@@mattjohn4731 I mean Black Sabbath in general. The sound that they were putting out was unprecedented. Yes, this is in line with their own previous output, but it was completely different from everything else that was done by others before.
@@mattjohn4731 The "Master of Reality" album was/is MUCH heavier than the previous two albums. NOTHING even close to MoR had EVER been heard before at the time of its release in 1971.
Sabbath is 95% the heavy chops of the musicians. I have always thought that Ozzie was not that great and could be exchanged for many other vocalists. (And that Dio was MUCH better on vocals). But this sound was very innovative at the time. Ultra heavy riff rock without Zep's blues obsession. You can tell that almost all metal has this DNA in it.
This album came out in 1971, the greatest year for Rock/pop music ever…Hunky Dory, Who’s Next, Stick Fingers, Led Zeppelin IV, Aqualung, and that’s just scratching the surface
Yes, CW, 1971 was a great year for music, the year I started HS. I would also throw in 1973 as equally great....Floyd with DSOTM, Montrose debut LP, Brain Salad Surgery, EJ with Goodbye YBR, Quadrophenia and of course Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. All I can say is, what a f-in great time to be alive when it all came out in the early 70's..an embarrassment of musical riches!!
wow, you must be as old as I am. But wasn't music and the world in general incredible then? And what's popular now? Disposable pop tarts like Taylor Swiss.
The entire concept of "stoner rock" would not exist without the first ten seconds of this song, from the opening cough to Ozzy's "Alright, now!" Andy's sitting posture here is, ideally, according to generally accepted standards of civility and sophistication in most cultures, the correct sitting position to be adopted while listening to this...
After Fairies Wear Boots this is my favorite Sabbath song! ✌️❤️ I heard it was the base player, Geezer Butler, coughing out a hit of weed in the beginning of the song.
It’s hard for me to imagine that anyone who listens to rock music regardless of age has never come across this classic. Guess I’m really that old in my thinking. Probably my favorite of Sabbath albums. Master of Reality!
Master of Reality is my favorite album by them as well. Paranoid has some moments that meander, which aren't bad per se, but don't quite match this album. Heaven and Hell is up there too, the first side is practically flawless but a couple songs on side 2 are slightly less than the rest of the album.
My roommate used to play this every morning, I never got tired of it. I still love listening to early Sabbath, especially Paranoid and Master of Reality. Thanks Gents!
For me Vol 4 is their peak. I understand that Paranoid is the one that made the biggest impact at the time but they perfected the slower hazy thing on Vol 4 and I love that sound
For me Sabotage is their peak. Megalomania is such a sick, twisted brooding masterpiece, The Writ is peak Ozzy as a vocalist and Symptoms of the Universe has their most memorable riff and a killer flamenco break. But the good thing is we all have different peaks.
@@furansugo1a854 I love Sabotage too. Really can't miss with the first 6. I'd understand why any of them are somebody's favorite. The raw jazzy blues of Black Sabbath. The almost perfectly incubated heavy metal of Paranoid. The stoner rock of Master of Reality. The perfection of that sound plus the Cali influence on Vol 4. The dip into prog on Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. Or the harder hitting Sabotage.
Guys. I've been with you for a few years now. You're great and one of the few reactors I've ever stayed subbed to. I'm 62, a musician and Rush is my favorite band but you know what started it for me, Paranoid! War Pigs is the greatest rock metal song ever.
The souls of all of my lost brain cells call back to me whenever I listen to this album. I think I remember having some really high times while listening, but I'm not sure.
