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    My ranking...

    SBS
    Sabotage
    MOR
    Paranoid
    Vol. 4
    H&H
    s/t
    TE
    TMR
    NSD
    Born Again
    Dehumanizer
    ...the rest
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    Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
    Black Sabbath
    Never Say Die
    Volume 4
    Paranoid
    Sabotage
    Master of Reality
    Technical Ecstasy
    Born Again

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    Quote Originally Posted by JeffCarney View Post

    I'll work on Part II tomorrow if I can find the time.
    So, Vol.4 is in your Part II, isn't it? It would easily make my personal top 5 list, together with Paranoid, s/t, Sabotage and SBS.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Rick Robson View Post
    So, Vol.4 is in your Part II, isn't it? It would easily make my personal top 5 list, together with Paranoid, s/t, Sabotage and SBS.
    Yes. In fact I might rank Vol. 4 only behind Sabotage as the best Sabbath album ever.

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    From my favorite to least favorite, though I do enjoy all of these:

    Sabotage
    Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
    Master of Reality
    Paranoid
    Never Say Die
    Heaven and Hell
    Black Sabbath
    Volume IV
    Technical Ecstasy
    Dehumanizer
    The Mob Rules
    13
    Reunion

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    Quote Originally Posted by PeterG View Post
    I'm not a progger
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    Then why are you here?
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    Oh lighten up Francis. I'm just pointing out that it's odd that someone who says outright he's not a progger would spend so much time on a prog forum.
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    Just saw remastered copies of Technical Ecstacy and Never Say Die at Best Buy (and cheap too). Amazing. A few months ago I would've been all over them. Just not in a rock/metal mood these days. Happens from time to time. I see albums that I want but just not into them at the moment. We'll see, I might end up getting those albums anyway.

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    1. Volume 4
    2. Master of Reality
    3. Paranoid
    4. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
    5. Black Sabbath
    6. Sabotage
    7. Heaven & Hell
    8. Technical Ecstasy
    9. Mob Rules
    10. 13
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    the Heaven & Hell "The Devil You Know" album (though it does not bare the Sabbath name)
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    11. Dehumanizer

    and that's all.

    I have no interest in any other Sabbath these days.
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    The first six are all essential, but if I hAd to picks one it would be SBS.
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    1. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
    2. Volume 4
    3. Master of Reality
    4. Paranoid
    5. Black Sabbath
    6. Sabotage
    7. Heaven & Hell

    The rest I've never cared for.
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    Quote Originally Posted by The Dark Elf View Post
    1. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
    2. Volume 4
    3. Master of Reality
    4. Paranoid
    5. Black Sabbath
    6. Sabotage
    7. Heaven & Hell

    The rest I've never cared for.
    Yep. My list goes as follows:

    1) the first six albums
    2) Heaven & Hell
    3) all the rest
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    Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
    Volume IV
    Master of Reality
    Heaven and Hell
    Paranoid
    Sabotage
    Mob Rules
    S/T
    .....
    all the rest

    Hard to place some of these. I do feel SBS rises above the pack, and Mob Rules only loses points by repeating the same formula as H&H, but depending on my mood everything else but the debut could switch places on a given day. And then there's the lumbering, blistering boot Convention Hall, Asbury Park NJ from '75, one of my fave boots of all time.
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    Surprised to see SBS rated so highly. The title track, “Who Are You” and “Spiral Architect” are great, but the rest is sort of filler-ish to me. Maybe I need to re-listen, it’s been years...

    1. Sabotage (all-around masterpiece…the over-the-top “Supertzar” showed they had humor)
    2. Master of Reality (all-around masterpiece again)
    3. Volume 4 (near-masterpiece...ALWAYS skip “Changes”)
    4. Paranoid (usually skip “Rat Salad” and “Iron Bloke”)
    5. Black Sabbath (side one is awesome, side two has a lot of noodling)
    6. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

    Except for the debut and SBS, all of the above have been favorites of mine at one time or another.

