We Sold Our Soul For Rock 'N' Roll [Import, Original recording remastered]

Black Sabbath | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 12, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Castle Essential
• Copy Protected
• ASIN: B000007WP8
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #120,154 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Black Sabbath

2. The Wizard

3. Warning

4. Paranoid

5. War Pigs

6. Iron Man

7. Wicked World

Disc: 2

1. Tomorrow's Dream

2. Fairies Wear Boots

3. Changes

4. Sweet Leaf

5. Children of the Grave

6. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

7. Am I Going Insane [Radio Edit]

8. Laguna Sunrise

9. Snowblind

10. N.I.B.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Classic Collection of the Roots of Metal, January 7, 2006

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Lonnie E. Holder "The Review's the Thing" (Columbus, Indiana, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: We Sold Our Soul For Rock 'N' Roll (Audio CD)

I'm not sure what originally attracted me to the vinyl album in the first place. I was a little nervous because I was not a Black Sabbath fan, and wasn't sure what I was going to get. However, a friend of mine had recommended the group to me and I thought, why not?

From the moment "Black Sabbath" began to play, I was hooked. The heavy bass, the drums, a full heavy sound, and yet so sparse, was outstanding. Looking back when I bought this on vinyl, I was into The Moody Blues and King Crimson, which we now recognize as progressive rock, and listening to Black Sabbath, I see some of the elements I liked so much in progressive rock.

While I still have the vinyl album, I had to have the CD because of its portability. Even better, this two-disc CD has the songs missing from the one-disc version, "Warning" and "Laguna Sunrise," along with "Wicked World." While this CD cost more than the other, unless you have the original albums you may want these three excellent songs.

If you are a hard-core Black Sabbath fan, then there is probably no point in you owning this CD unless you just have to have everything they ever recorded. Or perhaps, as another reviewer noted, you were looking for something to play at a party that is a Sabbath mix. On the flip side, if you are a casual Black Sabbath fan, then this could really be a good CD for you. However, Black Sabbath is like many great groups in that a "best of" collection really catches only a fragment of the quality of their music.

There is no point in reviewing the individual songs. I like every one. They are fun, full of bass, heavy lead guitar riffs, and drums that beat into and out of the songs to give a flavor that is hard to believe from typically three instruments. There are whimsical songs ("Fairies Wear Boots", "Am I Going Insane") that are just plain fun. Songs of warning ("War Pigs", "Iron Man" and "Warning"), a ballad ("Changes") and a pretty instrumental ("Laguna Sunrise"). If you have wondered about the roots of metal, look no more, you've pretty much found the tap root. Sit back, crank up the bass, and enjoy.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Memories in Black, September 16, 2004

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Mr. Music Man (Wolf Point, MT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: We Sold Our Soul For Rock 'N' Roll (Audio CD)

I remember my dad having this album and he used to listen to it when he would drink. Those are the only memories I have of my dad and when I hear a Black Sabbath song that he used to play (which are all on this album) I can just see him sitting there singing to us kids. The one Black Sabbath song I will always cherish is Changes. When this song would come on he would put me on his lap and sing this only to me. That was OUR song and still is. Since then he has passed away and so in his memory I will get this record just for the memories.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Phew!, January 19, 2002

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Mike Warden (Tarkio, Mo. USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: We Sold Our Soul For Rock 'N' Roll (Audio CD)

Where do I begin? This album is probably THE definitive Heavy metal release of the seventies. Sabbath clearly established themselves with this one. The album was a double release, I'm not sure how the CD is packaged, but it is worth the money. believe me.
Black Sabbath touched on so many subjects that the recording industry (and society in general) refused to even discuss. They wrote songs about witchcraft (NOT! endorsing it, I might add) war, pollution (War Pig's!) drug abuse, paranoia and just general teen angst. What is even more amazing, is that even while listening to this recording, one can catch a feeling of subtle humor wrapped around just about every song, i.e. "...People think I'm insane 'cause I'am frowning all the time."
The line up of Tony Iommi (Guitar), Terry 'Geezer' Butler (Bass), Bill Ward (Drums-and a underrated drummer at that), and of course Ozzy Osbourne on vocals, created a driving metal machine that most certainly dispensed with the "flower power" mentality. Though one can find humor in some of the writings, many of the songs were also of a very serious nature. Sabbath wanted to be REAL about their music, and this recording definitely shows this to be so.
Prototypical heavy metal riffs were laid down with ALL of Sabbath albums, as this is a collection of recordings from "Black Sabbath" to "Vol-Four." There are some parts that drag. "Warning", in particular, is a bit redundant,(though Iommi comes through with a riveting solo here also). Would have liked to see "Electric Funeral" to have made the cut here also, but it was simply not included.
This is a recording of a TRUE heavy metal band that worked with a bond and chemistry that is sorely lacking with many of todays bands. If you are a true heavy metal fan, and haven't found this one yet, you are in for a very pleasant surprise. They don't get any louder (or any more realistic lyrically) than this one. The only thing that bothers me, is I shudder to think if the title has any truth to it. But then again that would be right in line with the Sabbath tradition...realism, albeit painful realism