@@flyingardilla143 Like seeing Ozzy on the Blizzard of Oz tour and only being told of what it was like. I saw Ozzy again on Diary of a Madman tour but Randy Rhoads was gone and I missed my chance to really experience him live. sigh
This middle section is one of countless moments of magic in 70s Black Sabbath music.They could be same time so simple and so complex but this had to do with what the song needed.Everything in this band s music was constructed so perfectly to fit song s theme even Ozzy voice is an instrument.Nobody can change my mind,greatest songwriters in rock music
I was a 14 year old Junior in high school when hearing this the first time. I was the youngest in our group all the time- Picture that 70's show, Jackie, (the youngest) but a Donna type for sure!! We lived in Oregon City, Oregon at that time, and Oregon is cool, don't let anyone tell you different. We lived it, kinda like that show portrays. Yes, we had the cool basement room to hang in and party too. It was my best friends older brothers basement bedroom, 2 blocks from the school, convenient for "breaks". It was huge, with a fireplace at one end. Their parents didn't pay attention much, that's for sure!! So, the song. This is the exact song that was playing while my friends bro taught us how to smoke Honey oil from a glass pipe. OMG!! Talk about laying on the floor! We had our customary beers - back then, 2 to 3 was enough for me before I had to make curfew. This was also the night of my first "real" kiss. I was an idiot, but in the best of ways. This song really takes me back to a much slower and simpler time in my life and I wish everyone who is under 30 to 40, could experience what we did then. So good for the soul. I embrace the youth of today, but know, only from personal experience that I can draw on, it could be so much easier. I wish the wealthy, and our leaders would remember who they are! We'd be better for it. Would you believe I got to meet Bruce Dickenson and Tony Iommi, here in Portland at a small venue I love to frequent? I was invited backstage, but my boyfriend at the time was jealous, even though he was itching for an autograph from Bruce for his "Balls To Picasso" CD. I didn't get mad though. Having a great time and those guys are super cool in person too! Ok, I am kind of off subject. Andy, Alex... Super cool song to hit today! A HUGE Thank You !!!
My first trip to a record store as a Jr in high school in 1971 I bought this album, Who’s Next and Aqua Lung. Didn’t even know I had eternal taste in music at the time.
I was 17 when I first heard this album (1973). I had just been introduced to sweet leaf (wink). I could fully relate to the lyrics and the music took me to another place as I became a Master Of Reality. 😁 My life changed at that moment. peace from an old Aussie.
I'm 58. I actually remember my first time hearing that cough. I was a around 10 years old at my dad's cottage. My older brother and his friends were blasting it in my brother's car. Loved it.
The production on the vocals sound so good on this song. I remember walking into a bar called The Dungeon (they used to open at midnight) in New Orleans when they had this album playing. Perfect pairing of music, venue, atmosphere.
Imagine buying the album, and having a friend with a really great stereo system, and then recording it onto a cassette, and catching all the pops and static, and knowing this is the future of metal and rock. That's what we lived.
Someone mentioned Soundgarden and I totally agree that you need to check them out. They were very inspired by Sabbath along with Nirvana. Listen to fell on black days by Soundgarden, I think that is a good way to showcase the influence, especially in comparison to songs like this.
After I got my paper route I bought this album I saw at the IGA store, I was 13, I will be 65 in a few days. I had no idea what it was but I thought the cover was cool. Got out my Sears Silvertone I used in the band I was in and learned Sweet Leaf, our band was doing bubblegum music at the time. I had no clue as to what the song was about...haha. This album made me and my band mates metal heads.
Paranoid is for sure one of their best and probably the best with Ozzy as frontman. I would put "Heaven and Hell" up there too with the great Ronnie James Dio on vocals as right up there with "Paranoid". The title track and "Children of the Sea" being two of Sabbath's strongest songs in my opinion.
Ya know, I never looked at it this way, but you are so right. I can just picture this coming out in the mid 90s (if it was never a song before) and it would completely be a huge grunge hit.
You are so right! After reading your comment, I can't unhear Chris Cornell belting this song in my mind. I'm so thankful that hard rock was resurrected in the 90's.
@@horsebydayartbynight Lauren, I grew up in the 60s and 70s, lost all hope for actual rock, and then heard Soundgarden's Jesus Christ Pose (Michael Bolton and Paula Abdul were battling for chart position at the time). Then the Singles movie soundtrack, and music was saved. You're right, it was a cathartic period.
To think that this was the first time someone heard this song . . . when I've been listening to it since the '70's. LOL. Glad to see a new generation enjoying Sabbath!
My mother played this album for me when she brought me home from the hospital in early '79. Black Sabbath is my favorite band. When she died I played this album as we waited on them to pick up her body. Love you momma, thanks Bill, Geezer, Toni and Ozzy for the memories and all the great music
50 years ago...1973...9 years old...the very first album I ever put on a record player...Sabbath fan for life! Master of Reality is the best, the first and the best!
