Master of Reality

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Master of Reality
Black Sabbath studio album

Publication
(s)

July 21, 1971

Label (s)

Format (s)

CD, LP

Genre (s)

Heavy metal , doom metal

Title (number)

8th

running time

33:28

occupation

production

Rodger Bain

Studio (s)

  • February 5 - April 5, 1971
  • Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles
chronology
Paranoid
(1970) 		Master of Reality Black Sabbath Vol. 4
(1972)

Master of Reality is the third studio album by the heavy metal band Black Sabbath . It was released on July 21, 1971.

background

On this album, guitarist Tony Iommi began tuning his guitar three semitones lower. He did this to make it easier for himself to play, as he had lost two fingertips in an accident at work shortly before the recording of the debut album.

In January 1971 work on the Master of Reality began at Island Studios in London. Three songs were recorded, then Black Sabbath went on tour. Further pieces were recorded in February, again interrupted by a tour. In April the songs were finished. Between the recording deadline and release, the debut album and Paranoid reached gold in the US.

Master of Reality came out just seven months after Paranoid . The songs are shorter, but still slower than on the previous one. In terms of content, the texts relate to topics such as drugs, war and theology .

On the US version of the album, some of the songs were subtitled to give the impression that there were more songs on the album (for example, the song "Children of the Grave" was subtitled "The Haunting"). Black Sabbath had already followed this approach on their first two albums, but again only in the US version.

It was Black Sabbath's third and final album to be produced by Rodger Bain.

The album is cited as a source of inspiration by many stoner and sludge metal artists.

successes

In the UK , the album reached fifth place on the album charts. It also reached eighth place on the US Billboard Pop Album chart . It sold over 2 million times. On the list of the 500 best albums of the Rolling Stone , it was ranked 300th

Versions

A first re-release followed on March 5, 1996 and another on April 27, 2005 in the "Black Box", a box set with the band's first eight albums.

Track list

  1. Sweet Leaf - 5:05 (Iommi, Ward, Butler, Osbourne)
  2. After Forever - 5:27 (Iommi)
  3. Embryo - 0:28 (Iommi)
  4. Children of the Grave - 5:17 (Iommi, Ward, Butler, Osbourne)
  5. Orchid - 1:30 (Iommi)
  6. Lord of This World - 5:25 (Iommi, Ward, Butler, Osbourne)
  7. Solitude - 5:02 (Iommi, Ward, Butler, Osbourne)
  8. Into the Void - 6:12 (Iommi, Ward, Butler, Osbourne)

Song info

A gasp can be heard at the beginning of the song Sweet Leaf . It's from Tony Iommi , who just pulled a joint . The song is in the style of a love song, through the title (German: "Sweet Leaf") and some formulations, however, it becomes clear that it is an ode to marijuana .

After Forever , a song about life after death, has Christian lyrics. This caused irritation among fans and critics of the band due to the band's occult image. The Dutch symphonic metal band After Forever named themselves after this song. It is interesting that according to the credits it was only written by Iommi alone, while all other songs mention the whole band.

Embryo and Orchid are instrumental pieces . Embryo is incorrectly listed as a five-minute song on some versions.

swell

  1. ↑ http://www.superseventies.com/spblacksabbath3.html
  2. ↑ Master of Reality. Rolling Stone Magazine, archived from the original on October 2, 2007 ; Retrieved May 28, 2007 .
  3. ↑ a b Master of Reality. Black-Sabbath.com, archived from the original on January 13, 2012 ; Retrieved May 28, 2007 .

Web links

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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)