Diary of a Melomaniac

Before Nov 2020, grades range from 5 stars to 3.5 stars. After that, grade range is: 10 (A+), 9.5 (high A), 9 (A), 8.5 (high A-), 8 (A-), 7.5 (high B+), 7 (B+). Ungraded albums are honorable mention :-), neutral :-|, negative :-(. At least 3 listens per album. Search "Grade Post" for more info. [I shelved/sold 10,000-12,000 albums before starting this blog and will add entries for some of those as they come up. If you don't see an album, it doesn't mean I don't know it.]

Saturday, April 15, 2017

(The Original) Black Sabbath - The First Six Studio Albums - batch review

First, everyone please stop using the tiresome term "sludge" to describe this band's sound. Enough with that. It's not even that accurate, just a huge, lazy cliche at this point.

I will include Paranoid in the collection, because I like it the best, and it seems to be their acknowledged classic. I also ended up getting the debut. Here are the grades/designations:

Black Sabbath - 7 (B+)
Paranoid - 7.5 (high B+)
Master of Reality - honorable mention
Vol. 4 - honorable mention
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - neutral
Sabotage - neutral

Diary of a Melomaniac

Saturday, April 15, 2017

(The Original) Black Sabbath - The First Six Studio Albums - batch review

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