This is a compilation album that
takes the best of Black Sabbath during the Ozzy years and pieces them
together, creating the ultimate Sabbath album. Most Sabbath fans think
that the Ozzy years were the better years. Oddly enough, it was Ozzy
that was fired from Black Sabbath. It's funny, considering the fact
that Ozzy went on to bigger things and greater fame as a solo artist
while Sabbath declined, especially after the departure of Ozzy's
replacement, Ronnie James Dio. This album has basically all of their
classic rock radio favorites. Songs like: "Iron Man", "Paranoid", "War
Pigs" and "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath". There are a number of other songs
that are equally as good and they are: "Children of the Grave",
"Fairies Wear Boots", "Changes" (a piano ballad with an orchestra) and
"Sweet Leaf".
I would choose Heaven and Hell (1980) as the first
runner up. That's the first post-Ozzy album and the first one with
Ronnie James Dio. The two best post-Dio albums are Tyr and
Headless
Cross. Years later, Dio reunited with Sabbath for the Dehumanizer
album. It was a good album but not nearly as good as Heaven and Hell.
Then came the original Sabbath members reunion. That reunion went over
much better with the public and made a hell of a lot more money. |
