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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">This article is about the Black Sabbath album. For the American rock band, see <a href="Masters_of_Reality" title="Masters of Reality">Masters of Reality</a>. For their debut album, see <a href="Masters_of_Reality_(album)" title="Masters of Reality (album)">Masters of Reality (album)</a>.</div>

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</style><table class="infobox vevent haudio"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary album" style="font-style: italic; color: inherit; background-color: lightsteelblue; font-size: 125%;">Master of Reality</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="Album" title="Album">Studio album</a> by <div class="contributor" style="display:inline"><a href="Black_Sabbath" title="Black Sabbath">Black Sabbath</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data published">6 August 1971<a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">7–15 February 1971 6–13 April 1971<a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Studio</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="Basing_Street_Studios" title="Basing Street Studios">Island</a> (London)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">Heavy metal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data">34:29</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="Vertigo_Records" title="Vertigo Records">Vertigo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="Rodger_Bain" title="Rodger Bain">Rodger Bain</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: lightsteelblue"><a href="Black_Sabbath" title="Black Sabbath">Black Sabbath</a> chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data">

<td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0"><a href="Paranoid_(album)" title="Paranoid (album)">Paranoid</a> (1970)

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<ol><li>"<a href="Children_of_the_Grave" title="Children of the Grave">Children of the Grave</a>" Released: August 1971<a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></li></ol>

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Master of Reality is the third studio album by the English <a href="Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a> band <a href="Black_Sabbath" title="Black Sabbath">Black Sabbath</a>, released in the United Kingdom on 6 August 1971 by <a href="Vertigo_Records" title="Vertigo Records">Vertigo Records</a>.<a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a> It is regarded by some critics as the foundation of <a href="Stoner_rock" title="Stoner rock">stoner rock</a> and <a href="Sludge_metal" title="Sludge metal">sludge metal</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Taylor-5">[5]</a> Produced by <a href="Rodger_Bain" title="Rodger Bain">Rodger Bain</a>, who also produced the band's prior two albums, Master of Reality was recorded at <a href="Basing_Street_Studios" title="Basing Street Studios">Island Studios</a> in London from February to April 1971. Guitarist <a href="Tony_Iommi" title="Tony Iommi">Tony Iommi</a> and bassist <a href="Geezer_Butler" title="Geezer Butler">Geezer Butler</a> <a href="Guitar_tunings" title="Guitar tunings">downtuned</a> their instruments during the production, achieving what Iommi called a "bigger, heavier sound".<a href="#cite_note-VH1-6">[6]</a>

Master of Reality peaked at number five on the <a href="UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums Chart</a> and number eight on the US <a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">Billboard 200</a>.<a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a> Though negatively received by critics on release, the album is now considered one of the greatest heavy metal albums of all time. It was certified double platinum by the <a href="Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">Recording Industry Association of America</a> (RIAA) after having sold over two million copies in the US.<a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Recording">Recording</h2></div>

Master of Reality was recorded at <a href="Basing_Street_Studios" title="Basing Street Studios">Island Studios</a> in London from February to April 1971. The album was produced by <a href="Rodger_Bain" title="Rodger Bain">Rodger Bain</a>, who had also produced Black Sabbath's previous two albums, with <a href="Tom_Allom" title="Tom Allom">Tom Allom</a> handling <a href="Audio_engineer" title="Audio engineer">engineering</a>.<a href="#cite_note-Dome-9">[9]</a> This was to be Bain's final collaboration with Black Sabbath as guitarist <a href="Tony_Iommi" title="Tony Iommi">Tony Iommi</a> took over production for the band's next several albums. Drummer <a href="Bill_Ward_(musician)" title="Bill Ward (musician)">Bill Ward</a> explained: "Previously, we didn't have a clue what to do in the studio, and relied heavily on Rodger. But this time we were a lot more together, understood what was involved and were more opinionated on how things should be done."<a href="#cite_note-Dome-9">[9]</a>