Great selection I have had a chance to check comments I hope someone has already mentioned Beastie Boys : Rhyming and Stealing This Riff against Led Zep Levee Breaks Drums Genius !
Review "Stargazer" by Rainbow next.....now THAT'S a song you can claim to never have heard. The Band consisted of Richie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio, Cozy Powell and others. Dio obviously went on to sing solo and for Sabbath.... Ritchie Blackmore is the creator of Deep Purple 💜....another band you guys haven't looked into enough yet.
This was my introduction to Black Sabbath. The majorettes were doing their baton twirling routines to this album after an after-school band practice. I borrowed the album, took it home and recorded it onto cassette, then brought it back for them to keep practicing to. Turns out it was owned by the Band Director. Cool guy. I found out later in High School that he was also a Frank Zappa fan as well. Later on, I found a classmate who was also a Sabbath fan. Gave us something to talk about before classes started, most days, since the bus got us to school nearly 90 minutes before Homeroom began our school day. "Master Of Reality" opened my mind to music that was never played on the local radio stations. half a century later, and I still love discovering new music I've never heard before.
I always forget how much I love this song. Also, if you’re enjoying Black Sabbath, you should check out Mac Sabbath. They’re a McDonald’s /Black Sabbath parody band. Fantastic live. Their version of this is Sweet Beef. The lead singer, Ronald Osbourne, does a great Ozzy. Ozzy approved. 👍🏻💜
This is my most beloved S tier Sab song of all time ! Nothing else even comes close for me. Still, I love most the other classics of theirs. "Tomorrow's Dream" is a deeper cut that Rocks and hasn't been over played. SWEET LEAF!!!!!!!!!!!!
I was 11 years old when this album was released. I heard it at my friend’s house when his brother played it. It was mind blowing, far different than anything I’d ever heard. I bought it the next day, first LP I ever bought. I still have it.
More proof that 1971 is undoubtedly the BEST year for rock!! "Sweet Leaf" is indeed the opener. The parent album, 'Master of Reality,' is a great record!
WHEN THIS ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN 1971 I WAS 14 YEARS OLD!! AND WHAT WAS PERMANENTLY ETCHED INTO MY MUSIC BRAIN AT THAT AGE FROM BOTH THIS ALBUM AND THE PREVIOUS ONE, PARANOID, WAS A LIFETIME OF LOVING THIS BAND AND THIS MUSIC!! OVER FIFTY YEARS AND I STILL FEEL THE SAME AS I FELT THE FIRST TIME THAT I LISTEN TO IT!!! AND YES FELLOWS THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT MARIJUANA!! TONY IOMMI, GUITARIST, TOOK A HUGE HIT OFF OF A BONG AND THEY RECORDED THAT COUGH!! ACCORDING TO OZZY THEY "SMOKED TONS OF THAT SHIT BACK IN THE DAY!"😅 THE OTHER THING IS THAT BLACK SABBATH RELEASED THEIR FIRST FOUR OR FIVE ALBUMS WITH IN JUST A COUPLE OF YEAR PERIOD! GO AND LOOK AT THE RELEASE DATES AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY PRETTY MUCH TURNED OUT AN ALBUM EVERY 6 MONTHS!! AND THEY WERE ALL TOP-NOTCH!!
"Paranoid" is definitely one of the original Sabbath's greatest but you cannot overlook the power of the Dio-era Sabbath either. "Heaven and Hell" and "Mob Rules" are amazing metal albums.
You guys need to hit Powerslave for your next full album reaction, its so fucking great! Its one of their best albums and one of the best albums in Metal
Awwww yeah, most unique intro ever lol. Listened to this album everyday in the 70s. Just great rock. Agree, Alex, Ozzy's vocals and the strong bass guitar, yessss.
I don't know if you pay much attention in the comments for suggestions, but there is an album that actually has ALL great songs on it. It's the first one from Foreigner, their debut album. I loaded it on my phone the other day and forgot just how great all the songs are. It was released March 8, 1977
You must understand that no one had ever heard ANYTHING like this before. In context it was mind blowing.
