I Haven't listened to Sabbath in awhile & recently got into there 1970-1981 work! some really amazing albums here.

I Would still say Vol. 4 Take's the cake for me! very experimental, some of Ozzy's best vocals and the guitar playing by Iommi & bass lines by geezer are astounding. And can't forget Bill wards bluesy drumming!

Paranoid is right behind it... that album has some of the most classic guitar rifts of all time & some great songwriting.

The Dio years are also good to... i never really looked into there post Dio output.

I don't know if it's just me, but I just get this vibe that you really like rock music.

smoothcriminal12 said:

I don't know if it's just me, but I just get this vibe that you really like rock music.

HOW Dare you aaccuse of me of SUCH BULLSHIT SMOOTHCRIMINAL HOW DARE U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But yes rock, jazz & blues are my crack genres

anything from little richard, to churck berry to miles davis to george duke to metallica to Ike Turner to Herbie hancock. I could crack out musically all day

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Gunsnhalen said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

I don't know if it's just me, but I just get this vibe that you really like rock music.

HOW Dare you aaccuse of me of SUCH BULLSHIT SMOOTHCRIMINAL HOW DARE U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But yes rock, jazz & blues are my crack genres

anything from little richard, to churck berry to miles davis to george duke to metallica to Ike Turner to Herbie hancock. I could crack out musically all day

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I feel like I need to expand on my rock palette. I dabble a bit, but I haven't really dug in yet.

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Never been too keen on No4, it feels a bit rushed and the songwriting just felt like a marked step down from the previous albums.

My two favourite Ozzy-era Sabbath albums are Master of Reality and Sabotage. Honoury mentions go to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Paranoid.

smoothcriminal12 said:

Gunsnhalen said:

HOW Dare you aaccuse of me of SUCH BULLSHIT SMOOTHCRIMINAL HOW DARE U!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

But yes rock, jazz & blues are my crack genres

anything from little richard, to churck berry to miles davis to george duke to metallica to Ike Turner to Herbie hancock. I could crack out musically all day

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I feel like I need to expand on my rock palette. I dabble a bit, but I haven't really dug in yet.

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Well the great place to start off with is Here's Little Richard & maybe a chuck Berry best of... also some Robert Johnson

Then i reccomend

Black Sabbath- Paranoid

Jimi Hendrix- Are You Experienced?

Led Zeppelin- I

Deep Purple- Machine Head

Rolling Stones- Let It Bleed

Van Halen- Van Halen

Aerosmith- Toys In The Attic

The Beatles- Revolver

Judas Priest- Stained Class

Jimi Hendrix- Are You Experienced?

Iron Maiden- Number of The Beast

Motley Crue- Shout At The Devil

Guns ''N'' Roses- Appettite For Destruction

Those are a good start

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MattyJam said:

Never been too keen on No4, it feels a bit rushed and the songwriting just felt like a marked step down from the previous albums.

My two favourite Ozzy-era Sabbath albums are Master of Reality and Sabotage. Honoury mentions go to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Paranoid.

WHAAAA major disagree there i love the writing on 4

But Sabotage is great to! System of The Universe is amazing!!

I even like a few tracks on Never Say Die.. but Techinal Ecstasy is a mess~! so is Never Say Die but Technical i can only stomach Back Street Kids & Dirty Women

Gunsnhalen said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

I feel like I need to expand on my rock palette. I dabble a bit, but I haven't really dug in yet.

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Well the great place to start off with is Here's Little Richard & maybe a chuck Berry best of... also some Robert Johnson

Then i reccomend

Black Sabbath- Paranoid

Jimi Hendrix- Are You Experienced?

Led Zeppelin- I

Deep Purple- Machine Head

Rolling Stones- Let It Bleed

Van Halen- Van Halen

Aerosmith- Toys In The Attic

The Beatles- Revolver

Judas Priest- Stained Glass

Jimi Hendrix- Are You Experienced?

Iron Maiden- Number of The Beast

Motley Crue- Shout At The Devil

Guns ''N'' Roses- Appettite For Destruction

Those are a good start

I have the ones in bolded. Will go hunting for the rest!

For the moment, Paranoid.

Timmy84 said:

For the moment, Paranoid.

That is a hell of an album, listened to it again yesterday.

First the song has so many classic rifts!, the booming bass & drums. The eerie Electric Funeral, The tripy Planet Caravan, the metal classics War Pigs, Paranoid & Iron Maiden. And even a ''Moby'' dick type drum solo on Rat Salad

Oh & the dark sound love that to! and it freaked people out back in the day

smoothcriminal12 said:

Gunsnhalen said:

Well the great place to start off with is Here's Little Richard & maybe a chuck Berry best of... also some Robert Johnson

Then i reccomend

Black Sabbath- Paranoid

Jimi Hendrix- Are You Experienced?

Led Zeppelin- I

Deep Purple- Machine Head

Rolling Stones- Let It Bleed

Van Halen- Van Halen

Aerosmith- Toys In The Attic

The Beatles- Revolver

Judas Priest- Stained Glass

Jimi Hendrix- Are You Experienced?

Iron Maiden- Number of The Beast

Motley Crue- Shout At The Devil

Guns ''N'' Roses- Appettite For Destruction

Those are a good start

I have the ones in bolded. Will go hunting for the rest!

sorry to say never was a sabbath listener ..

I would probably agree that Vol. 4 is their best. The first four are absolute classics. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Sabotage are just a step below and the other two (Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die) are ok but clearly inferior to the first six.

I really dig the first two Dio albums too and would rate them quite highly. Oddly, Dehumanizer was my first Sabbath album.

