This is arguably the heaviest darkest album Sabbath ever made.These vocals are in a class by themselves.Ive NEVER heard ANYONE cover ANY of the tracks off this album. Ian's whaling screams are not possible to duplicate.
It was it underrated to me the recording sucked the engineering or whatever sucked, but the songs were great time to like Metallica and Justice for all Greek Greek music probably the best birthday engineering in the producer just sucked in the studio
Excellent understanding and review of this album. I am almost 50 years old and have been obsessed with this album since it came out. This was my first real metal concert attended in '84 at the Cow Palace in S.F. Daly City.
Its a Great piece of music history, I had seen a couple of comments that you had made. " Keep It Warm " is a personal favorite of yours and your wife, a wedding vow renewal song, ✌
Hello from Denmark, Scandinavia. Thanks for reviewing one of my all time favorite and legendary Black Sabbath albums. I agree with your observations regarding the musical evolution in Black Sabbath and changing signature soundstage with the various front singers. This is indeed a unique album all by itself, just like "Mob Rules" & "Heaven and Hell" with Ronnie are welded together because of the recognizable soundstage in these recordings. Much of which he took with him onto "Holy Diver" & "Last in Line". The two complex and nicely produced "Sabotage" and "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" stands out as their pinnacle with Ozzy in front, allthough there are clearly many highlights from earlier on. Thanks for taking your time doing this and if I had any chance of ever pointing your attention towards anything, it must be Thin Lizzy. They didn't make one bad album. Great variety on every one of them. Clear evolution from 1970-1983. Their pinnacle: 1974-1981.
Spinal Tap got the idea of Stonehenge and the dwarf from this tour. The Stonehenge set was built to scale and too big to fit into most arenas and of course the dwarf dressed like Satan baby on the cover.
Never really cared for this album but loved the cover, I had this on a T-shirt and took a lot of heat for it in my small hometown. Especially from my then future ex-mother-inlaw, 😂 oh she loved that T-shirt and my long hair
I was 18 when this LP came out. I had a 64 Chevelle, I totaled it Drinking and drinking. To say I totaled it was an understatement. My friend made up lyrics to " TRASHED " to make it a personal song about me. That friend passed away last week, this LP has always reminded me of him, more so now, ✌
People get stuck in a sound type that a band should have. This was so different when it came out, it was not only different than other Sabbath stuff it was different than anything.
Gillan and Iommi were drinking heavily. Gillan said afterwards he hadn't even realised he had joined Sabbath. It was only when his Manager told him to consult him before making any decisions in the future. Good album by the way.
Hahaha where the fuck did you get that information? Sounds highly unlikely. They recorded this album in a haunted castle, and I think Ian was very aware that he was in the band.
@@vovindequasahi Sorry Richard, you are wrong. watch any documentary on Born Again and Ian states it himself that he was unaware he had joined until his Manager told him to consult him. Tony also says the same thing.
@@westrover123 So you mean to tell me that he learned all the lyrics, went to the castle to record all the songs, promoting the album, sang in concerts with them doing stuff like Heaven and Hell, but didn't think he had joined the band. That is a horse-tale friend. Wake the fuck up.
@@westrover123 true I did read an interview with Gilland, and said, he was on binge, met iommi in a bar, woke up a few days later, hang over, and found out he was Sabbath new singer.
Deep Sabbath. Even though the overall sound is muddy and one can say Gillan didn’t really fit into Sabbath, IMO it’s a good album. ”Trashed”, ”Disturbing the Priest”, ”Zero the Hero”, ”Born Again” and ”Keep It Warm” are all great tracks. This lineup didn’t last long but made Tony and Ian good friends and they have collaborated many times since. They also played a significant role in foundation of Rock Aid Armenia.
Love this album. The cover art is beyond terrible, the song topics could only be thought out in a drunken stupor (Thrashed about Gillian crashing a car while driving dead drunk, Disturbing The Priest only Gillian himself can tell the origin of, the story is too funny for amateurs like me to even attempt it). Ok, the mix is pretty bad but with some of the heaviest songs ever recorded by Sab, the whole album is a gem I like to revisit every now and then.
Actually Gillan had broken his voice doing this album and followed concerts. When they get reunions with Purple again in 1984 he was unable to make high notes screaming any more. But I love this album with Sabbath. You did very good review. Please keep doing more Deep Purple and Rainbow stuff. By the way you can check some songs by Blackmore's Night band. You will like it.
@@archie6962 yeh realised after watching a documentary about Gillan joining the band. Ward went on a bender after he found out he was going on the road again. Bev's a good drummer anyway. He would have been on cloud nine with them.
The most evil of Sabbath albums , to me the last real Sabbath album after Ozzy. In the Oz years i personally believe the lyrics was the battle between falling or not falling to the grips of Satan, being religion winning at the end of the day.
