| Product Summary | | Label: Wea/warner Bros. | | UPC: 00075992725323 | | Release Date: 3/9/1989 | | Buy.com Sku: 60147055 | | Item#: MWJC9R | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 383 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Sweet Leaf ~ Black Sabbath |  | | 2. After Forever ~ Black Sabbath | | | 3. Embryo ~ Black Sabbath | | | 4. Children Of The Grave ~ Black Sabbath | | | 5. Orchid ~ Black Sabbath | | | 6. Lord Of This World ~ Black Sabbath | | | 7. Solitude ~ Black Sabbath | | | 8. Into The Void ~ Black Sabbath | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Black Sabbath: Ozzy Osbourne (vocals); Tony Iommi (guitar); Geezer Butler (bass instrument); Bill Ward (drums). | | While other frontrunners of hard rock/metal like Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple began dabbling in other musical forms (folk and string symphonies, respectively), Black Sabbath stuck close to its original direction and was rewarded with several of the most enduring rock releases of all time. Coming off the worldwide breakthrough of the band's 1971's landmark, PARANOID, MASTER OF REALITY (released the same year) proved to be Sabbath's third classic in a row. Like all Sabbath albums of the era, not a second of filler is present--even the lesser-known material is superb. | | The album's opening track, "Sweet Leaf," a salute to one of the band's favorite smokeable substances, contains one of metal's heaviest guitar riffs, courtesy of Tony Iommi. Another eternal band favorite is the grim, post-nuclear war tale "Children of the Grave." Vocalist Ozzy Osbourne is in fine voice on "After Forever" and "Lord of this World," while the more tranquil "Solitude" and the instrumental Iommi compositions "Embryo" and "Orchid" offer a bit of variety. Though not quite as influential as PARANOID, MASTER OF REALITY remains one of heavy metal's founding gems. |
Producer: Rodger Bain |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 06/12/1990 | | Original Release Date : 1971 | | Catalog ID : 2562 | | Label : Warner Bros. Records (Record Label) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Runtime : 34m : 58s | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00075992725323 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (1/20/00, p.59)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...the definitive studio relic of Sabbath's golden-hellfire era (1970-74)
...Ozzy preached a gospel of light: dignity, redemption and, in the heaving stoner's hymn 'Sweet Leaf,' peace through weed..."Q (7/01, p.86)
- Included in Q's "50 Heaviest Albums of All Time" - "...Malevolent....casting Black Sabbath as a Titanic-style house band on the eve of Armageddon, cranking it as the bomb drops..." Q (1/01, p.122)
- 5 out of 5 stars - "...The most cohesive record of [their] first 3 albums..." |
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