Gunsnhalen said:

smoothcriminal12 said:

I feel like I need to expand on my rock palette. I dabble a bit, but I haven't really dug in yet.

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Well the great place to start off with is Here's Little Richard & maybe a chuck Berry best of... also some Robert Johnson

Then i reccomend

Black Sabbath- Paranoid

Jimi Hendrix- Are You Experienced?

Led Zeppelin- I

Deep Purple- Machine Head

Rolling Stones- Let It Bleed

Van Halen- Van Halen

Aerosmith- Toys In The Attic

The Beatles- Revolver

Judas Priest- Stained Glass

Jimi Hendrix- Are You Experienced?

Iron Maiden- Number of The Beast

Motley Crue- Shout At The Devil

Guns ''N'' Roses- Appettite For Destruction

Those are a good start

That is a good Judas Priest album but I prefer Stained Class.

Gunsnhalen said:

MattyJam said:

Never been too keen on No4, it feels a bit rushed and the songwriting just felt like a marked step down from the previous albums.

My two favourite Ozzy-era Sabbath albums are Master of Reality and Sabotage. Honoury mentions go to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Paranoid.

WHAAAA major disagree there i love the writing on 4

But Sabotage is great to! System of The Universe is amazing!!

I even like a few tracks on Never Say Die.. but Techinal Ecstasy is a mess~! so is Never Say Die but Technical i can only stomach Back Street Kids & Dirty Women

Eh, I have always preferred the song "Symptom of the Universe."

I kid because I care.

Gunsnhalen said:

Timmy84 said:

For the moment, Paranoid.

That is a hell of an album, listened to it again yesterday.

First the song has so many classic rifts!, the booming bass & drums. The eerie Electric Funeral, The tripy Planet Caravan, the metal classics War Pigs, Paranoid & Iron Maiden. And even a ''Moby'' dick type drum solo on Rat Salad

Oh & the dark sound love that to! and it freaked people out back in the day

That's why I loved it. The original Sabbath didn't give a FUCK!

Timmy84 said:

Gunsnhalen said:

That is a hell of an album, listened to it again yesterday.

First the song has so many classic rifts!, the booming bass & drums. The eerie Electric Funeral, The tripy Planet Caravan, the metal classics War Pigs, Paranoid & Iron Maiden. And even a ''Moby'' dick type drum solo on Rat Salad

Oh & the dark sound love that to! and it freaked people out back in the day

That's why I loved it. The original Sabbath didn't give a FUCK!

I used to scare my much younger cousins shitless by turning out all of the lights and playing the song "Black Sabbath" LOUD. It might sound silly to a grown man but that song absolutely terrifies young children!

rialb said:

Timmy84 said:

That's why I loved it. The original Sabbath didn't give a FUCK!

I used to scare my much younger cousins shitless by turning out all of the lights and playing the song "Black Sabbath" LOUD. It might sound silly to a grown man but that song absolutely terrifies young children!

Hahaha! That's a good fright for the kids lol

rialb said:

Gunsnhalen said:

WHAAAA major disagree there i love the writing on 4

But Sabotage is great to! System of The Universe is amazing!!

I even like a few tracks on Never Say Die.. but Techinal Ecstasy is a mess~! so is Never Say Die but Technical i can only stomach Back Street Kids & Dirty Women

Eh, I have always preferred the song "Symptom of the Universe."

I kid because I care.

Lawd! no i needed to be called it, typing on this android phone kills my grammar

Timmy84 said:

rialb said:

I used to scare my much younger cousins shitless by turning out all of the lights and playing the song "Black Sabbath" LOUD. It might sound silly to a grown man but that song absolutely terrifies young children!

Hahaha! That's a good fright for the kids lol

The devils 3rd, those notes he played where said to be banned in medieval times cause they thought it conjured the devil

rialb said:

I would probably agree that Vol. 4 is their best. The first four are absolute classics. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Sabotage are just a step below and the other two (Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die) are ok but clearly inferior to the first six.

I really dig the first two Dio albums too and would rate them quite highly. Oddly, Dehumanizer was my first Sabbath album.

Yes, the first 2 Dio albums are very good. Vinny Appice & Vinnie Campbell are some great musicians

Sacred Heart i like it, but i agree that it was Dio trying to please the MTV Masses

With OZZY..Volume 4

With Ronnie..Heaven And Hell.

Technical Ecstasy,

Born Again

or Forbidden

can't pick one

JoeTyler said:

Technical Ecstasy,

Born Again

or Forbidden

can't pick one

Ozzy era i would go for Black Sabbath, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath or Paranoid. But you could do alot worse than Heaven And Hell, The Mob Rules and Seventh Star, although that one was supposed to be a solo Iommi album due to the record company he was made to put Black Sabbath on the cover, also check out Iommi's Fused album with Glenn Hughes.

The awesome thing about Sabbath is that forty years later they are still the gold standard for heavy metal. Other groups may have been faster/louder/more aggressive but they are basically using the blueprint that Sabbath created.

rialb said:

The awesome thing about Sabbath is that forty years later they are still the gold standard for heavy metal. Other groups may have been faster/louder/more aggressive but they are basically using the blueprint that Sabbath created.

ANY heavy metal sub-genre owes something to Black Sabbath, specially doom, stoner and black metal, and the progressive elements of thrash...

I think Sabbath, Rainbow, Thin Lizzy and early Judas Priest have influenced virtually ANY metal act of the 80-88 era... and grunge was basically Sabbath violating Neil Young, lol And even slow as hell nu-metal is the grandson of Sabbath

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followed by:

Of course

and

are great too. Of the non-Ozzy ablum it's:

but

is not too bad either. Love the title track.

And if we include Heaven and Hell, this one also is pretty cool:

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