- Black Sabbath (1972) 91/100. Album two of three from the 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die folks featuring Black Sabbath. This is the Sabbath coked to the gills album. Overall, it was a good album. I didn't find it as good as Paranoid (see the review here - http://geekyclowns1001albums.blogspot.com/2011/01/23-paranoid-black-sabbath.html) but it is still Black Sabbath. They are like The Beatles and Led Zeppelin in the fact that I don't believe it is possible for them (original lineup of course) to make a bad album. Bill Ward said in 2001, "yes, Vol. 4 is a great album but listening to it now, I can see it as a turning point for me, where the alcohol and drugs stopped being fun." This was the album that created the cracks in the original lineup that would lead to their eventual demise (the original lineup, not Black Sabbath, they are still around today). The first three tracks are solid. I am a big fan of Tomorrow's Dream. FX and Cornucopia I could have done without. St. Vitus Dance was also really good. Snowblind, the band homage to cocaine, is a good track as well. Production-wise, I enjoyed some of the orchestration and a lot of the sound panning through the tracks. You can't really go wrong with Sabbath. Listened: 2/23/2011Favorite Tracks: Tomorrow's Dream, Snowblind, St. Vitus Dance
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