Do you mean lyrically? Because musically, it seems somewhat in line with the first 2 albums
@@mattjohn4731 I mean Black Sabbath in general. The sound that they were putting out was unprecedented. Yes, this is in line with their own previous output, but it was completely different from everything else that was done by others before.
@@mattjohn4731 lol - exactly
@@mattjohn4731 The "Master of Reality" album was/is MUCH heavier than the previous two albums. NOTHING even close to MoR had EVER been heard before at the time of its release in 1971.
@@rosiemason-rk4cm Agreed. This album alone created the Stoner Rock and Doom genres.
Imagine being a 16 year old and hearing this for the first time. A game changing life experience .....
I can because I was.
Yes it was... ;p
I was 15! The first time I saw Black Sabbath in concert at The Forum I was 14.
Sabbath is 95% the heavy chops of the musicians. I have always thought that Ozzie was not that great and could be exchanged for many other vocalists. (And that Dio was MUCH better on vocals). But this sound was very innovative at the time. Ultra heavy riff rock without Zep's blues obsession. You can tell that almost all metal has this DNA in it.
No that was Sabbath's debut. For me it was anyway
This album came out in 1971, the greatest year for Rock/pop music ever…Hunky Dory, Who’s Next, Stick Fingers, Led Zeppelin IV, Aqualung, and that’s just scratching the surface
When you put it that way… it was kinda ridiculous, in the best way possible.
Yes, CW, 1971 was a great year for music, the year I started HS. I would also throw in 1973 as equally great....Floyd with DSOTM, Montrose debut LP, Brain Salad Surgery, EJ with Goodbye YBR, Quadrophenia and of course Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. All I can say is, what a f-in great time to be alive when it all came out in the early 70's..an embarrassment of musical riches!!
wow, you must be as old as I am. But wasn't music and the world in general incredible then? And what's popular now? Disposable pop tarts like Taylor Swiss.
@@TooSkinnyKenny oh, can it
The entire concept of "stoner rock" would not exist without the first ten seconds of this song, from the opening cough to Ozzy's "Alright, now!" Andy's sitting posture here is, ideally, according to generally accepted standards of civility and sophistication in most cultures, the correct sitting position to be adopted while listening to this...
Said as only a Locke could! Cheers from KC!
After Fairies Wear Boots this is my favorite Sabbath song! ✌️❤️
I heard it was the base player, Geezer Butler, coughing out a hit of weed in the beginning of the song.
It was Tony Iommi coughing.
I heard that too , it was Iommi coughing !
And it was hashish.
Fairies Wear Boots is one of my favorites as well.
Same. My favorite song by them.
It’s hard for me to imagine that anyone who listens to rock music regardless of age has never come across this classic. Guess I’m really that old in my thinking. Probably my favorite of Sabbath albums. Master of Reality!
Master of Reality has gotta be my favorite Sabbath album. Every riff is S-tier!
Master of Reality and Born Again are both my favorite.
Master of Reality is my favorite album by them as well. Paranoid has some moments that meander, which aren't bad per se, but don't quite match this album. Heaven and Hell is up there too, the first side is practically flawless but a couple songs on side 2 are slightly less than the rest of the album.
Master of Reality is great, buy I think it's outdone just a little bit by Vol. III. Vol. III seems to be piped in from another dimension.
@@lashedbutnotleashed1984 Huh? Master of Reality is Sabbath's III (3rd) album.
@@MattCT-nl1zx I messed up. I should have said Vol.4. It's been 30 years since I heard any Black Sabbath albums. I plead bad memory.
I was 13 years old in '71 and my Dad bought me this album at the BX in Wiesbaden, Germany. I know it changed my brain chemistry.🤯 Thank you, Dad!
You old as fuck g
One of the best opening tracks, and one of the best closers in Into The Void. This album has no filler.
This whole album gives me shivers. So many genres of metal sprung from this seed. 🔥
1971 "...and soon the world..will love you Sweetleaf...Oh! Yeah Baby!" I would say that prediction by Sabbath was spot on.
My roommate used to play this every morning, I never got tired of it. I still love listening to early Sabbath, especially Paranoid and Master of Reality. Thanks Gents!
