Impossible of giving it too much praise. I think this album is more influential than the two prior albums. I’ve heard more bands cop the tone and the feel of MOR more than any other album. Excellent video Jeff!
As a kid Geezer Butler was the very first bass player I admired and studied. The Timpani drum over dub on COTG is fantastic. I loved the whole sludgy deep bass sound over an interesting jazzy,swing drummer. Unusual but winning combination.
I'd definitely have to disagree with you on the After Forever critique. I've loved this song from the get go. Always thought the key riff of the song was truly gritty and hard-hitting and possibly one of my favorite Sabbath songs of all time. The lead kicks ass as well. A very well-constructed and executed song all around. Kudos.
This is probably the heaviest Sabbath album. The riff on Into The Void is ungodly. What I liked about BS was that they could do great ballads and instrumentals too…Embryo, Orchid, Solitude…all killer. Didn’t realize Sweet Leaf was about marijuana? The Butthole Surfers did a parody called Sweat Loaf.
This was the first Black Sabbath LP I heard, so it has a special place in my heart. Love it all, especially Sweet Leaf, Children of the Grave and Solitude. Really a perfect album from start to finish. And the time signature changes~amazing. Just brings back good memories and the older it gets, the better it sounds! Great job Jeff, love all the vintage footage you found. Thank You.
I'm so glad you made the grunge reference. I've always heard it in this album but reviewers fail to mention it. I can hear Nirvana's Bleach and Soundgarden's Louder than Love.
Ozzy's voice got higher as Tony and Geezer were tuning down. The downtuning was a gradual proces of tuning down a half step, stay there for a while, another half step (that's D standard tuning) for After Forever and then down to C# standard where they stayed all through Sabotage.
Awesome coverage. I believe that Sabbath strategically placed ‘Embryo’ and ‘Orchid’ to reset our palate for the kick ass songs that followed when played from beginning to end. This is truly a classic album!
My favorite Sabbath album by far! I just finished reading Geezer Butler book called into the void that was just released, if you're a Sabbath fan it's worth the read bro I recommended it
I'll never forget. This album was my introduction to Black Sabbath, overheard coming from the other side of my older brothers closed bedroom door. I couldn't wait for him to leave so I could sneak into his room and find out what this music I'd never heard was. Something about Ozzy's voice just blew my mind, I'd never before heard anything like it. Sweat Leaf was the first song I'd heard of theirs. I think I was maybe 10 years old. Already a Zeppelin fan, these guys were a new kinda heavy music unlike anything I'd ever heard. I loved it, it was like a scary movie put to music. Children of the Grave, Lord of This World, Into the Void this was the one that introduce me to this great band.
I was also a Zeppelin fan before I got into Sabbath but these early Ozzy records blew my mind. They didn’t need to write songs about Satan when there was so much real life horror to sing about. Ozzy was such a unique vocalist and I still find his voice a bit unsettling.
It's the best Sabbath album, plain and simple. While the first two albums got them to become the band that they ultimately became, Master of Reality took them into the stratosphere. There are so many good songs, and the band is performing like a well-oiled machine. This is a dark, heavy album. This is quintessential Black Sabbath. The first two were really good, while this one is great. This is my favorite album and it's not even close!
Had a bootleg 8-track of this from my brother back when I was about 7, very different from my sisters Monkees albums I had, circa 72 or 73, this and Alice coopers love it to death and killer 8-tracks may have fked up my head.
I’m genuinely confused how the videos don’t get seriously copyright striked… given the massive amounts of Sabbath music explicitly being played. Great videos though!
Thank you Jeff! This was the best part of my day, and it's not like I had a bad day, but this album came out when I started playing in a band, so it holds a special place in my heart. We played "Children of the Grave", and as a bass player I never tired of it. Not many songs where the bassist gets to kick off the tune. It always amazes me that "Solitude" is 8 minutes long, for a slow song it goes by pretty fast. No arguments with your thoughts on "Into the Void." They are down-tuned so far that Geezer sounds like he's playing giant rubber bands. I know what I'm listening to tomorrow. Up next Vol. 4, it's probably my fav BS album.
