Master of Reality [Import, Original recording remastered]

Black Sabbath | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 31, 2004)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Sanctuary UK
• ASIN: B00022TPT8
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #92,731 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sweet Leaf

2. After Forever

3. Children of the Grave

4. Orchid [Instrumental]

5. Lord of This World

6. Solitude

7. Into the Void

Editorial Reviews

1996 reissue on Castle of their top 10 1971 album for WarnerBrothers. Digitally remastered from the original mastertapes with the original cover art intact. Contains all eight original tracks, including 'Sweet Leaf', 'Into The Void', 'Lord Of This World' and 'Children Of The Grave'.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Album That Began My Love Affair With Heavy Metal Music., May 29, 2000

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The Great Rocky Hill (Pittsburgh, PA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Master Of Reality (Audio CD)

My first experience with this masterpiece was on a vinyl record owned by (believe it or not) my father. I remember being almost afraid to listen to it. My fears were quickly extinguished after listening to the opening track "Sweet Leaf." I soon discovered that these guys were not Satanists at all but moralists. Black Sabbath didn't tell the world to "kill yer cats" but rather to "show the world that love is still alive." Just listen to "After Forever", a sonic attack on atheists and a song I'd like to force Jerry Fallwell to listen to. This album mesmerized me,especially the vivid,apocalyptic "Into The Void." This album got me addicted to the sweet electric noise that is heavy metal,and the remaster sounds fantastic! The liner notes are also an insightful read. Black Sabbath deserve eternal respect.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One of the 10 best rock albums, ever!, May 20, 2003

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J.J. Kilroy "devon_maloy" (Dallas, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Master Of Reality (Audio CD)

The dynamics, variation, musicianship, and continuity of this album are far above the curve. Billy Corgan (Smashing Pumpkins) said this is his favorite album. There's nothing by any other heavy band that can compete with this album. The song "Solitude" is a slow sorrowful bluesy chant, "Orchid" is a beautiful instrumental with cellos, "Children of the Grave" is a head-banging metal masterpiece, "Sweet Leaf" is a powerful jubilation-alleluiah chorus to our favorite green sweet leaf, and there's so much more on this album. My personal favorite is "Into The Void". A heavy, doomy piece in an odd-time signature that tells a story of mankind's exodus from a polluted earth, Soundgarden "attempted" to cover the song, but gave up!
The arrangement and sequence of songs on the album is perfect! Forget Tool, forget Limp Biskit, forget Stone Temple Pilots, forget Soundgarden, and forget Alice In Chains, Sabbath were truly the Original Masters of heavy rock-n-roll. Cranium-expanding production for 1972!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Into the void ..., May 7, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Master Of Reality (Audio CD)

Though "Sweet Leaf" is a little overplayed, the rest of this record is some of the best Black Sabbath. The production on this record is absolutely perfect. Basically a religious experience, are you afraid of death? In my recent thinking about death and existance, "Master of Reality" is an island of warmth and consolation. The record has a basic Christian theme, without being in any way judgemental. Its about redemption and persaverence in the face of emptiness.