Black Sabbath: Worst to Best - Albums Ranked

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[@MillennialVinyl]

My complements to you!! I really enjoy your presentation and thoughtfulness. It must be time consuming and difficult - that being said, I hope to see your take on other bands very soon! Queen, Led Zeppelin- anyone really! Thanks for doing what you do!!!

[@classicalbum]

My pleasure... I might do Tull next

[@jonesy2111]

@@classicalbum Please do King Crimson

[@godetonter4764]

@@classicalbum thick as a brick was definitely Jethro Tull's all time best album.

[@jairlaiter6679]

Please do Beatles

[@malcolmmitchell4709]

Love your reviews top tens etc One observation, not a complaint, man, do you like the word topography. I'd describe your style as somehow like a Guardian review without the being wrong about everything trait. Great stuff. More power to your channel.

[@crackrat6166]

There is no bad song on Heaven and Hell!! Top tier metal album!

[@colinl8497]

Volume 4 is probably my favourite. First time I heard "Wheels of Confusion" it completely blew my mind.

[@coolhandluke1421]

Yes! I thought I was the only one, sabbaths most underrated song easily. I'd call vol 4 a perfect album

[@jonesy2111]

It is a great album but that is the point where the drugs set in(the point of no return) and it still doesn't have the power and force of Master of Reality.

[@colinl8497]

@@jonesy2111 A great album also. First 4 records are absolute classics.

[@thedinkster5772]

Volume 4 is a great choice! Supernaut and St. Vitus Dance remain some of my absolute favorites from the band.

[@mrnutkiss]

@@thedinkster5772 those 2 and snowblind are my personal favorites

[@mickjeynes1172]

Sabotage is my favourite Sabbath album. I love the progressive and experimental feel to the record.

[@ianmansfield68]

Yep, followed closely by Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. But Sabotage has moments that I have come to recognise the brilliance of in the 35+ years of listening to it

[@avelinosilvadias]

Symptom of the universe 🤘🤘 nuff said

[@godetonter4764]

It's all diminuendo , instead of the typical crescendo approach to so many ballads . It is one of the few , if not the only album recorded that featured so many songs that kind of get mellower as they progress, quite an achievement but I believe that the album probably would have sold better if songs like the Writ, would have been just straight-up traditional songs ending at the heavy part. Technically they're only 2 cracks that could truly be defined as diminuendos , nose would be the aforementioned the Writ , and the Thrill of it All.this album definitely features some of the only screaming vocals done through Ozzy's entire career. Hole in the sky is arguably iron maiden's entire career put into one song

[@baberoot1998]

I almost agree. Sabotage...is my 2nd pick, with only Master Of Reality topping it. Sabotage...is a true masterpiece. Though I prefer Master Of Reality over Sabotage...I probably listen to Sabotage way more. Master...is just so ingrained in my head...it sometimes gets old. But yes...Sabotage, is greatly underrated in the Black Sabbath catolog, by even the hardest core Sabbath fans. Sabotage...is true grit.

[@tombelanovic7686]

Sabotage is THE s***. The riff to Symptom is enough on its own. Just that one riff is enough. Not to mention insane tempo and theme changes in most of the songs, the dramatic choir in Supertzar. The thrill of Thrill of it All. Best album by Sabs, Top 10 (metal) album overall!!!

[@jonesy2111]

Master of Reality was the pinnacle for me... I'll never forget hearing it for the first time as a young kid. I like all of the original albums up to Sabotage....very spotty after that with the exception of Heaven and Hell which kicked ass

[@harryirene1]

To be honest, I have trouble deciding a favourite out of their first 6 albums...agree their following albums are patchy, Heaven and Hell is decent in its own right but it's not Sabbath to me, it's Dio.

[@jonesy2111]

@@harryirene1 Yes it was not easy trying to listen to them when they released that first album with Dio and I only learned to appreciate it over the years because there is some good stuff on it and the band was playing excellent. I liked about half of the album to be honest and didn't like the next one at all and believe me I tried... and after that it was that horrible album with Ian Gillan which should have been aborted. I never listened to much after that even the ine when Dio came back or the great reunion with Ozzy... it just isn't the same

[@andrejz8954]

@@jonesy2111 Born again is underrated imho.

[@jonesy2111]

@@andrejz8954 The album certainly has it's cult fans and good points

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

'Planet Caravan' and 'Solitude' are both wonderfully affecting songs IMO !

[@georgedoughly8682]

I love those 2 songs!!

[@thescarletandgrey2505]

There are zero bad songs on “Vol. 4”, even “Changes” and “FX” fit perfectly. “Supernaut” is THE quintessential heavy metal song 🧙‍♂️ 🌚

[@sebastiancrow7815]

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Never Say Die are my two favorites. Never understood the dislike for Never Say Die. Johnny Blade, Junior's Eyes and Airdance are worth the price of admission alone.

