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Master of Reality
Released:
1971
Record Label:
Warner Bros.
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Title: |
Composer: |
Time: |
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| 1 |
Sweet Leaf |
Osbourne, Ozzy/Butler, Geezer/Iommi, Tony/Ward, Bill Black Sabbath
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5:05 |
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| 2 |
After Forever |
Osbourne, Ozzy/Butler, Geezer/Iommi, Tony/Ward, Bill Black Sabbath
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5:26 |
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| 3 |
Embryo [Instrumental] |
Iommi, Tony
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0:28 |
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| 4 |
Children of the Grave |
Osbourne, Ozzy/Butler, Geezer/Iommi, Tony/Ward, Bill
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5:17 |
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| 5 |
Orchid [Instrumental] |
Iommi, Tony
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1:31 |
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| 6 |
Lord of This World |
Osbourne, Ozzy/Butler, Geezer/Iommi, Tony/Ward, Bill Black Sabbath
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5:26 |
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| 7 |
Solitude |
Osbourne, Ozzy/Butler, Geezer/Iommi, Tony/Ward, Bill Black Sabbath
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5:02 |
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Into the Void |
Osbourne, Ozzy/Butler, Geezer/Iommi, Tony/Ward, Bill Black Sabbath
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6:11 |
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Album Review
With Paranoid, Black Sabbath perfected the formula for their lumbering heavy metal. On its follow-up, Master of Reality, the group merely repeated the formula, setting the stage for a career of recycling the same sounds and riffs. But on Master of Reality Sabbath still were fresh and had a seemingly endless supply of crushingly heavy riffs to bludgeon their audiences into sweet, willing oblivion. If the album is a showcase for anyone, it is Tony Iommi, who keeps the album afloat with a series of slow, loud riffs, the best of which -- "Sweet Leaf" and "Children of the Grave" among them -- rank among his finest playing. Taken in tandem with the more consistent Paranoid, Master of Reality forms the core of Sabbath's canon. There are a few stray necessary tracks scattered throughout the group's other early-'70s albums, but Master of Reality is the last time they delivered a consistent album and its influence can be heard throughout the generations of heavy metal bands that followed. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Releases
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Type |
Label |
Catalog #: |
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1971
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LP |
Warner Bros. |
BS-2562 |
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1987
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CS |
Warner Bros. |
M5-2562 |
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1987
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CD |
Warner Bros. |
2-2562 |
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1990
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LP |
Warner Bros. |
2562 |
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1992
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CD |
Castle |
CA198 |
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1996
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CD |
Essential |
303 |
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1996
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CD |
Castle |
ESM303 |
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2001
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LP |
Gestrichen |
34500401 |
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2001
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CD |
Castle |
91005 |
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2002
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CD |
Victor |
61712 |
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2002
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CD |
Japanese Import |
61712 |
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2003
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LP |
Earmark |
410010 |
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2003
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LP |
Earmark |
41001 |
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2004
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CD |
Sanctuary |
033 |
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2005
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LP |
Earmark |
4100100 |
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2005
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LP |
Earmark |
641001 |
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2006
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CD |
Creative Sounds |
6004 |
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2007
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CD |
Universal |
1099 |
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2007
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CD |
Sanctuary |
33 |
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2007
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CD |
Sanctuary |
394 |
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2008
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DVD |
Hurricane Int'l |
2613 |
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