Thanks Steve! It’s to their credit that in spite of taking a drubbing from the critics they stayed on course and kept true to their vision as a band. They never tried to commercialize or compromise their sound to try to please the critics.
Loved you review of this great album, Dig this album alot, as I see it having one foot in Paranoid material on side A And side B. which really is a segway with Lord of this world & Into the void, on how DOOM they would go on Vol. 4.
I’m a bit shocked that you don’t rate After! It’s such an amazingly innovative mixture of guitar styles: open string pedal tones, thunderous riffing and expansive power chords with the template for the Nirvana Teen lick. We can’t all agree of course but…!
They made a conscience decision to not have every song super heavy. Maybe for the simple reason they`d be worn out half way their live shows. Plus, those `pretty songs` just make the heavy ones heavier. ;-)
I was asked to play some Ozzy by the generation that got the clown from the television. I played Lord of This World and they were left speechless . Mpt what they expected.
I remember thinking in the early 80’s that Ozzy was just a buffoon looking fat and wasted and Live Aid and then I started listening to his albums with Sabbath.
It's my third favourite Black Sabbath album behind the first 2 , all of which are great . I , too , am a big fan of Solitude , although my favourite track on the album is probably Sweet Leaf . After this album , I would disappear into the world of progressive rock for a number of years . The only other Sabbath album that I own is a 2 CD anthology of tracks from their other albums . Another great video , thanks !
Brevity isn't always bad. Short and powerful is Master of Reality. I really love this one but still not my favorite Ozzy era album. I want to pay homage to my best friend's older brother who turned me on to Sabbath. Kenny has been dead for over 20 years now but - salute brother. He had a kick ass stereo system and would blast it. We lived in tiny row homes and I think several houses would get a dose of these monster riffs. I miss the '70s.
Me too! There was something special about discovering new music in a very organic way through friends, family and classmates rather than a random recommendation on a streaming service or a stranger on UA-cam. I have such a nostalgia for sitting in a room with friends listening to records while absorbing the artwork, lyrics, etc.
Master of Reality was the album that really got me into the band. The year before, 1970, i bought the Iron Man single and played it to death. Right around the time of the release of Master, I was a freshman in high school and started smoking pot. It all just kinda jelled together, high school, pot and Sabbath. Even though by some peoples estimations it's may not be their best. But for me it is their best. Its the one that made me a fan for life.
@@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486 right on Jeff!!! Nothing short of perfect masterpiece, no one will ever bring a album like this no matter how they try, or how much money they could get to record,
When i was young the only Sabbath songs played on Detroit rock radio were Paranoid and Iron Man. However the first Sabbath song I ever heard was Changes on a Polish Flexi Disc Postcard my parents brought back from the Old Country. I could not piece together how this was the same band I heard on the radio. It wasn't until a few years later I began buying their albums. I think just like Zeppelin (and Danzig for that matter), the first four albums stand as their masterpieces. It's hard to rank them in my opinion. MASTER OF REALITY does not sound like the first two. It sounds free and motivated. Has a sense of direction. But still doesn't break the formula. I welcome Tony's instrumentals. They add relief from the doom hammering. I always thought, just maybe, Tony was listening to fellow Vertigo labelmates Patto, for inspiration. Excellent series Jeff!
Thank you George! Master was definitely a departure from the first two albums but what an incredible departure! I can totally hear Sabbath in Danzig. Paranoid amd Heaven and Hell were the first songs I heard by them. They did not get much radio play in Detroit at all as I recall.
