- Audio CD (25 Nov 1996)
- Number of Discs: 4
- Format: Box set
- Label: Essential
- ASIN: B000006ZDU
- Other Editions: Audio CD
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 71,179 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
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Track Listings
| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. Black Sabbath | |||
| 2. The Wizard | |||
| 3. NIB | |||
| 4. Evil Woman | |||
| 5. Wicked World | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. Into The Void | |||
| 2. Lord Of This World | |||
| 3. Orchid | |||
| 4. Supernaut | |||
| 5. Tomorrow's Dream | |||
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| Disc: 3 | |||
| 1. The Writ | |||
| 2. Sympton Of The Universe | |||
| 3. Dirty Women | |||
| 4. Back Street Kids | |||
| 5. Rock 'N' Roll Doctor | |||
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| Disc: 4 | |||
| 1. Turn Up The Night | |||
| 2. Sign Of The Southern Cross | |||
| 3. Falling Off The Edge Of The World | |||
| 4. The Mob Rules (Live) | |||
| 5. Voodoo (Live) | |||
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This is a great collection of the Black Sabbath classics... Which we all own already. There are some not so common tracks here and the old favourites are back (Iron Man, Paranoid, War Pigs...), but it would have been nice to see some more new stuff. What with The Collection, The Best Of and We Sold Our Souls For Rock & Roll available, it hardly seems worth doing another collection if there isn't anything new to put on it. Where are the studio tapes Ozzy goes on about in The Ozzman Cometh sleeve notes? Where is Fairies Wear Boots and Spiral Architect? A good collection, but I prefer The Best Of Black Sabbath. (Nice poster and art though!)
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
This four-disc box set does a pretty good job, drawing heavily from Black Sabbath's classic 70s releases (the Ozzy Osbourne years), but dipping somewhat in quality towards the end.
Virtually all Sabbath's important 70s songs are here, from "Paranoid" and "Iron Man" to "Symptom Of The Universe" and "Never Say Die", and most of the Dio-era selections are reasonably good as well.
The only problem with this set is that anyone who is willing to buy four Black Sabbath CDs would be better off with the band's first four orginal studio albums, and perhaps a single-disc collection of latter-day songs.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
The Box of Sabbath History!
12 Aug 2001
Format:Audio CD
This 4 disc set is a true good best of set which covers all albums up to Eternal Idol. Many songs are of Ozzy era whch is a plus since some later eras lacked good hit songs. The weird 30 second sound clip "Blow a jug" is on here after the "Writ" within the track. Just turn up the music and you will hear it. I only wish they would have covered the Dio era somewhat better and include "Heaven and Hell" which was a main hit. The booklet of this box set really is decent and will please a normal fan. The poster/family tree was great! You get to learn some about what is related to what. Very much a cool item. If you liked the family tree on the iron maiden albums as a bonus in the computer part then this family tree will also make you very happy. I ask that you would also pick up : Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Never Say die, Sabotage, Technical Ecstasy, Heaven and Hell, and Born Again cause they didn't get the best covering. If you like this album you may want to get: Black Sabbath- Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath-Paraniod, Black Sabbath- Masters of Reality, Black Sabbath-Vol 4, Black Sabbath-Mob Rules.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
A Must Have For a New Fan
8 Mar 2003
Format:Audio CD
If you're a new fan of Black Sabbath and don't know where to start, you should off with this CD or if you're on a budget or only want the stuff with Ozzy, get Symptom of the Universe 1970-78 instead, and to be honest with you, this was the CD that got me involved with Black Sabbath cause they're one of the best and most influential bands of all time and their only hit singles were Paranoid and Iron Man and a lot of there other songs were awesome as well, The CD contains songs from their self titled debut album to there 1987 release Eternal Idol and I think that they should've stopped after either The Mob Rules or Born Again and add more songs to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (which only contains the title track and Killing Yourself to Live) and a little more on Never Say Die (which only contains the title track and Hard Road).
This CD also doesn't have Fairies Wear Boots and I honestly don't know why.
If you love Metallica, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, Chevelle, Marilyn Manson, and those 1990's alternative rock bands then you should get into Black Sabbath cause they are the godfathers of heavy metal and half of those bands weren't even exist if it weren't for Black Sabbath.
This CD also doesn't have Fairies Wear Boots and I honestly don't know why.
If you love Metallica, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, Chevelle, Marilyn Manson, and those 1990's alternative rock bands then you should get into Black Sabbath cause they are the godfathers of heavy metal and half of those bands weren't even exist if it weren't for Black Sabbath.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Too much for newcomers, not enough for collectors
12 Oct 2003
Format:Audio CD
This four-disc box set does a pretty good job, drawing heavily from Black Sabbath's classic 70s releases (the Ozzy Osbourne years), but dipping somewhat in quality towards the end.
Virtually all Sabbath's important 70s songs are here, from "Paranoid" and "Iron Man" to "Symptom Of The Universe" and "Never Say Die", and most of the Dio-era selections are reasonably good as well.
The only problem with this set is that it doesn't contain anything of interest to collectors, and anyone who is willing to buy a $60 Black Sabbath set would probably be better off with the band's first four orginal studio albums (or the double-disc "The Best Of Black Sabbath"), and perhaps a single-disc collection of their latter-day songs.
3 1/2 stars.
Virtually all Sabbath's important 70s songs are here, from "Paranoid" and "Iron Man" to "Symptom Of The Universe" and "Never Say Die", and most of the Dio-era selections are reasonably good as well.
The only problem with this set is that it doesn't contain anything of interest to collectors, and anyone who is willing to buy a $60 Black Sabbath set would probably be better off with the band's first four orginal studio albums (or the double-disc "The Best Of Black Sabbath"), and perhaps a single-disc collection of their latter-day songs.
3 1/2 stars.
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