I thought Gillan and Sabbath wouldn't work, as a rock album it wasn't bad but with the Sabbath name on i felt a little bit let down. But it's not the worst Sabbath album.
The sound effect "songs" in between tracks are filler that could have been left out, but what do I know? Didn't like this album when it was released. Bought the album on vinyl in 1983 and gave it away after two listens. Creepy album cover and Ian Gillan's singing voice was too much to absorb at the time even at 18 years old. Listening to this album 40 years later, Tony Iommi is beyond phenomenal on this record as is Geezer Butler. Still wish they had a different singer than Ian Gillan. Would love to have a complete instrumental version of this album.
then i was excited when i heard that gillan was joining sabbath, but i was a little disappointed by this album, it could have been better although some songs are great ie born again, disturbing the priest
I know some people will knock me down for saying that, but that album don't sound better now that it did when it came out. Sometimes, you hear something you haven't heard in a long time, and it reminds you of a certain time of your teenage years, but this thing is so bad, that it reminds me how many fans of Sabbath and Purple were extremely upset by the whole thing. That album sounded like crap, even for the time.
This is arguably the heaviest darkest album Sabbath ever made.These vocals are in a class by themselves.Ive NEVER heard ANYONE cover ANY of the tracks off this album.
Ian's whaling screams are not possible to duplicate.
STB, thank you for reviewing this VERY underrated album from Black Sabbath!
It was it underrated to me the recording sucked the engineering or whatever sucked, but the songs were great time to like Metallica and Justice for all Greek Greek music probably the best birthday engineering in the producer just sucked in the studio
One of my favorite Black Sabbath albums.
Excellent album
Ian's vocals
Awesome 👍
Excellent understanding and review of this album. I am almost 50 years old and have been obsessed with this album since it came out. This was my first real metal concert attended in '84 at the Cow Palace in S.F. Daly City.
Its a Great piece of music history, I had seen a couple of comments that you had made. " Keep It Warm " is a personal favorite of yours and your wife, a wedding vow renewal song, ✌
One of the most underrated albums of all time. This album is just pure evil. Disturbing the Priest is just plain wickedness.
Could agree more this album Is in my top 5. Of most underrated albums of all time ever.
Best album ever
Hello from Denmark, Scandinavia. Thanks for reviewing one of my all time favorite and legendary Black Sabbath albums.
I agree with your observations regarding the musical evolution in Black Sabbath and changing signature soundstage with the various front singers.
This is indeed a unique album all by itself, just like "Mob Rules" & "Heaven and Hell" with Ronnie are welded together because of the recognizable soundstage in these recordings. Much of which he took with him onto "Holy Diver" & "Last in Line".
The two complex and nicely produced "Sabotage" and "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" stands out as their pinnacle with Ozzy in front, allthough there are clearly many highlights from earlier on.
Thanks for taking your time doing this and if I had any chance of ever pointing your attention towards anything, it must be Thin Lizzy. They didn't make one bad album. Great variety on every one of them. Clear evolution from 1970-1983. Their pinnacle: 1974-1981.
This is different sound of Black Sabbath but Ian Gillan is here in his peak of singing.
I was very fortunate to see this tour in Detroit...at Cobo Hall , I believe...
Spinal Tap got the idea of Stonehenge and the dwarf from this tour. The Stonehenge set was built to scale and too big to fit into most arenas and of course the dwarf dressed like Satan baby on the cover.
Black Sabbath's conceptual masterpiece...besides Lp. A uniqueness catapulted by Gillan's presence. Even the cover is phenomenal. Master!
This might be the first sabbath album to scare me with Ian's haunting vocals
@@arnoldcox9128 sure
Toni iommi stays in the song he doesn’t ever wander off topic 🎸
Never really cared for this album but loved the cover, I had this on a T-shirt and took a lot of heat for it in my small hometown. Especially from my then future ex-mother-inlaw, 😂 oh she loved that T-shirt and my long hair
I was 18 when this LP came out. I had a 64 Chevelle, I totaled it Drinking and drinking. To say I totaled it was an understatement. My friend made up lyrics to " TRASHED " to make it a personal song about me. That friend passed away last week, this LP has always reminded me of him, more so now, ✌
People get stuck in a sound type that a band should have. This was so different when it came out, it was not only different than other Sabbath stuff it was different than anything.
Gillan and Iommi were drinking heavily. Gillan said afterwards he hadn't even realised he had joined Sabbath. It was only when his Manager told him to consult him before making any decisions in the future. Good album by the way.
Hahaha where the fuck did you get that information? Sounds highly unlikely. They recorded this album in a haunted castle, and I think Ian was very aware that he was in the band.