On the tracks "<a href="Children_of_the_Grave" title="Children of the Grave">Children of the Grave</a>", "Lord of This World", and "<a href="Into_the_Void_(Black_Sabbath_song)" title="Into the Void (Black Sabbath song)">Into the Void</a>", Iommi <a href="Guitar_tunings" title="Guitar tunings">downtuned</a> his guitar 1<style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">

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</style>1⁄2 steps in an effort to reduce string tension, thus making the guitar less painful for him to play. This pain was the result of a factory accident years earlier in which he had the tips of two of his fingers severed.<a href="#cite_note-iommiautobiography-10">[10]</a> The downtuning also helped the guitarist produce what he called a "bigger, heavier sound".<a href="#cite_note-VH1-6">[6]</a> <a href="Geezer_Butler" title="Geezer Butler">Geezer Butler</a> also downtuned his bass guitar to match Iommi. "It helped with the sound, too", Butler explained to Guitar for the Practicing Musician in 1994. "Then it got to the point where we tuned even lower to make it easier vocal-wise. But <a href="Ozzy_Osbourne" title="Ozzy Osbourne">Ozzy (Osbourne)</a> would then sing higher so it sort of defeated the object."

In the 2013 biography of the band Black Sabbath: Symptom of the Universe, Mick Wall writes that "the Sabbath sound took a plunge into even greater darkness. Bereft even of reverb, leaving their sound as dry as old bones dug up from some desert burial plot, the finished music's brutish force would so alarm the critics they would punish Sabbath in print for being blatantly thuggish, purposefully mindless, creepy, and obnoxious. Twenty years later groups like <a href="The_Smashing_Pumpkins" title="The Smashing Pumpkins">Smashing Pumpkins</a>, <a href="Soundgarden" title="Soundgarden">Soundgarden</a>, and, particularly, <a href="Nirvana_(band)" title="Nirvana (band)">Nirvana</a>, would excavate the same heaving lung sound ... And be rewarded with critical garlands." In his autobiography I Am Ozzy, vocalist Osbourne states that he cannot remember much about recording Master of Reality "apart from the fact that Tony detuned his guitar to make it easier to play, Geezer wrote 'Sweet Leaf' about all the <a href="Cannabis_(drug)" title="Cannabis (drug)">dope</a> we'd been smoking, and 'Children of the Grave' was the most kick-ass song we'd ever recorded."

In the liner notes to the 1998 live album Reunion, drummer Ward commented that Master of Reality was "an exploratory album". Ward elaborated in a 2016 interview with <a href="Metal_Hammer" title="Metal Hammer">Metal Hammer</a> magazine: "On the <a href="Black_Sabbath_(album)" title="Black Sabbath (album)">first album</a>, we had two days to do everything, and not much more time for <a href="Paranoid_(album)" title="Paranoid (album)">Paranoid</a>. But now we could take our time, and try out different things. We all embraced the opportunity: Tony threw in classical guitar parts, Geezer's bass was virtually doubled in power, I went for bigger bass drums, also experimenting with overdubs. And Ozzy was so much better. But this was the first time when we didn't have gigs booked in, and could just focus on making the album a landmark."<a href="#cite_note-Dome-9">[9]</a> In 2013, Mojo magazine called Master of Reality "The sound of a band becoming increasingly comfortable in their studio surroundings."

Iommi believes the band might have become too comfortable, however, telling Guitar World in 1992, "During Master of Reality, we started getting more experimental and began taking too much time to record. Ultimately, I think it really confused us. Sometimes I think I'd really like to go back to the way we recorded the first two albums. I've always preferred just going into the studio and playing, without spending a lot of time rehearsing or getting sounds." The song "Into the Void" was especially problematic, with Iommi saying in the same interview: "We tried recording 'Into the Void' in a couple of different studios because Bill just couldn't get it right. Whenever that happened, he would start believing that he wasn't capable of playing the song. He'd say: 'To hell with it – I'm not doing this!' There was one track like that on every album, and 'Into the Void' was the most difficult one on Master of Reality."

