Sabotage (album)
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Sabotage is a 1975 album by heavy metal band Black Sabbath.
Sabotage, released on Warner Brothers/Vertigo, 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.
"Symptom of the Universe" was covered by Brazilian death metal ban Sepultura on the Nativity In Black Sabbath tribute album. "Hole in the Sky" has been covered by Machine Head and Pantera, as well as by Metallica live at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony.
On some of the first vinyl/cassette releases (and all of the remastered) 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.
Track listing
- "Hole in the Sky" – 4:00
- "Don't Start (Too Late)" – 0:49
- "Symptom of the Universe" – 6:28
- "Megalomania" – 9:40
- "The Thrill of It All" – 5:52
- "Supertzar" – 3:42
- "Am I Going Insane (Radio)" – 4:16
- "The Writ/Blow on a Jug" – 8:30
Credits
- Ozzy Osbourne - Lead Vocals
- Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
- Geezer Butler - Bass Guitar
- Bill Ward - Drums
- Gerald Woodruffe - Keyboards
- Will Malone - Arranged English Chamber Choir
- David Harris - Tape Operator and Sabatour
| 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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