Sabotage (album)
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| Studio album by Black Sabbath | ||
| Released | July 28, 1975 | |
| Recorded | Morgan Studios, London, 1974-1975 | |
| Genre | Heavy metal | |
| Length | 41:56 | |
| Label | Vertigo (UK) Warner Bros. (US) Castle (UK) 1996 Sanctuary (UK) 2004 |
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| Producer(s) | Black Sabbath | |
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| Black Sabbath chronology | ||
| Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973) |
Sabotage (1975) |
We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll (1975) |
Sabotage is a 1975 album by heavy metal band Black Sabbath.
Sabotage, released on Warner Bros. Records/Vertigo Records, was Black Sabbath's sixth studio outing. Singer Ozzy Osbourne has often complained in interviews over the years that this album marked the beginning of what he described as guitarist Tony Iommi's studio production obsession. It took vastly longer than the previous albums each took to record or produce, making for the most costly Sabbath album to that point (the first album only took a few hundred pounds and a couple of days). Like the previous album, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, fan response was mixed.
In regard to sound, the album continues a trend that began with the previous album. With Sabotage, Iommi brought in more use of keyboards and "orchestral"-sounding songwriting and oddities (for Sabbath) like choral arrangements ("Supertzar").
The song "Symptom of the Universe" is often considered by some to be the first ever thrash metal riff. Sabbath fans are split down the middle as to the album's importance in the band's catalog, but Sabotage has gained something of a cult following among general hard rock/heavy metal fans.
On some of the first vinyl/cassette releases (and all of the remastered versions of the album) there is a short, 23 second hidden track titled "Blow on a Jug" at the end of "The Writ". Recorded at very low volume, it contains Ozzy and Bill Ward goofing around in the studio.
[edit] Track listing
- "Hole in the Sky" – 3:59
- "Don't Start (Too Late)" – 0:49
- "Symptom of the Universe" – 6:29
- "Megalomania" – 9:46
- "The Thrill of It All" – 5:56
- "Supertzar" – 3:44
- "Am I Going Insane (Radio)" – 4:16
- "The Writ" – 8:45
All songs written by Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward and Ozzy Osbourne.
[edit] Credits
- Ozzy Osbourne – Lead vocals
- Tony Iommi – Lead guitar
- Geezer Butler – Bass guitar
- Bill Ward – Drums
with
- Gerald Woodruffe – Keyboards
- Will Malone – Arranged English chamber choir
- David Harris – Tape operator and sabatour
[edit] Covers
- "Symptom of the Universe" was covered by Brazilian thrash/groove metal band Sepultura on the Sabbath tribute album Nativity in Black.
- "Hole in the Sky" has been covered by Machine Head (on Nativity in Black II. It was also covered by Pantera, and Metallica, who played it live at the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony.
