Black Sabbath (Album)

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Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath studio album
Publication ; (s)	1970
Label (s)	Warner Brothers
Format (s)	LP, CD, MC
Genre (s)	Heavy metal , doom metal , hard rock
Title (number)	8th
running time	41 min. 27 sec.
occupation	Ozzy Osbourne : vocals; Tony Iommi : electric guitar; Geezer Butler : electric bass; Bill Ward : drums;
production	Roger Bain

Black Sabbath is the debut album by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath . It was released in the United Kingdom on Friday February 13th , 1970.

History of origin

Since a band called Earth already existed, the group changed its name to Black Sabbath while the band was recording. The album was recorded in 12 hours on November 17, 1969. Ozzy Osbourne's name was mistakenly spelled "Ossie" on the original record cover .

The intro to Behind the Wall of Sleep is called Wasp , the NIB intro is called Bassically and the outro (incorrectly stated as the intro) of the song Sleeping Village was called A Bit of Finger .

In the gatefold cover of the LP you can see an inverted Latin cross that was inserted by the record company without the band's knowledge. However, the band itself received this positively:

“Still, we were absolutely thrilled with the artwork on the first album. Hardly any bands got a gatefold cover back then, and the intro with the bell was awesome (it was also added by the record company - yy). Suddenly we got invitations to black masses all the time . I didn't even know what that was about. "

- Ozzy Osbourne : Interview on Rock Hard .

The original LP of the European edition contained seven tracks, Wicked World was only available as a single. In a later episode, Wicked World was added to the CD compilations. The original US and Canadian versions of the album contained the title Wicked World instead of the song Evil Woman , due to publishing rights. The re-mastered re-release contains both songs.

Cover

The cover is a photograph of Mapledurham Watermill in the village of Mapledurham , which in the county of Oxfordshire is. In the foreground is a woman who is dressed completely in black and is standing in the undergrowth. According to Tony Iommi, this woman turned up one day at a Black Sabbath concert to introduce herself to the band.

The woman is Louisa Livingstone, a musician and model.

meaning

Many critics refer to this album as the definitive beginning of heavy metal , mainly because of the title track . On this first record, the influence of Led Zeppelin in the form of blues rhythms can still be heard.

In 2003 Black Sabbath reached the 241st place in Rolling Stone magazine's selection of the 500 best albums of all time .

Marco Götz from Metal Hammer wrote on February 13th, 2013, even 43 years after the release “the dark riffs of riff god Tony Iommi have lost none of their magical attraction”.

Track list

Black Sabbath (Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne) - 6:21
The Wizard (Iommi, Ward, Butler, Osbourne) - 4:23
Behind the Wall of Sleep (Iommi, Ward, Butler, Osbourne) - 3:37
NIB (Iommi, Ward, Butler, Osbourne) - 6:16
Evil Woman (Wiegand, Wiegand, Wagner) - 3:22
Sleeping Village (Iommi, Ward, Butler, Osbourne) - 3:48
The Warning ( Aynsley Dunbar , Moreshed, Dmochowski, Hickling) - 10:34
Wicked World (Iommi, Ward, Butler, Osbourne) - 4:43

Meaning of the lyrics

Black Sabbath - the namesake of both the band and the song names came from the film The Three Faces of Fear with Boris Karloff . The film's title was Black Sabbath in some countries . Although the song is often used as evidence of an occult background of the group, it is more of a warning against the occult, according to the experiences of the Catholic-educated bassist Geezer Butler in the course of his preoccupation with magic and Satanism , to the point of "terrible" as a result Things ”happened.
Behind the Wall of Sleep is inspired by HP Lovecraft's short story Beyond the Wall of Sleep .
NIB is written from Lucifer's perspective. Many critics interpreted this song as evidence of the band's satanic background. It has often been claimed that NIB stands for "Nativity in Black". Several tribute albums also bear this name. In reality, the title refers to the nickname of drummer Bill Ward or his beard, which looked like a feather. The suggestion to name the song NIB was originally a joke from a band member.
Evil Woman is a cover version of the band Crow. The original was released a year earlier.
Warning is originally from Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation and was first published in 1967.

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Jan Jaedike: Risen from the ruins . In: Rock Hard . No. 278 , July 2010, p. 27 .
↑ Louisa Livingstone. Accessed February 16, 2020 .
↑ Black Sabbath's Debut: Woman From Album Cover Makes Electronic Music Today. February 13, 2020, accessed on February 16, 2020 .
↑ Marco Götz: 43 years ago today: The Black Sabbath debut will be released on February 13, 2013, accessed on February 14, 2013.
↑ ^a ^b http://www.black-sabbath.com/faq/faq11.htm
^ "Although members of the band talk of the occult, and Ozzy Osbourne later in his solo career wrote his own paean to the" Great Beast "with the song" Mr. Crowley, "a closer look at the lyrics of Black Sabbath does not uncover any serious Satanic philosophy. To the contrary, it reveals an almost Christian fear of demons and sorcery. " Michael Moynihan , Didrik Søderlind: Lords of Chaos , First Edition, Feral House 1998, ISBN 0-922915-48-2 , p. 5.
↑ "I was really interested because I was brought up Catholic. When I was a kid, I was a religious maniac. I loved anything to do with religion and God. Being a catholic, every week you hear what the Devil does, and “Satan's this” and “Satan's that”, so you really believe in it. What sparked my interest was when I was in London around 1966-67. There was a hole new culture happening and this one guy used to sell these black magic magazines. I read one magazine and thought, “Oh yeah, I never thought of it like that” —Satan's point of view. [...] I found out Satanism was around before any Christian or Jewish religion. It's an incredibly interesting subject. I sort of got more into the black side of it and was putting upside-down crosses on my wall and pictures of Satan all over. I painted my apartment black. I was getting really involved in it and all those horrible things started happening to me. You come to a point where you cross over and totally follow it and totally forget about Jesus and God. “Are you going to do it? Yes or no? " No, I don't think so. "Michael Moynihan, Didrik Søderlind: Lords of Chaos , First Edition, Feral House 1998, ISBN 0-922915-48-2 , p. 5.
↑ https://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0011946395
↑ http://www.secondhandsongs.com/song/4162
↑ http://www.secondhandsongs.com/song/4166

