Best Black Sabbath Album

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I wonder if sabbath bloody sabbath's poor showing has more to do with fewer people having heard it. it's got the cheesiest cover of the first 6.

― Edward III, Friday, 13 April 2007 14:02 (seventeen years ago) link

I dunno, some of us (well me) vote in every poll they see just for the hell of it

OTM, I was going to vote for the I don't like Black Sabbath option but as I love the song Neon Knights I voted for Heaven and Hell.

― Billy Dods, Friday, 13 April 2007 14:08 (seventeen years ago) link

edward, no, it's got a better cover than sabotage dude srsly!

― ian, Friday, 13 April 2007 14:13 (seventeen years ago) link

by cheesy I guess I mean it's the most "metal" looking of the first 6? might scare off the casusal sabbath dabbler. totally false advertising though cuz it's their proggiest album.

think I'll spend the day listening to technical ecstasy + never say die, haven't given 'em more than cursory listens before.

― Edward III, Friday, 13 April 2007 14:42 (seventeen years ago) link

hello! i don't like Black Sabbath, so I don't know what possessed me to even look at this poll other than idle curiosity (more idle than curious), but i wanted to say that my excitement that they did an album featuring Body Count is only matched by my disappointment that nobody voted for it. shame on you all.

― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 13 April 2007 14:56 (seventeen years ago) link

anyone who starts a post with "hello i don't like black sabbath" should be more careful with the shame casting.

― Edward III, Friday, 13 April 2007 15:01 (seventeen years ago) link

it's society's fault i'm like this.

― Roberto Spiralli, Friday, 13 April 2007 15:03 (seventeen years ago) link

did society drop you on your head as an infant?

― m the g, Friday, 13 April 2007 15:04 (seventeen years ago) link

sorry. that was uncalled for.

― m the g, Friday, 13 April 2007 15:04 (seventeen years ago) link

no need to apologize, dropping an infant on its head is always uncalled for.

― Edward III, Friday, 13 April 2007 16:32 (seventeen years ago) link

Now now. Opinions are like arseholes. Everyone thinks those who don't like Black Sabbath are arseholes.
Or something.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 13 April 2007 16:51 (seventeen years ago) link

I voted Master of Reality, but I would have put Sabbath Bloody Sabbath second. Then again I'm a Yes fan too (note that Wakeman is pretty tastefully restrained on his very brief appearance on SBS). I'm surprised by its showing as well as the two Dio albums.

Terrible showing by the anti-Sabbath 6.

― Bill Magill, Friday, 13 April 2007 17:26 (seventeen years ago) link

Also-Never Say Die is criminally underrated. Not a metal album, but actually very good.

― Bill Magill, Friday, 13 April 2007 17:27 (seventeen years ago) link

It's funny that noone is admitting to being part of the 6. But maybe they did just look at the poll , voted and haven't bothered looking since. Then again, if you always look at polls just for the hell of it, then vote just for the hell of it, surely they would check the results to?

Oh well, it's pretty funny.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 13 April 2007 18:12 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm disappointed that both of the Dio albums rate lower than "I don't like Black Sabbath" :(

― novaheat, Friday, 13 April 2007 18:51 (seventeen years ago) link

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath did as well.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 13 April 2007 21:27 (seventeen years ago) link

Which is a total crime.

― Bill Magill, Friday, 13 April 2007 21:29 (seventeen years ago) link

I'm actually very thankful for this thread to give me a breakdown. The only one I have is the self-titled one, on cassette, and despite things starting well, it always ended up boring me. I always wanted to know all the Sabbath albums as well as I know all the Led Zep albums but it just never happened. I did buy the live Reunion CD and had a fucking ball with that circa 2000-2001. I bought it cause I saw a performance on MTV that really blew me away. I used to go outside my house and smoke weed in the backyard with it playing on my discman. Then I would come back inside, all full of energy.

Recently I downloaded a few tracks from Heaven Or Hell just cause I didn't know where to start. I haven't gotten around to listening to them yet, but it's *so* nice to have a poll break it all down into numbers for me to work with. Thanks.

― Bimble, Saturday, 14 April 2007 05:06 (seventeen years ago) link

is "headless cross" as good as allmusic claims it is? I notice it's out of print and sells for bucks on amazon

― akm, Saturday, 14 April 2007 06:17 (seventeen years ago) link

I have some post-Dio tracks on a compilation somewhere, and I found them to range between forgettable and unlistenable. So, listen at your own risk.

And Heaven and Hell is a damn good record, Bimble. I'm guessing it just didn't rank as highly because the Ozzy records are the obvious classics.

― Jeff Treppel, Saturday, 14 April 2007 07:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Ah, well, to my credit I do have the first Ozzy album...or at least...please tell me I didn't sell it. Please tell me I didn't...

