Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
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Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is the fifth studio album by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music). Sabbath expanded upon their slow, crunching style of music and added synthesizers and orchestral arrangements to create their most progressive and creative album yet.
After the recording of their previous album, Black Sabbath, Vol. 4, the band hit a dry spell and could not come up with any songs for their new album. After locking themselves away to focus and come up with new ideas, guitarist Tony Iommi stumbled upon the riff to the title track, which has been called "the riff that saved Black Sabbath." After this song was completed, the others flowed freely.[[Citing sources citation needed]]
A big difference between Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and its predecessors is the songwriting style. The album begins with the heavy riff of “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” and ends with the string-laden, “Spiral Architect”. Some fans felt the new style signaled the beginning of the end for the band while others felt that Black Sabbath were simply expanding their sound which had been relatively unchanged through their first 4 albums.[[Citing sources citation needed]]
Notably, Rick Wakeman of Yes fame was responsible for much of the keyboard work on this album. Wakeman was a friend of the band, and had traveled with them on tour. His contribution is most evident on "Sabbra Cadabra" and "Who Are You?".
Trivia
- Thrash metal band Anthrax released a cover version of "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" on their "I’m the Man" EP.
- Metallica released a cover version of "Sabbra Cadabra" on their 1998 covers album Garage Inc., with part of "A National Acrobat" in the middle.
- Swedish band The Cardigans released a cover version of "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" on their 1994 release Emmerdale.
- "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" was also covered by Bruce Dickinson along with Godspeed on the Nativity in Black tribute album.
- "Killing Yourself to Live" has also at times had subtitles of "You Think That I'm Crazy" & "I Don't Know if I'm Up or Down".
Track listing
- "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" – 5:43
- "A National Acrobat" – 6:20
- "Fluff" – 4:10
- "Sabbra Cadabra" – 5:55
- "Killing Yourself to Live" – 5:35
- "Who Are You?" – 4:10
- "Looking for Today" – 5:00
- "Prelude to a Project/Spiral Architect" – 4:40
Credits
- Ozzy Osbourne – vocals, harmonica, synthesizer
- Tony Iommi – guitar, organ, bagpipes, flute, harpsichord, piano
- Geezer Butler – bass guitar, mellotron, synthesizer
- Bill Ward – drums, percussion, vocals
- Rick Wakeman – keyboards, synthesizer, piano
- Will Malone – conductor, arranger
| Black Sabbath |
| Ozzy Osbourne | Tony Iommi | Geezer Butler | Bill Ward |
| Dave Walker | Ronnie James Dio | Vinny Appice | Ian Gillan | Bev Bevan | David Donato | Glenn Hughes | Dave Spitz | Eric Singer | Ray Gillen | Tony Martin | Bob Daisley | Jo Burt | Terry Chimes | Laurence Cottle | Cozy Powell | Neil Murray | Bobby Rondinelli | Mike Bordin | Geoff Nicholls |
| Discography |
|---|
| Studio albums: Black Sabbath | Paranoid | Master of Reality | Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 | Sabbath Bloody Sabbath | Sabotage | Technical Ecstasy | Never Say Die! | Heaven and Hell | Mob Rules | Born Again | Seventh Star | The Eternal Idol | Headless Cross | Tyr | Dehumanizer | Cross Purposes | Forbidden |
| Live albums: Live Evil | Cross Purposes Live | Reunion | Past Lives |
| Compilations: We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll | Under Wheels of Confusion | The Sabbath Stones | ' | ' | Greatest Hits 1970-1978 |
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