Is Black Sabbath’s Paranoid Album Rock’s Greatest Heavy Metal Album? Complete Review!

Is Black Sabbath’s Paranoid Album Rock’s Greatest Heavy Metal Album? Complete Review!
Hey everyone!
Tonight I cover the album that has been voted as the greatest heavy metal album of al time!
Of course I’m talking about Black Sabbath’s second album Paranoid!
This album not only includes such classic tracks such as Iron Man, Paranoid, & Planet Caravan, but the wonderful Fairies Wear Boots as well!
Just how good is this album really? Is it truly the greatest heavy metal album of all time? And if so, what are the best tracks on this album?
Of course these and many more questions are answered in tonight’s video!
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Michael Noland
The Bottom Line

[@DCToonTime]

The first album of theirs I heard was the debut. A grade school friend of mine lent me that album and the title track scared the hell out of me! I got enough courage a few years later to buy Paranoid. What an album! Although I have become a bit tired of the songs Iron Man and Paranoid, I NEVER tire of War Pigs and Fairies Wear Boots. Just fantastic and soooooo original! Sabbath wasn’t Satanic. They always wrote about good vs evil and that you didn’t want to be on the side of evil! This album cover art better suited War Pigs and also would have worked if they called the album Fairies Wear Boots!

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Yeah, DC! Back when Rock was still dangerous and scary! That and Creature Features with comic books fed my teen years! Well those and parties! LOTS of parties!🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤

[@stephenmcnally3064]

Bill Ward is right up there with John Bonham Neil Peart and Ginger Baker. Michael always thought personally Ozzy was on LSD looking out the window at Fairies wear boots but I could be wrong. Great review.🇨🇦

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Oh that’s even a better story than mine Stephen! I so hope you’re right!😉✨🧚‍♀️❤

[@stevebrougham3930]

Stephen is right - that’s what I read in the sleeve notes of a compilation album. It was the era!!

[@julesgiddings8747]

For me it’s go to be Black Sabbath’s Sabotage. It’s complex, heavy, dark and progressive. Paranoid has the hits and other cool stuff but for me it’s Sabotage. Cheers Michael, great video again!

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Thanx Jules! Sabotage rocks!❤❤❤

[@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony]

Sabotage was an album I listened to throughout the cold grey winters. I went DEEP into Sabotage. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (with Rick Wakeman) and Master of Reality were staples on my record player too. But Paranoid, I wore out my first vinyl copy, then on my 15th birthday my girlfriend bought me a new copy of Paranoid. Great songs on that album all the way through. Especially side two. They really grew as writers between the first Black Sabbath album and Paranoid, which is incredible for being only a few months apart. Brilliant.

[@georgeedward1226]

I remember hearing Sabbath the first time mid 70s. Some local guys in leather jackets were blasting out Iron Man on a boom box in front of a bowling alley. Those dark, thundering, deliberate power chords plowed over me like a Panzer tank.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Ah! The days of truly dangerously scary Rock George!❤❤❤

[@dont_follow5777]

The intro for War Pigs definitely inspired countless extended intros for later heavy metal bands. I can see how Slayer's "Seasons in the Abyss" was inspired.

[@unabrazoatodoslosbuenos]

I had the paranoid album. Loved it. "Never say die" turned out to be my favorite.

[@sirjer73]

Great album, I always thought that Geezer Butler and Bill Ward played like a jazz rhythm section. Especially on Planet Caravan and Hand of doom.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Great analysis here sir sirjer!❤❤❤

[@Oldcrow77]

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[@jeffyoung8726]

This record changed my life for the better! I had always been afraid of this band, the doom sounding songs, the power minor chords, the devilish lyrics and the scary album covers! But one night while over at a friends house, they had this record. I did NOT want to listen to it, but my friend convinced me to give it a try? After the first two songs, I was hooked man! The next day I went to the record store and bought every "Black Sabbath" album out at the time. I was a MAJOR fan! I would listen to them everyday! I hung out with people who liked this kind of stuff, and got introduced to even more cool music! Looking back, it was this album along with "The Beach Boys- Pet Sounds" that really broadened my horizons... It lead me to a lot more cool stuff. Hey Michael, I dig the new intro & outro music!!!!!!

