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Black Sabbath
Master of Reality
Release Date: 1971 08 zz
Running Time: 34:23
Label: Hurricane Records
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With Paranoid, Black Sabbath perfected the formula for their lumbering heavy metal. On its follow-up, Master of Reality, the group merely repeated the formula, setting the stage for a career of recycling the same sounds and riffs. But on Master of Reality Sabbath still were fresh and had a seemingly endless supply of crushingly heavy riffs to bludgeon their audiences into sweet, willing oblivion. If the album is a showcase for anyone, it is Tony Iommi, who keeps the album afloat with a series of slow, loud riffs, the best of which -- "Sweet Leaf" and "Children of the Grave" among them -- rank among his finest playing. Taken in tandem with the more consistent Paranoid, Master of Reality forms the core of Sabbath's canon. There are a few stray necessary tracks scattered throughout the group's other early-'70s albums, but Master of Reality is the last time they delivered a consistent album and its influence can be heard throughout the generations of heavy metal bands that followed. Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks:
TitleComposerTime
1Sweet LeafOsbourne, Iommi, Ward, Butler5:05
2After ForeverIommi, Butler, Osbourne, Ward5:26
3Embryo [Instrumental]Iommi:28
4Children of the GraveButler, Ward, Osbourne, Iommi5:17
5Orchid [Instrumental]Iommi1:31
6Lord of This WorldOsbourne, Butler, Iommi, Ward5:26
7SolitudeIommi, Osbourne, Ward, Butler5:02
8Into the VoidButler, Iommi, Ward, Osbourne6:11

Other Releases:
Master of Reality [Deluxe Edition]
Release Date: 1971
Label: Universal Distribution








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