Line #38 Music/BlackSabbathAlbum


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blacksabbathalbum.jpg]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350:"What is this that stands before me?"]]
3
4	''Black Sabbath'' is the debut album by Music/BlackSabbath, released on [[MeaningfulReleaseDate Friday, February 13]], 1970. Widely considered the first true HeavyMetal album, it was recorded within only a 12-hour period between a few European gigs. The lyrics deal with far darker themes than their contemporaries, dealing with occultism, {{Satan}}ism, and [[Creator/HPLovecraft Lovecraftian]] horrors, and the trademark dark banjo-stringed guitar, alongside Ozzy Osbourne's vocals, made it even more radical and unique.
5
6	The album was a commercial success, having gone to number eight on the UK charts after its release. After its June 1970 release in the States, it peaked at number 23 on the ''Billboard'' charts and sold one million copies during the year that it was ranked there.
7
8	!! Tracklist (original European edition):
9	[[AC:Side One]]
10	# "Black Sabbath" (6:20)
11	# "The Wizard" (4:24)
12	# "Behind the Wall of Sleep" (3:37)
13	# "N.I.B." (6:08)
14	[[AC:Side Two]]
15	# "Evil Woman, Don't Play Your Games with Me"[[note]]often shortened to just "Evil Woman", including on the original UK LP's centre label[[/note]] (3:25)
16	# "Sleeping Village" (3:46)
17	# "Warning" (10:28)
18
19	!! Tracklist (original North American edition):
20	[[AC:Side One]]
21	# "Black Sabbath" (6:20)
22	# "The Wizard" (4:22)
23	# "Wasp"[[note]]intro to "Behind the Wall of Sleep"; reprised later in the song[[/note]]/"Behind the Wall of Sleep"/"Bassically"[[note]]bass solo intro to "N.I.B."[[/note]]/"N.I.B." (9:44)
24	[[AC:Side Two]]
25	# "Wicked World" (4:47)
26	# "A Bit of Finger"[[note]]despite its placement in the track list, there is uncertainty as to what section "A Bit of Finger" actually refers to, varying between the acoustic intro to "Sleeping Village", the instrumental section of said song, or the middle section of "Warning"[[/note]]/"Sleeping Village"/"Warning" (14:15)
27
28	!! Personnel:
29	* Music/OzzyOsbourne - vocals
30	* Tony Iommi - guitar
31	* Geezer Butler - bass
32	* Bill Ward - drums
33
34	!! "Never troping, just keeps walking, spreading his magic":
35	* AlliterativeTitle: "'''W'''icked '''W'''orld"
36	* BigNo: Ozzy's response to the figure in black telling him he's TheChosenOne in the title track.
37	* CoverVersion: "Evil Woman" was originally recorded by Crow, and "Warning" was by Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation. The original versions of both songs are now very obscure compared to their Sabbath renditions.
38	* CrapsackWorld: "Wicked World." [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin It's right there in the title]].
39	* DarkerAndEdgier: Than anything else in rock and roll at the time.
40	* EpicRocking: "Warning" runs 10:32, doubling as LongestSongGoesLast.
41	* FadingIntoTheNextSong: Happens twice: in the first example, the drums-only fade-out of "Behind the Wall of Sleep" leads straight into the bass solo that opens "N.I.B."; in the second, the held guitar note at the end of "Sleeping Village" can still be heard for a few seconds after "Warning" starts up. In both cases, these tracks were combined into one on North American pressings and padded out with extraneous subtitles.
42	* ForDoomTheBellTolls: The title track starts this way.
43	* FunWithAcronyms: Subverted. "N.I.B." doesn't actually stand for anything; they came up with the title because of how drummer Bill Ward's beard looked like a pen nib. That hasn't stopped people from saying it stands for "Nativity in Black," though.
44	* HeavyMithril: "The Wizard" is the TropeMaker, being a ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings''-inspired song about a traveling wizard that helps people with his magical abilites.
45	* {{Instrumentals}}: "Wasp," "Bassically", most of "Sleeping Village".
46	* LoveRedeems: "N.I.B." is about {{Satan}} finding love and turning away from his evil ways.
47	* NonAppearingTitle: The title track is not a SingerNamedrop. "N.I.B." doesn't appear in the song either.
48	* PerformanceVideo: They made [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lVdMbUx1_k one]] for the title track.
49	* RecordProducer: Roger Bain.
50	* SelfTitledAlbum: [[CaptainObvious Well, duh]]
51	* SingleStanzaSong: "Sleeping Village":
52	-->"Red sun rising in the sky\
53	Sleeping village, cock’rel’s cry\
54	Soft breeze blowing in the trees\
55	Peace of mind, feel at ease"
56	* TheTheTitleConfusion: The 1996 remastered CD release of the album erroneously calls the last track "'''The''' Warning".
57	* TitleTrack: "Black Sabbath"
58	* TropeMaker: Of HeavyMetal genre as a whole.
59	* WanderingWizard: "The Wizard" is about a wizard who walks about the world, fighting off evil powers and demons with his spells. He never talks, only walks as he spreads his magic.
60	* WhamEpisode: For rock music in general--this and ''Music/{{Paranoid\|Album}}'' were where HeavyMetal truly started.

Context Music / BlackSabbathAlbum