My favorite song about weed ever
@Tyler Hackner check out "Don't step on the Grass Sam" By Steppenwolf.
😎✌️
And Smoke Two Joints by Sublime!
My fave too, " Up in Smoke" is all good until sometimes it went up my nose,been all beyond recovery for years
For me Vol 4 is their peak. I understand that Paranoid is the one that made the biggest impact at the time but they perfected the slower hazy thing on Vol 4 and I love that sound
For me Sabotage is their peak. Megalomania is such a sick, twisted brooding masterpiece, The Writ is peak Ozzy as a vocalist and Symptoms of the Universe has their most memorable riff and a killer flamenco break. But the good thing is we all have different peaks.
@@furansugo1a854 I love Sabotage too. Really can't miss with the first 6. I'd understand why any of them are somebody's favorite. The raw jazzy blues of Black Sabbath. The almost perfectly incubated heavy metal of Paranoid. The stoner rock of Master of Reality. The perfection of that sound plus the Cali influence on Vol 4. The dip into prog on Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. Or the harder hitting Sabotage.
Guys. I've been with you for a few years now. You're great and one of the few reactors I've ever stayed subbed to. I'm 62, a musician and Rush is my favorite band but you know what started it for me, Paranoid!
War Pigs is the greatest rock metal song ever.
Master of Reality was the first album I ever bought when I was in high school in the ‘70s. Great to see you guys discovering it!
Mine was Endless Summer lol. You win. 😋
At some point you guys need to do the entire “Sabotage” album end to end. Some of Sabbath’s best studio work and meant to be listened to as an album.
I loved the label on the album showing the spindle hole off center. 😂
The souls of all of my lost brain cells call back to me whenever I listen to this album. I think I remember having some really high times while listening, but I'm not sure.
yeah, it's like those great outdoor 12hr concerts we all attended, and all the great groups we saw? btw, i think i've heard some of those cells, lol!
@@louise11854 Ooof. Like seeing Alice in Chains early in their career but having no memory of it.
@@flyingardilla143 exactly like that.
@@flyingardilla143 Like seeing Ozzy on the Blizzard of Oz tour and only being told of what it was like. I saw Ozzy again on Diary of a Madman tour but Randy Rhoads was gone and I missed my chance to really experience him live. sigh
S-Tier comment
Outstanding, nice pick. Have not heard this in a long time. Thank you.
This middle section is one of countless moments of magic in 70s Black Sabbath music.They could be same time so simple and so complex but this had to do with what the song needed.Everything in this band s music was constructed so perfectly to fit song s theme even Ozzy voice is an instrument.Nobody can change my mind,greatest songwriters in rock music
I was a 14 year old Junior in high school when hearing this the first time. I was the youngest in our group all the time- Picture that 70's show, Jackie, (the youngest) but a Donna type for sure!! We lived in Oregon City, Oregon at that time, and Oregon is cool, don't let anyone tell you different. We lived it, kinda like that show portrays. Yes, we had the cool basement room to hang in and party too. It was my best friends older brothers basement bedroom, 2 blocks from the school, convenient for "breaks". It was huge, with a fireplace at one end. Their parents didn't pay attention much, that's for sure!! So, the song. This is the exact song that was playing while my friends bro taught us how to smoke Honey oil from a glass pipe. OMG!! Talk about laying on the floor! We had our customary beers - back then, 2 to 3 was enough for me before I had to make curfew. This was also the night of my first "real" kiss. I was an idiot, but in the best of ways. This song really takes me back to a much slower and simpler time in my life and I wish everyone who is under 30 to 40, could experience what we did then. So good for the soul. I embrace the youth of today, but know, only from personal experience that I can draw on, it could be so much easier. I wish the wealthy, and our leaders would remember who they are! We'd be better for it. Would you believe I got to meet Bruce Dickenson and Tony Iommi, here in Portland at a small venue I love to frequent? I was invited backstage, but my boyfriend at the time was jealous, even though he was itching for an autograph from Bruce for his "Balls To Picasso" CD. I didn't get mad though. Having a great time and those guys are super cool in person too! Ok, I am kind of off subject. Andy, Alex... Super cool song to hit today! A HUGE Thank You !!!
