Sabotage
| Black Sabbath
Sabotage
Sabotage is the sixth studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath, released in July 1975. It was recorded in the midst of litigation with their former manager Patrick Meehan and the stress that resulted from the band's ongoing legal woes infiltrated the recording process, inspiring the album's title. It was co-produced by guitarist Tony Iommi and Mike Butcher.-"Wikipedia"
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Rolling Stone
Sabotage is not only Black Sabbath’s best record since Paranoid, it might be their best ever. Even with the usual themes of death, destruction and mental illness running throughout this album, the unleashed frenzy and raw energy they’ve returned to here comes like a breath of fresh air.
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Sputnik Music
Overall this album is their last true masterpiece. After this record the magic was not at the apex that it was on Sabotage. Probably the only reason this album is not their best is because of the filler songs .
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Something Else
The main riff swaggers, swings and crushes all at once. There are hints of Black Sabbath’s blues background in it, there’s a head-bobbing melody and there are those two big power chords that bring it back to the dark, doomy, oppressive sound fans had come to know and love.
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Metal Forces Magazine
Sabotage is truly a bizarre album, unlike anything you will ever hear. It’s the sort of opus that the band, and rightly so, could never better; a true mountain of a record that has no low valleys.
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Classic Rock History
Sabotage was recorded at a time of turmoil for the band, and it showed in the eclectic mix of tracks. Previously, on Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, they had experimented with synthesizers and unusual instruments. That direction was still evident on Sabotage, but it also included an acoustic song, a thrash metal song, and plenty of moments dark and heavy enough to remind the listener of their early work.
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Head Heritage
“Sabotage” is a multi-tiered cosmic rant-out and release valve of the highest order. Even with the addition of mellotron, synthesizer and chorus to the carpet-bombing qualities of Sabbath’s simple yet precise instrumentation, everything hangs together perfectly, and there’s not a wasted moment anywhere on the album.
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Metal Archives
Something of a spiritual successor t Sabotage is not as ambitious of an endeavor, but is by no means just a stereotypical heavy metal/hard rock album of its time period.o Sabbath, Bloody Sabbath, Sabotage continues a lighter blend of progressive rock, one without all of the fancy bells and whistles from the previous album.
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Sputnik Music
Sabotage is a truly enjoyable album, and is often remembered as one of Black Sabbath's finest efforts. This is an album that must be heard by any admirer of Heavy Metal as it will surely be a listening experience well worth your time.
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Pop Matters
Sabotage might not be the most canonical Sabbath album by mainstream media’s arbitrary standards, but ask any longtime fan and they’ll say it’s one of the band’s finest moments on record. Seven vicious, maniacal, acid-tongued songs, a lean, very mean, not-at-all subtle visceral response to all the forces that were trying to sabotage this band’s career.
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