryo |
| 4. Children Of The Grave |
| 5. Orchid |
| 6. Lord Of This World |
| 7. Solitude |
| 8. Into The Void |
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REMASTERED digipak w/orig tracklisting. Smokin' third album from 1971 ... which must NOT be overlooked !!
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
The first 2 albums may be seminal but quality-wise, Master of Reality is the band's first true classic. Whereas Black Sabbath was a heavy blues album and Paranoid was a psychedelic blues album, Master of Reality is the first real statement from the band that earned their coined 'heavy metal' tag. From the very onset, it's all chugging, down-tuned, fuzzy, big sounding riffs that are synonymous with what heavy metal is today. It is also really their only true heavy metal album, strangely as blues and rock and roll pervades most of their Ozzy catalogue. Later on Dehumanizer came close but not with the same bravado and simple genius that was found on this gem. Hearing it 25 years ago, in the midst of Metallica'a Black Album and the end of Iron Maiden's first triumphant reign, it did not seem out of place. In fact it towered over some of the greats that they influenced. In short, it is Metallica's Master of Puppets, Maiden's Number of the Beast and Slayer's Reign in Blood years before they had been written. That's how astounding it is.
'Sweet Leaf' explodes into life after the 'coughing' and displays one of the killerest riffs ever. From the very first note it is infectious. It's almost sexy it's that good. And the best part is that, as with the rest of the album, they do not mess with the formula. On later albums and even on the 2 preceding this tangents were gone off to and songs became lots of songs, which ruined the perfect innocence of just a simple, catchy riff. There are 2 riffs and that's it. And that's all you need. Classic. 'After Forever' is faster and not as perfect but is still an excellent, rumbling song that is 5 plus mins long but doesn't feel like it. A near perfect 2nd track. 'Embryo' lasts merely 20 seconds and is acoustic. It is slight but needed. Then 'Children of the Grave' does a 'Sweet Leaf'. It's a heavy metal, chug-festeroony, has a great title and is simple but better because of it.
'Orchid' is a nice minute and a half of acoustic niceties before 'Lord of this World' is unleashed. It is probably my least favourite of the bunch but it is still a presence to be reckoned with. It is slightly more tangential but is still true to the ethos of the album and chugs like a monster. 'Solitude' is a great song that, again, sticks to a melody and continues it. It's a ballad of sorts, has no crushing guitars, but it is sufficiently dark to be included. Not perfect but still great. 'Into the Void' is as classic as 'Sweet Leaf'. It's a storming way to end.
Possibly the best Sabbath album ever. Certainly my pick. It still sounds great today and would even hold its own against some of the metalcore that's so popular. Sabbath did it first. They veered off on a different course album by album, but their influence is felt in many of the now classic metal and heavy rock bands today; and this album is the reason.
'Sweet Leaf' explodes into life after the 'coughing' and displays one of the killerest riffs ever. From the very first note it is infectious. It's almost sexy it's that good. And the best part is that, as with the rest of the album, they do not mess with the formula. On later albums and even on the 2 preceding this tangents were gone off to and songs became lots of songs, which ruined the perfect innocence of just a simple, catchy riff. There are 2 riffs and that's it. And that's all you need. Classic. 'After Forever' is faster and not as perfect but is still an excellent, rumbling song that is 5 plus mins long but doesn't feel like it. A near perfect 2nd track. 'Embryo' lasts merely 20 seconds and is acoustic. It is slight but needed. Then 'Children of the Grave' does a 'Sweet Leaf'. It's a heavy metal, chug-festeroony, has a great title and is simple but better because of it.
'Orchid' is a nice minute and a half of acoustic niceties before 'Lord of this World' is unleashed. It is probably my least favourite of the bunch but it is still a presence to be reckoned with. It is slightly more tangential but is still true to the ethos of the album and chugs like a monster. 'Solitude' is a great song that, again, sticks to a melody and continues it. It's a ballad of sorts, has no crushing guitars, but it is sufficiently dark to be included. Not perfect but still great. 'Into the Void' is as classic as 'Sweet Leaf'. It's a storming way to end.
