Best Black Sabbath Album

No becuz H&H is a solid record, but Load is a solid

H & H is great

"Great" may be stretching it.

It was a pleasant surprise when it came out, I do remember that.

"Die Young", "Neon Knights", the title track all on the same album, i mean if that ain't great then

The two Dio Sabbath albums are way better than the last couple with Ozzy and production wise are maybe the best sounding records they did.

Dio version of NIB on Live Evil is awesome too.

All the Dio albums are great, including The Devil You Know (released as Heaven & Hell to avoid the wrath of Sharon).

Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules are classics, full stop. Ronnie and Tony both finding another gear creatively. Metal is notorious for its shocking comebacks, and this had to have been its first, or at least side by side with Ozzy.

And in the wake of leaving Rainbow this really catapulted Dio's own career. The man would dominate American heavy metal from 1980 to 87 or so, and it started with these two records.

That may be stretching the definition of "classic" a bit too far out of shape.

Dio was pretty trump tight from Elf through around Sacred Heart

I saw him on the first Dio tour, he had a great stage presence, especially for such a little dude.

This is a pretty good run of LPs for about anyone in hard rock/heavy metal across a decade.

Rainbow
Rising
Long Live Rock and Roll
Heaven and Hell
Mob Rules
Live Evil
Holy Diver
The Last In Line

I was a bit too young, but I was regaled by a few heads about seeing Dio fronted Black Sabbath and Blue Oyster Cult during the 'Black and Blue' tour.

I'd figure that was a heck of a show.

I don't like "Heaven and Hell" (the song) because I don't listen to Black Sabbath to hear mid-tempo one note basslines that go DUN duh duh DUN duh duh DUN duh duh DUN. Save that for Foreigner or Survivor.

The biggest problem with Mob Rules is the absence of Bill Ward.

I don't like "Heaven and Hell" (the song) because I don't listen to Black Sabbath to hear mid-tempo one note basslines that go DUN duh duh DUN duh duh DUN duh duh DUN. Save that for Foreigner or Survivor.

"Children of the Grave" is fast, not mid-tempo!

I like Appice fine on MR though I do miss Ward’s cringey attempts at swing

turn up the night: awesome
voodoo: awesome
sign of the southern cross: unreasonably awesome
e5150: awesome transition track, sabbath arguably unequalled in transition track excellence
the mob rules: awesome
country girl: awesome
slipping away: this is one of those tracks that makes you thankful for vinny appice. awesome
falling off the edge of the world: maybe the most awesome thing about this album is how much metallica obviously loves it. one of my top ten sabbath tracks
over and over: so fucking awesome