[rh-1] Jan Jaedike: Risen from the ruins . In: Rock Hard . No. 278 , July 2010, p. 27 .

[2] Louisa Livingstone. Accessed February 16, 2020 .

[3] Black Sabbath's Debut: Woman From Album Cover Makes Electronic Music Today. February 13, 2020, accessed on February 16, 2020 .

[4] Marco Götz: 43 years ago today: The Black Sabbath debut will be released on February 13, 2013, accessed on February 14, 2013.

[faq11-5] ttp://www.black-sabbath.com/faq/faq11.htm

[6] "Although members of the band talk of the occult, and Ozzy Osbourne later in his solo career wrote his own paean to the" Great Beast "with the song" Mr. Crowley, "a closer look at the lyrics of Black Sabbath does not uncover any serious Satanic philosophy. To the contrary, it reveals an almost Christian fear of demons and sorcery. " Michael Moynihan , Didrik Søderlind: Lords of Chaos , First Edition, Feral House 1998, ISBN 0-922915-48-2 , p. 5.

[7] "I was really interested because I was brought up Catholic. When I was a kid, I was a religious maniac. I loved anything to do with religion and God. Being a catholic, every week you hear what the Devil does, and “Satan's this” and “Satan's that”, so you really believe in it. What sparked my interest was when I was in London around 1966-67. There was a hole new culture happening and this one guy used to sell these black magic magazines. I read one magazine and thought, “Oh yeah, I never thought of it like that” —Satan's point of view. [...] I found out Satanism was around before any Christian or Jewish religion. It's an incredibly interesting subject. I sort of got more into the black side of it and was putting upside-down crosses on my wall and pictures of Satan all over. I painted my apartment black. I was getting really involved in it and all those horrible things started happening to me. You come to a point where you cross over and totally follow it and totally forget about Jesus and God. “Are you going to do it? Yes or no? " No, I don't think so. "Michael Moynihan, Didrik Søderlind: Lords of Chaos , First Edition, Feral House 1998, ISBN 0-922915-48-2 , p. 5.

[8] ttps://www.allmusic.com/song/mt0011946395

[9] ttp://www.secondhandsongs.com/song/4162

[10] ttp://www.secondhandsongs.com/song/4166


Studio albums	Black Sabbath (1970) • Paranoid (1970) • Master of Reality (1971) • Volume 4 (1972) • Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973) • Sabotage (1975) • Technical Ecstasy (1976) • Never Say Die! (1978) • Heaven and Hell (1980) • Mob Rules (1981) • Born Again (1983) • Seventh Star (1986) • The Eternal Idol (1987) • Headless Cross (1989) • Tyr (1990) • Dehumanizer (1992 ) • Cross Purposes (1994) • Forbidden (1995) • 13 (2013)
Live albums	Live at Last (1980) • Live Evil (1982) • Cross Purposes Live (1995) • Reunion (1998) • Black Sabbath - Live at Hammersmith Odeon (2007)
Compilation albums	We Sold Our Soul For Rock & Roll (1976) • The Best of Black Sabbath (2000) • Greatest Hits 1970–1978 (2007) • Black Sabbath: The Dio Years (2007) •
Singles	Black Sabbath (1970) • Evil Woman (1970) • NIB • Paranoid (1970) • The Wizard (1970) • Iron Man (1971) • War Pigs (1971) • Fairies Wear Boots (1971) • Sweat Leaf (1971) • Children of the Grave (1971) • After Forever (1972) • Snowblind (1972) • Tomorrow's Dream (1972) • Supernaut (1973) • Changes (1973) • Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973) • Sabbra Cadabra (1974) • Am I Going Insane (1975) • Hole in the Sky (1975) • Symptom of the Universe (1975) • Rock'Roll Doctor (1976) • Never Say Die (1978) • Hard Road (1978) • Dirty Woman (1979) • Neon Knights (1980) • The Young (1980) • Mob Rules (1981) • Turn Up the Night (1982) • Voodoo (1982) • Trashed (1983) • No Stranger to Love (1986) • The Shining (1987) • Headless Cross (1989) • Devil and Daughter (1989) • Feels Good to Me (1990) • TV Crimes (1992) • The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (1994) • Psycho Man (1998) • Selling My Soul (1999) • The Devil Cried (2007) • God is Dead? (2013) • End of the Beginning (2013) • The Loner (2013)