[@clydekimsey7503]

Im only 10 seconds in and my answer is yes. I still remember hearing them for the first time. Radical sound--especially the bass. Michael, I love your synopsis of iron man and its meaning. Even at 12, thats the way I understood it😊

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Absolutely Clyde!! They really broke some serious rules, didn’t they?❤❤❤

[@cmichaelanthonyimages2197]

Man, what an album. This was the first album I bought of Sabbaths then went back to the first album. Wow, is an understatement. Great pick Michael.

[@book3100]

Hey Tribe, Geezer has a book out called Into the Void, if y'all didn't know yet.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Yeah, still waiting to get it, but thanx for the heads-up Book!❤📕👌😉

[@jje70]

It's not out yet. Comes out June 6

[@moodlefyful]

Got this recently as a Xmas present on vinyl, hadn't listened to it in years, I gave it a spin & cranked it up....it still stand up today after all these years later, great stuff!

[@dereksupernaut]

born in 1980 i was raised on Classic Rock but never got into Sabbath only hearing "Iron Man" and "Paranoid" which i liked but strongly preferred Led Zeppelin... i also listened to Alternative Rock (Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins, Pearl Jam) which received nonstop Sabbath comparisons... after 10 years of Underground Dance music in my 20s i got back into listening to Rock and the one album i started listening to all the way through was "Paranoid" and it was the ending jam "Fairie's Wear Boots" really caught my attention, because smoking & tripping is all that i do... thanks to KZbin with all of its live Sabbath from the 1970s i now love Sabbath both in studio and live in the 1970s... fax!!!

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Wow! Now that story’s way better than mine! You were destined to love them Derek!❤❤❤

[@jazzpunk]

First heard BS PARANOID at 13. My Catholic school sent us guys on a weekend visit to a Seminary in Richmond, VA. This school had its own radio station. This is where I first heard Black Sabbath. "Iron Man" rattling thru the halls. LOL.

[@jonrhythm3686]

This album has held a special place in my heart since the first time I listened to it some 40+ years ago. I've come to identify this and all early Sabbath albums as a soundscape representation of my primal self. I put this album on and my base instincts take control while intellectual thought processes become secondary.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

So perfectly said Jon! That’s exactly how I feel!❤❤❤

[@KevinHallSurfing]

Here in Australia the first Black Sabbath album was released on the Fontana label before they went to Vertigo. Was that period where you bought anything that had the Vertigo label. From Rod Stewart - Gasoline Alley to May Blitz to Uriah Heep - Very 'Eavy, Very 'Umble (thankfully still have these classics) and so on. Led Zeppelin III just released but Paranoid hit like a ton of bricks.🤩

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Wow! Thanx for the background on the releases there in Australia Kevin! I love details like those!❤❤❤

[@KevinHallSurfing]

​ @Michael Noland: The Bottom Line Found out (50 years later) that the producers wanted a more "hardcore label" and went to Vertigo in UK. How WE ended up with Fontana pressings is a mystery though? "Dump what we've already pressed in Australia" maybe? Whoa, this is interesting. Just looked at the label and the "Made in Australia etc" is a *brighter* white letters and askew! Also printed across the middle of the label and not around the edge (ring) like most albums! 😮

[@stormcop55]

About time brother!!!! lol I think it took them 5 or 6 days to actually record the second one. I know he talked about it on the documentary God Bless Ozzy Osbourne!!

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

I am so amazed how quickly albums in general were recorded in those days James! I think that’s urgency is somewhat missing in many of today’s bands! They are out there, just so much harder to find!😂❤😉👌🎸🎤🥁

[@stormcop55]

@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine VERY true I agree!!

[@48musicfan]

Excellent episode, Michael!

[@RodneyGuitarsplat]

Yep, that's my story too. I have that album in my car CD player and when I spin it, it usually gets 6 or more rotations. Thanks for the review.