@@vovindequasahi Sorry Richard, you are wrong. watch any documentary on Born Again and Ian states it himself that he was unaware he had joined until his Manager told him to consult him. Tony also says the same thing.
@@westrover123 So you mean to tell me that he learned all the lyrics, went to the castle to record all the songs, promoting the album, sang in concerts with them doing stuff like Heaven and Hell, but didn't think he had joined the band. That is a horse-tale friend. Wake the fuck up.
@@westrover123 true I did read an interview with Gilland, and said, he was on binge, met iommi in a bar, woke up a few days later, hang over, and found out he was Sabbath new singer.
Great review man. You understand music very well.
Great review.Best track for me on side one:Zero The Hero,has a beautiful guitar solo especially from(19:10-19:20)
Deep Sabbath. Even though the overall sound is muddy and one can say Gillan didn’t really fit into Sabbath, IMO it’s a good album. ”Trashed”, ”Disturbing the Priest”, ”Zero the Hero”, ”Born Again” and ”Keep It Warm” are all great tracks. This lineup didn’t last long but made Tony and Ian good friends and they have collaborated many times since. They also played a significant role in foundation of Rock Aid Armenia.
This album needs a remix. Hopefully Iommi does it now that he found the masters.
It was him and the boys go cart racing drunk
This was make out music if you were in the heavy metal in 1980s
Love this album. The cover art is beyond terrible, the song topics could only be thought out in a drunken stupor (Thrashed about Gillian crashing a car while driving dead drunk, Disturbing The Priest only Gillian himself can tell the origin of, the story is too funny for amateurs like me to even attempt it). Ok, the mix is pretty bad but with some of the heaviest songs ever recorded by Sab, the whole album is a gem I like to revisit every now and then.
I always wondered wat Robert plant wud sound like with black sabbath..Tony iommi says he has recordings of sabbath an zeppelin jamming together..
I really don’t like Plant’s singing. To me he always sounded like a taking the piss comedy skit version of Steve Marriott.
I don't c are what anyone says, Disturbing the Priest is one of Sabbath's best songs.
I don’t care what anyone say. “Born again” is definitely one of Black Sabbath’s greatest songs. By the way i love the whole album.
Actually Gillan had broken his voice doing this album and followed concerts. When they get reunions with Purple again in 1984 he was unable to make high notes screaming any more. But I love this album with Sabbath. You did very good review. Please keep doing more Deep Purple and Rainbow stuff. By the way you can check some songs by Blackmore's Night band. You will like it.
where did you saw that?
Bev Bevan elo's drummer played all I've stuff
i thought it was bill ward. hes on the cover.
Bill Ward played on the album ! Bev Bevan played only on the tour live.
@@archie6962 yeh realised after watching a documentary about Gillan joining the band. Ward went on a bender after he found out he was going on the road again. Bev's a good drummer anyway. He would have been on cloud nine with them.
The most evil of Sabbath albums , to me the last real Sabbath album after Ozzy. In the Oz years i personally believe the lyrics was the battle between falling or not falling to the grips of Satan, being religion winning at the end of the day.
I thought Gillan and Sabbath wouldn't work, as a rock album it wasn't bad but with the Sabbath name on i felt a little bit let down. But it's not the worst Sabbath album.
Who Chloe you be let down. Because the used the name Black Sabbath. When there was 3/4 of the original lineup.
The sound effect "songs" in between tracks are filler that could have been left out, but what do I know? Didn't like this album when it was released. Bought the album on vinyl in 1983 and gave it away after two listens. Creepy album cover and Ian Gillan's singing voice was too much to absorb at the time even at 18 years old. Listening to this album 40 years later, Tony Iommi is beyond phenomenal on this record as is Geezer Butler. Still wish they had a different singer than Ian Gillan. Would love to have a complete instrumental version of this album.
Tony has been adding thse kinds of interludes on pretty much all of Sabbaths albums that came before this one.
I hated the engineering dance studio worked on this album while the music could’ve been way so much better finish wise
this band always had a habit of messing with your mind,,,
then i was excited when i heard that gillan was joining sabbath, but i was a little disappointed by this album, it could have been better although some songs are great ie born again, disturbing the priest
I know some people will knock me down for saying that, but that album don't sound better now that it did when it came out. Sometimes, you hear something you haven't heard in a long time, and it reminds you of a certain time of your teenage years, but this thing is so bad, that it reminds me how many fans of Sabbath and Purple were extremely upset by the whole thing. That album sounded like crap, even for the time.
great album, horrible production...
Think your wrong.
@shspurs1342 There's a video of an alleged demo floating around here on UA-cam that has a better mix, plus an extra song.
and by the way the album cover was so worse
By the way, I really like the album cover.
this album SUCKS
barfyman362 You suck !
This album is really good dude