-- Black Sabbath - Sabbath Bloody Sabbath | (Audio CD) MSRP $ 11.98 Amazon Price $ 10.99 Savings $ 0.99 | |  Release Date: 25 October, 1990, Warner Bros / Wea
TRACK LISTING - Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath
- A National Acrobat
- Fluff
- Sabbra Cadabra
- Killing Yourself To Live
- Who Are You?
- Looking For Today
- Spiral Architect
Usually ships in 24 hours | | | Amazing offering from the legends | This cd in particular for Sabbath was one that divided the fans. The inclusion of keyboards were brought to the table on this cd. Now up to this point, Black Sabbath had really not ventured in with the synths and electronics. It was always just hard hitting metal in every aspect. That is by all means the same on this album except for some keyboard here and there. How can you deny these legends.
This album is very solid. There are only two songs which I don`t care for to much, but even then they aren`t too bad. Those two are Fluff(I just really couldn`t ever get into that song), and Who Are You(If the effects were left out in that song, I think it would have been excellent and helped out immensely).
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath-10/10- What can be said of this masterpiece. Easily one of the best Sabbath songs ever. Begins with an extremely catchy riff then transfers into a nice soft piece and then gets extremely heavy. Amazing song.
A National Acrobat-9/10- Another great piece. Guitar is especially good on this song.
Fluff-7/10- For some reason this song never really struck me as a great instrumental. I think they could have done better with this one. I find myself skipping over this song every time I listen to the cd. It`s respectable though.
Sabbra Cadabra-9.5/10- One of the highlights off the album. You can definitely see the blues/jazz influence in this song. They make it sound excellent. Great vocals.
Killing Yourself To Live-9/10- Great song. This song reminds me of Looking For Today. They sound a bit similar. Chorus is very catchy and will be stuck in your head.
Who Are You-7.5/10- It`s not a terrible song. It`s not catchy and is quite weak. I don`t care for the effects either.
Looking For Today-9.5/10- Great song. The whole way through is solid. Great solo by Tony. Chorus is the highlight of the song. The flute on the verse actually mixes in very well with the guitar riff on the verses.
Spiral Architect- 10/10- They end the album off with an excellent piece of music. Starts out very slow with acoustic guitar, builds up a bit, then breaks out with a great guitar riff. Excellent way to end off the album.
If you don`t have this classic album from the founders of metal, go get a copy. You will not regret it. It`s well worth the money, even though it only has eight songs on it. It actually clocks in at right around 43 min. The album cover is awesome too! | | | | Classic Black Sabbath | | Either you like them or you don`t. If you do this is classic material. I bought it 1st on 8-track when it came out decades ago. | | | | I was afraid. . . | When I first listened to Black Sabbath as a kid, I was afraid. I was afraid that some adult was going to figure it out. I could tell Ozzy Osbourne was singing about some pretty intense things. He was telling me about a world that I had never encountered. I thought that just by listening to this, I was going to Hell.
How fun it all was! That first taste of rebellion and fear, the breaking free, the still vibrating inspiration all alive in this music. When I listen now, I can still revisit that feeling of fear that struck my heart in youth. Still, I would listen again and again. While I have long since abandoned other music from that era, Sabbath stayed with me. Somehow there was always a place for them waiting in the annals of rock music history. A branch of rock-n-roll became hard rock, and it is very clear now what was clear early on, that the hardrock genre would evolve a great deal as a result of the contributions that were coming from Black Sabbath. A genre of razor clear blues riffs, with grate and dirt, spit, and confusion, all taken into directions, angles, and awkward spaces that we had never gone before.
Rhythm and bass that flows like a warm, rolling river, sometimes rapid, unpredictable, and choppy, sometimes heavy, thick, and melodic, but always moving forward, always driving the train toward some certainty that only Black Sabbath heard before us. These albums are laden with vocals that can haunt, entrance, inspire, or enrage, and all of it emanated from a young man with an old soul, a clear original, John "Ozzy" Osbourne. Be afraid again, be in awe again. Black Sabbath is a journey worth taking. | | |
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