[@2008PLS]

Totally agree with you, "Never Say Die" for me ranks higher than TE, MOR, and Sabbotage. It gets a bad rap because the band was having issues with Ozzy.

[@jdd3786]

I've watched a lot of Black Sabbath album rankings and I don't know why nobody ever talks about the song, "Under the Sun" from Vol. 4. It is their most stand out track from all of their albums. Ferocious doom metal in 1972.

[@One-EyedMisfit]

I liked Dehumanizer - it was the heaviest album they’d done at the time

[@VelhaGuardaTricolor]

me too!

[@thomas8431]

This

[@alanbiggs9306]

Excellent album that for my money needs a higher place in the list

[@elLooto]

In a vacuum this is a very good album.... What Dehumanizer suffers from is Painkiller. Thats what this album should have been.

[@stonecoldfloors8200]

Paranoid is my favourite Sabbath album. A fantastic record. Closely followed by the debut album. Both great.

[@Phix75]

I personally love Eternal Idol .. Powerful album , Heavy , Great riffs , awesome vocals ( Both options) variation in moods 🤘

[@keitelshiva]

Headless Cross is so underrrated album, It usually seems that some fans just skip this phase of the Sabbath, unfortunately

[@realreviewingguy5198]

It was all a marketing screwup or it would be a legend

[@matthewg666]

I got into Sabbath when the Eternal Idol album was released. So, I started with the Martin albums, then worked back to the Dio and Gillan albums. Ozzy era was the last and my least favorites.

[@hmpz36911]

Martin-era absolutely crushes Dio era.

[@opaknack5997]

@@hmpz36911 never 🤔😣

[@fuckamericanidiot]

I skip skipping it by not getting to it, it saves a lot of pain and heartache 😅

[@Baz63]

i do believe Johnny Blade is a stone cold 'lost classic' from the Never Say Die album. However a very interesting and entertaining video as always.

[@realreviewingguy5198]

Great song!

[@JCStorm76]

Barrie Strong The whole album is woefully underrated

[@EvilVonRetee]

Love Johnny Blade. One of the few great songs on that album. Cover art is cool though!

[@Twotontessie]

Ward and Oz killed it on this tune!

[@shanewilson398]

A great song... an absolute killer

[@63mckenzie]

Maybe weird but I love Technical Ecstasy.

[@plciferpffer3048]

Yeah, weird. Sure you are a Sabbath fan?

[@63mckenzie]

@@plciferpffer3048 Actually, more of a Carpenters/ Donny Osmond fan.

[@magnuswettermark6085]

Me too !!

[@alexma321]

Don't ever say "maybe weird" for that. Understand? Weird are fake Sabbath fans whose musically limited brains don't understand artistic perfection of Technical Ecstasy.

[@alabastersmidge4692]

“It’s Alright “ is a beautiful song.

[@orno8906]

I received Masters of reality and paranoid age 13 on Christmas Eve. I snuck beers and listen to those albums all night while my parents had a small neighbor holiday celebration in the living room. headphones on, getting drunk for the first time listening to Black Sabbath. knocking over bookshelf that held my Panasonic stereo. I was hooked.

[@CymaticSand]

I will never understand why so many people don't like Dehumanizer. Riffs, Ronnie, and Rhythm provide by Vinny and Geezer!

[@integrity101]

It was voted far into Martin Popoffs top 500 metal album (224 i think. Definitely 200s). It is not as underrated as people think. Headless Cross too

[@CymaticSand]

@@integrity101 I've just seen really low ratings of it by a lot of Sabbath fans and authors.

[@signsmusic1]

I think a lot of people were expecting "Heaven and Hell Part Two.".. and Dehumanizer was definetly not Heaven and Hell Part Two.

[@hermanhelmich]

CymaticSand Production is pretty bad, and too little lyrical finesse

[@CymaticSand]

​@@hermanhelmich That's funny, one of things I like about this album is the production! Oh well, to each his own. I definitely wish Dio would have come up with a better lyric than" what do you say to the dead' for example. It does come off as a little cheesy, but I still love After All.

[@alexperry4691]

Nice to see Mob rules rated so highly, to me it's always seemed criminally underrated, it's actually my fave Sabbath album!

[@lucasbeer353]

Cross Purposes is a great album. One of my favourite Sabbath albums.

[@Mr.Truxton]

It bores me to tears to be honest....

[@markrago7217]

It's an overlooked disc for sure. Hard to believe it was followed by the disjointed Forbidden. Eye Witness, Hand that Rocks the Cradle, Cardynal Sin, Virtual Death, Evil Eye. It was a cool album.

