Paranoid. (LP). Black Sabbath. Sept 1970.
Black Sabbath are not the coolest band to admit to liking. To admit to owning the full Black Sabbath catalogue is tantamount to admitting having no musical taste. For some reason Black Sabbath never achieved the critical kudos of Led Zeppelin in later years. Yet, Black Sabbath can't be dismissed totally. Their second album, 1970's 'Paranoid' was a UK #1 knocking Simon & Garfunkel's 'Bridge Over Troubled Waters' album off the top spot for one week.
'Paranoid' boasted songs that covered such unsavoury topics as war, black magic, death and mental illness. Black Sabbath were the ultimate Black Metal band. Tony Iommi riffing furiously while a demented Ozzy Osbourne screams manically as the rest of the band lumbered home.
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