GMD Poll: Black Sabbath’s Discography Ranked

[J.]

Forbidden is not good, but it's hardly the worst thing Iommi has done under the Sabbath name

 

[Master_Yoda77]

I just relistened to Born Again for the first time in ages and holy shit it's a lot more meh than I remembered. The production is fucking wacky and Gillan's voice is a farcry away from what he was doing in Deep Purple years before.

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Wimp.

 

[Dak]

I'm just here to watch the groupthink. At least HBB is fighting it.

 

[The Ozzman]

1) Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973)
2) Vol. 4 (1972)
3) Paranoid (1970)
4) Black Sabbath (1970)
5) Master of Reality (1971)
6) Sabotage (1975)
7) Heaven and Hell (1980)
8) 13 (2013)
9) Mob Rules (1981)
10) Dehumanizer (1992)
11) Technical Ecstasy (1976)
12) The Devil You Know (2009)
13) Never Say Die! (1978)
14) Born Again (1983)

Can't even get 15?

 

[CiG]

I'm just here to watch the groupthink. At least HBB is fighting it.

Spectating, the ultimate in groupthink activity.

 

[The Ozzman]

Listening to Seventh Star right now. Don't know why people find this bad. Definitely better than TE or NSD or even Vol. 4.

Glenn Hughes' voice never ages it seems.

 

[CiG]

Fuck off is it better than Vol. 4 what is it with fucking wimps in this forum looking down on Vol. 4 anyway? Could swear I recall similar shite being spun before.

 

[The Ozzman]

Bloody opinions should be outlawed I tell ya

 

[CiG]

Your existence should be outlawed.

 

[Baroque]

I'm just here to watch the groupthink. At least HBB is fighting it.

Black Sabbath's first 6 are legit their best albums, there's no groupthink about it imo. They laid the foundation for almost all of metal. The rest are up for debate, though heaven and hell is a solid 7.

Post your list instead of having sheeplike bystander/witness mentality, if we're going to be douchebag psychoanalysts.

 

[Baroque]

Can't even get 15?

It's intentional. Shh.

 

[Dak]

Tony Martin Albums
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Ozzy Albums
Misc Vocalist Albums
Dio Albums

 

[The Ozzman]

Your existence should be outlawed.

Lol you're really going to think it needs to be outlawed after you read my Top 10. I'll take 'Skew the results' for 300, Alex!:

1) Heaven and Hell
2) Cross Purposes
3) The Eternal Idol
4) Master of Reality
5) Paranoid
6) Sabotage
7) Tyr
8) Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
9) The Mob Rules
10) Headless Cross
11) Black Sabbath
12) The Devil You Know
13) Dehumanizer
14) Born Again
15) Seventh Star
16) Technical Ecstasy
17) Never Say Die!
18) Vol. 4
19) Forbidden

(place holders until I rank them so I know what else needs a relisten)
Born Again
Technical Ecstasy
Never Say Die!
Seventh Star

11-19 will get ranked in the next week or so. 13 will not be ranked as I haven't heard it. I'm waiting for Seventh Star to arrive before moving forward.

 

[J.]

Nice to see some others with love for the Martin albums

 

[The Ozzman]

Nice to see some others with love for the Martin albums

I go back to those more than any other Sabbath vocalist tbh but H&H reigns supreme as far as Sabbath albums go.

 

[The Butt]

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

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Listening to Seventh Star right now. Don't know why people find this bad. Definitely better than TE or NSD or even Vol. 4.

Glenn Hughes' voice never ages it seems.

Even Seventh Star isn't horrible, it's just really bland. It's a 2/5, maybe 2.5/5 album. Here are my objectively correct track ratings:

In for the Kill - 3/5 (surprisingly heavy speed metal; one riff reminds me of Exodus' Impaler)
Heart Like a Wheel - 3/5 (blues rock, good extended solo)
Turn to Stone - 3/5 (very NWOBHM-sounding speed metal)
In Memory - 2.5/5
No Stranger to Love - 2.5/5 (standard ballad, a little glam and a little blues rock)
Sphinx (The Guardian)/Seventh Star - 2/5 (sounds *too* Sabbath-y, Dio-era imitation)
Danger Zone - 2/5 (very generic trad metal)
Angry Heart - 1.5/5 (mid-tempo generic Sabbath)

 

[Oblivious Maximus]

Sphinx (The Guardian)/Seventh Star - 2/5 (sounds *too* Sabbath-y, Dio-era imitation

Something I've always found a bit funny, how the title track to an album that was originally intended to be an Iommi solo album ends up being the most explicitly Sabbath sounding. Granted Iommi has a distinctive style of riffing but its interesting nevertheless.

Speaking of Seventh Star, anyone know why the background "ooh's and aahh's" aren't on the album version of "No Stranger to Love" during the chorus like they are in the video version?

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Glenn Hughes isn't the issue with Seventh Star. The songs just aren't that good.