Yeah I have always thought that AIC and Soundgarden were VERY influenced by Sabbath. Particularly this album and Volume 4. I mean if you can’t hear the influence then you’re either deaf or musically stupid. I love the instrumentals on this album. I wish Embryo was longer. Children of the Grave is one of my favorite songs ever. The video with the protesters was pretty cool. I like the silent film footage in here too. Was that Golem? I pretty much agree with all your assessments on these songs. Into the Void is so cool. Probably that song and Children are two that stood out the most when I saw them live. Hey that was up at DTE, where were you? Of course I didn’t know you yet then lol. I don’t think you’re over praising this album too much at all. It’s solid and a stone cold classic. And for me, I’ll pick Sweet Leaf as my all time favorite song about pot and GTGYIML as second😁 Love both of the songs and they come off of perfect albums. Love this video 🤘🏻
If you ain't ever played the beginning of Sweetleaf backwards. You will laugh for days..funnier than shit..I wonder if Ozzy knows 😅 put the turntable in neutral and use yer first finger and spin it backwards. 😂
My favorite Sabbath album. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is #2. Production-wise, they sound nothing alike. MOR is bass-heavy sludge. SBS, even on the heavier songs, sounds polished and borderline progressive. It almost sounds like two different bands.
Yes, the production is very different. I listened to these two albums the other day through a specific stereo set and just tried to imagine how much better MOR would be with SBS production
I love the band, but as soon as Ozzy kicks in I wish it was instrumental or they got another singer.. Their so good it's kind of annoying :). H's voice is too thin and whiney for me.
@@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486 Luckly, for me, there's loads of instrumetal BS mixes available. He must be the biggest selling Heavy Rock singer of all time, so what do I know! :)
Nobody sounds like Ozzy Osbourne nobody!!! He reinvented him self so many times that he earned his respect for he is a house hold name now!!.. so to everyone that doesn't understand are of complete POSERS!!!. The mighty BLACK SABBATH ALWAYS!! 🤘
Contrary to the opinion of the maker of this episode, I think After Forever is terrific
one of the best songs on album..!!!!
This album is a 10/10
Impossible of giving it too much praise. I think this album is more influential than the two prior albums. I’ve heard more bands cop the tone and the feel of MOR more than any other album. Excellent video Jeff!
Thanks Trevor! Hate to say it but Tony Iommi getting the tips of his fingers cut off was one of the best things to happen to hard rock.
@@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486 I think he’d be the first to admit that too.
Just Awesome to hear Geezer's riffs under Toni's. All the while, Bill swings underneath them both. Truly Magical 💯🔥
Yes! Such an incredible foursome.
After forever is my fav on the album
After forever, best song on the album, my opinion. Embryo a must have intro to children of the grave. This album is in my top 5 all time favorites
I take back anything negative I said about After Forever. I think I was just grumpy. 😉
Master Of Reality RULES 🤯 😎
The instrumentals set up the next songs brilliantly. It gives them more impact
Yes! That’s a great point.
After Forever is my favorite. But Into The Void just crushes live!
Second favorite Sabbath album. ❤
As a kid Geezer Butler was the very first bass player I admired and studied.
The Timpani drum over dub on COTG is fantastic.
I loved the whole sludgy deep bass sound over an interesting jazzy,swing drummer.
Unusual but winning combination.
Solitude makes me feel lost deep in the woods w winter closing in. Absolutely love this song
The best Black Sabbath album
It’s a great one!
I'd definitely have to disagree with you on the After Forever critique. I've loved this song from the get go. Always thought the key riff of the song was truly gritty and hard-hitting and possibly one of my favorite Sabbath songs of all time. The lead kicks ass as well. A very well-constructed and executed song all around. Kudos.
Thanks! I do like the synthesizer effect at the beginning and end in particular. It’s not a weak song and I probably undersold it in my critique. 👍👍
This is the album that I owned also my brother gave it me , I learned to play guitar from Tony's riffs on this album
My favourite album ever
This is probably the heaviest Sabbath album. The riff on Into The Void is ungodly. What I liked about BS was that they could do great ballads and instrumentals too…Embryo, Orchid, Solitude…all killer. Didn’t realize Sweet Leaf was about marijuana? The Butthole Surfers did a parody called Sweat Loaf.
Look at you playing all innocent, "Sweet Leaf was about marijuana?"