[@Mr.Truxton]

@Kevin Badger Subjective things. I love Eternal Idol and Headless Cross though. Those are one of my favorites.

[@markrago7217]

@Kevin Badger I am as turned off by Ozzy only Sabbath listeners, or Blackmore only Deep Purple, David Byron era Uriah Heep, etc, but Mr.Truxton DID comment above that he enjoys Eternal Idol and Headless Cross. Granted, I don't quite understand how one could find Cross Purposes boring, from the careening, break neck pace of opener Eye Witness on through to Hand that Rocks the Cradle and Cardynal Syn, to the closing number Evil Eye, the fact remains that a narrow minded Ozzy fanboy would never accept Eternal Idol (my favorite Martin era album) or Headless Cross. I'm not quite moved by Headless Cross or Tyr the way I am by the other 2 Martin albums (I pretend that Forbidden never was recorded), but I listen to the 3 (4 counting The Devil You Know) Dio fronted Sabbath albums, Born Again with Ian Gillan, and Seventh Star with Glenn Hughes as much or more than I do the 8 albums Ozz and the original lineup produced (Sabotage and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath being their peak). I don't think finding two Martin albums to be a bit generic and another to be an abortion makes me an Ozzy fanboy. As a matter of fact, I love listening to the early 80s Dio interview where Dio responds to Ozzys earlier comments about Sabbath not being worthy of carrying the Sabbath trademark , RJD smoked Ozzy like he did his traditional half of a joint before taking the stage for a show. I've saw the classic lineup in concert, the Dio/Appice H&H lineup in concert, and was also fortunate enough to catch Dio solo in concert and Ozzy solo.

[@fuckamericanidiot]

@@Mr.Truxton There's a Forbidden fan out there somewhere, there's always one 😅

[@TheHumbuckerboy]

'Black Sabbath' definitely sports one of my favourite, most memorable artwork covers !

[@brettlowton6961]

Hallelujah! I know the topic here is Black Sabbath, but so glad to hear that somebody else thinks Ian Paice is a seriously under-rated drummer.

[@jtoms3]

Love the detailed analysis of each album. The Tull video was especially good, as was this one. Kudos to you, sir.

[@georgedoughly8682]

Black Sabbath’s 1970 self titled debut album is my personal favorite of theirs. They have so many classic must have albums. 13 is their Worst album in my opinion.

[@stevetobin7495]

A remix of born again would be wonderful thing

[@Cpayne30]

steve tobin - Apparently that was the idea for the 2011 reissue, but they couldn’t find/access the master tapes. A shame since it’s one of the worst sounding albums around.

[@jonesy2111]

It should be aborted.... the album cover for certain

[@eog5217]

Rick Jones that album cover had always “irked me” its weird and unsettling like some child devil baby yelling like wtf is that

[@jaysonraphaelmurdock8812]

I heard they lost the masters in a fire.

[@InsideBilderberg]

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is my top one, then Master of Reality and third place goes to Sabotage, I feel they all have aged better than the first album and Paranoid.

[@matiasmov1]

Top one for me too

[@lordslothrop365]

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is my favorite as well.

[@lilajagears8317]

@@lordslothrop365 Same here.

[@hermanhelmich]

Heaven and hell..., solid gold

[@philiphoplandravn6466]

I'm agree. Paranoid is the best album i think. Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die is both very underated albums if you ask me

[@kristofftaylovoski60]

I remember when Heaven & Hell, Mob Rules, Blizzard of Oz, and Diary of a Madman were all were released basically within the same 2 year span... I was so torn.

[@gilbertmain8896]

I have seen 1000's of concerts and Black Sabbath is my all time favorite band, I never got to see them together. I saw Ozzy solo and had the honor to see Dio on the Mob Rules tour. One of my favorite concert experiences was at the Born Again show where Ian Gillian sang Smoke on the Water with Black Sabbath, incredible. I always loved Vol. 4 myself.

[@DrTomoculus]

SABOTAGE is their masterpiece. How The Mob Rules comes before it, I have no idea.

[@classicalbum]

It's just an opinion.

[@DrTomoculus]

