Paranoid is without any doubt the best Black Sabbath albums ever, but more importantly one of the most important heavy metal albums of all time. From the signature riffs and melodies to the lyrics which go beyond their time and age, Paranoid is truly the landmark in the history of heavy metal. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. Album Reviews. Black Sabbath Paranoid a Metal Masterpiece. Prev Article Next Article.
Available on Amazon. Related Posts. Take a look at some of the lesser-known facts about this iconic album that remains etched in every fan's memory:. Black Sabbath had finished writing and composing for their second album within 4 months after releasing their first in February After they took it to the record label, they were told to write another song. Just to get done with the album, the band came up with Paranoid. Although written as a song just to complete the album, Paranoid is the most famous and acclaimed song from the album.
It made to number 4 on UK Top 20 hits chart. The name of the album was reportedly changed from War Pigs to Paranoid as the band had doubts that it might lead to negative reviews as there was the Vietnam War that was going on back then.
However, Ozzy Osbourne later mentioned in his book that the change was made because the band had a feeling that Paranoid will garner positive reviews. Ozzy Osbourne states in I Am Ozzy that the name change had nothing to do with the Vietnam War, and was entirely due to the record company deciding the album would be easier to sell if it was named after the single, which had already had significant success by the time the album was released, reaching number 4 on the UK Singles Chart.
It was too late, however, to alter the artwork. Joe Smith, who was executive vice-president at Warner Bros. I knew we weren't going to call it 'War Pigs'. I remember playing it and turning the sound way up and shaking the whole building I said 'I think that's the breakthrough album. I don't understand it but that 'Paranoid' sounds like a great title for an album and a great title for a single.
The original UK vinyl release was in a gatefold sleeve featuring a black-and-white photo of the band, posed outdoors on a grassy hill, and was their first appearance on the album artwork. To spread the original picture over the gatefold, Ozzy Osbourne was separated from the other members of the band and a section of the grass was copied and dropped into the gap. In the early s, an American nurse committed suicide and the Paranoid album was found on her turntable.
The album's possible influence in her decision to commit suicide was mentioned in the inquest, but ultimately it was decided that Black Sabbath were not to blame for her death. That was the way it felt, so that was the way we played. But it got out of hand. With Paranoid in England, for instance. There was a girl found dead — a nurse she was: dead in her room with our album on the turntable going round.
And it was taken to court saying that it was because of the album that she was depressed and killed herself, which was totally ridiculous, I think". In a interview with, The New Music Butler claimed, "If the moral majority don't understand it they'll try to put it down or get other people to read all sorts of things into it The moral majority sort of people picked up on the Satanic part of it. I mean, most of it was about stopping wars and that side of it, and some science fiction stuff.
There wasn't that much Satanic stuff, and what there was it wasn't exactly for the devil or anything like that; it was just around at the time and we just brought it to people's attention. The whole song is against drugs".
Several of the songs on Paranoid would go on to become standards for hard rock and heavy metal bands and, even after the original band broke up in , both Sabbath and Osbourne included songs from the album in their live sets. The tribute album Nativity in Black features three selections, including "Iron Man" performed by Therapy? Note: Disc three contains original, alternate and instrumental versions of the tracks recorded at Regent Sound Studios. Black Sabbath Wiki Explore. Popular pages.
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