[@Bootradr]

I've always loved that Black Sabbath sound but I didn't even give them a chance until years later because of all the negative talk, or maybe I should correctly say inaccurate and negative talk, about their songs and what they were singing about. I was fooled! Somewhere in the late '80s or maybe early '90s, I bought a four CD set I think was titled Black Sabbath The Ozzy Years. Now I had heard a lot of the songs on the radio through the years and thought they had a great sound. But when I went ahead and bought that CD set, I was blown away by how incredible they were. A lot of the songs I'd never heard (the non radio played once) were on this set and it was really incredible. That's when I started listening to what they were saying and realized for myself that they're not singing about negative things and they're actually singing a positive message in most songs. I'd tell other people the same thing but they just kind of blow it off and did not even pay attention. But through the years, I've started seeing a lot of people saying this same thing about their songs being more of a positive thing or a lesson on what not to do. I started wondering if maybe I was wrong or if I wasn't hearing things correctly for a little while. But I'm glad I woke up and smelled the coffee because I started getting a lot of their live shows, DVDs, etc not released and anything I could find that sounded pretty decent from them. I don't know how I made this mistake? I just realized I don't have Paranoid on vinyl. I know I used to but I don't have it anymore. So I just did a little looking around and got me a copy and hopefully it will arrive soon. It's been missing in my vinyl collection since I started back collecting vinyl again a few years ago. I don't know how I overlooked that other than I think it was hard to find when I first was looking for it again a few years ago? But not now! Thanks for the video Michael! Brian in Fort Worth 🎶

[@TigerRogers0660]

Michael, great review of a great album!!!!

[@senatorjimdracula1603]

Great record, great video! My first band played everything on the album over our 5 year existence except for Planet Caravan. Always a blast to learn and play those songs!

[@alanogy]

What a great walk down memory lane. I was 18 that year and listening to all the same music. I feel like this album was in heavy rotation on the FM stations in NYC, WABC and WNEW, but I'm sure my friends played it regularly. The first 3 Sabbath albums are the only metal I ever bought, but this was always my favorite. Also loved the story about thinking cover songs were written locally - I discovered punk when I thought a band covering Ramones songs in 1979 had written them.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

It’s so good to hear from someone just slightly older than me back me up on this Alanogy! We live in a mythical time brother!❤❤❤

[@lhommesansqualite]

I've likened Ozzie's vocal style to that of a Town Crier. Looking forward to the day when you deal with the other two of this tripartite of brilliance, Master of Reality and Vol. 4.

[@Beethoven5th]

I enjoyed the video Michael, Thank You! The songs from this album and Masters of Reality provide the majority of the setlist for the band. I have seen Sabbath several times in concert and have NEVER been disappointed. PS: I caught one of Geezer's picks last time, however I've never seen him use one. 😃

[@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony]

He used picks during the Dio years.

[@Beethoven5th]

@@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony I'll be looking closer now. Thanks for the info 🤘😎

[@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony]

@@Beethoven5th Look for Mob Rules tour footage. You’ll see it there the most.

[@royceinthehouse842]

Michael, excellent review of an all time favorite album of one of my favorite bands. I bought this when it came out and still listen to this timeless classic today. As many times as I've listened to this album, I learned many new things from you today. Thank you for your in depth research brother.

[@S3thousand]

Im new to this channel and im loving it.

[@kencraig7308]

"Fairy's wear boots" is the absolute definition of the Black Sabbath I remember so many years ago. "Technical Ecstasy" now that one went off the rails somehow 😭

[@youtoo2233]

Great album. Huge fan of 70's Sabbath. I was born in late '69 so I was just a baby when all this was going on so it wasn't until the early 80s when I finally cut my Sabbath teeth, this album definitely one of my faves, not sure if it's my favorite Sabbath album because there's so many great one's. I remember having my first apartment in the late 80s and laying in the dark and just looking at the stereo lights while listening to Planet Caravan. No pot, drugs or drinking needed, believe me the music trips you out enough!

[@garyh.238]

Music is the ultimate drug....no other substances required.

[@scait38]

The Paranoid album is my ultimate favorite from Black Sabbath because I feel like the music shows who Black Sabbath are as a band.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Perfectly said Caitlin! That about says it in a nutshell for me!❤❤❤

[@clydekimsey7503]

Yes, easily their ultimate album

[@fw1421]

Good choice of albums. Killer is one of my all time favorite albums. Saw Alice Cooper for this tour. A friend of mine quit High School to be a roadie for Alice!

