The second immense offering from the UK's finest. This record was originally going to be titled 'War Pigs' but that was altered to avoid controversy with regards to the Vietnam War.'Paranoid' is cloaked in a bizarre sleeve, some guy wearing pants and waving a sword but somehow this cover comes across as eerie rather than ludicrous and hides within its dark mask some of Sabbath's most memorable tunes. The introduction to 'War Pigs' (which was originally going to be titled 'Walpurgis') is in fact called 'Luke's Wall', and leads into one of the bands finest ever moments, an epic slab of doomy rock kicked off by Ozzy's legendary, "Generals gathered in their masses, just like witches at black masses..." line and Iommi's stuttering riffage.
'Paranoid' is the two-minute classic rock 'n' roll track that soared to the top of the charts, a non-stop thundering train that spirals into madness at its psychotic conclusion. And the classics keep coming, the stomping 'Iron Man', a sheer behemoth striding across the horizon, and the jig of 'Fairies Wear Boots' at the climax. Pieced together with 'Rat Salad', 'Planet Caravan' and 'Electric Funeral', this is quite simply another perfect album. Just buy it.
10/10
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