Paranoid
Black Sabbath
Paranoid
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
| 2 |
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Paranoid full track | 2:47 | 485,675 |
About this album
Paranoid is the second album by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in September 1970 through Vertigo Records. The album consists of some of the band’s most readily identifiable work including “Iron Man”, “War Pigs”, and “Paranoid”.
The album is regarded as a classic, and one of the most influential of the heavy metal genre. It has been certified quadruple platinum with over four million copies in the US alone, making it Black Sabbath’s best-selling album.
The “Paranoid” single, released before the album, reached number four in the UK. Pushed by its success, the album hit number one in the UK, and is the only Black Sabbath album to have done so. The US release was held until January 1971, as the Black Sabbath album was still on the charts at the time of Paranoid’s UK release. The album broke into the top ten in the US in March 1971, and would go on to sell four million copies in the US alone, with virtually no radio airplay. Paranoid’s chart success in the US allowed the band to tour there for the first time in December 1970. This spawned the release of the album’s second single “Iron Man”, and although it failed to reach the top 40, “Iron Man” remains one of Black Sabbath’s most popular songs.
The album was again panned by music critics of the era. However, modern-day music critics are much more favourable towards the album than those of the time. An example is Allmusic’s Steve Huey, who cites Paranoid as “one of the greatest and most influential heavy metal albums of all time”, which “defined the sound and style of metal, more than any other record in history”.
The album is regarded as a classic, and one of the most influential of the heavy metal genre. It has been certified quadruple platinum with over four million copies in the US alone, making it Black Sabbath’s best-selling album.
The “Paranoid” single, released before the album, reached number four in the UK. Pushed by its success, the album hit number one in the UK, and is the only Black Sabbath album to have done so. The US release was held until January 1971, as the Black Sabbath album was still on the charts at the time of Paranoid’s UK release. The album broke into the top ten in the US in March 1971, and would go on to sell four million copies in the US alone, with virtually no radio airplay. Paranoid’s chart success in the US allowed the band to tour there for the first time in December 1970. This spawned the release of the album’s second single “Iron Man”, and although it failed to reach the top 40, “Iron Man” remains one of Black Sabbath’s most popular songs.
The album was again panned by music critics of the era. However, modern-day music critics are much more favourable towards the album than those of the time. An example is Allmusic’s Steve Huey, who cites Paranoid as “one of the greatest and most influential heavy metal albums of all time”, which “defined the sound and style of metal, more than any other record in history”.
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Shouts
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Kelindon wrote:
No, man. Paranoid has all these songs: War Pigs, Paranoid, Planet Caravan, Iron Man, Electric Funeral, Hand of Doom, Rat Salad and Fairies Wear Boots.
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dr_zoidberg1 wrote:
becuase its a single DURR!
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toutelamusique wrote:
Why is there only one song listed for this album? WTF?
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Slit_Your_Guts wrote:
Just dug this out after years of gathering dust on the shelf....guess what? still rocks.
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GothicBowie wrote:
I finaly could buy this album @ Female metal Voice fest this weekend , after all this years it's still one of my all time favorite metal-albums. It is having three songs that got me into metal ''Paranoid'' ''Iron Man'' and ''war pigs'' but the entire album is great, after all this years it's still a metal-masterpiece.
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super_ruben09 wrote:
This album is so fucking good.
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MARROWNS wrote:
so so music..................... raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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BFD31095 wrote:
It is a great album (worth a 9.6, if you ask me), but every other Ozzy-era album is better, including Never Say Die.
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veyita_88 wrote:
For me it is the best metal album,and i am a Black Sabbath fan,actually my favourite band ever.
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BFD31095 wrote:
My first metal album :) Weakest Ozzy-era album, though.
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DaveBFC wrote:
There is fuck all wrong with paranoid stop being a fag
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Cimejes wrote:
Any "best albums ever" list without this = automatic fail
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Fullmoonstruck wrote:
Paranoid is the worst song Sabbath ever made. Rest of the album kicks ass. War Pig / Luke's Wall <3
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Jealousheart wrote:
А у меня на виниле есть ^__^
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Headbanger62695 wrote:
i agree. cmon wth? this needs to be fixed
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settlehead wrote:
What a fucked up tracklist.
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ferrumoff wrote:
Every song is P-E-R-F-E-C-T. One of the best albums ever.
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nambu14 wrote:
A++
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miracleman88 wrote:
Second Sabbath offering. As great as debut, but i put this above because this was my first album that i bought. No bad track here. Iron Man is my all time favourite. 5/5
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Waes-GOD wrote:
beginning of the heavy metal
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elchingolense tagged Black Sabbath – Paranoid with doom metal, heavy metal and hard rock. 7 hours ago
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