My first trip to a record store as a Jr in high school in 1971 I bought this album, Who’s Next and Aqua Lung. Didn’t even know I had eternal taste in music at the time.
Who's Next , one of the best album in all times.
If those are your first three albums, you we’re definitely a Dead Man Walking. Part of your future was being cast.
I was 17 when I first heard this album (1973). I had just been introduced to sweet leaf (wink).
I could fully relate to the lyrics and the music took me to another place as I became a Master Of Reality. 😁
My life changed at that moment.
peace from an old Aussie.
Thanks for 2 bangers in a row.... keep going boys
We used to get high listening to this album! Good memories!
I'm 58. I actually remember my first time hearing that cough. I was a around 10 years old at my dad's cottage. My older brother and his friends were blasting it in my brother's car. Loved it.
The production on the vocals sound so good on this song. I remember walking into a bar called The Dungeon (they used to open at midnight) in New Orleans when they had this album playing. Perfect pairing of music, venue, atmosphere.
Great bar. Fun fact, The Dungeon was previosuly owned by a capo in the New Orleans Mafia. Used to be a big mob hangout.
@@scottyyz Wow, interesting! Even more creepy. It was the mid 90s when I was there.
(In my best Chong voice) Man...I've been there!
It was way after this came out but...
I was there, man!
This is a great song with ANY decent singer
So happy you are starting April out Rockin'!!!. Anytime you feel like returning to Sabbath I'm there with you!!!
Love this track!
This album was first before Paranoid .😊👏👍😎
My favorite song off Master of Reality. Takes me back to my college days when I bought the album. It must have been around 1972. Thank you!
I grew up in a country music listening household and this album and KISS were my introduction to Rock.
This song is as heavy as a black hole🤘🏻🤘🏻 Bill Ward is one of my favorite drummers, together with Ian Paice, Cozy Powell, John Bonham and Keith Moon.
Bill Ward is one of my favorites as well. It's sad that he is rarely mentioned when discussing drummers.
@@brianmiller6055 Neither Cozy Powell, such a great drummer yet so underrated.
Ward is too slow and clunky.
Imagine buying the album, and having a friend with a really great stereo system, and then recording it onto a cassette, and catching all the pops and static, and knowing this is the future of metal and rock. That's what we lived.
Someone mentioned Soundgarden and I totally agree that you need to check them out. They were very inspired by Sabbath along with Nirvana. Listen to fell on black days by Soundgarden, I think that is a good way to showcase the influence, especially in comparison to songs like this.
Also think you are missing out on Hawkwind for 70's british rock - Orgone Accumulator live for instance - incredible Lemmy bass throughout.
Yes, we could ROCK in the early 1970s!!
Sabbath any day is a good day..... puff puff pass you guys.... although Sunday morning is the best
one of my favorite sabbath songs
I listened to a lot of hard rock in the 1970's, and Black Sabbath seemed to deliver every time. Great stuff!
That's such an awesome riff. Not much to the song, really, but with a riff like that, there doesn't need to be.
I lit up when I saw which song you were covering today.
I used to light up every time I put this song on.
1970...Led Zepplin III, Beatles "Abbie Road"....and this mind blowing LP.
Magnificent sludge tone..... i've owned this album for about 40years.... Sabotage is Sabbath's pinnacle Andy....
After I got my paper route I bought this album I saw at the IGA store, I was 13, I will be 65 in a few days. I had no idea what it was but I thought the cover was cool. Got out my Sears Silvertone I used in the band I was in and learned Sweet Leaf, our band was doing bubblegum music at the time. I had no clue as to what the song was about...haha. This album made me and my band mates metal heads.
My natural cough is practically identical, and I try imitating it exactly after every hit for the last 35+yrs.
Paranoid is for sure one of their best and probably the best with Ozzy as frontman. I would put "Heaven and Hell" up there too with the great Ronnie James Dio on vocals as right up there with "Paranoid". The title track and "Children of the Sea" being two of Sabbath's strongest songs in my opinion.
Personally, I think Mob Rules is even better.
My favorite Black Sabbath song. And the progenitor of sooo much early '90s grunge. It's time to check out some Soundgarden, guys.
