Artist: BLACK SABBATH
Album: BLACK SABBATH REMASTERED (CD)

Release date: 1970/ 2010
EAN/UPS: 5050749203120
Media type: CD

Black Sabbath is the self-titled debut album of the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in the UK on Friday, 13 February 1970. The album was recorded in three days.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 238 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

It was also ranked 13th on IGN Music's "Top 25 Metal Albums" list. It was the second Black Sabbath album on that list, after Paranoid, which was ranked 2nd, after Metallica's Master of Puppets.

The album cover features a depiction of Mapledurham Watermill.

The original release had a gatefold sleeve and generic Vertigo 'swirl' inner bag. The inside of the sleeve featured the words "Black Sabbath" on the left side (spilling over slightly onto the right side) and on the right side, an inverted cross with a poem written inside of it. Vertigo was allegedly responsible for adding the cross; the band was upset when they found out about this, as it fed into many allegations hurled at the group regarding elements of the occult and Satanism.

All songs were written by Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, and Bill Ward except where noted.

TRACKLIST:

"Black Sabbath" – 6:21
"The Wizard" – 4:24
"Behind the Wall of Sleep" – 3:37
"N.I.B." – 6:07

"Evil Woman" (Wagner, D. Weigand, L. Weigand) – 3:25
"Sleeping Village" – 3:46
"Warning" (Dunbar, Moorshead, Dmochowski, Hickling) – 10:32
"Wicked World" – 4:43

LINE-UP:

Ozzy Osbourne – vocals, harmonica on "The Wizard"
Tony Iommi – guitar
Geezer Butler – bass guitar
Bill Ward – drums