The Best of Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath · 2000
158 min · 32 tracks · hard rock · heavy metal · doom metal
A thunderous collection of heavy riffs and haunting melodies that defined a genre.
Why this album works
'The Best of Black Sabbath' is significant for its role in introducing new generations to the band's pioneering sound, featuring essential tracks that influenced countless artists. It achieved commercial success, reaching high positions on various charts, and reinforced Black Sabbath's legacy as one of heavy metal's foundational acts.
- Best for
- dynamic collection of classics wave-like pacing throughout tracks haunting melodies that linger
- Context
- Released in 2000, 'The Best of Black Sabbath' captures the legendary band's extensive career, showcasing tracks from their formative years in the early 1970s through to their later albums in the late 1970s and early 1980s. This compilation follows the band's reunion with original members and serves as a retrospective of their influence on heavy metal.
- Stylistic neighbors
- Ozzy Osbourne· Queen· Aerosmith
Tracklist
Best experienced from track one — press play and let it unfold.
Disc 1
- 1 Black Sabbath 6:19
- 2 The Wizard 4:23
- 3 NIB 6:05
- 4 Evil Woman (Don’t Play Your Games With Me) 3:21
- 5 Wicked World 4:45
- 6 War Pigs Standout 7:56
- 7 Paranoid Standout 2:49
- 8 Planet Caravan 4:27
- 9 Iron Man Standout 5:56
- 10 Electric Funeral 4:48
- 11 Fairies Wear Boots 6:13
- 12 Sweet Leaf 5:04
- 13 Embryo 0:28
- 14 Children of the Grave 5:17
- 15 Lord of This World 5:27
- 16 Into the Void 6:11
Disc 2
- 1 Tomorrow’s Dream 3:08
- 2 Supernaut 4:43
- 3 Snowblind 5:27
- 4 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 5:44
- 5 Killing Yourself to Live 5:40
- 6 Spiral Architect 5:30
- 7 Hole in the Sky 3:59
- 8 Don’t Start (Too Late) 0:49
- 9 Symptom of the Universe 6:31
- 10 Am I Going Insane (Radio) 4:17
- 11 Dirty Women 7:10
- 12 Never Say Die 3:49
- 13 Hard Road 6:04
- 14 Heaven and Hell 6:54
- 15 Turn Up the Night 3:40
- 16 The Dark / Zero the Hero 5:44
Reference: Wikipedia · MusicBrainz · Wikidata
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