@@classicalbum I know. And I don't know how you arrived at it. For one, SABOTAGE takes EVERYTHING they had been doing from that first album right up until SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH, and puts it all on one album. So in the middle of "The Writ" you get moments of a "Hand of Doom" coupled with "Laguna Sunrise." It is an amalgamation of everything they had been doing in the world of "heavy metal." Which was groundbreaking, because NO ONE sounded like them in 1969/1970. They were making a genre of their own. SABOTAGE takes that genre, and pushes it past what they had done before; which leads you to : SYMPTOM OF THE UNIVERSE. The pundits who go to Queen's "Stone Cold Crazy" and say they got there first, are so "off" it's like they never listened to music before. The opening of Symptom TELLS you this is something absolutely new and unheard of previous. If "Children of the Grave" made "The Immigrant Song" sound like the boys from Led Zeppelin were going on a Viking picnic, "Symptom of the Universe" makes every "hard rock" band of the time sound like they barely maintained erections, let alone knew what "hard" meant. Symptom is groundbreaking. And Black Sabbath from 1970 right up until 1975 were creating an entire genre unto themselves, but would influence countless numbers of bands that followed. Lyrically, whether Geezer or Ozzy were writing the contents of SABOTAGE (both did) , Black Sabbath in the 1970's lyrically makes every Dio rainbow, wheel, dragon, king, mountain look incredibly redundant. How you can pass by lyrics such as these (which are Ozzy written) You are nonentity, you have no destiny You are a figment of a thing unknown A mental picture of a stolen soul The fornication of your golden throne And go for Dio's fascination with rainbows, I have no idea. Sabbath lyrics in the Ozzy era were close to poetry. And both SABOTAGE and SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH reach lyrical plateaus that Dio never could reach. And not because he was tiny. He was just fascinated with the words that easily rhyme. OZZY! Between 1973 - 1975, Ozzy was a vocalist to be reckoned with. And his performance on SABOTAGE is the performance of his career. He is singing his ass off on that album. And i cannot think of any other singer that was attempting to even do what he was doing in 1973 - 1975. Not even a Rob Halford. Not a Plant. Not a Gillan. What Ozzy's doing on SABOTAGE is singing his heart out. And half the time you can hear him singing til he has no breath left (SEE SYMPTOM'S VERSES). He was on fire between 1973 - 1975. THE THRILL OF IT ALL is one of the best vocals he ever did for Black Sabbath. I don't know why he is so down on this album, when it's the one he should be the proudest of. SABOTAGE is a reason why he still had a career AFTER Black sabbath. He couldn't sing like that anymore, but what he could do cemented a reputation as a singer with some serious power. And his range had increased since that first album. They kept down tuning. He kept going higher. Listen to Ozzy on that first album, and then listen to SABOTAGE. He had developed so far beyond how he had started, it should eclipse anything Dio did. Because Dio always sounds the same. A great vocalist. Technically superior. But he's singing about goddamn rainbows half the time. I just don't know how you put The Mob Rules before Black Sabbath's masterpiece, Sabotage. How did you get there???? I don't mean to imply your opinion is wrong, because it's yours. But goddamn. Have you not listened to Sabotage lately? If I say anything here that makes you go back to that album and realise that's their masterpiece, or at least listen to the thing and say, goddamn, Ozzy is kicking ass on this, goddamn the lyrics are awesome, goddamn they took everything they had been doing and put it on one album, sometimes in one song, then I've helped you! ;)

[@classicalbum]

Different albums can mean different things for different people. 'Mob Rules' has a special place in my heart. Don't get me wrong, I love 'Sabotage'... but if you look at the comments to this video everyone's ranking is different not definitive. Therefore let's just agree Sabbath were a great band that made some truly great music.

[@DrTomoculus]

@@classicalbum Ok we can agree to that ;) BUT SABOTAGE IS THEIR MASTERPIECE!!!!!

[@classicalbum]

@@DrTomoculus it is certainly a great album.

[@tjflash60]

Thank you. Heaven and Hell is my favorite.

[@samanthony6282]

The best three Black Sabbath albums in my opinion are (1) Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (2) Sabotage (3) Volume 4

[@mickblack2800]

The dark horse is NEVER SAY DIE

[@AubreyStJohn3000]

Never say Die is My most nostalgic and Loved album..Have re listened in recent years and still LOVE it..Great reviews..CHEERS

[@craig8542]

Ronnie Dio won over me and my mates, all Ozzy heads, when on the heaven and hell tour at the Apollo, announced that N I B was Nativity In Black! We were overwhelmed at this magnificent knowledge imparted upon us.Black Magic and a great gig. supported by Fist!

[@timsharples9791]

Glad Gus Fring lets you do this on the side Mike! Seriously though, great job on the reviews , love it!

[@tylerbasham1491]

Bahahaha now I cant stop seeing it...guarantee mike was jammin' sabbath

[@greenalishi222]

1) Vol 4, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Sabotage Born Again rules The albums after Born just repeat the Heaven and Hell template. Musically and lyrically. Combo of last 2 Ozzys, Die In Ecstasy: Back Street Kids You Won't Change Me It's Alright Juniors Eyes A Hard Road All Moving Parts (Stand Still) Air Dance Rock N Roll Doctor Breakout Swinging The Chain

[@nimzyzamzam431]

As always an excellent, well reasoned exploration of the Sabbath catalog. Perhaps it is somewhat heretical to say, but Heaven and Hell has always been my favorite. Being that I was 14 at the time of its release, it had a major impact on me. Anyway, always enjoy your perspective. Cheers mate!

