release date: Dec. 1973
format: vinyl (1974 issue) / digital
[album rate: 4 / 5] [3,88]
producer: Black Sabbath
label: Warner Bros. - nationality: England, UK
5th studio album by Black Sabbath originally released by World Wide Associates (WWA) in the UK and by Vertigo in the EU and internationally except for the American market where Warner released the album.
I was handed this album as an item in a collection my older brother gave me when he moved out of out family home, when I was 13 yo. I used to enjoy listening to this at age 12 when playing with Lego, and I guess that's why he included that. I haven't paid much attention to Black Sabbath as such, and to me, this still holds pretty nicely, although, I'm not a fan of metal rock nor sees the qualities of Black Sabbath or Paranoid, or other acclaimed works by the band, and I think what I really like about this album is the inclusion of more complex compositions - one the one hand - and more harmony-driven songs. I do recall back then, that I never thought of it as being a hard rock release. Many years later, I have come across the works by the band and by Ozzy Osbourne but never found it good enough to dig into.
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This post is part of MyMusicJourney, which enlists key releases that have shaped my musical taste when growing up and until age 14. Most of these releases come from my parents' and / or my older brother's collection.
