Black Sabbath - Sabotage
1975 | Heavy Metal | Vinyl rip (24bit-96kHz) in FLAC | 923Mb
Warner Brothers Original U.S. pressing (palm tree label)
1975 | Heavy Metal | Vinyl rip (24bit-96kHz) in FLAC | 923Mb
Warner Brothers Original U.S. pressing (palm tree label)
from allmusic: Years of constant touring, alcoholism, and drug abuse finally began to affect Black Sabbath around the time of their sixth release, 1975's Sabotage. While it's not a bad album (in fact, it's one of their most underrated), you can sense that the magical chemistry that made such albums as Paranoid and Vol. 4 so special was beginning to disintegrate. But guitarist Tony Iommi again comes equipped with an arsenal of sturdy, ultra-heavy riffs, as evidenced by the raucous album opener, "Hole in the Sky," as well as the drug-induced anthem "Symptom of the Universe" – both tracks coming as close to garage rock as Sabbath ever got. But the album's biggest surprise is the melodic, synth-laced "Am I Going Insane (Radio)," which is more akin to '70s power pop than to the band's patented doom metal (although the lyrics are what you'd expect – detailing a person's downward spiral into dementia). Although often overlooked, Sabotage remains an interesting and challenging release.
Tracklisting
1 Hole in the sky
2 Don't start (too late)
3 Symptom of the universe
4 Megalomania
5 Thrill of it all
6 Supertzar
7 Am I going insane (radio)
8 The writ
Technical Details
Music Hall MMF-5 turntable with Goldring G1012 cartridge
Music Hall Cruise Control speed box
Cambridge Azur 640P phono pre-amplifier
NAD C352 integrated amplifier
E-MU 0404 External Soundcard (ASIO)
Blue Jeans Cables interconnects
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