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Black Sabbath - CD

Black Sabbath | SKU: 527415 | Release Date: 10/25/1990

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Format: CD (1)
Release Date: 10/25/1990
Original Release Date: 1970
Genre: Hard Rock
Label: Warner Bros. Records (Record Label)
Studio/Live: Studio
Mono/Stereo: Stereo

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1. Black Sabbath

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2. Wizard, The

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3. Wasp / Behind The Wall Of Sleep / Bassically / N.I.B.

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4. Wicked World

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5. A Bit Of Finger / Sleeping Village / Warning

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Black Sabbath: Ozzy Osbourne (vocals, harmonica); Tony Iommi (guitar); Geezer Butler (bass instrument); Bill Ward (drums).The archetypal heavy metal band, Black Sabbath unleashed a debut album marked by ponderous, sludgy rhythms, heavily distorted riffs and chords, and more than a whiff of darkness and Black Magic. Its crushing atmosphere of doom proved intense and relentless; the cumulative effect was dubbed "downer rock," but it proved immediately popular with a disaffected audience. Though no one could have predicted it at the time, Sabbath was laying the groundwork for a genre that would continue to grow in popularity through the '70s, '80s, '90s, and beyond.BLACK SABBATH announces the arrival of both the band and the style in no uncertain terms. Though given more to extended jams and "suites" than later Sabbath recordings, songs like the ominous title cut and the bluesy, harmonica-driven rocker "The Wizard" set the standard the band would follow for years to come. Singer Ozzy Osbourne already possessed one of the most distinctive voices in rock, and his chemistry with guitarist Tony Iommi, whose crushing guitar work descends like a ton of bricks, is undeniable. Still dug out, dusted off, and played, BLACK SABBATH is, in many ways, the true beginning of heavy metal.

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Performer Black Sabbath
Engineers include: Tony Allom; Barry Sheffield
Producer(s) Rodger Bain

Black Sabbath: MUZE Review
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Q (8/00, p.126) - Included in Q's "Best Metal Albums Of All Time" - "...[This] was to prove so influential it remains a template for metal bands 3 decades on. The band's signature song remains the scariest of all heavy metal songs..."

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