[@classicalbum]

Great album

[@PatKennedydon]

My top 10 are 1. Sabotage 2. Paranoid 3. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 4. Vol 4 5. Black Sabbath 6. Never Say Die 7. Master Or Reality 8. Mob Rules 9. Heaven And Hell 10. Technical Ecstasy Eternal Idol is my fav Tony Martin album.

[@Ulgarth]

You sir have done a great job with this. Sabbath has to be one of the hardest band to rank albums due to the different lineups they have gone through. My only gripe is Paranoid, it is overplayed and over hyped. Every time the songs come on the radio I catch myself changing channel. I know it was commercially successful and I think that's the issue.

[@NeilUpfold]

Don Airey also featured in a band called Coloseum II, a jazz/prog instrumental group featuring Gary Moore, Jon Hiseman on drums and a bassist whose name escapes me at the moment.

[@stevewhiteside4525]

John Mole - sadly no longer with us for some while now. Saw them live in the mid 70s, they were great. Of course, GM and JH also sadly departed.

[@sullyb23511]

Awesome troll job there, pal.

[@pistolsscaramanga3437]

Top 10 Sabbath albums: 1) Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 2) Heaven And Hell 3) Vol.4 4) Sabotage 5) Paranoid 6) Black Sabbath 7) Master Of Reality 8) Mob Rules 9) Technical Ecstasy 10) 13

[@teebrinner5939]

Good list

[@contrastprinciple4389]

Totally disagree with the bad review of seventh star, it is actually one of my favorites. Extremely underrated.

[@Krautline]

Great list! Always love your reasoning on which album in better or worse. Not that i agree on all but still you have thought it through thuroughly. Could you do a Whishbone Ash album count? To me they are such an underrated band with so many really great songs.

[@realreviewingguy5198]

I'd have to listen to them but I will try

[@ZiggieZoo]

For me) 1) Heaven & Hell 2) Mob Rules 3) Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 4) Paranoid 5) Master of Reality 6) Volume 7 I just love Dio's lyrics and singing. The band went from being a sludgy, hard, doom metal group to a tight, fast galloping metal group able to push up next to NWBHM with ease. Geezer and Tony seemed to up their playing substantially on the Dio records.

[@fourseasons4105]

Ozzy era: 1. Master of reality 2. Sabbath bloody sabbath 3. Paranoid 4. Vol.4 5. Black sabbath 6. Sabotage 7. Technical ecstacy 8. Never say die

[@dippin1523]

The best ones are the first 4 period. In that order.

[@bernardwinn1817]

My favorite Black Sabbath album, is definitely master of reality. What a great album. Second favorite, definitely the first album.

[@paulkovacs4931]

To be honest, I've only listened to the first 8 albums with Ozzy... Never Say Die and Technical Ecstacy are a bit of a step down from the first 6, but are still really good and not deserving of the hate some give them. My personal rank of what I've heard: 1. Black Sabbath IV 2. Master of Reality 3. Sabotage 4. Paranoid 5. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 6. Black Sabbath 7. Technical Ecstacy 8. Never Say Die

[@baberoot1998]

100% agree brother. Technical Ecstasy, and Never Say Die...are relatively low on my list as well...but I still like them...and won't rank them below Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules. And even though...I like those two Dio-vocal-led albums...I would still choose TE or NSD, over the Dio albums. (Now Ronnie James Dio's; Holy Diver is a different story. That album was stellar).

[@PabloCruise1]

Same here...Black Sabbath was a 70s band.

[@GordonHeaney]

I know it's just opinion, but for me, the music on Tyr and Cross Purposes stands head and shoulders above Technical Ecstacy or Never Say Die. The Tony Martin years are so under-appreciated by so many, it's a shame. Granted, Forbidden is shit.

[@stevetobin7495]

Gordon Heaney Guitarologist and Flatulist tyr i agree with, love the feel of that album..to be fair i havent (in all these years) played cross purposes that many times

[@classicalbum]

I think at times I'm prejudiced by the production values of the 1980s that sound so fake to me now. I would love to hear a remix of these albums. Tony Martin had an incredible voice and I love 'Headless Cross'

[@GordonHeaney]

Agreed, Headless Cross is superb. But I like the 80's heavy reverb production, I think it adds to the overall dark atmos. I know not everyone agrees!