In his autobiography Iron Man: My Journey Through Heaven and Hell with Black Sabbath, Iommi describes the difficulty Osbourne also experienced recording the vocal: "It has this slow bit, but then the riff where Osbourne comes in is very fast. Osbourne had to sing really rapidly: "Rocket engines burning fuel so fast, up into the night sky they blast," quick words like that. Geezer had written all the words out for him ... Seeing him try was hilarious." For "Solitude" Iommi played guitar, <a href="Flute" title="Flute">flute</a>, and piano.<a href="#cite_note-Black_Sabbath-11">[11]</a> A <a href="Delay_(audio_effect)" title="Delay (audio effect)">delay effect</a> was later added to Osbourne's vocals on the song as a means of doubling the vocal track.

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Composition">Composition</h2></div>

During the album's recording sessions, Osbourne brought Iommi a large <a href="Joint_(cannabis)" title="Joint (cannabis)">joint</a> which caused the guitarist to cough uncontrollably.<a href="#cite_note-iommiautobiography-10">[10]</a> Iommi was recording acoustic guitar parts at the time, and his coughing fit was captured on tape. A fragment of Iommi's coughing was later added by producer Bain as the intro to "<a href="Sweet_Leaf" title="Sweet Leaf">Sweet Leaf</a>," a song which was admittedly an ode to <a href="Cannabis_(drug)" title="Cannabis (drug)">marijuana</a> use.<a href="#cite_note-iommiautobiography-10">[10]</a> Iommi recalls "We all played 'Sweet Leaf' while stoned."<a href="#cite_note-iommiautobiography-10">[10]</a> In an interview with Guitar World in 2001 Butler recalled: "I do remember writing "Sweet Leaf" in the studio. I'd just come back from <a href="Dublin" title="Dublin">Dublin</a>, and they'd had these cigarettes called Sweet Afton, which you could only get in Ireland. We were going: "What could we write about?" I took out this cigarette packet, and as you opened it, it's got on the lid: "it's the sweetest leaf that gives you the taste" I was like: "Ah, Sweet Leaf!" Writing in Mojo in 2013, Phil Alexander observed: "To most it is the quintessential stoner anthem, a point borne out by Sabbath's own Olympian consumption of hashish during their early days." In the Black Sabbath concert film The Last Supper, Ward ruminates: "Did it enhance the music? Well, you know, we wrote 'Sweet Leaf': 'When I first met you / didn't realize', that's about meeting marijuana, having a relationship with marijuana ... That was part of our lifestyle at that time."<a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a>

Butler, the band's primary lyricist, had a Catholic upbringing,<a href="#cite_note-iommiautobiography-10">[10]</a> and the song "After Forever" focuses entirely on Christian themes. At the time, Black Sabbath were suspected by some observers of being <a href="Satanism" title="Satanism">Satanists</a> due to their dark sound, image, and lyrics.<a href="#cite_note-iommiautobiography-10">[10]</a> "After Forever" was released as a single along with "<a href="Fairies_Wear_Boots" title="Fairies Wear Boots">Fairies Wear Boots</a>" in 1971.<a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Artwork">Artwork</h2></div>

The first editions of Master of Reality came in an 'envelope sleeve' containing a poster of the band, and with the album's title embossed in black lettering, visible in relief. Later editions lacking the embossed printing would render the album title in grey. This was the first Black Sabbath sleeve on which the lyrics were reproduced on the back of the sleeve. In his autobiography Iommi describes the cover as "Slightly <a href="Spinal_Tap_(band)" title="Spinal Tap (band)">Spinal Tap</a>-ish, only well before Spinal Tap". The labels of the album were different too, as Side A featured the infamous swirl label, although the black circles were white and the white circles black. Side B, which was the information label, was black with white writing instead of white with black writing. That variant of the Vertigo label was never to be used again thereafter.