Possibly the best Sabbath album ever. Certainly my pick. It still sounds great today and would even hold its own against some of the metalcore that's so popular. Sabbath did it first. They veered off on a different course album by album, but their influence is felt in many of the now classic metal and heavy rock bands today; and this album is the reason.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
If ever there was an album that defined a complete musical revolution then this is it. Not only does it musically redefine the hip sound of the time to create a new and exciting style it smashes old ideals and brings a new atmosphere to modern performance. What I am saying is really very simple, this album is not the reproduction it is the prototype. Black Sabbath only ever did this once but in doing do they spawned a new religion, that of leather clad, distorted youth. The sound production is amazing for the time. Iommi's guitar sound is truly the farther of all metal bands to come, they all owe something to this album in some way or another.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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Does another review of Master of Reality really need to written? If you do not have this in your collection, what is wrong with you, buy it immediately, and if you have it in your collection you will not be reading this review.
The only reason not to buy this particular remaster is that an enhanced version is now available with extras on, other than that, this CD makes good sense with insightful sleeve notes from Bill Ward, and the next best music after Paranoid.
From Bill Ward hacking his lungs up as the intro to Sweetleaf until the final thundering chord of Into the Void, this album is one of the best Sabbath did (and they did not do a bad album in the Oz years), the highlights being After Forever (you just have to love a song that has the lyrics "Do you want to see the Pope on the end of a rope, do you think he's a fool?") and Children of the Grave, not about zombies or vampires, but about the now generation of 1970 having no future, title really throws you on that one, and Lord of the World (a song actually about Satan). A couple of oddities in Embryo and Orchid, very small instrumentals that seem to act as punctuation in the overall script of the album, and Solitude following on from the brilliant Planet Caravan to show they could do slow and gentle (and personally I think this is where Ozzy does his best vocal work, proving he could actually sing) and which would obviousley lead to Changes on Volume 4.
An album I will always come back to, essential listenning for anyone who thinks heavy metal began in the 80's, no-one ever did it better than Ozzy, Tony, Geezer and Bill.
The only reason not to buy this particular remaster is that an enhanced version is now available with extras on, other than that, this CD makes good sense with insightful sleeve notes from Bill Ward, and the next best music after Paranoid.
From Bill Ward hacking his lungs up as the intro to Sweetleaf until the final thundering chord of Into the Void, this album is one of the best Sabbath did (and they did not do a bad album in the Oz years), the highlights being After Forever (you just have to love a song that has the lyrics "Do you want to see the Pope on the end of a rope, do you think he's a fool?") and Children of the Grave, not about zombies or vampires, but about the now generation of 1970 having no future, title really throws you on that one, and Lord of the World (a song actually about Satan). A couple of oddities in Embryo and Orchid, very small instrumentals that seem to act as punctuation in the overall script of the album, and Solitude following on from the brilliant Planet Caravan to show they could do slow and gentle (and personally I think this is where Ozzy does his best vocal work, proving he could actually sing) and which would obviousley lead to Changes on Volume 4.
An album I will always come back to, essential listenning for anyone who thinks heavy metal began in the 80's, no-one ever did it better than Ozzy, Tony, Geezer and Bill.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
must own cd
Classic Black Sabbath. Their third Album. An iconic album that any music fan should have. the mix if bluesy rock was called heavy metal when it was released but this much more a... Read more
Published 10 days ago by Pea Green
The third in a series..
The fact is, I can't believe how Iommi and Ozzy get inspiration to write such good songs, especially after the
first two highly successful albums. Read more
first two highly successful albums. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Renato Medurecan
The Sabbath just get stronger.
I thoroughly enjoyed this album. The album Black Sabbath was good and this took the overall standard up a notch. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Smartin
Master Of Reality: Black Sabbath - Take some sweet leaf and step into...
The third album from rulers of the heavy Rock universe was their most consistent release so far. With typically mystically influenced lyrics tackling subjects from Drug Use (sweet... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Victor
One Great Album
This album is said to be better than paranoid!. This is the 3rd studio album of black sabbath and has the hit song sweet leaf a song inspired by a packet of cigarettes geezer... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Dylan The Metalhead
Heavy
This is the 3rd Black Sabbath album and is just as good and as heavy as any other they produced. The coughing and riff on Sweat Leaf are just fantastic!
Published 15 months ago by blueandwhite050505
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