[@GordonHeaney]

Cross Purposes is often ignored, and I understand why, but it does have some great tracks on it (as well as some poor ones) and the production is really good, definitely worth a revisit IMO

[@ahmetkemal2710]

Tyr is in my top 10 actually 10th instead of 13 album your 1-9 I agree with, although actual order may change. But I agree they are in the top 9😉 great review

[@frankpentangeli8104]

My short list, best to worst: 1. Vol. 4 2. Paranoid 3. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 4. Sabotage 5. Master of Reality 6. Black Sabbath 7. Heaven and Hell 8. Never Say Die

[@Mattsdmf]

Black Sabbath is my favorite band and I don’t think they’ve put out a single bad album just ones that are worse than others. My ranking of the 20 albums are: Heaven and Hell Sabotage Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Volume 4 Mob Rules Headless Cross Black Sabbath Cross Purposes Dehumanizer Tyr Master of Reality Paranoid Technical Ecstasy Born Again Eternal Idol The Devil You Know Never Say Die! Forbidden The Seventh Star 13

[@thebastard8983]

You forgot The Devil You Know, which is - of course - a Sabbath album despite the legal moniker they adopted. I mean, the album title literally confirms it.

[@alimojaver1988]

True..thats a Sabbath album..

[@mikesclassicrock9745]

My favourite BS albums: 1 Heaven And Hell 2 Mob Rules 3 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 4 Seventh Star 5 Technical Ecstasy 6 Black Sabbath 7 Born Again 8 Headless Cross 9 Sabotage 10 vol 4 11 master of reality 12 eternal idol 13 Paranoid 14 13 15 Tyr 16 cross purposes 17 never say die 18 Forbiden

[@richardmoss5633]

In my music as in my life all roads lead the Black Sabbath! Your comment about Ian pace is awesome

[@knh778]

Dehumanizer is absolute🔥. Captures the true essence of Black Sabbath in a refreshing way

[@gaupau]

Heaven And Hell wins by a longshot. One of the best metal records I've ever heard.

[@plciferpffer3048]

I got Paranoid on cassette the autumn when I was 8 or 9. (ca 1980) I lived in the remote north norwegian countryside, in a old house. My bedroom was in the attic, and the wind made the house make this sounds. So there I was, nightime dark and windy. And Paranoid scared the shit out of the little boy who was me. But I could not stop listen to it. I was so fascinated. Great childhood memories. Cool video. I enjoyed.

[@JohannesYtterstrom]

You are onto something! There are different bands like The Doors, Early Van Halen, Simon & Garfunkel and others who did remaster their work and put them in the same box. Talking CD here. I would love a box like that for Tony Martin-era Black Sabbath. I'd easily buy that! While I think Eternal Idol and Tyr are solid and quite enjoyable albums. Having them all in better shape would be very nice!

[@TheSteveSteele]

The drummer on The End tour was very authentic to Bill Ward. I felt like I was seeing Bill Ward circa 1973-74 at the California Jam.

[@robertrobertsakarogerslemer]

Great reviews, but I love Never Say Die album

[@andrejz8954]

Underrated!

[@robertrobertsakarogerslemer]

@@andrejz8954 Real Black Sabbath fans usually love Never Say Die album.

[@laurencegoulty3196]

Sabbath bloody sabbath for me 👍🏻

[@mick5137]

8:21 I'll be honest with you: I love their music, I do. I'm a Bolton Sabbath fan. I celebrate the band's entire catalog.

[@ELATRILMUSICAL17]

Great video. Saludos y BENDICIONES desde Puerto Rico

[@Louies-Lounge]

It's refreshing to see someone else who appreciates Headless Cross. Great record.

[@classicalbum]

I want to see a re-issuing and remastering campaign for this era of Sabbath.

[@Louies-Lounge]

@@classicalbum I could dig that. Tony Martin deserves more love than he gets.

[@SavoxYT]

You have the perfect "documentary voice". I'm honestly surprised National Geographic haven't tried to hire you.

[@malcolmmitchell4709]

Especially with his liberal use of describing "the topography" Still best reviews on KZbin imho

[@frankmathiesen1779]

Interesting ranking mine is Very different. 1 Sabotage 2 Heaven And Hell 3 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 4 Master Of Reality 5 Vol 4 6 Dehumanizer 7 Mob Rules 8 Headless Cross 9 Paranoid 10 Black Sabbath 11 Tyr 12 The Eternal Idol 13 Technical Ecstasy 14 Born Again 15 Seventh Star 16 Never Say Die 17 Cross Purposes 18 13 19 Forbidden

[@baberoot1998]

I wouldn't argue with anyone; for choosing Sabotage as number one. (It is number two on my list; with only Master Of Reality topping it). But yes...Sabotage is highly underrated, (in my opinipn), by many Black Sabbath fans. Glad to see someone gave it a number one nod. I am surprised however...to see you chose Dehuminizer and Headless Cross over Paranoid, and their debut album, Black Sabbath. I have listened to Dehuminizer and Headless Cross before, and wasn't all that impressed. But it has been a while. Maybe I should go back and listen again...and possibly reconsider. Anyway ..great list.

