Sabbath Poll

In honor of the release of 13, I decided to put up what may be the most difficult poll ever. Remember that I'm not asking about the greatest Sabbath album, but your personal favorite. For me, I have to say Master of Reality because of its monster riff-fest and Ozzy's peak as far as energy is concerned (also the album is scary as hell), but Vol 4 is a close, close second. I would like to say, however, that my favorite Sabbath song of all time is Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. Just throwing that out there.

I voted Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. Vol. 4 would be second for me, too. 

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath has always been the most interesting of the Ozzy era to me. There's a ton of progressive influences, lots of changes in pace and style (Who Are You? includes some awesome synth), and it's still got those crushingly heavy pieces they're known for (A National Acrobat has to be one of my favorite underrated Sabbath songs).

Paranoid
Master of Reality
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Black Sabbath
Sabotage
Vol. 4
Never Say Die
Technical Ecstasy

Sabotage
Volume 4
Paranoid
Master of Reality
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Never Say Die
T.E.

Master of Reality
Paranoid
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Volume 4
Black Sabbath
Sabotage
Technical Ecstasy
Never Say Die

Okay so we're listing them all now...

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Vol. 4
Black Sabbath
Master of Reality
Paranoid
Sabotage 
Technical Ecstasy 

(Never actually heard this one)
Never Say Die

For me it is MASTER OF REALITY!

Well, I voted for the debut because it's simply one of the most important rock albums in history.

1. Black Sabbath
2. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
3. Master Of Reality
4. Paranoid
5. Vol. 4
6. Sabotage
7. Never Say Die
8. Technical Ecstasy

Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is my all time favorite. The title track is their greatest song imo. Every song on there is pure gold though.

I love all those albums but I went with 'Volume 4'

Headless Cross and Dehumanizer

Paranoid not a single filler track on there

Didn't know they only made six albums.

I've only recently gotten into Ozzy-era Sabbath (maybe in the last year or two), but I find most of the albums equal. Black Sabbath has the best Ozzy-era song (the title track), but is weaker overall than the other 5 albums. Paranoid has the 3 classics, and the rest of the album is pretty consistent as well. I find myself listening to Master of Reality, Volume 4, and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath most often though. Sabotage is good as well.

It's really difficult for me to pick between them, but I went with Paranoid

They're all good but I'll go with other. I'm a non-conformist and think Born Again is their best !

Hard to pick only one. It's a toss up for me between Master of Reality and Sabotage. I went with Master of Reality.

My Ozzy era Sabbath CD collection is severely undernourished ... aside from Volume 4 and the Symptom of the Universe 2-disc comp, I've never gotten round to upgrading the rest from cassettes and therefore they haven't been played in dog years... but if forced I guess I'd say Sabotage, because it features 2 of my all time favorite Sab tracks... "Hole in the Sky" and "Symptom of the Universe."

I went with sabotage.

Paranoid

Before I even knew who Sabbath were or what heavy metal was, I can recall hearing that song in particular as a young lad on the Wildwood NJ boardwalk, blaring from the speakers of the Himalaya. Watching that thing spin around at break-neck speed while the overly loud, distorted music played both facinated and frightened me.

Many moons later, when the discovery was made that this Ozzy character was in a band, I had to seek it out. Paranoid was my first Sabbath album.

Vol. 4 then Master.

Dio era slays Ozzy era though.

Dark Horseman wrote:

Vol. 4 then Master.

Dio era slays Ozzy era though.

BURN THE HERETIC!! BURN HIM!!

Went with Paranoid, since it was my first Sabbath album..... all 6 of those albums are classics

Paranoid is undeniably a great album, nay, a masterpiece, but I've milked those songs so much since it was my first as well. It's like Van Halen's debut, IMO the greatest record ever made, but damn hard to listen to anymore because I've heard every song to the point of oblivion. At this point in my life Master of Reality is my most frequent listen.

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Dark Horseman wrote:

Vol. 4 then Master. Dio era slays Ozzy era though.

BURN THE HERETIC!! BURN HIM

Yeah, i'm used to that but Dio sings way better and Iommi's riffs are just as strong with Dio.