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Master of Reality
Black Sabbath
- Type:
- Full-length
- Release date:
- July 21st, 1971
- Catalog ID:
- 6360 050
- Label:
- Vertigo Records
- Format:
- 12" vinyl (33⅓ RPM)
- Reviews:
- 23 reviews (avg. 93%)
| Side A | |||
| 1. | Sweet Leaf | 05:05 | Show lyrics |
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| 2. | After Forever | 05:26 | Show lyrics |
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| 3. | Embryo | 00:28 | instrumental |
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| 4. | Children of the Grave | 05:17 | Show lyrics |
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| Side B | |||
| 5. | Orchid | 01:31 | instrumental |
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| 6. | Lord of This World | 05:26 | Show lyrics |
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| 7. | Solitude | 05:02 | Show lyrics |
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| 8. | Into the Void | 06:12 | Show lyrics |
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| 34:27 | |||
| Band members | |
| Ozzy Osbourne | Vocals, Songwriting (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6-9) |
| Tony Iommi | Guitars, Flute (track 7), Piano (track 7), Synthesizer (track 2), Songwriting (tracks 1-9), Guitars (acoustic) [track 5] |
| Geezer Butler | Bass, Songwriting (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6-9), Lyrics (tracks 1, 4, 6-8) |
| Bill Ward | Drums, Songwriting (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6-9), Lyrics (track 2) |
| Miscellaneous staff | |
| Marcus Keef (R.I.P. 2012) | Photography |
| Rodger Bain | Producer |
| Mike Stanford | Art direction |
| Ozzy Osbourne | Vocals, Songwriting (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6-9) |
| Tony Iommi | Guitars, Flute (track 7), Piano (track 7), Synthesizer (track 2), Songwriting (tracks 1-9), Guitars (acoustic) [track 5] |
| Geezer Butler | Bass, Songwriting (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6-9), Lyrics (tracks 1, 4, 6-8) |
| Bill Ward | Drums, Songwriting (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6-9), Lyrics (track 2) |
| Marcus Keef (R.I.P. 2012) | Photography |
| Rodger Bain | Producer |
| Mike Stanford | Art direction |
| Good, but "Master" is... | 65% | TheHumanChair | February 20th, 2020 | |
| The peak of heavy metal | 100% | KingQueenKnave | August 11th, 2019 | |
| When I First Met You, I... | 100% | Twisted_Psychology | July 22nd, 2019 | |
| At the top | 100% | Face_your_fear_79 | February 26th, 2018 | |
| Going lower AND higher | 90% | TrooperEd | February 14th, 2018 | |
| My Favourite Sabbath Album | 95% | ReleaseTheBears | October 31st, 2016 | |
| Masters of their domain | 96% | enshrinedtemple | December 11th, 2015 | |
| Master of the Art of Metal... | 100% | Doominance | December 31st, 2014 | |
| Just a masterwork. | 100% | SirMetalGinger | December 12th, 2012 | |
| A less consistent, more... | 80% | ConorFynes | May 30th, 2012 | |
| More commercial, more... | 85% | Warthur | July 25th, 2011 | |
| Kent State/Altamont/nuked... | 95% | marktheviktor | August 9th, 2010 | |
| The uppermost branch of... | 93% | matt85210 | March 20th, 2010 | |
| The First Bastard Son of... | 100% | hellhippie | March 24th, 2009 | |
| Excuse me, I must paint my... | 100% | Acrobat | January 31st, 2009 | |
| One of the heaviest pieces... | 88% | Nhorf | July 22nd, 2008 | |
| Black Sabbath's Strongest... | 100% | erickg13 | January 1st, 2007 | |
| Heavy Metal's 3rd Draft. | 98% | hells_unicorn | October 29th, 2006 | |
| Deepest Purple | 90% | OlympicSharpshooter | August 30th, 2004 | |
| Ah, lovely... | 98% | Supertzar | August 4th, 2004 | |
| Master of my CD collection | 88% | westknife | July 29th, 2004 | |
| Thou shalt own this album! | 99% | radiohater | January 16th, 2004 | |
| HEAVY as fuck | 80% | UltraBoris | December 24th, 2002 |
Issued in a fully laminated and embossed box type sleeve that opens from the top and bottom and includes a large folded six pane color poster.
"Sweet Leaf" is street slang for Marijuana.
Recording information:
Recorded at Record Plant in Los Angeles.
The looped coughing that serves as the album intro is Tony Iommi's.
Identifiers:
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 1): 6360050 1Y//1▽420 1 11
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 1): 6360050 2Y//1▽420 1 2
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 2): 6360050 1Y//1▽420 1 11
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 2): 6360050 2Y//1▽420 1 2 8
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 3): 6360050 1Y//1▽420 1 19 4
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 3): 6360050 2Y//1▽420 1 2 9 4
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 4): 6360050 2Y//1▽420 11 10 04
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 4): 6360050 2Y//1▽420 12 21 04
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 5): 6360050 2Y//1▽420 12 20 04
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 6): 6360050 1Y//1▽420 1 11 2 04
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 6): 6360050 2Y//1▽420 1 2 3 04
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 7): 6360050 1Y//1▽420 11 2 4 04
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 7): 6360050 2Y//1▽420 1 2 2 4 04
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 8): 6360050 1Y//1▽420 1 14
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 8): 6360050 2Y//1▽420 1 2 2 1
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 9): 6360050 1Y//1▽420 1 22 04
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 9): 6360050 2Y//1▽420 1 2 18 04
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