Black SabbathBest Black Sabbath Albums Ranked

Paranoid

pitchfork

9.5

“Each Sunday, Pitchfork takes an in-depth look at a significant album from the past, and any record not in our archives is eligible. Today, we revisit the dawn of metal, a document of dreary working-class blight and anti-war screeds.”

Sabotage (Remastered)

pastemagazine

9.2

“For Rhino’s fourth Sabbath reissue this year, the metal giants’ most flamboyantly strange album gets augmented with a sterling remaster and an essential archival live show”

Black Sabbath, Vol. 4

pitchfork

9.0

“Made in L.A. under the influence of colossal amounts of cocaine, the heavy metal legends’ fourth album, recently reissued, made room for both light and shade and featured several of their signature songs.”

13

pitchfork

7.0

“The Rick Rubin-produced 13, featuring Rage Against the Machine/Audioslave drummer Brad Wilk, is the first Black Sabbath album to involve more than two original members since 1983's Ozzy-less Born Again. That it isn't an out-of-touch embarrassment is a surprise. That it's cohesive, engaging, and even fun is a near-shock.”

13

rollingstone

7.0

“"We decided to write horror music" is how Ozzy Osbourne describes Black Sabbath's birth in the great new heavy-metal oral history, Louder Than Hell. And that's exactly what they're doing, once again, on 13 – a reunion set with three-quarters of the original band – that revisits, and to an extent recaptures, the crushing, awesomely doomy spectacle of their first few records. Needless to say, this i”

Greatest Hits 1970-1978

pitchfork

6.2

“Unlike the previous Rhino-released Sabbath collection, this record suffers from some questionable decisions by its compilers.”

Black Sabbath

Liquify05

9.0

“This short album is the first by Black Sabbath and you know the rest, kick started Heavy metal and was truly the pivotal part in music during this time period, giving birth to names like Ozzy Osbourne and Tony Iommi, taking inspiration from The Lord Of The Rings for many songs this is just Heavy Metal purely and authentically”

Black Sabbath, Vol. 4

Liquify05

9.5

“Originally supposed to be called Snowblind taking inspiration from Cocaine, the band members were elbow deep in that powder and with it we got this a killer heavy metal record with just pure gold through it, Produced mostly by Iommi it’s has several songs that are in my opinion not as appreciated as their more famous tracks”

Master of Reality

yesits2inches

10

“this is probably the best album of the 70s and if not definitely top 5”

Paranoid

yesits2inches

9.5

“i mean it’s great it gets two thumbs up 👍🏼👍🏼”