Paranoid by Black Sabbath

Pros: listen and you'll know
Cons: you didn't follow the pro, did you?

There are seminal albums and then there are seminal album. There are many people who are very loosy-goosy when it comes to the word classic. Some people seem to feel that if more than 100 people have-at some point in their life-masturbated to the ...

Pros: Most of the things...
Cons: A few things...

I first remember listening to Black Sabbath back in the days when I had an LD featuring a list of so-called MTV video hits from the 60s-70s period. I remember watching Ozzy Osbourne banging his head and singing with the mike right in front of his mouth, ...

Pros: ULTIMATE HEAVY METAL ALBUM. This said, everything here is a winner
Cons: If you like virtuosos and their pyrotechnics, definitely not for you

Black Sabbath, the record, was a murky anti-hippie manifest canvassed amidst quasi-Jazz impromptus, Gargantuan riffs and obscure imagery. Released in February 1970, it made savage inroads in Britain and US, launching the first genuine ...

Pros: Seminal heavy metal band, unique sound
Cons: None to speak of

Black Sabbath was formed in 1966 in the rough and tumble industrial town of Birmingham, England. Paranoid was released in 1970, and was the follow-up album to the band's self-titled debut album. As the album liner notes, "Paranoid introduced themes...

Pros: No horrible tracks, several true classics...a cornerstone of metal history.
Cons: Only eight tracks, all of which are available on various Sabbath compilations.

When this album was originally released in 1970 the era of flower power was still in swing. The hottest acts at the time included the likes of The Doors, The Beatles, and Simon & Garfunkle. Somehow Ozzy Osbourne, Tommy Iommi, Geezer Butler, and Bill ...

Pros: Much of modern hard rock can be traced to this one album. Deliciously depressing.
Cons: "Iron Man" and "Paranoid" have been overplayed to the point of irritation. "War Pigs" too.

Since I just completed a Black Sabbath biography and now feel qualified to do the lecture circuit, allow me to wax eternal about the album "Paranoid". It was one of the defining moments of 70's hard rock, and while six thousand others have already rubbed ...

Pros: It's Black Sabbath, what else needs to be said?
Cons: N/A

It's been said millions of times but I do believe the Birmingham, England based legends Black Sabbath are the fathers of heavy metal. It's universally accepted and their music just shows it as well. I had originally made a review for this but Epinions ...

Pros: must have rock album
Cons: packaging.

If there was one band, that introduced destruction and death into rock and roll, it was Black Sabbath. This is the most well known Sabbath album, because it holds the two biggest Sabbath hits, Paranoid and Iron Man. And it doesn't hurt to have the ...

Pros: THIS CD RATES JUST BEHIND “THE WALL” & THE FIRST FEW BY “LED ZEPPELIN”.
Cons: POSSIBLY A FEW MORE SONGS MIGHT HAVE BEEN NICE?

This review is on the group known as Black Sabbath and their 2nd Album/CD called “Paranoid”.
The group technically started out as “Polka Tulk” in 1967. The original members were, “Frank Anthony Iommi” on guitar, “William Ward” on drums, “Terence...

Pros: A Good album, Good songs, Good music
Cons: Overplayed and overrated

Don't get me wrong I love Black Sabbath. I love their album Paranoid. But there is too much hype surrounding it and how good it is. Most people hail Paranoid as Black Sabbath's best album. While I will agree that it is a very good and well-done ...

Pros: Black Sabbath at their peak.
Cons: Over-exposure (not the music's fault)

This is it. If there is one Black Sabbath CD you own, this is probably the one. If there is one Black Sabbath song you know, it's probably Paranoid or Iron Man.

Big question: why is that the case?

The Big Answer:...

Pros: "War Pigs"
Cons: not really any

As all of the CDs I have been buying lately, I got this one at A&B Sound, where you can find CDs rea ...

Pros: The Sophomore Album That Became THE Breakthrough Heavy Metal Album.
Cons: Cons???? You've Lost Your Mind If You Think There Are Any Cons.

The album and song that made Black Sabbath a house hold name for better or for worse, and gave Heavy Metal a following. People either loved or hated Black Sabbath because of this album. I can't get enough of it.


Paranoid, the second...

Pros: great lyricism and general content, heavy as hell, surprisingly intelligent
Cons: poor sound quality - Warner Bros. has yet to Remaster any Sabbath album

The album. The origin of an entire genre and hundreds - if not thousands - of new bands and records, all wanting to copy that 'heavy metal thunder.' One could not have possibly imagined the effect that this album had on the generation who first picked...

Pros: A defenitive classic, dark atmosphere and great riffs.
Cons: sluggish and not very energic

Hi everyone!

This album is considered to be the defenitive classic heavy metal album. Well, I think it's true. You've got all the depresive and dark atmosphere you want and the riffs are great. It's not as good as Judas Priest's Sad Wings of...