Black Sabbath - Paranoid Vinyl Record: Buy the Sealed LP Album

Tracks on this Album:

  1. War Pigs / Luke's Wall
  2. Paranoid
  3. Planet Caravan
  4. Iron Man
  5. Electric Funeral
  6. Hand of Doom
  7. Rat Salad
  8. Jack the Stripper / Fairies Wear Boots

Other Albums by Black Sabbath:

  • Black Sabbath
  • Master of Reality
  • Sabotage
  • Never Say Die!
  • Mob Rules
  • And many more (full list coming soon)...

Reviews for Paranoid

As the genre of heavy metal was in its infancy, one of the groups that helped to bring it to the attention of the masses was Black Sabbath and specifically their 1970 album (the band's second) Paranoid.

The album consists of some of the band's most immediately recognizable work including the familiar drone of the opening to "Iron Man" "War Pigs," which  is in reality a protest song which focuses on the atrocities of war and the absurdities of those who make war without regard for those forced to fight it.  Similarly, the lyrics of "Electric Funeral" discuss the bleak aftermath of nuclear warfare. The title cut "Paranoid" was conjured up in the studio at the last minute and had quite an auspicious beginning as drummer Bill ward explains:  "We didn't have enough songs for the album, and Tony just played the "Paranoid" guitar lick and that was it. It took twenty, twenty-five minutes from top to bottom." The song was written with no intention of it being a successful hit for the band, only to be filler on the album.

In 2003, the album was ranked #130 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time and in that same year.  Paranoid was ranked #6 on Guitar World magazine's list of The Greatest 100 Guitar Albums of All Time.  It has been certified quadruple platinum with over four million copies sold in the US alone, making it Black Sabbath's best-selling album.

submitted by Robert, 2009-10-23 12:26:00

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