On the first North American editions of the album, several songs had subtitles given to segments, making it appear that there were more songs than there actually were. The <a href="Introduction_(music)" title="Introduction (music)">intro</a> of "After Forever" was given the title "The Elegy", the <a href="Conclusion_(music)" title="Conclusion (music)">coda</a> of "Children of the Grave" was called "The Haunting", the intro of "Lord of This World" was titled "Step Up", and the intro of "Into the Void" called "Deathmask". This treatment had also been used on the North American editions of Black Sabbath's previous two albums. These pressings also incorrectly listed the album title as Masters of Reality.<a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a> Subsequent editions corrected the album's title and removed three of the four subtitles (all but "The Elegy").

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception_and_legacy">Reception and legacy</h2></div>

<table class="wikitable floatright" style="width:24.2em;font-size:88%;text-align:center;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em;padding:0;border-spacing:0"><caption style="font-size:115%">Retrospective professional reviews</caption><tbody><tr><th scope="col" colspan="2" style="text-align:center;color:#202122;background:#d1dbdf;font-size:100%">Review scores</th></tr><tr><th scope="col">Source</th><th scope="col">Rating</th></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic-15">[15]</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="Christgau's_Record_Guide%3A_Rock_Albums_of_the_Seventies" title="Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies">Christgau's Record Guide</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">C−<a href="#cite_note-CG1981-16">[16]</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="MusicHound" title="MusicHound">MusicHound Rock</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">4.5/5<a href="#cite_note-MH-17">[17]</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="Q_(magazine)" title="Q (magazine)">Q</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="#cite_note-Qmag-18">[18]</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="The_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide" title="The Rolling Stone Album Guide">The Rolling Stone Album Guide</a> (1992)</td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="#cite_note-19">[19]</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="The_Rolling_Stone_Album_Guide" title="The Rolling Stone Album Guide">The Rolling Stone Album Guide</a> (2004)</td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="#cite_note-Cross-20">[20]</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="Sputnikmusic" title="Sputnikmusic">Sputnikmusic</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">4/5<a href="#cite_note-21">[21]</a></td></tr><tr><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle"><a href="Uncut_(magazine)" title="Uncut (magazine)">Uncut</a></td><td style="text-align:center;vertical-align:middle">9/10<a href="#cite_note-22">[22]</a></td></tr></tbody></table>

Master of Reality peaked at number five on the <a href="UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums Chart</a>,<a href="#cite_note-23">[23]</a> and number eight in the United States.<a href="#cite_note-24">[24]</a> It eventually sold two million copies in the US.<a href="#cite_note-25">[25]</a> Despite the album's commercial success, it was viewed with disdain by contemporary music critics. In <a href="The_Village_Voice" title="The Village Voice">The Village Voice</a>, <a href="Robert_Christgau" title="Robert Christgau">Robert Christgau</a> called it "a dim-witted, amoral exploitation."<a href="#cite_note-christgau-26">[26]</a> <a href="Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a> magazine's <a href="Lester_Bangs" title="Lester Bangs">Lester Bangs</a> described it as "monotonous" and hardly an improvement over its predecessor, although he found the lyrics more revealing because they offer "some answers to the dark cul-de-sacs of Paranoid."<a href="#cite_note-bangs-27">[27]</a>