[@ConcertBuddie]

Yes. It is. 😁 Well, easy Top 5 (at least). Nice track X track study 🤘🏻

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Thanx Chance! I certainly respect your thoughts on the subject!❤❤❤

[@canadianstudmuffin]

Possibly yes... Or any of the other early Sabbath albums.

[@stephencallil6512]

When I was 15 I Brought Parnanoid Deep Purple In Rock and Led Zeppelin II . To this day they are still my 3 favourite albums

[@anthonyjd6097]

Mike I not only feel it’s the #1 heavy metal album but it’s in the top 10 all time that’s how important this album really is nobody sounded or wrote songs like them while zeppelin was hard& happy sabbath was heavy & mean I like the break down awsome( by the way you have to have some Italian in you ) you talk with your hands lol

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

LOL! I do talk with my hands Anthony! I drive my wife & kids crazy! I’d sit on them if I could!❤❤❤

[@anthonyjd6097]

It’s cool you don’t overuse them it shows your passionate about what your talking about music as do I lol

[@3DMachineControl]

7th grade for me, 1976, 8track - still one of my favorites

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Oh we drove to the 8 track with Sabbath & their boot-wearing fairies too Randy! Good to hear from ya cuz!!!❤❤❤

[@craigkowald3055]

My Southern Methodist mother was horrified, but let me buy Paranoid in 1971. I can say with some certainty that I have listened to this album the most times. My all-time favorite album that isn't Classical.

[@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony]

“That’s isn’t classical!” I know what you mean. I’ll listen to Debussy all day long, then need a dose of Master of Reality or Sabotage!

[@ShyGuyLoveSongs]

Love this album, classic. Nothing like it until that time. Every cool person I knew at that time had it. Tony Iommi is the king of great , catchy riffs. Agree 100% with you.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

He’s the Riff-Master of Rock in my opinion Donald!❤❤❤

[@kc0lif]

i got that album. paranoid song got played a lot during black sabbath live shows and ozzy live shows too. planet caravan good song. i like all the songs on that album.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Yeah me too Chris!❤❤❤

[@SoulTrainBro]

Excellent!

[@jeffreyflint6286]

This album kicks all the way. A great follow up to their first album. My favourite album by them. Hand of doom is my favourite song by them. I remember buying my albums from Woolworths lol.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Oh brother, I bought a few from Woolworths as well!😂😂😂❤❤❤

[@Tony-im3bk]

My first Sabbath album bought as well.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

And for many Tony! Thanx!❤❤❤

[@bornagainbornagain6697]

I am so much like you Mike, same age but 2 years older, Beatles first in mono. First Sabbath I heard I was disappointed the reason being Jimmy Page with the leads. Sabbath just didn't have that. The rhythm and crunching chords were awesome. That I loved about Sabbath. They are different but the birth of heavy metal is with the Kinks " Your really got me". Little Richard was a brutal rocker too.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Many point to that exact song as a contender born again! So no argument from me!❤❤❤

[@AG-6969]

I always get a kick out of seeing your thumbnail come up on my KZbin page. Dude, I'm 69 years old, saw Black Sabbath's first USA tour. But I have never seen anyone so stuck in the past. It's funny though, in a sad sort of way. Give me a heart attack someday and do a video on a current band or artist that ROCKS!!

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

They are coming A G! Get ready for a fibrillator!❤❤❤

[@clydekimsey7503]

Every channel has it's own niche. Im sure there are many other channels that cover newer bands

[@treff9226]

Current bands that rock: Rival Sons Blackberry Smoke Airborne Hellacopters Winery Dogs Michael Monroe (anything!) Extreme King's X Meshuggah Gojira Mastodon

[@atlasking6110]

I rate Master of Reality higher just because it's a lean, mean fightin' machine - all killer, no filler. But I do have a soft spot for Paranoid, especially the riff to Electric Funeral - my all-time favorite Sabbath riff.

[@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony]

I agree. Paranoid has their best collection of songs. But Master of Reality and Sabotage invented two heavy metal sub genres. And they are heavy! Bone crushing! The opening riffs to Into the Void and Symptom of the Universe are undeniable!

