Black Sabbath | Loppylugs

Submitted by Richard Norbury on 12 February 2013 - 10:14pm

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Black Sabbath*The Wizard*Behind The Wall Of Sleep*N.I.B.*Evil Woman*Sleeping Village*Warning

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Tuesday, 9 October 2007

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reviewed by

Richard Norbury
79

reviewed by

Glyn Lewis

Does exactly what it says on the tin

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It was no mean achievement for Sabbath to hit the ground running with a first album that had the well crafted sound of a rock genre they pretty much defined themselves. 37 years and a thousand pale imitations later it still packs a mighty punch, ooooff!

The singer, whoever he is, has got a great weird sounding rock voice that overcomes its limitations and the rest of the band, to their credit, aren’t hiding behind layers of production / distraction - there’s some nice soloing stuff in here, no really. The lyrics are mostly the usual fantasy, melodramatic, superstitious nonsense we’ve come to know and love, and in truth you wouldn't want this sort of thing on your turntable on too regular a basis, but still an impressive beast of an album. If you like your Sabbaths Black you know what to do.
75

reviewed by

Jon Taylor

A bold blues album

Interesting to hear this 25 years on, with the experience to see through the image to the music. A very bold debut album, with some great blues.
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reviewed by

Neil Hornsey

If they'd quit ripping off Spinal Tap they may get somewhere

Rock and roll. Must have been cool to have been a fan in '70 when they were original. Must have been cool to have been them in '70 too, I bet they lived the life eh? One can only wonder.