@@alltheworldsastage899 Hahahaha
It will probably also shock you to know that Snowblind is about cocaine. 😂
@@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486 Really????
@@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486 Touche!
This was the first Black Sabbath LP I heard, so it has a special place in my heart. Love it all, especially Sweet Leaf, Children of the Grave and Solitude. Really a perfect album from start to finish. And the time signature changes~amazing. Just brings back good memories and the older it gets, the better it sounds! Great job Jeff, love all the vintage footage you found. Thank You.
Thanks Tobin! This has been a fun series. 🤟🏻🤟🏻
Sabbaths best album. Heavy as.Into the Void.🎸 I love it.
I'm so glad you made the grunge reference. I've always heard it in this album but reviewers fail to mention it. I can hear Nirvana's Bleach and Soundgarden's Louder than Love.
This was the 1st album where Ozzy's voice got higher and more powerful
Ozzy's voice got higher as Tony and Geezer were tuning down.
The downtuning was a gradual proces of tuning down a half step, stay there for a while, another half step (that's D standard tuning) for After Forever and then down to C# standard where they stayed all through Sabotage.
The ultimate sabbath album
I disagree about After Forever. It's actually one of my favorite riffs and songs from them.
I really put my foot in it with that comment. I don’t hate the song, it’s just not a standout for me.
My favorite album
Awesome coverage. I believe that Sabbath strategically placed ‘Embryo’ and ‘Orchid’ to reset our palate for the kick ass songs that followed when played from beginning to end. This is truly a classic album!
Love this album…great video….❤
Thank you Richard!
This was the birth of doom metal. Even death metal
Yes…so many genres were inspired by this record.
My favorite Sabbath album by far! I just finished reading Geezer Butler book called into the void that was just released, if you're a Sabbath fan it's worth the read bro I recommended it
I will have to pick that up, Rod!
I just got the audiobook. It will be fun to hear it.
Thanks. I think I will!
I'll never forget. This album was my introduction to Black Sabbath, overheard coming from the other side of my older brothers closed bedroom door. I couldn't wait for him to leave so I could sneak into his room and find out what this music I'd never heard was. Something about Ozzy's voice just blew my mind, I'd never before heard anything like it. Sweat Leaf was the first song I'd heard of theirs. I think I was maybe 10 years old. Already a Zeppelin fan, these guys were a new kinda heavy music unlike anything I'd ever heard. I loved it, it was like a scary movie put to music. Children of the Grave, Lord of This World, Into the Void this was the one that introduce me to this great band.
I was also a Zeppelin fan before I got into Sabbath but these early Ozzy records blew my mind. They didn’t need to write songs about Satan when there was so much real life horror to sing about. Ozzy was such a unique vocalist and I still find his voice a bit unsettling.
It's the best Sabbath album, plain and simple. While the first two albums got them to become the band that they ultimately became, Master of Reality took them into the stratosphere. There are so many good songs, and the band is performing like a well-oiled machine. This is a dark, heavy album. This is quintessential Black Sabbath. The first two were really good, while this one is great. This is my favorite album and it's not even close!
Not even close to the early stuff. 😂
One of the best 👌
Had a bootleg 8-track of this from my brother back when I was about 7, very different from my sisters Monkees albums I had, circa 72 or 73, this and Alice coopers love it to death and killer 8-tracks may have fked up my head.
I’m genuinely confused how the videos don’t get seriously copyright striked… given the massive amounts of Sabbath music explicitly being played.
Great videos though!
Mel too!
Thank you Jeff! This was the best part of my day, and it's not like I had a bad day, but this album came out when I started playing in a band, so it holds a special place in my heart. We played "Children of the Grave", and as a bass player I never tired of it. Not many songs where the bassist gets to kick off the tune. It always amazes me that "Solitude" is 8 minutes long, for a slow song it goes by pretty fast. No arguments with your thoughts on "Into the Void." They are down-tuned so far that Geezer sounds like he's playing giant rubber bands. I know what I'm listening to tomorrow. Up next Vol. 4, it's probably my fav BS album.