[@shaunmccaul1695]

I never get tired of the War Pigs live 1970 video from Paris

[@jackstonehenge]

This is one those albums where I think the remaster has improved the experience. They really brought the bass drum out of the mix. The drums used to sound somewhat weak to me for such a heavy band but it seems the remaster has really honed in on the low in of the drums.

[@garytrew2766]

Paranoid was my first Sabbath was Paranoid and Love it to death was my first Alice Cooper. These were bought in 1973

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Another great Alice Cooper album Gary!❤❤❤

[@christophersanders5007]

I had a similar experience back in 1971 I went out and bought three albums, which where my first ones. I bought Black Sabbath Paranoid, Led Zeppelin II, and Alice Cooper Love it to Death. As a kid when I bought the album always thought the Paranoid cover was supposed to be Iron Man.

[@davidmeir9348]

It absolutely is. While Black Sabbath, their debut album, is considered the first Heavy Metal album, I'd say that the emerging sound of the genre was crystalised with Paranoid. Paranoid is the blueprint of the sound and style of Heavy Metal. I can't think of a single heavy metal band who was not in some way influenced by that album. It's also a classic with all killers no fillers.

[@adamfindlay7091]

Check out that newer video of(I don't like music videos!) War Pigs, slays. Wild. War P was so extreme, and truly dark. Uncompromising. Love your channel, rocknroll dude. My bro got this and Let there be Rock for Xmas 1980.

[@BobJohnson-mq2dr]

Led Zep 2 kicked me way harder than Pariniod ever did.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Like I said Zepp was later for me Bob, but hell yeah it kicks the sh#t out every Sabbath album! But I love Sabbath too!❤❤❤

[@BobJohnson-mq2dr]

Always love me some sabbath..loved beatles since I was 7... by the way, I've listened to couple of your songs. Not bad brother

[@debil477]

It's your opinion. It's hard to compared, but "Paranoid" is hardest and most influential album then LZ II. One of the best album all the time.

[@vanplq8841]

Zep always will

[@robertwheatley9153]

Going from memory I think Black Sabbath were originally called the 'Polka Tulk Blues Band' and then 'Earth' and then finally settled on the name Black Sabbath (named after the '67 movie with Vincent Price) because they weren't cutting it. They definitely made it soon after. I believe also there were a lot of problems with their management that really screwed them over..

[@KM769]

I remember some of Black Sabbath member told that they wanted to be music equivalent of horror movie for teenagers. So this was sophisticated joke that turn out to be new music genre. Black Sabbath is only metal band I can listen to. Other metal bands seems to me rediculously serious and not enjoyable, but maybe I miss sth.

[@rjc7289]

It's a solid effort start to finish, but so is the first self-titled album, and that's the one I feel is the greatest heavy metal album of all time. It essentially laid the foundation for heavy metal as we know it. And the first albums from lesser-known bands like Sir Lord Baltimore and Iron Claw deserve recognition for kickstarting heavy metal as well. With that said, I thought "Iron Man" was based on the Alexander Dumas work "The Man In The Iron Mask". Goes to show what I know! LOL!

[@thetruthhurts6652]

For Americans maybe. For the rest of the world it’s Deep Purple In Rock. How can you go wrong with Speed King, Bloodsucker, Flight of the Rat, Hard Lovin Man, Living Wreck and top it off with Child In Time.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Between the two bands, I go with Deep Purple every single time TTH! EVERY TIME!!!❤❤❤

[@garyh.238]

Agreed! In Rock was metal before the term was even invented.

[@Jimi_Lee]

I was talking about this the other day. Paranoid is THE metal album.

[@whiskeywhiskeyromeo3730]

My 17 or 18 year old next door neighbor turned me on to War Pigs sometime around 75, I was 10 and only heard K-tel records😅.......I was hooked on first note

[@garyh.238]

Though some might refer to these bands / albums as being "Hard Rock" , given the video topic title at hand, may I suggest other top candidates for Greatest Heavy Metal Album: Deep Purple's "In Rock" (1970); Rainbow's "Rising" (1976); and Black Sabbath's Heaven & Hell (1980).

[@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony]

Master of Reality or Sabotage is their heavy masterpiece, IMO. One is slow and down tuned, and the other is the beginning of progressive metal. Paranoid has the best collection of songs, but the other two were possibly more influential. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is great too. All four of these are amazing.