[@hakanpersson6524]

Black Sabbath- Black Sabbath in no 7 is a joke !!! This album is "the album to rule them all"

[@MrFrostien]

I never liked the first album

[@hakanpersson6524]

@@MrFrostien For me that`s like saying "I don`t like Black Sabbath". The first album set the whole stage for what was to come.

[@comfortat]

Technical Ecstasy is their last album worth listening too. I completely disagree with your ratings. "Gypsy" is awesome. "It's Alright" is amazing with Bill Ward on vocals. This is a highly underrated album. The slow songs fit perfectly. You praise Jethro Tull for changing gears from album to album. Why not Sabbath?

[@pistolsscaramanga3437]

She’s Gone is an absolutely heartbreaking piece of awesomeness! One of my favorite Sabbath tracks, and easily the best Black Sabbath song recorded between the Sabotage and Heaven And Hell albums. Really sorry to hear that you don’t think better of it.

[@daveoutdoors4949]

So true bro

[@samalbaugh9321]

I can’t believe you put Sabbath first album so way back in the order

[@scottjackson163]

Your # 7 is my # 1. I rank the first four Black Sabbath albums in the order that they were released.

[@matthewspaltro7142]

Nothing wrong at all with the production on The Eternal Idol at all. Don't agree with that. The Shining is their best 80s song. Yes even better then the song Heaven and Hell.

[@DamnableReverend]

Hello! First comment in teh channel. I discovered teh channel yesterday when youtube recommended the Motorhead ranking video. I really enjoy these thingsa nd your thoughts on the albums. I've since listened to the Queen one, the David Bowie one (loved that and it looks like there are a couple of albums by him I still need to check out) and now, this one for one of my oldesta nd dearest favourites, Sabbath. So I have a soft spot for Cross Purposes, buecause until I heard that album I actually had no idea Sabbath had any albums past the 70s. I was a 90s teen and I guess by that time, none of the Dio stuff was being played on the radio and people didn't reallyt alk about it. I guess I wasn't aware that there was a song from Dehumanizer on the Wayne's World soundtrack in 1992. But anyway...The first song from the era I heard was 'Cross of Thorns", and I remember taping it and playing it for a friend and asking him to guess what band it was. of course he couldn't, and was truly mystified when I told him it was Sabbath. i still really like that song. Tony martin just makes those slow moody songs from his era work. Some of the rockers though, not so much. Those albums *all* suffered from thin guitar tones, in my opinion. It's not enough to spoil the fantastic Headless Cross, but even that one really suffers. Those remixes would be welcome!!

[@humanbeing2420]

Born Again's cover art never fails to make me laugh out loud.

[@hesselvanderkooij4825]

Wow! Dehumanizer is in my top 5 BS albums! Heavy, aggressive, great vocals, great lyrics. Just great riffs. Actually not a single bad track on it 😀

[@z1az285]

Dehumanizer is seriously underrated. I have no idea why. It is one of their best imooo

[@skaface32]

I really enjoy you're reviews. Thank you sir

[@samalbaugh9321]

Juniors Eyes is a Wicked Groove👍🕶👍 Plus The Title Track Is Rippin

[@MrTarkus1]

Good ratings. But why is Cozy Powell underrated? Literally everybody wanted him in their band. And he did! Cozy was always ranked with the best. As was Ian Paice.

[@jonesy2111]

Indeed

[@nicolacambi9671]

Grazie, I understand your English too. ps Your fifth is my first. But with these kind of bands, with 5/6 great albums or more in their discography, rankings could change tomorrow.

[@ozzydoop1473]

YOU DARE TO JUDGE THE MIGHTY BLACK SABBATH ? NO ALL ARE NUMBER 1

[@sabbaholic4ever58]

So true

[@JCStorm76]

Great video, great channel. Just a small correction. Evil Woman was actually their first ever single, The Wizard was their second. Cheers

[@MrSpenGali]

Weevil woman wasn’t it originally?

[@robertmccauley754]

My top 5: 1. Headless Cross 2. Sabotage 3. Paranoid 4. Heaven and Hell 5. Born Again My bottom 5: 1. Never Say Die! 2. Seventh Star 3. Forbidden 4. The Eternal Idol 5. Dehumanizer

[@mikesclassicrock9745]

For me 1 Heaven &hell 2 Mob Rules 3 SBS 4 Sabotage 5 Black Sabbath 6 Paranoid 7 Seventh Star 8 MOR 9 Vol 4 10 Technical Ecstasy 11 Born Again 12 Headless Cross 13 eternal idol

[@GobiPup]

I’m not a fan of the Tony Martin stuff sadly, but the song Eternal Idol is horrifically doomy..one of the most evil and deliciously depressing riffs ever.

