EnglandBlack Sabbath

Artist rating: 79.41 % (ranking: not set)
Highest rating: 85.66 % (1975)
Most recent trend: 62.35 % (2013)
Highest trend: 84.36 % (1971)

Works
Tracks (A-Ö)

Statistics

Data

Formed: 1968
Disbanded: 2017-03-07

Existed for 49 years
 

External links

Genres

Members

Vinny Appice, Geezer Butler, Laurence Cottle, Bob Daisley, Ronnie James Dio, Ian Gillan, Glenn Hughes, Tony Iommi, Tony Martin, Neil Murray, Geoff Nicholls, Ozzy Osbourne, Cozy Powell, Robert Rondinelli, Eric Singer, Dave Spitz, Bill Ward
1970
77.41 %
1970
86.18 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1972
76.11 %
1973
82.81 %

Master of Reality

Black Sabbath - Master of Reality
86.95 %
(2013-07-22)
Date released: 1971-07-21
Type: studio

In collection: CD (2009-09-02)
Best track: Solitude
Average track length: 04:19
Average track rating:

Ranking

Black Sabbath:
2
/
19
Year (1971):
7
/
60
Decade (1970's):
29
/
597
Overall:
99
/
2711

Tracks

Credits

Band members

2Geezer Butler (22)
bass guitar
2Tony Iommi (23)
guitar, synthesizer (2), flute, (7), piano (7), acoustic guitar (5)
2Ozzy Osbourne (22)
lead vocals
2Bill Ward (23)
drums, percussion (4), sleigh bells (7)

Producers

Lyrics

Sweet Leaf
05:05
Alright now!
Won't you listen?

When I first met you, didn't realize
I can't forget you or your surprise
You introduced me to my mind
And left me wanting you and your kind

I love you. Oh you know it

My life was empty forever on a down
Until you took me, showed me around
My life is free now, my life is clear
I love you sweet leaf - though you can't hear

Come on now - try it out

Straight people don't know what you're about
They put you down and shut you out
You gave to me a new belief
And soon the world will love you sweet leaf
After Forever
05:27
Have you ever thought about your soul - can it be saved?
Or perhaps you think that when you're dead you just stay in your grave
Is God just a thought within your head or is he a part of you?
Is Christ just a name that you read in a book when you were in school?

When you think about death do you lose your breath or do you keep your cool?
Would you like to see the Pope on the end of a rope - do you think he's a fool?
Well I have seen the truth, yes I've seen the light and I've changed my ways
And I'll be prepared when you're lonely and scared at the end of our days

Could it be you're afraid of what your friends might say
If they knew you believe in God above?
They should realize before they criticize
that God is the only way to love

Is your mind so small that you have to fall
In with the pack wherever they run
Will you still sneer when death is near
And say they may as well worship the sun

I think it was true it was people like you that crucified Christ
I think it is sad the opinion you had was the only one voiced
Will you be so sure when your day is near say you don't believe?
You had the chance but you turned it down now you can't retrieve

Perhaps you'll think before you say that God is dead and gone
Open your eyes, just realize that he's the one
The only one who can save you now from all this sin and hate
Or will you still jeer at all you hear? Yes - I think it's too late
Embryo
00:28
instrumental
Children of the Grave
05:18
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Revolution in their minds the children start to march
Against the world in which they have to live and all the hate that's in their hearts
They're tired of being pushed around and told just what to do
They'll fight the world until they've won and love comes flowing through

Children of tomorrow live in the tears that fall today
Will the sunrise of tomorrow bringing peace in any way
Must the world live in the shadow of atomic fear
Can they win the fight for peace or will they disappear?

So you children of the world, listen to what I say
If you want a better place to live in spread the word today
Show the world that love is still alive you must be brave
Or you children of today are children of the grave
Orchid
01:31
instrumental
Lord of This World
05:27
You're searching for your mind don't know where to start
can't find the key to fit the lock on your heart
you think you know but you are never quite sure
your soul is ill but you will not find a cure

Your world was made for you by someone above
but you choose evil ways instead of love
You made me master of the world where you exist
the soul I took from you was not even missed

Lord of this world
Evil Possessor
Lord of this world
He's your confessor now!

You think you're innocent, you've nothing to fear
You don't know me, you say, but isn't it clear
You turn to me in all your worldly greed and pride
But will you turn to me when it's your turn to die
Solitude
05:02
My name it means nothing, my fortune is less
My future is shrouded in dark wilderness
Sunshine is far away, clouds linger on
Everything I possessed - now they are gone

Oh, where can I go to and what can I do?
Nothing can please me, only thoughts are of you
You just laughed when I begged you to stay
I've not stopped crying since you went away

The world is a lonely place - you're on your own
Guess I will go home - sit down and moan
Crying and thinking is all that I do
Memories I have remind me of you
Into the Void
06:13
Rocket engines burning fuel so fast
Up into the night sky they blast
Through the universe the engines whine
Could it be the end of man and time
Back on Earth the flame of life burns low
Everywhere is misery and woe
Pollution kills the air, the land and sea
Man prepares to meet his destiny

Rocket engines burning fuel so fast
Up into the black sky so vast
Burning metal through the atmosphere
Earth remains in worry, hate and fear
With the hateful battles raging on
Rockets flying to the glowing sun
Through the empires of eternal void
Freedom from the final suicide

Freedom fighters sent out to the sun
Escape from brainwashed minds and pollution.
Leave the earth to all its sin and hate
Find another world where freedom waits

Past the stars in fields of ancient void
Through the shields of darkness where they find
Love upon a land a world unknown
Where the sons of freedom make their home

Leave the earth to Satan and his slaves
Leave them to their future in their graves
Make a home where love is there to stay
Peace and happiness in every day