Paranoid

Paranoid is het tweede studioalbum van de Britse heavymetalband Black Sabbath. Het werd uitgebracht in september 1970 en is het enige album van de band dat op nummer 1 heeft gestaan in de UK Albums Chart. Vaak wordt het gezien als het magnum opus van de band. Op het album staan enkele van de bekendste nummers van Black Sabbath, waaronder ”Paranoid”, ” Iron Man” en ”War Pigs”.


Considered by many to be the first heavy metal band, Black Sabbath was formed in 1968 by Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward in Birmingham, UK.
The band’s original name was the Polka Tulk Blues Band (later shortened to Polka Tulk) and later on changed to Earth (12) before becoming Black Sabbath inspired by an Italian horror movie of the same name.
The original line-up lasted until 1979, after which Osbourne was fired and replaced by Ronnie James Dio. The line-up changes would continue, with no line-up remaining intact for consecutive studio releases. Throughout the changes, only Tony Iommi and keyboardist Geoff Nicholls, who also joined the band in 1979, would remain with Black Sabbath, although Nicholls would not always be credited as a full member. In 1997, Iommi, Butler, Ward, and Osbourne reunited, touring and releasing a live album in 1998, although a long-rumored studio release did not appear (the group attempted to record a new album in 2001 with producer Rick Rubin but the sessions were scrapped). After that, the group periodically reunited to tour with Ozzy’s ”Ozzfest” tour. In 2004, longtime keyboardist Geoff Nicholls was replaced by Adam Wakeman for an Ozzfest tour. No reason was given for the replacement. In 2006, the original line-up was inducted into the Rock ’n’ Roll Hall Of Fame.

Black Sabbath

1970

42

602527303277

United Kingdom

CD

N/A

Oldies

CD 2730327

5

Regent Sound Studios and Island Studios, London

8

Album

320 kbit/s

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CD Digipak

NVT

~$10.67

2025-07-06

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