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While many hard-core Black Sabbath fans consider 1975's SABOTAGE to be the band's most underrated album, it can also be pointed to as the beginning of the end for the original Osbourne-Iommi-Butler-Ward line-up. Osbourne was starting to feel disillusioned with the group, and the seeds for his highly successful solo career in the '80s were being planted. That said, SABOTAGE was the last Sabbath album to truly contain all of the components that made the quartet one the most popular heavy metal bands of all-time, before it pursued less focused musical detours.
The album's most surprising cut is undoubtedly the tripped-out psychedelic rocker "Am I Going Insane (Radio)," which would be included a year later on Sabbath's greatest-hits collection, WE SOLD OUR SOUL FOR ROCK N' ROLL. Other standouts include the crushing album opener, "Hole in the Sky," as well as the ultra-stimulated rager "Symptom of the Universe," which would be used later as an opener for Ozzy Osbourne's 1982 solo live album of Sabbath nuggets, SPEAK OF THE DEVIL. While those just discovering Sabbath should stick with such landmark recordings as PARANOID, MASTER OF REALITY, and SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH, there are more than just a few highlights on SABOTAGE.
Principally recorded at Morgan Studios, London, England.
Black Sabbath: Ozzy Osbourne (vocals); Tony Iommi (guitar); Geezer Butler (bass); Bill Ward (drums).
Additional personnel: English Chamber Choir (background vocals).
Q (1/01, p.122) - 4 out of 5 stars - "...Highly underrated..."
Record Collector (magazine) (p.81) - 3 stars out of 5 -- "Tony Iommi's idea bank was overflowing and, as the band improved, he became more inventive, pushing the metal envelope with every new song." Sabotage Music Review Average Rating: (4.3 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews BEST SABBATH EVER!!!!
This is the best Sabbath ever! My personal favorite Black Sabbath album. It all comes together here, and then it was kind of downhill after this one. I bought this when it first came out and I'm not tired of it , yet.
Check out Bill's red tights in the cover photo. He forgot his pants, so he borrowed them from his wife. He laughs about it now! He told the story in a recent interview.
Enjoy!!!
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 Better than Paranoid?
Better than 'Paranoid' in my opinion, Sabotage is another good ride using iTunes Visualizer. Viva Los 60's!
sam
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perfect song line up, best rock album of all time
never heard of an album like this, its perfect and im addicted to it.
Submitted by janigalang3 (tarlac city, philippines)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No black sabbaths best
i love all the sabbath albums before this but this one doesn't sound like its all covered in mud as ozzy describes the sabbath albums. this album has good production and ozzy can still sing. when i heard the thrill of it all it blew my mind. hole in the sky is a awesome tune,symptoms of the universe is cool. meglomania brings you to a trip back to the flower power of the sixties and goes through an rollercoaster of musical treats. just when you think its mellow it gets heavy and then it goes to another zone that to me only explains what they were probably taking at the time, you know what i mean. the writ is killer. if you don't have this album and your a mixed up person this will definately be something you can communicate with. hope you like my review. cya
Submitted by halenroth84 (thunder bay, ontario. canada)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No A good album not known by many
I bought this album back in the 80's when I was in my metal faze. Black Sabbath was the epitome of what one would call "hard rock/heavy metal". The two tracks that stand out to me are "Hole in the Sky" and "Megalomania". Why none of the 80's hair bands did not do a re-make of "Hole" is beyond me. I think it is one of their strongest tracks that is virtually never heard on classic rock radio today. I am so sick of hearing "Iron Man" and "Paranoid" played ad nauseum. A young listener who does not know of the history and breadth of the Sabbath catalog would think that those two songs encompass their career. Long Live Sabbath!
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