{"id":30715,"date":"2025-05-12T16:07:37","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T21:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/?p=30715"},"modified":"2025-05-27T11:12:45","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T16:12:45","slug":"my-black-sabbath-album-rankings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/2025\/05\/12\/my-black-sabbath-album-rankings\/","title":{"rendered":"My Black Sabbath Album Rankings"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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The band Black Sabbath, as far as I and many others are concerned, invented what is now called Heavy Metal music.<\/p>

I know they don’t agree, but I believe it’s true.<\/p>

The original lineup of singer Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, and drummer Bill Ward are the creators of sooooooooooo many bands.<\/p>

They started a lot.<\/p>

There have been many lineups (Tony Iommi is the one who has always been there.) and I am a fan of all of it.<\/p>

And I am going to rank their albums here.<\/p>

  1. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath<\/li>
  2. Black Sabbath<\/li>
  3. Paranoid<\/li>
  4. Master Of Reality<\/li>
  5. Reunion<\/li>
  6. Sabotage<\/li>
  7. Dehumanizer<\/li>
  8. Heaven And Hell<\/li>
  9. Mob Rules<\/li>
  10. Seventh Star<\/li>
  11. Vol. 4<\/li>
  12. Never Say Die<\/li>
  13. 13<\/li>
  14. Technical Ecstasy<\/li>
  15. Black Sabbath The Dio Years (Compilation with 3 new songs)<\/li>
  16. The Devil You Know (billed as the band Heaven & Hell, but it is Black Sabbath)<\/li>
  17. The End EP<\/li>
  18. Forbidden<\/li>
  19. Born Again<\/li>
  20. Headless Cross<\/li>
  21. The Eternal Idol<\/li>
  22. Cross Purposes<\/li>
  23. Tyr<\/li>
  24. Live At Radio City Music Hall (billed as the band Heaven & Hell, but it is Black Sabbath)<\/li>
  25. Neon Nights:\u00a0 Live at Wacken 2009 (billed as the band Heaven & Hell, but it is Black Sabbath)<\/li>
  26. Live at Hammersmith Odeon<\/li>
  27. Live Evil<\/li>
  28. Past Lives (AKA Live At Last)<\/li>
  29. Cross Purposes Live<\/li>
  30. The End:\u00a0 Live In Birmingham\/The Angelic Sessions<\/li>
  31. Live…Gathered In Their Masses<\/li><\/ol>

    Doing rankings like this are tough, and even the lower ones are not terrible.\u00a0 It’s just that I like the ones ranked higher more.<\/p>

    And I could always change my mind, but this is my ranking right here and right now.<\/p>

    What do you think?\u00a0 How would you rank them?\u00a0 Let me know.<\/p>

    I love Black Sabbath.\u00a0 Every album and lineup is important.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The band Black Sabbath, as far as I and many others are concerned, invented what is now called Heavy Metal music. I know they don’t agree, but I believe it’s true. The original lineup of singer Ozzy Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler, and drummer Bill Ward are the creators of sooooooooooo many bands. They started a lot. There have been many lineups (Tony Iommi is the one who has always been there.) and I am a fan of all of it. And I am going to rank their albums here. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Black Sabbath Paranoid Master Of Reality Reunion Sabotage Dehumanizer Heaven And Hell Mob Rules Seventh Star Vol. 4 Never Say Die 13 Technical Ecstasy Black Sabbath The Dio Years (Compilation with 3 new songs) The Devil You Know (billed as the band Heaven & Hell, but it is Black Sabbath) The End EP Forbidden Born Again Headless Cross The Eternal Idol Cross Purposes Tyr Live At Radio City Music Hall (billed as the band Heaven & Hell, but it is Black Sabbath) Neon Nights:\u00a0 Live at Wacken 2009 (billed as the band Heaven & Hell, but it is Black Sabbath) Live at Hammersmith Odeon Live Evil Past Lives (AKA Live At Last) Cross Purposes Live The End:\u00a0 Live In Birmingham\/The Angelic Sessions Live…Gathered In Their Masses Doing rankings like this are tough, and even the lower ones are not terrible.\u00a0 It’s just that I like the ones ranked higher more. And I could always change my mind, but this is my ranking right here and right now. What do you think?\u00a0 How would you rank them?\u00a0 Let me know. I love Black Sabbath.\u00a0 Every album and lineup is important.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30715","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-album-reviews","category-blog"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30715","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30715"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30715\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31266,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30715\/revisions\/31266"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30715"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30715"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/diaryofanardentfan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30715"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}