Listened to it just now...this is really legendary album

With black sabbath ill always feel like im listening to a classic rock album...which isnt bad er anything

Anyway there is no doubt that in this decade, Paranoid was awesome.

It is still awesome even today...which is the thing, that is making this album so awesome

Written by Ellrohir on 04.03.2010 at 09:37

It is still awesome even today...which is the thing, that is making this album so awesome

Well, totally Paranoid is a nice album but my favorite Black Sabbath vocalist is Dio and I hate Ozzy's voice so I just enjoyed from nice guitars in this album

Written by Guest on 04.03.2010 at 17:01

Written by Ellrohir on 04.03.2010 at 09:37

It is still awesome even today...which is the thing, that is making this album so awesome

Well, totally Paranoid is a nice album but my favorite Black Sabbath vocalist is Dio and I hate Ozzy's voice so I just enjoyed from nice guitars in this album

Ozzy's as an excelent voice, not like Dio's voice but still a great voice!!! Well that's a mark in Heavy Metal from the 70's!!! I think you don't expect screams from a Doom album, not even close!

Boring...

Written by HelloMe on 18.06.2011 at 06:04

Boring...

are you serious?

This has to be the most overplayed album of all time.

I can't believe that three people gave this album a 1. If it weren't for this album, there would be no heavy metal

I wonder now what Ozzy has to say about this album!!

This album is absolutely incredible. It also helped me write essays faster than i already can. Interesting...

Incredible, but not a masterpiece.

Written by HelloMe on 18.06.2011 at 06:04

Boring...

Go listen to Madonna

A masterpiece

Perfect!

Changed my mind This album is like a good wine: Gets better everytime.

Funny how the best known song off the album is actually the filler song.

Yes it is filler because it was written in the studio while recording the album cause the band needed a couple of extra minutes to fill the album.

The AK-47 of Metal, no matter how old it's still reliable and great!

The best album Black Sabbath have ever put out! and the best album Ozzy has ever done too (I never cared for his music as a solo artist you see). It's amazing how good this album is.
I just learned last night what "Fairies Wear Boots" is about, it's about one time when Ozzy and Geezer got hassled by a couple skinheads. All this time, I thought the song was about an acid trip or something

Written by Marcel Hubregtse on 13.08.2012 at 02:29

Funny how the best known song off the album is actually the filler song.

Yes it is filler because it was written in the studio while recording the album cause the band needed a couple of extra minutes to fill the album.

Yep, that's why the sound of it is slightly off from the rest too. It doesn't matter though, it's still awesome.

Good album , I prefere 1th one better but this is good one, last so called doom album, because next isnt such doom anymore and like Marcel said best and best know song , maybe bands biggest hit(criated by media) was recordet to fill the space on album .....well I be happy other bands woulkd do same when need fill the space but .... other do crap
song is extremly overated , same time its good one

Don't you like this album? You must be a "Paranoid"

Their most popular cd. Legendary songs like Iron man, war pigs and the title track but also excellent ones like hand of doom and electric funeral are in this masterpiece. This is the true definition of heavy metal. Everyone should know this album

Way ahead of it's time. Great album, spawning probably the most iconic and well known metal song of all time "Iron Man".

It is indeed quite good.

Though this album is overplayed for me and I do prefer the Dio era personally, I will never deny the groundbreaking influence that this album and all the other Ozzy albums have had on our beloved genre. I really like Planet Caravan on here, it's a lovely track.

Written by Sang Dalang Abu on 10.04.2014 at 13:15

When people listened this album. They must love Black Sabbath.
For me "War Pigs" is coolest song in 1970.

does in 1970 is grammatically correct ? should it be from 1970?

Written by Bad English on 22.07.2015 at 01:31

Written by Sang Dalang Abu on 10.04.2014 at 13:15

When people listened this album. They must love Black Sabbath.
For me "War Pigs" is coolest song in 1970.

does in 1970 is grammatically correct ? should it be from 1970?

Damn, that 'Autocorrect'. Sorry, yeah fuck my phone.
Sowrry English.

They paved the way for pure metal music but I don't like this album despite some goods songs and good parts in some songs. 1 or 2 songs from each Ozzy era album and that's it for me.

If a band is responsible for creating a genre or paving a way doesn't mean that their albums are 10/10 and 11/10. Taking the date of release aside, Heaven and Hell or Headless Cross are way way better than any Sabbath album from the 70's. I don't see why an album needs to be regarded as legendary just because some people thought it is and it went on for the next 50 years.

Edit:

I upped my rating from 5 (which was of course too harsh) to 7 because despite this not being in my top albums, some songs have finally grown on me for some reason (War Pigs and Fairies Wear Boots). It is also the most consistent and most enjoyable Ozzy Era album for me.