Thanks Steve! It’s to their credit that in spite of taking a drubbing from the critics they stayed on course and kept true to their vision as a band. They never tried to commercialize or compromise their sound to try to please the critics.
Love all the footage. Have never seen a lot of it.
Thanks!
Black Sabbath mighty good !
Loved you review of this great album, Dig this album alot, as I see it having one foot in Paranoid material on side A
And side B. which really is a segway with Lord of this world & Into the void, on how DOOM they would go on Vol. 4.
Thanks! You are completely right about the different sides.
I’m a bit shocked that you don’t rate After! It’s such an amazingly innovative mixture of guitar styles: open string pedal tones, thunderous riffing and expansive power chords with the template for the Nirvana Teen lick. We can’t all agree of course but…!
Yeah probably I need to reconsider that,
The album cover could easily be a Deep Purple cover...
This is my favourite thing on youtube, love these videos.
I love the clips from random movies; what is that playing during Lord Of This World ?
It’s a very old silent movie…the name escapes me. Thanks for watching! 😊
@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486 it's very effective 👌
Cheers
They made a conscience decision to not have every song super heavy. Maybe for the simple reason they`d be worn out half way their live shows. Plus, those `pretty songs` just make the heavy ones heavier. ;-)
That’s a great point! Unlike an AC/DC album where by the 6th track the heaviness is just taken for granted.
Killer video Jeff! My favorite of the Ozzy era! But my 5th favorite Sabbath! Awesome album! Great job brother 👍🤘🤘
Thanks brother! I’m learning this is a favorite of many. 👍👍
Hell yeah bro
I was asked to play some Ozzy by the generation that got the clown from the television. I played Lord of This World and they were left speechless . Mpt what they expected.
I remember thinking in the early 80’s that Ozzy was just a buffoon looking fat and wasted and Live Aid and then I started listening to his albums with Sabbath.
It's my third favourite Black Sabbath album behind the first 2 , all of which are great .
I , too , am a big fan of Solitude , although my favourite track on the album is probably Sweet Leaf .
After this album , I would disappear into the world of progressive rock for a number of years .
The only other Sabbath album that I own is a 2 CD anthology of tracks from their other albums .
Another great video , thanks !
Thanks John! The first three albums are untouchable in my opinion.
C# tuning started doom . First time they tuned down this low was this album.
And the rest was metal history!
Brevity isn't always bad. Short and powerful is Master of Reality. I really love this one but still not my favorite Ozzy era album. I want to pay homage to my best friend's older brother who turned me on to Sabbath. Kenny has been dead for over 20 years now but - salute brother. He had a kick ass stereo system and would blast it. We lived in tiny row homes and I think several houses would get a dose of these monster riffs. I miss the '70s.
Me too! There was something special about discovering new music in a very organic way through friends, family and classmates rather than a random recommendation on a streaming service or a stranger on UA-cam. I have such a nostalgia for sitting in a room with friends listening to records while absorbing the artwork, lyrics, etc.
Rollins yes
Master of Reality was the album that really got me into the band. The year before, 1970, i bought the Iron Man single and played it to death. Right around the time of the release of Master, I was a freshman in high school and started smoking pot. It all just kinda jelled together, high school, pot and Sabbath. Even though by some peoples estimations it's may not be their best. But for me it is their best. Its the one that made me a fan for life.
I think this is a very solid choice for the #1 Sabbath album. Every song (with the arguable exception of After Forever) is a masterpiece.
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Here it comes, !!!! This is the best ozzy era sabbath album, PERIOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
A masterpiece!
@@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486 right on Jeff!!! Nothing short of perfect masterpiece, no one will ever bring a album like this no matter how they try, or how much money they could get to record,
The more I listen to BS I start to think that they were basically jazz meets metal. They were extraordinary innovative
That’s a great point!
on my copy of Master of reality sweet leaf is called sweet LIFE
Oh wow. What pressing is that?
