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There must have been a few Sabbath fans running scared when they heard that Birmingham’s finest doom merchants had released an album that included gentle acoustic guitars, synthesisers and - hell forbid - string arrangements! What the blazes were they thinking? Surely this departure from the tried and true was a signal of the imminent decline of their metal masters. It would have no doubt come as welcome relief to hear the familiar guttural grind of Tony Iommi opening the title track with one of his best riffs yet. The discovery of this classic phrase by Iommi apparently helped kick the band out of a songsmithing quagmire as well and set the band on course for the production of their fifth and most progressive album to date.
“Killing Yourself to Live” is churning heavy rock masterpiece, “Fluff” a gentle instrumental and “Looking for Today” is given the orchestral treatment. A diverse range indeed when compared with earlier ‘meat and spuds’ efforts but apart from the too heavily synth drenched “Who Are You?” it all pulls together and makes for an superbly uplifting experience. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is not as ultimately arresting as the likes of Paranoid but its a great album in its own right, highlighting a creatively more mature band, and deserves to be given a jolly good thrashing on any self respecting stereo system. --Tim Cunningham
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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful
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Overlooked by fans and the band alike, this album, coupled with Sabotage, marks Sabbath's finest hour. As accomplished, coherent, brilliantly produced, orchestrated, sung and played as anything put out that decade, Sabbath skimmed the surface of the prog rock movement without getting bogged down in pretension. Makes previous Sabbath albums seem workmanlike. Sister album Sabotage a bit more hit and miss, but should be played together with this - The Writ, Spiral Architect, A National Acrobat, Looking for Today, Hole in the Sky and Thrill of it All widdle on the likes of Iron Man, Faries Wear Boots and NIB from a very great height. Following up such genius proved impossible, and both Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die wilt by comparison.
The 2009 remasters really are worth shelling out for - even if, like me, it's your third or fourth copy. There is a noticeable improvement to the sound, which is more than my ears could detect on The Beatles or Stones remasters. With a great booklet of pictures, a 2 page lyric sheet, an article putting the album in context (with contributions from Bill Ward) and a nice mid-price, this for me is an essential purchase. And yes, I'll still probably buy the Deluxe Version if they ever get round to releasing one.
The 2009 remasters really are worth shelling out for - even if, like me, it's your third or fourth copy. There is a noticeable improvement to the sound, which is more than my ears could detect on The Beatles or Stones remasters. With a great booklet of pictures, a 2 page lyric sheet, an article putting the album in context (with contributions from Bill Ward) and a nice mid-price, this for me is an essential purchase. And yes, I'll still probably buy the Deluxe Version if they ever get round to releasing one.
10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
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As no doubt many of you are aware the Black sabbath Ozzy era has been given another fresh wave of remasters lately, and as far as i am aware the Black sabbath album, Paranoid and Master of reality are the only ones at the time of writing available in Deluxe. The rest "Vol4 right up to Never say die" have been released as single digipaks containing just the remastered studio album, still this Black Sabbath's classic is another which was important to get right, and similarly with the great handling job which was applied to the earlier deluxe versions this is the best version available yet on CD.
It is my fair guess that the majority of you who have come here will have already heard this album and in most cases probably own it as well, and with this assumption in mind i am not going to go into the album reviewing territory on this occasion, so given that the sound of this amazing album is restored taking much of that old 70's excess with it, it will undoubtably have the lovers and the more cautious who feel some of the character is being taken away, in any case on par with other artists remasters in general it's very good, all in all this is very pleasing and now i'm going to investigate the others and gradually replace my old 1996 editions which have had more than their fair share of rotations in my CD player over the years.
So would recommend..... and the price isn't bad either!
It is my fair guess that the majority of you who have come here will have already heard this album and in most cases probably own it as well, and with this assumption in mind i am not going to go into the album reviewing territory on this occasion, so given that the sound of this amazing album is restored taking much of that old 70's excess with it, it will undoubtably have the lovers and the more cautious who feel some of the character is being taken away, in any case on par with other artists remasters in general it's very good, all in all this is very pleasing and now i'm going to investigate the others and gradually replace my old 1996 editions which have had more than their fair share of rotations in my CD player over the years.
So would recommend..... and the price isn't bad either!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I loved this album from the first time I heard it back in my college days. I hadn't been into heavy rock (except Queen) up until that point but this album is so amazing, it lead me to explore so much more. The track "Fluff" that several other reviewers have mentioned is a simple, delicate instrumental (primarily accustic guitar) track. It's a great little tune, it's what adds to the albums dynamic charm but hard core metal freaks will hate it. All the songs on this album are highly medolic, some simple, some complex, but all well crafted. The track ordering works well, its a good old-fashioned album in the sense that there are no fillers, just total satisfaction. In my opinion this is the best Ozzy-era album, much better than Paranoid.
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*SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH - BLACK SABBATH - CLASSIC - OZZY...
OZZY OSBOURNE-VOCALS/TONI IOMMI-GUITAR/GEEZER BUTLER-BASS/BILL WARD-DRUMS - BLACK SABBATH. This album is in my opinion the best album they did. Read more
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Published 3 months ago by Renato Medurecan
sabbath bloody sabbath
Sorry but you lot are wrong! This is not a great album. Bad sound / production. A few great riffs and classic stuff - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath,Killing Yourself to Live. Read more
Published 4 months ago by Mr. C. Greenwood
Incredibly bad!
This edition of Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is an incredibly bad CD: it is muffled, no clarity on voices, bass is muddy and treble is dimmed.
Really BAD sounding! Read more
Really BAD sounding! Read more
Published 7 months ago by RS
Classic British Rock
I first bought this on vinyl in the 70's and it was as much a classic then as it is now. Whilst overshadowed by Paranoid (one of the greatest albums ever), it is superb in its own... Read more
Published 13 months ago by A. Csete
Great Re-master
This is a really great remaster of the sabbath classic "SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH"
This is an amazing album But most important is the song material. Read more
This is an amazing album But most important is the song material. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Dylan The Metalhead
Classic Sabbath
The sleeve notes say that at the beginning of recording their fifth album, the boys were bereft of ideas, even the metronimic Tony Iommi was blank as to riffs, but after moving... Read more
Published 14 months ago by The Pez
A Darker shade of Black
A great, almost experimental, album at a time when the winds of change were starting to blow. This showed Sabbath coming to the end of their down-tuned, doom-riffery and exploring... Read more
Published 15 months ago by ratmonkey
Superb and underrated
This album is a hidden gem and somewhat different to previous and subsequent Black Sabbath releases. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Mr. P. Mendes Da Costa
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
What more can i say an excellent album that still sounds as good today as the first time i put on the original i could break it down track by track but it's pointless
if you... Read more
if you... Read more
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