[@1504Shawn]

- Paranoid by Black Sabbath (1970) - Number of the Beast by Iron Maiden (1982) - Master of Puppets by Metallica (1986) These are the 3 greatest Metal albums of all time

[@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony]

1976 Judas Priest- Sad Wings of Destiny I’ll take over your second two choices.

[@RZK1966]

Nobody is better at putting a band together than Ozzy.

[@pkgj1]

Paranoid was the first album I bought at 10 years old.

[@chriselliott871]

This is definitely a great album and one of the seminal albums in Heavy Metal. However, I think that Sabbath's third album "Master of Reality" beats it out in the long run. Paranoid got the movement into high gear but Master of Reality provided the Nitro that put metal into overdrive.

[@MrSpankee02]

Short answer, yes.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Short response Sean: Agreed!❤❤❤👍👍👍👌

[@KardboardKenny]

17 in '72? Dude, i would have thought you were closer to my age, 50-55. just proof that men do age like fine wine.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Aw, ain’t ya kind Kenny! Believe me, I have my gravity days brother! TRUST ME!❤❤❤👴

[@KardboardKenny]

@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine ngl, i call it as i see it. lol

[@garywohlgemuth3916]

Paranoid is one of the greatest heavy albums ever. I love Planet Caravan.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Now that’s what I call a response from both a scholar & a gentleman Gary!😉 Thanx for checking in!❤❤❤

[@321bytor]

Yes

[@orange8167]

It's one of the best early metal albums for sure, but as far as "best"?, maybe. I consider "Bloody Sabbath" and "Sabotage" as metal albums too. Hell, "Never Say Die" was as metal any of the others. All depends which album you like the best.

[@adamschronk3620]

The first Sabbath album was the conception! Paranoid was the gestation period! Master of Reality was the Birth of Metal!

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Now that I personally agree with Adam! My favorite Sabbath album, maybe tied with Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath that is!❤❤❤❤

[@JBall-hd8bw]

Personally, for me, it is the greatest. It's the album that introduced me to heavy metal. If it's not the greatest, it has to be a top3.

[@BobJohnson-mq2dr]

This album kicks ass..not sure if it's greatest one though...to many to choose only one

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Yeah my fav is Master of Reality!❤❤❤

[@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony]

@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine Agreed!

[@bweewiggy5829]

Black Sabbath is the greatest Heavy Metal band in Rock history! "The Four Fathers of Metal!"

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

And Forefathers too eh, Bree?😉⚡️🧙❤

[@jackcarraway4707]

Fitting an album as dark and morbid as Paranoid came out just a few months after the Beatles released their final album.

[@clydekimsey7503]

Songs like paranoid and iron man succeed for me because of their catchy intro and riffs. Similarly with smoke on the water. This is why heavy metal after the late 70s doesn't interest me. I appreciate a good melody--whether its blues, country, pop, rock or heavy metal, etc...

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

You hit the heart of the matter for me Clyde! It’s alway in the song brother!❤❤❤

[@robertwheatley9153]

Sabbath's first 3 albums including Paranoid are certainly iconic but I got burned out on all that early stuff (no more Iron Man ever). For me I much prefer Vol 4, Sabotage, or even the more progressive albums like Never Say Die or Technical Ecstasy which a lot of people don't like. Also Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules with Dio..

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

My personal favorites are Master of Reality & Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath Robert, so I hear ya Robert!❤❤❤

[@MsThebeMoon]

Paranoid wore on me a long time ago, especially Iron Man. But I have to play their first self entitled one at least 1-2 times a year. I like Vol 4 a lot in my older years. I lost track of them after that as I became obsessed w/Bowie next.

[@robertwheatley9153]

@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine --I forgot about Sabbath Bloody Sabbath which is also really good. They have a lot of great albums. But several not so great ones as well. The same can't be said about Zeppelin who as mentioned never put out a bad album. Supposedly there's a lost tape somewhere with BS and LZ jamming together in the studio around '73 which would undoubtedly fetch a pretty penny on ebay and might even go as high as $25 lol..

