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A cover of a U.S. single by the band Crow, this is the album’s most straightforward rock song. It fits awkwardly but acts as a bridge from Sabbath’s earlier, more blues-rock live set to the new sound they were forging.

Side two closes with a pair of extended jams. “Sleeping Village” is a short, eerie atmosphere piece that leads directly into a cover of the Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation’s “Warning.” This 10-minute-plus monster is a showcase for the band’s improvisational muscle, featuring an incredible, weeping solo from Iommi and some of Osbourne’s most unhinged vocal performances. It proves Sabbath could not only crush but also stretch out and groove. black sabbath album black sabbath

A surprising burst of harmonica (courtesy of Ozzy) opens this track, which feels like a mystical, folk-infused march. It’s a rare moment of uplift, but still underpinned by that heavy, chugging riff. A cover of a U

On Friday the 13th, February 1970, the music world changed forever. It wasn't with a bang, but with the sound of a distant, tolling bell, heavy rain, and a rolling thunder of three power chords so ominous and slow they seemed to defy rock and roll itself. That was the opening of the title track, “Black Sabbath,” and with it, a band from working-class Birmingham, England, unleashed something the world had never heard: heavy metal. Side two closes with a pair of extended jams