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List Price: $11.98 | | Label: Warner Bros / Wea
Salesrank: 743
Released: October 25, 1990 |
| Our Price: $6.32 |
| Used Price: $3.02 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Paranoid Track Listing:
1. War Pigs
2. Paranoid
3. Planet Caravan
4. Iron Man
5. Electric Funeral
6. Hand of Doom
7. Rat Salad
8. Fairies Wear Boots
Editorial Review:
2009 digitally remastered and expanded deluxe double vinyl LP pressing of the classic sophomore album from the Heavy Metal kingpins led by Ozzy Osbourne. Originally released in 1970, Paranoid still stands as an important milestone in the history of Hard Rock and Heavy Metal. This ultimate edition features a beautifully remastered version of the album on the first slab of wax plus an alternate version of the album including instrumental mixes, alternate recordings on the second slice of vinyl. Majestic Metal, indeed. Sanctuary.
Description of Paranoid:
Though most of Black Sabbath's classic material from this album ("War Pigs," "Iron Man," "Fairies Wear Boots," and the title track) can also be found on the collection We Sold Our Soul for Rock & Roll, Paranoid is essential for the completist. One of the best albums from one of the bands to define heavy metal, this album is chock-full of the best stuff from Sabbath's Osbourne years. (Where else will you be able to hear "Rat Salad?") The music isn't exactly complex, but it doesn't need to be; its importance lies in its evocative power, with which any teenager will be able to identify. --Genevieve Williams
Paranoid Reviews:
mindless music that is fun to learn and play 
2009-12-02 - I've never really been a fan of this band, I thought the act was "cartoonish" and simple minded. But now at 50+ years old I'm learning to play guitar and this music is really fun and easy to play. These songs are easy for a beginner to play and people know them. Buy the CD listen 50 times over then buy the sheet music and have fun with this mindlessly stupid and loud music.
Metal! are you? 
2009-11-22 - There's different metalheads out there. Those who appreciate all the real metal whether it's heavy as hell, or slower than the heavy stuff. Then there's the fake modern kids who think Black sabbath are too slow compared to the metalcore deathcore crap they listen to. And actually accused them of not having talent. Let me tell you something, Black sabbath are heavier than
Suicide silence, they are heavier than Job for a cowboy, waaaaay heavier than Bring me the hairspray, heavier than life can get. And talent, out of this planet compared to those bands. I'm serious, it's sad how good music got turned into a big scene from all genres especially metal. So you think you're metal? without sabbath there wouldn't be. Any real band you listen to, will always list Black sabbath as an influence whether it's Judas priest, Slayer, Maiden, Cannibal Corpse, Metallica, and even the Smashing pumpkins. Yes they had blues influence but it was NOT blues, it was harder rocking metal. As you should know, there was earlier bands such as blue cheer and even the beatles who first gave us a taste of early metal. But sabbath really was the first heavy metal band. And if you look at my previous horrible reviews, you'll see there was some metalcore deathcore, and probably even some slipknot that I painfully admit i USED to like. Sorry for that, guess i was blinded by that dark force. But without Sabbath there wouldn't be that crap either. Good music also leads to rip off bands who want some money. This is not a review telling you how the music is, because we all know it's insanely good. But telling you you're no metalhead without having Paranoid or not listening to sabbath both Ozzy and dio days. Early days prefer tough. But of course some posers listen to it claiming to be metal but they are really giving a bad name to it. I'm just a metal punk fan who experiments with good music and this is metal!
Glory be to Sabbath
2009-10-25 - The sophmore album by Black Sabbath, perhaps deemed by all metal heads as a timeless head banging masterpiece. Throughout the Ozzy years with Sabbath, no album epitemizes the band more than this record. Although many think War Pigs posseses political overtones, rest assured, the words were changed at the request of the record label because of the true gloomy nature of the lyrics, listen to the true version of this song on Ozzy's "The Ozz Man Cometh". Paranoid, the riffs, the sound, the music often imitated, never duplicated, Sabbath's anthom if you will. Rat Salad, a true unappreicated work of musical genious, Bill Ward on the drums-WOW. Planet Caravan, a haunting melody, with grizzly overtones, Sabbath at their best. In the annals of metal, few if any, will ever stack up to this album, and history will continue to truely designate Black Sabbath as the "Fathers of Heavy Metal" Hail to the Sabb's and their legion of fans...Never Stop Rockin!
Great Classic Rock Album!!
2009-08-26 - This is one of my favorte albums of all time!! Black Sabbath is one of THEE best rock groups ever and this CD proves it!! Ozzy provides incredibl vocals and the messages are powerful.
Black Sabbath Paranoid Cassette Tape.
2009-07-20 - I remember this as my first and only Sabbath Album, Not growing up back then but now, and Finding this tape in a record store, which I since sadly have lost! Thought it was and is a Good Contribution to Rock N Roll before all the Horrible Rock and Horrible Music came on the scene and before Ozzy turned into a goof and a sellout. Favorite track Paranoid and Iron Man, The Boys from Birmingham were not the Best but were sure good at it. Nothing like the Original.