[@davidno1minton997]

Badass,band,1

[@neonskyline1]

It might be the heaviest album but Hawkwind's live version of Master of the Universe from the same year is the heaviest song ever, I got Jailbreak from our drug store, keep em coming great watch

[@stevecowder4774]

I love all the 70s Sabbath albums, but I'm more favorable to their Vol. Four album than Paranoid. Though its a fine metal album as well, I don't think it's the best overall.

[@jeffreycopeland8972]

I want to say yes for it's time"" however, when ""Stained Class" by Judas Priest in 1978 , was released it just changed the game" ! It's dark ,it's bleak,it's progressive """ it's not for the casual priest Fan""" "Beyond The Realms Of Death " I can argue is the greatest metal masterpiece ever written""" then two years later they drop "British Steel"!!!! Amazing "

[@reverendlee7617]

Black Sabbath was my band from first listen of Paranoid. Heard Zeppelin later. Today, I prefer Sabbath to Zeppelin

[@rjramone4051]

That honor goes to Master of Reality IMO. Paranoid is their second greatest album.

[@SteveSteeleSoundSymphony]

I’ll take Sabotage as their 2nd and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath as their 3rd, with Paranoid in 4th, but love them all. Very close.

[@josephliptak]

Never considered them metal, hard rock yes.

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Yeah me too, but the masses seem to disagree!❤❤❤ Thanx Joseph!

[@CanonballKryptoTheKryptonautsI]

Yes!!! FOUNDATION!!!!

[@muntazircreatesmovies123]

Havent u released this video before or is it just me😭😭

[@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine]

Yes I did Max! I announced at the begging it was from the archives. You must go back a ways brother! My analytics told me that since this video was released before the channel had even a 1,000 subscribers, 98% of my viewers hadn’t seen it! I did update it quite a bit, and since I’ve covered so much OZZY lately, especially since he’s gonna do some live shows, right after anouncing his retirement from live performances, I felt it was Appropriate!❤❤❤ Sorry about that chief!😉

[@muntazircreatesmovies123]

@@MichaelNoland-TheBottomLine hahaha yeah wow yes i go way back im a rock and roll freak from Pakistan i enjoy listening to your views on rock and roll music.Rock On brother🤘

[@jeffreycopeland8972]

I actually prefer later "Sabbath I got tired of the wizards ,faires , and the Occult years """"" Vol 4 " Sabbath Bloody Sabbath " Sabotage" Ozzy's voice was incredible on these Masterpieces' Iommios Riffs' Geezers beautiful progressive Lyrics were endless "

[@daveoutdoors4949]

Yes it is

[@ikeeeabuchi3311]

Sabbath isn't metal. It's metal, rock, jazz, grunge, hip hop, and everything else. 4 great musicians working together. Even to this day, other than the album paranoid, their music isn't played on the radio. What a shame

[@luckeclips53]

Does anyone know why the album cover art for Paranoid is what it is? Any origin stories? Why is it such garbage album art?

[@beawsbiz]

For me Deep Purple in Rock is a far more mature and complete album with far more superior composition and performance.

[@garyh.238]

I agree unreservedly.

[@chetthebee1322]

I always thought the guy on the cover was supposed to be Iron Man.

[@johnvandam106]

How prophetic are (some of) the lyrics of the songs on this album? I didn't understand War Pigs for the longest time, but after 911, I finally heard the message... I wanna crank that Beeotch every time I drive past our State Capitol...

[@elbib2446]

not even sabbaths greatest album,sabotage is my fave,but masters of reality is the heaviest

[@MsThebeMoon]

No. Black Sabbath (self entitled) is the greatest. (That was my first Sabbath album -1972 - I was 12) I got Paranoid next but my heart belongs to their first album. Oh yeah, Planet Caravan - one of my favs next to Behind the Wall of Sleep.

[@jackstonehenge]

Ha Ha , I've always classified the album cover as "so bad it's good".

[@jay-remedy-plz]

Ten minutes into the video, nonetheless Bill Ward gets his props 😊

[@albertoplata9019]

Oh yes, it is

[@rosiemason-rk4cm]

"Fairies wear boots" is having a dig at skinheads who always wore Doc Marten lace-up boots.

[@robiandolo]

I love this album but to me Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Sabotage are the best Sabbath records!

[@mikeg.4211]

Close, but Master of Reality is the greatest.