This song, 1992, any decent Seattle bar .. you are so right.
Ya know, I never looked at it this way, but you are so right. I can just picture this coming out in the mid 90s (if it was never a song before) and it would completely be a huge grunge hit.
There is no "Outshined" without "Sweet Leaf"
You are so right! After reading your comment, I can't unhear Chris Cornell belting this song in my mind. I'm so thankful that hard rock was resurrected in the 90's.
@@horsebydayartbynight Lauren, I grew up in the 60s and 70s, lost all hope for actual rock, and then heard Soundgarden's Jesus Christ Pose (Michael Bolton and Paula Abdul were battling for chart position at the time). Then the Singles movie soundtrack, and music was saved. You're right, it was a cathartic period.
To think that this was the first time someone heard this song . . . when I've been listening to it since the '70's. LOL. Glad to see a new generation enjoying Sabbath!
IMO A+ for sure. Even S tier, considering how much this helped kick off the modern heavy metal genre.
My mother played this album for me when she brought me home from the hospital in early '79. Black Sabbath is my favorite band. When she died I played this album as we waited on them to pick up her body. Love you momma, thanks Bill, Geezer, Toni and Ozzy for the memories and all the great music
Andy, need to show him Into the Void from the same album. Another super heavy riff, and a ton of groove. Phenomenal song!
What a throwback for me! Andy’s reactions to Black Sabbath years ago are what first brought me to your channel and I’ve been following you ever since!
50 years ago...1973...9 years old...the very first album I ever put on a record player...Sabbath fan for life! Master of Reality is the best, the first and the best!
Great selection
I have had a chance to check comments
I hope someone has already mentioned Beastie Boys : Rhyming and Stealing
This Riff against Led Zep Levee Breaks Drums
Genius !
This was every high school stoners theme song in the 1970’s .
My favorite Black Sabbath song!🤘🔥
Mine to brother!
This is one of the lullabies I sang to my kid.
On a metal kick this week! Saw them twice in concert - they could rock! Check out Budgie! You won't be disappointed!
Black Sabbath and Ozzy always had the coolest and most badass riffs..
Tony Iommi was the one who came up with all those riffs.
I was hoping for War Pigs. But this will definately do.. and im lighting up now.. Thanks
Done warpigs.... listen to their patreon paranoid album reaction
Review "Stargazer" by Rainbow next.....now THAT'S a song you can claim to never have heard. The Band consisted of Richie Blackmore, Ronnie James Dio, Cozy Powell and others. Dio obviously went on to sing solo and for Sabbath.... Ritchie Blackmore is the creator of Deep Purple 💜....another band you guys haven't looked into enough yet.
as the kids say, this song is DANK. always a fave.
This was my introduction to Black Sabbath. The majorettes were doing their baton twirling routines to this album after an after-school band practice. I borrowed the album, took it home and recorded it onto cassette, then brought it back for them to keep practicing to. Turns out it was owned by the Band Director. Cool guy. I found out later in High School that he was also a Frank Zappa fan as well. Later on, I found a classmate who was also a Sabbath fan. Gave us something to talk about before classes started, most days, since the bus got us to school nearly 90 minutes before Homeroom began our school day. "Master Of Reality" opened my mind to music that was never played on the local radio stations. half a century later, and I still love discovering new music I've never heard before.
You have to hit their first album and Vol. 4. Both stellar.
My first Black Sabbath song and album that I hear back in the late 70s when I was 13. Still love it!
Nothing makes me more happier and excited watching two young lads headbanging!!😂❤
Black Sabbath?!? Thank you! This is better than a cup of coffee!😺
I love that sabbath wrote about the dangers of heroin and coke
Then turn around and write a love song to weed ✌️🇺🇸
GOOOOOOOOOOOOD MORNING A&A FAMILY!!!!
Nasty-ass Drums!!!
This hole album is great. I wore it out in my younger years when it came out.
I like that you point out things about certain songs that I've listened to for decades but didn't think about what you bought to the surface.
I always forget how much I love this song. Also, if you’re enjoying Black Sabbath, you should check out Mac Sabbath. They’re a McDonald’s /Black Sabbath parody band. Fantastic live. Their version of this is Sweet Beef. The lead singer, Ronald Osbourne, does a great Ozzy. Ozzy approved. 👍🏻💜
"Master of Reality" is THE BEST. PERIOD.
