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Side A | |||
1. | War Pigs | 07:55 | Show lyrics |
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2. | Paranoid | 02:50 | Show lyrics |
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3. | Planet Caravan | 04:30 | Show lyrics |
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4. | Iron Man | 06:00 | Show lyrics |
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Side B | |||
5. | Electric Funeral | 04:50 | Show lyrics |
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6. | Hand of Doom | 07:10 | Show lyrics |
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7. | Rat Salad | 02:30 | instrumental |
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8. | Fairies Wear Boots | 06:15 | Show lyrics |
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42:00 |
Band members | |
Ozzy Osbourne | Vocals, Lyrics (track 8), Songwriting |
Tony Iommi | Guitars, Songwriting, Flute (track 3) |
Geezer Butler | Bass, Lyrics (tracks 1-6), Songwriting |
Bill Ward | Drums, Songwriting, Congas (track 3) |
Guest/Session | |
Tom Allom | Piano (track 3) |
Miscellaneous staff | |
Brian Humphries | Engineering |
Keef (R.I.P. 2012) | Design, Photography |
Rodger Bain | Producer |
Tony Allom | Engineering |
Ozzy Osbourne | Vocals, Lyrics (track 8), Songwriting |
Tony Iommi | Guitars, Songwriting, Flute (track 3) |
Geezer Butler | Bass, Lyrics (tracks 1-6), Songwriting |
Bill Ward | Drums, Songwriting, Congas (track 3) |
Tom Allom | Piano (track 3) |
Brian Humphries | Engineering |
Keef (R.I.P. 2012) | Design, Photography |
Rodger Bain | Producer |
Tony Allom | Engineering |
Icy Thoughts Within His Head | 82% | Sweetie | October 5th, 2021 | |
Weirdos | 93% | gasmask_colostomy | August 4th, 2021 | |
Paranoia Led to a Classic | 70% | TheHumanChair | February 20th, 2020 | |
crisp, tight, angry, heavy,... | 95% | RedRedSuit | September 22nd, 2017 | |
The Greatest Metal Album... | 99% | TheKilla | July 6th, 2017 | |
The album that changed my life | 100% | drummingnerd99 | March 26th, 2017 | |
See kids? You don't have... | 93% | TrooperEd | February 11th, 2017 | |
Beyond heavy. | 100% | Face_your_fear_79 | October 16th, 2015 | |
Refinement | 92% | Cosmic_Equilibrium | August 7th, 2015 | |
Generals gathered in their... | 99% | Brainded Binky | February 18th, 2015 | |
A real icon of metal | 90% | Superreallycool | October 7th, 2014 | |
A bit less blues in... | 100% | Doominance | October 5th, 2014 | |
Paranoia and the Original Doom | 93% | psychoticnicholai | July 3rd, 2014 | |
A TRUE Classic | 95% | MetalPwnsAll | January 13th, 2013 | |
Solidified my metalhead... | 91% | SirMetalGinger | October 27th, 2012 | |
Black Sabbath - Paranoid | 90% | ConorFynes | May 28th, 2012 | |
Simply one of the finest... | 94% | Goldblaze | September 26th, 2011 | |
Rat Salad Tastes Good! | 100% | Slasher666 | August 31st, 2011 | |
They couldn't really do... | 100% | Warthur | June 17th, 2011 | |
HAIL THE GODS | 88% | Nhorf | May 25th, 2008 | |
Sabbath's Definitive Work. | 97% | erickg13 | May 9th, 2007 | |
The ultimate metal album! | 100% | Satanwolf | May 7th, 2007 | |
A Masterpiece of Heavy Music | 97% | Mungo | November 2nd, 2006 | |
Heavy Metal, 2nd Draft. | 92% | hells_unicorn | October 29th, 2006 | |
The Old Warhorse Deserves... | 90% | brocashelm | April 21st, 2006 | |
The Bible of Metal | 93% | Reaper | August 11th, 2004 | |
...Oh Lord Yeah! | 100% | westknife | July 26th, 2004 | |
The greatest metal album.... | 85% | OlympicSharpshooter | March 16th, 2004 | |
The second coming | 96% | radiohater | January 16th, 2004 | |
Decent and of course... | 72% | UltraBoris | December 24th, 2002 | |
A legendary release. | 75% | Nightcrawler | November 9th, 2002 |
Issued in a gatefold sleeve.
The album was originally supposed to be titled War Pigs and the cover art was designed with that title in mind, but the record company objected (presumably due to the Vietnam War), so it was re-titled Paranoid.
"Paranoid" was the last song composed and recorded for the album at the behest of the producer, who thought they needed an extra track.
According to popular belief, the name for doom metal came from the song "Hand of Doom".
"Fairies Wear Boots" was inspired by a time when Ozzy and Geezer were hassled by skinheads, thus an insult to the boot-wearing "fairy" skinheads.
"Iron Man" is based on a fictional character thought up by Ozzy and Geezer, not the Marvel comics hero of the same name.
On the North American edition of the album, the songs "War Pigs" and "Fairies Wear Boots" were titled "War Pigs/Luke's Wall" and "Jack The Stripper/Fairies Wear Boots", respectively.
A Classic Albums documentary has been made for Paranoid, chronicling its inception, recording process, and legacy.
Recording information:
Recorded at Regent Sound and Island Studios.
All songs by Osbourne, Iommi, Butler and Ward.
Identifiers:
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 1): 6360011 1Y//1 420 1 2 1
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 1): 6360011 2Y//1 420 1 1 5
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 2): 6360011 1Y//2 420 1 2 4
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 2): 6360011 2Y//2 420 1 1 1
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 3): 6360011 1Y//▽420 12 12
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 3): 6360011 2Y//▽420 11 17
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 4): 6360011 1Y//▽420 12 7
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 4): 6360011 2Y//▽420 12 19
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 5): 6360011 1Y//2▽420 12 10
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 5): 6360011 2Y//1▽420 11 33
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 6): 6360011 1Y//▽420 15 17
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 6): 6360011 2Y//▽420 11 27
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