Best black sabbath album?

You only need the first five albums
Black Sabbath , Paranoid, Masters of Reality, Vol.4 and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. The last two ozzy albums are also good, as well as the Dio ones. But try those five first.

Enjoy Sabbath, man.

 

I think you have to include Sabotage in that list. Its as good as all the ones you mentioned. A true Sabbath classic.

 

hey, you're right, how could i forget about that one?

 

yeah, I've been a Sabbath fan for a while, but I for some reason I didn't pick up Sabotage until about 6 months ago. Its been in my CD player pretty consistently for these past 6 months.

 

My favorite 6 Sabbath albums all with different singers.
Mob Rules: DIO
Heaven and Hell: DIO
Eternal Idol: Ian Gillian
Headless Cross: Tony Martin
Technical Ecstasy: OZZY
Volume 4: OZZY

 

Paranoid.

 

Paranoid blew me away when it first came out. Very Heavy. Good place to start.

 

Paranoid.

Every songs a keeper.

Dio sucks.
His totally asinine 'real-life' personality bleeds over and obscures whatever talent he may have.

 

Yeah, Paranoid is probably the best way to start. But don't limit our friend to just one record. When i first got into sabbath. i started with one record, then the next months i devoured the rest of the Ozzy ones. I hope his experience ends up like mine, or the lot of us.

For me Sabbath was not only fun, but a learning experience.