If you wanted to keep with the theme a good follow up to this would be "Passage To Bangkok" off the flip side of RUSH 2112.
"You introduced me to my mind"... oh sweet leaf, how many of us can relate. lol
This is my most beloved S tier Sab song of all time ! Nothing else even comes close for me. Still, I love most the other classics of theirs. "Tomorrow's Dream" is a deeper cut that Rocks and hasn't been over played. SWEET LEAF!!!!!!!!!!!!
Shame A&A just don't get it.
I was 11 years old when this album was released. I heard it at my friend’s house when his brother played it. It was mind blowing, far different than anything I’d ever heard. I bought it the next day, first LP I ever bought. I still have it.
Master of Reality is MONEY start to finish! My favorite Sabbath album!
More proof that 1971 is undoubtedly the BEST year for rock!! "Sweet Leaf" is indeed the opener. The parent album, 'Master of Reality,' is a great record!
WHEN THIS ALBUM WAS RELEASED IN 1971 I WAS 14 YEARS OLD!! AND WHAT WAS PERMANENTLY ETCHED INTO MY MUSIC BRAIN AT THAT AGE FROM BOTH THIS ALBUM AND THE PREVIOUS ONE, PARANOID, WAS A LIFETIME OF LOVING THIS BAND AND THIS MUSIC!! OVER FIFTY YEARS AND I STILL FEEL THE SAME AS I FELT THE FIRST TIME THAT I LISTEN TO IT!!!
AND YES FELLOWS THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT MARIJUANA!!
TONY IOMMI, GUITARIST, TOOK A HUGE HIT OFF OF A BONG AND THEY RECORDED THAT COUGH!! ACCORDING TO OZZY THEY "SMOKED TONS OF THAT SHIT BACK IN THE DAY!"😅
THE OTHER THING IS THAT BLACK SABBATH RELEASED THEIR FIRST FOUR OR FIVE ALBUMS WITH IN JUST A COUPLE OF YEAR PERIOD! GO AND LOOK AT THE RELEASE DATES AND YOU WILL SEE THAT THEY PRETTY MUCH TURNED OUT AN ALBUM EVERY 6 MONTHS!! AND THEY WERE ALL TOP-NOTCH!!
Stoner, sludge, drone and so much other music inspired by Iommi’s tone and the pace and heaviness of Bill Ward’s fills…what a tuuuuune
This was the very first Black Sabbath song I heard. I was 14. Yes, I learned all about sweet leaf soon after....
When Alex said "Super Dope" I laughed my ass off! Perfect comment about this song. 😂
"Paranoid" is definitely one of the original Sabbath's greatest but you cannot overlook the power of the Dio-era Sabbath either. "Heaven and Hell" and "Mob Rules" are amazing metal albums.
This whole album is off the charts, my favorite Black Sabbath alb
Waiting 2years for this..thks thks since Andy first heard album..sit back Alex enjoy the best
To hear this guitar tone in 1971 must have been like experiencing the end of the world. Alas, I was but a youngster and hadn't yet had the pleasure.
Sabbath didn't do many love songs but this is definitively the best one!
Bill Ward 🥁 god
You guys need to hit Powerslave for your next full album reaction, its so fucking great! Its one of their best albums and one of the best albums in Metal
Master of Reality is my first introduction to metal when I was about 10. Into the Void is still one of my favorite songs.
Awwww yeah, most unique intro ever lol. Listened to this album everyday in the 70s. Just great rock. Agree, Alex, Ozzy's vocals and the strong bass guitar, yessss.
Classic Sabbath. Classic reaction. Proper rating. Life is good. 😊
You guys SHOULD be listening to THIS whole album too 🤘😎🤘
Lightin' one up for the boys! I love you sweetleaf!
The Paranoid album is one of the greatest ever
I don't know if you pay much attention in the comments for suggestions, but there is an album that actually has ALL great songs on it. It's the first one from Foreigner, their debut album. I loaded it on my phone the other day and forgot just how great all the songs are. It was released March 8, 1977