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Black Sabbath
Sabotage
Release Date: 1975 08 zz
Running Time: 48:17
Label: Castle

Years of constant touring, alcoholism, and drug abuse finally began to affect Black Sabbath around the time of their sixth release, 1975's Sabotage. While it's not a bad album (in fact, it's one of their most underrated), you can sense that the magical chemistry that made such albums as Paranoid and Vol. 4 so special was beginning to disintegrate. But guitarist Tony Iommi again comes equipped with an arsenal of sturdy, ultra-heavy riffs, as evidenced by the raucous album opener, "Hole in the Sky," as well as the drug-induced anthem "Symptom of the Universe" -- both tracks coming as close to garage rock as Sabbath ever got. But the album's biggest surprise is the melodic, synth-laced "Am I Going Insane (Radio)," which is more akin to '70s power pop than to the band's patented doom metal (although the lyrics are what you'd expect -- detailing a person's downward spiral into dementia). Although often overlooked, Sabotage remains an interesting and challenging release. Greg Prato, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Hole in the Sky	Osbourne, Butler, Iommi, Ward	4:00
2	Don't Start (Too Late)	Black Sabbath	:49
3	Symptom of the Universe	Osbourne, Butler, Iommi, Ward	6:27
4	Megalomania	Osbourne, Butler, Iommi, Ward	9:38
5	Thrill of It All	Black Sabbath	5:51
6	Supertzar	Black Sabbath	3:40
7	Writ	Black Sabbath	8:08
8	Am I Going Insane (Radio)	Osbourne, Butler, Iommi, Ward	4:15
9	Sweet Leaf [Live]	Osbourne, Butler, Iommi, Ward	5:29

Releases:

Year	Type	Label
1992	CD	Castle
2000	CD	Sanctuary
2004	CD	Sanctuary
2007	CD	Sanctuary
2007	CD	Universal
2009	CD	Universal
2007	CD	Universal Japan
	CD	Warner Bros.
	CS	Warner Bros.
2004	LP	Earmark
2004	LP	Earmark
2005	LP	Earmark
2001	LP	Gestrichen