[@davidhannalpc7169]

Excellent to hear all your thoughts on their albums.

[@simonward-horner7605]

Interesting, thanks. I have a higher opinion of Never Say Die, I love 'Johnny Blade' and 'Shockwave' along with the other fare on that album.

[@PWRobinson1976]

Thanks for your review! My opinion differs but that's the greatness of music and tastes, or not? ☺ My Top 3 are: 1) Mob Rules 2) Born Again 3) Headless Cross

[@CymaticSand]

Thanks! Here's mine: 20 Forbidden 19 Tyr 18 Cross Purposes 17 Seventh Star 16 The Devil You Know (Heaven & Hell) 15 Headless Cross 14 The Eternal Idol 13 Mob Rules 12 Technical Ecstacy 11 13 10 Born Again 09 Dehumanizer 08 Heaven and Hell 07 Never Say Die 06 Vol. 4 05 Black Sabbath 04 Paranoid 03 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 02 Master of Reality 01 Sabotage

[@ljoxleyofficial8119]

CymaticSand I mean to name the devil you know is way better than just 16 it’s actually rlly good

[@CymaticSand]

@@ljoxleyofficial8119 I won't deny that there are some great songs on that album!

[@Rhythmmanify]

Sabotage that far down...? You need to listen to that album more. In my humble opinion, Sabotage blew Paranoid away. Sabotage is easily #1. I’d rank Paranoid at #3. Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath at #2.

[@douglasarthur2673]

Mark Beuerle I agree. Side one is incredible Iommi riffing at the top of his game

[@justthefacts9374]

Sabotage!! Hard rocks holy grail the magnum opus of its genre

[@DrTomoculus]

It's their masterpiece

[@shanewilson398]

I agree wholeheartedly. Paranoid I don’t love except for the classics. Vol 4 is my number 2.

[@peterstoneham9871]

My favourite is ‘Masters of the Universe’ closely followed by Black Sabbath’ then Paranoid’

[@alanthorne3921]

Glad to see Headless Cross high on the list.I had virtually given up on Sabbath at this point.A glowing review in Metal Hammer changed all that.Tony Martins vocal rival Dio’s here.Also good to see Heaven and Hell up.I was 18 and working in a record shop when it came out.Being in Tasmania with the only form of communication in the metal world being three month old Melody Maker mags imagine my surprise when I flip the cover and there is a drawing of Dio with the Sabs.I had no idea he was out of Rainbow and Ozzy was out on his own.This album really saved Sabbath.

[@Vince_Tasciotti]

I do agree with this ranking, the albums are in pretty much the right order for my tastes. Yet, my number one would be a tie between the first two albums. I have the super deluxe box of Paranoid, and would love to see the debut album in a box set package as well.

[@MrLtia1234]

Bit harsh on Cross Purposes. Bit lacking in mojo, but I think the songs are good. Remixes of all the TM albums would be good as you say (particularly HC and Tyr)

[@danaeloucaidou4991]

I generally agree with most of what you say but....TYR and Seventh star are 2 FINE albums!

[@xwhite2020]

Totally disagree with the best to worst but Im sure everyone puts these great recording in different order. Its the mark of a great discography really. Like the Stones, Zeppellin or Dylans discography its not possible to agree which albums are best.

[@threestringsomg]

Nice commentary once more on one of the best ever....I only disagreed with your rank of 13 and Never Say Die...they are in my top 8....but Paranoid is the one for me too....I rate the debut at 2. One of the greatest of all debut albums ever. Easily.😉

[@LuciferChapel1987]

Black Sabbath are one of my all time favourite bands! My favourite albums in order are: 1. The Headless Cross 2. Volume 4 3. Master of Reality 4. Heaven & Hell 5. Born Again 6. Paranoid 7. Black Sabbath 8. Sabotage 9. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 10. Mob Rules 11. Seventh Star 12. Dehumanizer 13. 13 14. Technical Ecstasy 15. The Devil You Know 16. Forbidden 17. Never Say Die 18. Tyr 19. The Eternal Idol (both versions) 20. Cross Purposes

[@grantross2609]

Born Again pretty high here...... Smouldering title-track has to be one of the great metal songs ever recorded imo !

[@progmonster4]

Such a rich discography even some of the lesser albums have some very solid tunes. Heaven and Hell was the album that brought me onboard for was has been a great ride

[@shaunsmith3538]

Fantastic show. My own personal ranking would be somewhat different but that's what makes music so interesting. I can't believe it's taken me so long to watch this! 👍

[@legoaxel8695]

my top 3 1. Heaven & Hell 2. Dehumanizer 3. Mob rules

[@artamussumatra6286]

I agree with most of your rankings, but I’d put the debut album at #1, and Vol. 4 at a close #2.