GMD Poll: Black Sabbath’s Discography Ranked
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Baroque
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I don't agree with H&H at #1 but I respect it. Dio is probably objectively a better singer, but Ozzy's is the voice of metal to me, attached to it at an early age and it just works man.
CiG
Coming of Age in the Milky Way
Dio's voice is definitely more typically metal or more similar to what became normal metal vocals so I don't understand that at all, but I love Ozzy's vocals, especially as a massive doom metal fan.
The Ozzman
Melted by feels
CiG
Coming of Age in the Milky Way
I think that's certainly true of the first few albums, but I think he developed into a reasonably good singer by Sabbath Bloody Sabbath.
J.
Old Fart
H&H is awesome in its own right, but it's not even the best Dio fronted album, let alone the best Sabbath
CiG
Coming of Age in the Milky Way
The Ozzman
Melted by feels
HamburgerBoy
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J.
Old Fart
i meant dio fronted Sabbath. sorry
sadly, ive never ventured beyond Dio Sabbath. I need to hear his solo outings
sadly, ive never ventured beyond Dio Sabbath. I need to hear his solo outings
I dunno, I just reeeeally think that Heaven and Hell doesn't do anything SBS or Sabotage don't do better.
Baroque
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H&H is a great album but now that I think of it, the feel is more rock than the early ozzy albums. H&H is so radio friendly and sing songy while something like vol 4 or SBS feels more like true metal, to me. It's dark and the lyrics make you think about the state of the world. Better guitar riffs too.
J.
Old Fart
that is precisely one of the reasons i prefer Dehumanizer. it upped the metal while retaining strong song writing
J.
Old Fart
as far as Glenn Hughes goes, the Iommi album Fused is much better than Seventh Star. much better songs
Phylactery
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I was mainly referring to the last point. It didn't seem to me that you did consider its quality within the context of an album. Obviously some albums are not just intended to be a collection of songs and so the placing of the track matters and its relation to the other tracks. It seemed to me you just take each song in a vacuum and rate it on its own merits.
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In general I try to have my first and second listens with as few expectations as possible and take the album as a whole, and then depending on various factors I may focus on individual songs more closely on a third listen. Sometimes if an album seems really mediocre on first listen I'll go straight for the song-by-song on the second and shelf it, just so that if I finally get around to listening to it years later I can see what I thought of it at the time and see how my opinion changed if at all.
I edited the rules to allow for lists of 10 or more to be included. 9 or less still don't count. However, be aware that your first place album still gets 20 points and your last album still gets one point. The other scores are proportionate. For example, if you list 10 albums, your point distribution would like so:
1st: 20
2nd: 17.9
3rd: 15.8
4th: 13.7
5th: 11.6
6th: 9.5
7th: 7.4
8th: 5.3
9th: 3.2
10th: 1
Still two weeks to vote or finalize your votes.
1st: 20
2nd: 17.9
3rd: 15.8
4th: 13.7
5th: 11.6
6th: 9.5
7th: 7.4
8th: 5.3
9th: 3.2
10th: 1
Still two weeks to vote or finalize your votes.
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A:
1. Sabotage
2. Mob Rules
3. Paranoid
4. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
A-:
5. Master of Reality
6. Heaven and Hell
B+:
7. Dehumanizer
8. Headless Cross
9. Black Sabbath
10. The Devil You Know
B:
11. Born Again
12. Vol. 4
B-:
13. Tyr
C+:
14. Cross Purposes
15. Forbidden
16. Never Say Die!
C:
17. Seventh Star
18. Eternal Idol
19. Technical Ecstacy
20. 13
Still might shift around a few albums near the bottom and in the middle after another listen. The top 6 is a lock.
1. Sabotage
2. Mob Rules
3. Paranoid
4. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
A-:
5. Master of Reality
6. Heaven and Hell
B+:
7. Dehumanizer
8. Headless Cross
9. Black Sabbath
10. The Devil You Know
B:
11. Born Again
12. Vol. 4
B-:
13. Tyr
C+:
14. Cross Purposes
15. Forbidden
16. Never Say Die!
C:
17. Seventh Star
18. Eternal Idol
19. Technical Ecstacy
20. 13
Still might shift around a few albums near the bottom and in the middle after another listen. The top 6 is a lock.
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