In 1994, Master of Reality was ranked number 28 in <a href="Colin_Larkin_(writer)" class="mw-redirect" title="Colin Larkin (writer)">Colin Larkin</a>'s <a href="All_Time_Top_1000_Albums" title="All Time Top 1000 Albums">Top 50 Heavy Metal Albums</a>. Larkin described it as Sabbath's "first real international breakthrough" and "a remarkable piece of work".<a href="#cite_note-28">[28]</a> In MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide (1999), authors <a href="Gary_Graff" title="Gary Graff">Gary Graff</a> and Daniel Durcholz described the album as a "brilliant skull crusher", singling out "Children of the Grave" and "Sweet Leaf" as "timeless".<a href="#cite_note-MH-17">[17]</a> In 2001, <a href="Q_(magazine)" title="Q (magazine)">Q</a> included it in their list of the 50 Heaviest Albums of All Time, calling it "malevolent ... Casting Black Sabbath as a <a href="RMS_Titanic" class="mw-redirect" title="RMS Titanic">Titanic</a>-style house band on the eve of <a href="Armageddon" title="Armageddon">Armageddon</a>, cranking it as the bomb drops."<a href="#cite_note-29">[29]</a> A critic for the magazine cited it as "the most cohesive record of [the band's] first three albums."<a href="#cite_note-Qmag-18">[18]</a> In 2003, Rolling Stone ranked the album number 298 in their list of the <a href="Rolling_Stone's_500_Greatest_Albums_of_All_Time" title="Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time">500 greatest albums of all time</a>,<a href="#cite_note-30">[30]</a> 300 in a 2012 revised list,<a href="#cite_note-31">[31]</a> and 234 in a 2020 revised list.<a href="#cite_note-32">[32]</a> They described the album as representing "the greatest sludge-metal band of them all in its prime."<a href="#cite_note-33">[33]</a> The same magazine also ranked the album 34th on its "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time".<a href="#cite_note-34">[34]</a> <a href="Billy_Corgan" title="Billy Corgan">Billy Corgan</a>, leader of <a href="The_Smashing_Pumpkins" title="The Smashing Pumpkins">the Smashing Pumpkins</a>, considered Master of Reality the album that "spawned <a href="Grunge" title="Grunge">grunge</a>".<a href="#cite_note-35">[35]</a> Black Sabbath and especially Master of Reality was a huge influence of the 1990s <a href="Stoner_rock" title="Stoner rock">stoner rock</a> / <a href="Palm_Desert_Scene" title="Palm Desert Scene">Desert Rock</a> scenes in the UK and the US, bands like <a href="Kyuss" title="Kyuss">Kyuss</a>, <a href="Monster_Magnet" title="Monster Magnet">Monster Magnet</a>, <a href="Sleep_(band)" title="Sleep (band)">Sleep</a>, and <a href="Orange_Goblin" title="Orange Goblin">Orange Goblin</a> have cited Sabbath and Master of Reality as a defining album of that genre. <a href="John_Stanier_(drummer)" title="John Stanier (drummer)">John Stanier</a>, drummer for <a href="Helmet_(band)" title="Helmet (band)">Helmet</a> and <a href="Tomahawk_(band)" title="Tomahawk (band)">Tomahawk</a>, cited the record as the one that inspired him to become a musician.<a href="#cite_note-36">[36]</a> In 2013, Sabbath biographer Mick Wall praised Iommi's "ability to incorporate more neat riffs and sudden unexpected time changes in one song than most bands would contemplate on an entire album."

In 2017, Ward ranked Master of Reality as his favorite Black Sabbath album that he has ever worked on.<a href="#cite_note-37">[37]</a>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Original_UK_LP_pressing">Original UK LP pressing</h3></div>

All songs written by Black Sabbath (<a href="Tony_Iommi" title="Tony Iommi">Tony Iommi</a>, <a href="Geezer_Butler" title="Geezer Butler">Geezer Butler</a>, <a href="Ozzy_Osbourne" title="Ozzy Osbourne">Ozzy Osbourne</a>, <a href="Bill_Ward_(musician)" title="Bill Ward (musician)">Bill Ward</a>), except "After Forever", "Embryo" and "Orchid" by Iommi.