    EDIT: Forgot to mention “Reunion”, which is a go-to CD when I’m in a Sabbath mood these days.
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    Quote Originally Posted by at least 100 dead View Post
    EDIT: Forgot to mention “Reunion”, which is a go-to CD when I’m in a Sabbath mood these days.
    Same here. I just can't play it in mixed company.
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    1) Paranoid
    2)Sabotage
    3)MOR
    4)H&H
    5)Debut
    6)Tyr
    7)SBS
    8)13
    9)Vol 4
    10) Mob Rules
    11)Born Again
    12) Seventh Star
    13)Eternal Idol
    14) Cross Purposes
    15)Headless Cross
    16) dehumanizer
    17) Forbidden
    18)Never Say Die
    19) Technical Ex

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    Quote Originally Posted by ronmac View Post
    Same here. I just can't play it in mixed company.
    Who needs company when you’ve got Black Sabbath anyway.
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    My ranking of the OZZ/DIO years (proper sabbath, IMO):

    1)IV
    2)Paranoid
    3)Sabotage
    4)ST
    5)Heaven and Hell
    6)Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
    7)Mob Rules
    8)Never Say Die
    9)Technical Ecstasy

    *ps - the 8, 9 rankings are simply bc they're not as great as the others. I consider them both very good albums and underrated, especially NSD.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Score2112 View Post
    My ranking of the OZZ/DIO years (proper sabbath, IMO):

    1)IV
    2)Paranoid
    3)Sabotage
    4)ST
    5)Heaven and Hell
    6)Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
    7)Mob Rules
    8)Never Say Die
    9)Technical Ecstasy

    *ps - the 8, 9 rankings are simply bc they're not as great as the others. I consider them both very good albums and underrated, especially NSD.
    Vol4 has been my fave for the longer time too, but I never tire of listening to BS, one of my very fave rock bands ever. And as such, the album MOR couldn't ever miss on my list either. And Born Again is worth of praise too, imo, Ian Gillan did a great job as well, and the CD2 of its 2011 Deluxe Edition features a highly recommended gig at The Reading Festival (August 1983.)
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    Ok, I guess we're now going from best to worst ...

    Vol. 4
    Sabotage
    Paranoid
    Master Of Reality
    Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
    S/T
    Heaven And Hell
    Never Say Die
    Mob Rules
    13
    Live At Last
    Cross Purposes
    Technical Ecstasy
    Tyr
    Reunion
    Dehumanizer
    Live Evil
    Born Again
    Seventh Star
    Forbidden
    Cross Purposes Live
    Headless Cross
    The Eternal Idol

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    After only having Paranoid for several years I just picked up SBS and Vol. 4. I think I will also try to grab the debut and Sabotage while they're still on sale. I'm sure I'll figure out what all the hubbub is about shortly...
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    Black Sabbath
    Heaven & Hell
    Live at Last/Past Lives
    Master of Reality
    Paranoid
    Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
    Vol 4
    Mob Rules
    Live Evil

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rick Robson View Post
    Vol4 has been my fave for the longer time too, but I never tire of listening to BS, one of my very fave rock bands ever. And as such, the album MOR couldn't ever miss on my list either. And Born Again is worth of praise too, imo, Ian Gillan did a great job as well, and the CD2 of its 2011 Deluxe Edition features a highly recommended gig at The Reading Festival (August 1983.)
    I *do* really enjoy born again. Should've added it to the list in fact.


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    I will only list the ones that I know which excludes the featuring Tony I material.

    1) Paranoid
    2) Master of Reality
    3) The Mob Rules
    4) Black Sabbath
    5) Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
    6) Volume IV
    7) Heaven and Hell
    8) Sabotage
    9) 13
    10) Never Say Die
    11) The Devil You Know
    12) Born Again
    13) technical Ecstasy
    14) DeHumanizer
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    I don't give a damn what anybody says. Born Again is a badass album!

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    1. Paranoid - 10/10
    2. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - 9/10
    3. Master of Reality - 9/10
    4. Heaven and Hell - 9/10
    5. Sabotage - 8/10
    6. self-titled - 8/10
    7. Vol 4 - 7/10
    8. Mob Rules - 7/10
    9. Dehumanizer - 6/10

    That's all. Don't care for other albums.

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