'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath' is the greatest album of the 70's. Discuss.

[Beware the Beast Man]

[Initech]

1. Sabbath rules, but SBS doesnt hold a candle to Sabotage.

[Beware the Beast Man]

2. I'd put Sabotage at #4, behind Vol 4., Master of Reality and SBS.

Still, "Symptom of the Universe" is a killer song.

[Initech]

18. Here's how I'd rank them:

And this is coming from a 2-time veteran of Ozzfest:

Sabotage
Master Of Reality
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Paranoid
Volume 4
Black Sabbath
Never Say Die
Technical Ecstasy

[Taverner]

38. THANK YOU

Four words: Hole in the sky

[Magrittes Pipe]

3. Master of Reality

is the best Sabbath record.

[Beware the Beast Man]

Yeah, but does it have the keyboard stylings of Rick Wakeman?

I thought so.


Oh, wait...ok, I guess that would make "Master of Reality" better, wouldn't it?

[RandomKoolzip]

19. Nuh-uh. Too many dull interludes, not enough riffage.

I've always thought "Master of Reality" was one of their duds.

My faves were (in order:)

Vol. 4
Heaven and Hell (fuckin' Dio, motherfuckers)
Black Sabbath
Paranoid
Sabotage
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Technical Ecstacy
Master of Reality
....and then pretty much everything else is filler.

[CanuckAmok]

26. Master of Reality, fuckers.

That's the best Black Sabbath record.

And who the fuck considers any band without Ozzy Osbourne to be Black Sabbath? Ronnie Jemes Dio is lame.

[dolo amber]

4. I like the one with "Run to the Hills" on it

[Beware the Beast Man]

5. Take your Supertramp 8-tracks with you and leave.

:P

[dolo amber]

6. Ace of Spades?

Ace of Base? :shrug:

[Beware the Beast Man]

8. Rock Saddam Hussein's Ass?

:shrug:

[dolo amber]

9. Feel the power of rock n' roll!!

:headbang:

[Beware the Beast Man]

10. Rock that Mesa Boogie guitar!

Music is my art power!
Whoop the snow leopard's ass!

[dolo amber]

12. Do something about your mullet

Get out the hair clippers, jerk!

[Ekirh]

7. I'm torn

Between Masters of Reality and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath as my favorite Black Sabbath album . . .

Then again I also liked Heaven and Hell with Dio (I think that was 70's . . or was that early 80's)

[Beware the Beast Man]

11. Heaven in Hell- probably the greatest non-Ozzy album.

[johnnie]

14. The only non-Ozzy album in my opinion

I don't know which Sabbath I would pick from the lot before Ozzy left. They all have some great moments if you ask me.

[William Bloode]

15. Heaven and Hell was good yes.

But Time Machine was not half bad either. In fact i rather liked it.

[AntiCoup2K4]

24. You mean Dehumanizer?

That was the third DIO album, from 1992 with the song "Time Machine" on it.

And it was a great album. The only album worthy of the "Black Sabbath" name between 1983 and 1997.

[William Bloode]

30. Yup you are correct.

No exucse, but i was really, really stoned last night, or errrr....early this morning.:D

[William Bloode]

13. I don't know if i would call it my #1.

But it is top 10 of the 70's for me. #1 for me would be High Voltage or Power Rage. What can i say though i'm a huge old AC/Dc mark :shrug:

Old AC/Dc is simple ragged and rough, crass, and crude but it touches me down deep somewhere. :headbang:

[bullwinkle428]

16. Is this sarcastic? No one is willing to nominate "Paranoid"?

Starts off with "War Pigs" (timely as ever in my humble opinion), followed by the title track...inlcudes "Iron Man", and who can forget "Electric Funeral" and "Rat Salad"...

[datasuspect]

17. that's what i was thinking

[Beware the Beast Man]

20. No sarcasm.

I was listening to the album when I posted this. Hyperbole, maybe, but definitely not sarcasm. :)

[tuvor]

21. Well, until 1976 or 77 or 78

[mitchum]

22. and "Marquee Moon"

[mantrid]

32. That'd be my choice...

Awesome album.

[KatieM]

27. The Ramones...

Don't forget these great 77-78 releases..

Cheap Trick

The Cars

Boston

High school was such a blast...

[DanCa]

23. Springsteen Born in the USA

Every song on it is a gem.

[CanuckAmok]

25. I was gonna say "What's to Discuss!", but then I thought...

[enigmatic]

28. "The Modern Dance" Pere Ubu

The best album of the 70's:



Follwed closely by:

[mitchum]

33. Those are good choices...

I have always had this fantasy about being able to remix "Berlin"
I would strip away a lot of Bob Ezrin's patented bells and whistles and million other sound effects. The record contains some of Reed's most brilliant songs. They would certainly stand without Ezrin's heavy hand.

[enigmatic]

44. I go back and forth

On Ezrin's production; on "Lady Day", it's just right; on "Sad Song" it's so over the top (especially at the end)to be parody. Even w/ it, I still think it's one of the 20 best albums ever made..

[Spider Jerusalem]

29. Better albums from the '70's:

[LynneSin]

31. Sure, if somehow Led Zeppelin ceased to exist(along with a few other bands

:eyes:



I think that picture somes it up completely about what was (and is) the best album of the 70s

[Richardo]

34. Nope. I'd so with the Steely Dan classics 'Can't Buy a Thrill' and

'Countdown to Ecstasy' :thumbsup:

[tigereye]

35. yikes how could you pick just one??

I will ponder this question and get back to ya. :)

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

36. *Ahem*

[Beware the Beast Man]

37. I've never heard of Fortune City before.

Is that some sort of Brazilian thing? :P

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

39. Corrected...

[XNASA]

40. No album with Rick Wakeman on it should get that kind of consideration.

It's not a bad album though. I bought it when I was a young lad. It's OK.

Best album of the 70's? I dunno. Today I feel like it's Iggy's 'The Idiot'.

[eyepaddle]

41. It's definitely my favorite Sabbath album,

quite possibly my favorite album with Ozzy on it (the only competition would be Tribute--the Randy Rhoads live album)

It's weird though, things which are less talked about generaly become my personal favorites, maybe it's the work you have to put into getting to them which makes them connect with you...:shrug:

My personal favorite album from the 70s would have to be


and yes, I am well aware that NOBODY here will agree with me, but there you have it. I don't know who originated the quote, but I've heard it put thusly: "Sabbath was heavy, but Priest was metal."

The thing with Sabbath albums is there is always the point where you could tell they ran out of ideas and were just throwing shit together. I occasionally like filler tunes but Sabbra Cadabra and Who Are You are clearly time killers aimed at balancing the length of sides 1 and 2.

What the hell was up with the breakdown section of Sabbra Cadabra anyways?

[ProfessorGAC]

42. Masters Of Reality or The First Album

Those were their best work. That's it! I've decided! So there!
The Professor

[asthmaticeog]

43. Enigmatic beat me to the Pere Ubu punch.

[Throd]

45. Sabotage because...

...I lost my virginity while that was a-crankin' away on the turntable. What a Hallmark moment!