OK. There is one thing that gets my nose out of joint about this.
Firstly, this is not a best of Sabbath compilation. It is a best of Sabbath with Ozzy, with a couple of Dio songs and a Gillan song tacked on at the end. There is no record of Glenn Hughes, Ray Gillen, Tony Martin, and the number of other musicians who played apart from Iommi, Geezer and Bill Ward. It really should be titled The Best Of Black Sabbath 1970-1978. Then it would be more accurate.
Getting past that, this is a wonderful compilation. The record of the band that made heavy metal what it is. Every song is like a page of history. You can almost pin point which bands in todays music have grown up listening to which song, and how it inspired them.
Each grinding riff, every beefy bass line, every pounding drum roll, every screaming vocal, just let's you know that it is Black Sabbath in their element. Some of the greatest songs ever written lie within the case of this album. Until you sit down and listen to them all again, in remastered glory, you don't know how influential they have been.
Though they have been sadly neglected in this, one should not forget that this band continued until 1998 – almost 20 years with different members. They were influential too, and deserve their own recognition at some stage.
Rating : As a tribute to the original Black Sabbath, this is a testament to their greatness. 5/5.
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