― Bimble, Saturday, 14 April 2007 07:51 (seventeen years ago) link

No, I didn't sell it, as it happens. I sure didn't.

― Bimble, Saturday, 14 April 2007 07:51 (seventeen years ago) link

volume IV is a pretty comprehensive winner

interesting

― Charlie Howard, Saturday, 14 April 2007 08:04 (seventeen years ago) link

it's *so* nice to have a poll break it all down into numbers for me to work with. Thanks.

You should post that on the thread where vahid and co are moaning about how polls should be banned.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Saturday, 14 April 2007 12:38 (seventeen years ago) link

I was gonna say... This thread started interesting debate and had a result that prompted interesting commentary as well. Plus (what I think is one of the main reasons ILM is even here) it apparently prompted more than a few people to revisit or even visit for the first time some music that many think is seminal.

That isn't to say that a "Best GWAR Album" would have the same effect...

― NYCNative, Saturday, 14 April 2007 12:46 (seventeen years ago) link

I wouldn't have thought so.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Sunday, 15 April 2007 00:16 (seventeen years ago) link

BAHHAHAHA

― Bimble, Sunday, 15 April 2007 03:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Scumdogs of the Universe, no contest!

― Jeff Treppel, Sunday, 15 April 2007 07:54 (seventeen years ago) link

INTO THE VOID!!!

so glad i went with master of reality

― Charlie Howard, Sunday, 15 April 2007 09:53 (seventeen years ago) link

I think we can tell by who moaned about polls on that thread, who the 6 were.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Sunday, 15 April 2007 13:20 (seventeen years ago) link

OWN UP

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Sunday, 15 April 2007 23:04 (seventeen years ago) link

What's everyones fave Sabbath track then? I've decided Supernaut is mine.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Monday, 16 April 2007 10:23 (seventeen years ago) link

INTO THE VOIIIIID!

or possibly 'Black Sabbath'.

or 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath'.

or 'Fairies Wear Boots'.

― m the g, Monday, 16 April 2007 10:51 (seventeen years ago) link

or about a dozen others :)

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Monday, 16 April 2007 10:57 (seventeen years ago) link

i'm kinda over 'supernaut' at this point :/

i'd say 'children of the grave' or 'into the void'

― am0n, Monday, 16 April 2007 13:31 (seventeen years ago) link

None of them, I don't like Black Sabbath

ADMINS: give me their NAMES

― Catsupppppppppppppp dude ‫茄蕃‪, Monday, 16 April 2007 13:38 (seventeen years ago) link

haha

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Monday, 16 April 2007 14:39 (seventeen years ago) link

"Whisperin" Edd Hurt has said he hates 'em!
That's it, I no longer have any respect for the man whatsoever [/sarcasm]

― Myonga Vön Bontee, Monday, 16 April 2007 17:30 (seventeen years ago) link

my fav song might be "sympton of the universe"

or jeez, i guess "paranoid" and "war pigs" are pretty awesome, to be all boring about it.

― M@tt He1ges0n, Monday, 16 April 2007 17:44 (seventeen years ago) link

Children of the Grave. That drumbeat never gets old. As proven by all the bands that stole it, ranging from Blondie to Phazm.

― Jeff Treppel, Monday, 16 April 2007 19:35 (seventeen years ago) link

I was boring and went for Paranoid. My fave song overall might be Black Sabbath though.

― Colonel Poo, Monday, 16 April 2007 20:51 (seventeen years ago) link

Which is a great song too. No one mentioning "Iron Man"?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Monday, 16 April 2007 23:48 (seventeen years ago) link

No one ever admitted it, Jeff.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 20 April 2007 02:22 (seventeen years ago) link

Pussies.

― Jeff Treppel, Friday, 20 April 2007 02:28 (seventeen years ago) link

HI DERE!

― The Amazing Randy, Friday, 20 April 2007 13:07 (seventeen years ago) link

Is randy saying Hi because you called him a pussy?

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 20 April 2007 19:31 (seventeen years ago) link

He's been saying that on every poll, I suspect as some sort of clever statement on how silly he thinks the polls are.

― Jeff Treppel, Friday, 20 April 2007 20:14 (seventeen years ago) link

Yes. Trying to piss everyone off so polls get banned. Bit like image bombing.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Friday, 20 April 2007 20:24 (seventeen years ago) link

Doesn't seem to be working. Anyway, I'm on too many anti-anxiety pills to feel anything, much less anger.

― Jeff Treppel, Friday, 20 April 2007 21:00 (seventeen years ago) link

I tried those Dio era albums but just can't get into them.

― Brigadier Lethbridge-Pfunkboy, Tuesday, 24 April 2007 22:52 (seventeen years ago) link

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