Black Sabbath
Backtrackin'
[Castle Communications]


1. Paranoid
2. Killing Yourself To Live
3. Snowblind
4. Sweet Leaf
5. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
6. Symptom Of The Universe
7. Planet Caravan
8. War Pigs
9. Into The Void
10. Electric Funeral
11. Sabbra Cadabra
12. St Vitus Dance
13. Fairies Wear Boots
14. The Wizard
15. Cornucopia

For my money, the ultimate metal compilation. 15 (with a couple of exceptions) of the most songs in the history of metal. 15 songs of fear, doom, desolation, recorded in the aftermath of 60's hippy ignorance. The birth of metal. (and indeed, the birth of doom.)

Black Sabbath at their prime, were simply awesome. Geezer Butler's psychotic, pumping bass (and prophetic lyricism); Bill Ward...the madman of the skins himself, how anyone could drum so frenetically to such morbid, doomy music is often one of those "things to contemplate next time I'm drunk/stoned"; the perpetually drunken nasal yell of John "Ozzy" Osbourne; and the orgasmic meld of blues and proto metal, which drips from the strings of Tony Iommi's guitar.

I won't review the songs, as someone else has already reviewed each of the albums these songs are lifted from. Suffice to say, every song is a killer. If you're able to, forego this compilation, and buy the first six Black Sabbath albums NOW. If not, this is the ultimate introduction to Metal's greatest legacy. Trust me....>:)


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