Black Sabbath - Sabotage
1975 Warner Bros Records
Sabotage, originally released on Warner Bros. Records in the US and NEMS in the UK, was Black Sabbath"s sixth studio outing. Singer Ozzy Osbourne has often complained in interviews over the years that this album marked the beginning of what he described as guitarist Tony Iommi"s studio production obsession. It took vastly longer than the previous albums each took to record or produce, making for the most costly Sabbath album to that point (the first album only took a few hundred pounds and a couple of days). Like the previous album, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, fan response was mixed.
In regard to sound, the album continues a trend that began with the previous album. With Sabotage, Iommi brought in more use of keyboards and orchestral-sounding songwriting and oddities (for Sabbath) like choral arrangements (Supertzar).
The song Symptom of the Universe is often considered by some to be the first ever thrash metal riff. Sabbath fans are split down the middle as to the album"s importance in the band"s catalog, but Sabotage has gained something of a cult following among general hard rock/heavy metal fans.
On some of the first vinyl/cassette releases (and all of the remastered versions of the album) there is a short, 23 second hidden track titled Blow on a Jug at the end of The Writ. Recorded at very low volume, it contains Ozzy and Bill Ward goofing around in the studio.
Songs:
Hole in the Sky – 3:59
Don"t Start (Too Late) – 0:49
Symptom of the Universe – 6:29
Megalomania – 9:46
The Thrill of It All – 5:56
Supertzar – 3:44
Am I Going Insane (Radio) – 4:16
The Writ – 8:45
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