@@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486 nems
🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼🤘🏼
When i was young the only Sabbath songs played on Detroit rock radio were Paranoid and Iron Man. However the first Sabbath song I ever heard was Changes on a Polish Flexi Disc Postcard my parents brought back from the Old Country. I could not piece together how this was the same band I heard on the radio. It wasn't until a few years later I began buying their albums.
I think just like Zeppelin (and Danzig for that matter), the first four albums stand as their masterpieces. It's hard to rank them in my opinion. MASTER OF REALITY does not sound like the first two. It sounds free and motivated. Has a sense of direction. But still doesn't break the formula. I welcome Tony's instrumentals. They add relief from the doom hammering. I always thought, just maybe, Tony was listening to fellow Vertigo labelmates Patto, for inspiration.
Excellent series Jeff!
Thank you George! Master was definitely a departure from the first two albums but what an incredible departure! I can totally hear Sabbath in Danzig. Paranoid amd Heaven and Hell were the first songs I heard by them. They did not get much radio play in Detroit at all as I recall.
Yeah I have always thought that AIC and Soundgarden were VERY influenced by Sabbath. Particularly this album and Volume 4. I mean if you can’t hear the influence then you’re either deaf or musically stupid. I love the instrumentals on this album. I wish Embryo was longer. Children of the Grave is one of my favorite songs ever. The video with the protesters was pretty cool. I like the silent film footage in here too. Was that Golem? I pretty much agree with all your assessments on these songs. Into the Void is so cool. Probably that song and Children are two that stood out the most when I saw them live. Hey that was up at DTE, where were you? Of course I didn’t know you yet then lol. I don’t think you’re over praising this album too much at all. It’s solid and a stone cold classic. And for me, I’ll pick Sweet Leaf as my all time favorite song about pot and GTGYIML as second😁 Love both of the songs and they come off of perfect albums. Love this video 🤘🏻
Thanks Gary, yes that was Golem! Great catch. Yeah when it comes down to it Sweet Leaf sounds WAY more like a stoner anthem than GTGYIML. 👍👍
If you ain't ever played the beginning of Sweetleaf backwards. You will laugh for days..funnier than shit..I wonder if Ozzy knows 😅 put the turntable in neutral and use yer first finger and spin it backwards. 😂
I’m going to have to try that now!
This guy is kind of critical, and you mean "moved on to hard drugs, pot isn't a hard drug. Everything on this record is great.
Which guy are you talking about?
My favorite Sabbath album. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is #2. Production-wise, they sound nothing alike. MOR is bass-heavy sludge. SBS, even on the heavier songs, sounds polished and borderline progressive. It almost sounds like two different bands.
Yes, the production is very different. I listened to these two albums the other day through a specific stereo set and just tried to imagine how much better MOR would be with SBS production
😈😈😈😈😈
Sound garden def we’re influenced by sabbath
Same with Alice In Chains.
I skip over children of the grave because it sounds like Call me by blonde y. It's better to hear live on Speak of the devil
I never made that connection until now. 👍
Too similar to Paranoid so it was down tuned and the drums muffled. For fans only.
Please check the fact, that Iommi is downtuning because of aching fingertips. It was a decision of musicanship. They searched for this heavy sound
Both are true.
I love the band, but as soon as Ozzy kicks in I wish it was instrumental or they got another singer.. Their so good it's kind of annoying :). H's voice is too thin and whiney for me.
When you compare him to an Ian Gillian or a Rob Halford, Ozzy was definitely their weakest link.
@@jeffwhitchervinyldestinati4486 Luckly, for me, there's loads of instrumetal BS mixes available. He must be the biggest selling Heavy Rock singer of all time, so what do I know! :)
Nobody sounds like Ozzy Osbourne nobody!!! He reinvented him self so many times that he earned his respect for he is a house hold name now!!.. so to everyone that doesn't understand are of complete POSERS!!!. The mighty BLACK SABBATH ALWAYS!! 🤘