Paranoid
Black Sabbath
Paranoid
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
| 1 |
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War Pigs full track | 7:55 | 248,538 | ||
| 2 |
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Paranoid full track | 2:47 | 505,043 | ||
| 3 |
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Planet Caravan | 4:29 | 188,944 | ||
| 4 |
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Iron Man full track | 5:54 | 340,628 | ||
| 5 |
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Electric Funeral full track | 4:50 | 186,138 | ||
| 6 |
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Hand Of Doom full track | 7:08 | 119,571 | ||
| 7 | Rat Salad (Instrumental) | 2:29 | 91 | |||
| 8 |
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Fairies Wear Boots full track | 6:14 | 126,695 |
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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Hollow-Symphony wrote:
Reaper0 - While I do like SOAD, you really can't compare them to Sabbath.
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bleed4weed wrote:
and I saw, and I saw, and I tell you no lie. 'cos smokin' and tippin' is all that you do YEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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BabaOReally wrote:
yeah fairies wear boots and you gotta believe meee
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Jezeebel wrote:
one of the best HEAVY metal albums!
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johnnyp2355 wrote:
Just like I remember it
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danthemusicman1 wrote:
So classic! Every song is perfect. This, Master of Reality, and Black Sabbath are their best albums.
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Dark_Sabbath wrote:
Uno de los mejores albumes de la historia ImL
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miqmiranda wrote:
''rat salad" shows the habily of the great Bill Ward,he is awesome on this stuff!!!Of course one of the best drunner perfomances of music´s history!!
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miqmiranda wrote:
I get hours and hours listening it in my room,I seep hearing it!!Especially the b-side(electric funeral..hand of doom)
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Reaper0 wrote:
You disagree or dont understand me?
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Frostdaddy wrote:
"This is the best album that I have ever heared . Planet Caravan is good , Rat Salad and Fairies Wear Boots are both awesome and rest of them became my favourites . The only album that i think is compreable in quality is first System of a Down album "System of a Down"" Wait... wat?
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CLoud_ZER0 wrote:
best album
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AmenCorner wrote:
Wtf.
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Reaper0 wrote:
This is the best album that I have ever heared . Planet Caravan is good , Rat Salad and Fairies Wear Boots are both awesome and rest of them became my favourites . The only album that i think is compreable in quality is first System of a Down album "System of a Down"
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far7east8boy wrote:
OZZY..
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PrinceAmled wrote:
I bet very few people knew that this album was originally going to be named "War Piggers".
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miqmiranda wrote:
fucking awesome album!
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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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