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</style><div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side A, standard edition</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"<a href="Sweet_Leaf" title="Sweet Leaf">Sweet Leaf</a>"</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:05</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"After Forever"</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:27</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"Embryo" (<a href="Instrumental" title="Instrumental">instrumental</a>)</td><td class="tracklist-length">0:28</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"<a href="Children_of_the_Grave" title="Children of the Grave">Children of the Grave</a>"</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:18</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="2" scope="row">Total length:</th><td>16:18</td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side B</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"Orchid" (instrumental)</td><td class="tracklist-length">1:31</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"Lord of This World"</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:27</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"<a href="Solitude_(Black_Sabbath_song)" title="Solitude (Black Sabbath song)">Solitude</a>"</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:02</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"<a href="Into_the_Void_(Black_Sabbath_song)" title="Into the Void (Black Sabbath song)">Into the Void</a>"</td><td class="tracklist-length">6:13</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="2" scope="row">Total length:</th><td>18:13 34:29</td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Original_US_LP_pressing">Original US LP pressing</h3></div>

<div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side A</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"Sweet Leaf"</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:02</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"After Forever (Including The Elegy)"</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:25</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"Embryo"</td><td class="tracklist-length">0:29</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"Children of the Grave"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:30</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"The Haunting"</td><td class="tracklist-length">0:45</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="2" scope="row">Total length:</th><td>16:11</td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side B</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"Orchid"</td><td class="tracklist-length">1:30</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"Step Up"</td><td class="tracklist-length">0:30</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"Lord of This World"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:55</td></tr><tr><th id="track9" scope="row">9.</th><td>"Solitude"</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:02</td></tr><tr><th id="track10" scope="row">10.</th><td>"Deathmask"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:08</td></tr><tr><th id="track11" scope="row">11.</th><td>"Into the Void"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:08</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="2" scope="row">Total length:</th><td>18:13 34:30</td></tr></tbody></table></div>

Note that, while the overall timing of "Deathmask/Into the Void" is approximately correct, the apportioning of time between the two parts of the song may be arbitrary, as the 3:08 mark occurs during "Into the Void"'s middle-8 vocal section ("Freedom fighters sent off to the sun ..."). The revised US pressing timings, shown below, compound this likely error.

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Revised_US_LP_pressing,_with_subtitles_removed">Revised US LP pressing, with subtitles removed</h3></div>

<div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"Sweet Leaf"</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:02</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"After Forever (Including The Elegy)"</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:25</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"Embryo"</td><td class="tracklist-length">0:30</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"Children of the Grave"</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:15</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="2" scope="row">Total length:</th><td>16:12</td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Side B</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"Orchid"</td><td class="tracklist-length">2:00</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"Lord of This World"</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:55</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"Solitude"</td><td class="tracklist-length">8:08</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"Into the Void"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:08</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="2" scope="row">Total length:</th><td>18:11 34:29</td></tr></tbody></table></div>

Note that the timing of "Orchid" on revised US pressings is incorrect: it includes the "Step Up" introductory section of "Lord of This World". The timing of "Solitude" on these pressings is also incorrect, as it includes the first half of "Into the Void", whereas the timings of "Deathmask" and "Into the Void" from the original US pressing should have been grouped instead.

US-made compact disc pressings of Master of Reality continue to list the incorrect timings of the revised US LP pressing on the CD booklet.<a href="#cite_note-album-38">[38]</a> However, the songs are not indexed on the CD using those timings – the breaks between songs are correctly placed.

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2009_deluxe_edition">2009 deluxe edition</h3></div>

A two-disc deluxe edition was released in the UK on 29 June 2009 and in the US on 14 July 2009 as an import. This deluxe edition was remastered by Andy Pearce who also did the deluxe editions of <a href="Black_Sabbath_(album)" title="Black Sabbath (album)">Black Sabbath</a> and <a href="Paranoid_(album)" title="Paranoid (album)">Paranoid</a>.

<div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Disc one</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"Sweet Leaf"</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:05</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"After Forever"</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:27</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"Embryo"</td><td class="tracklist-length">0:28</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"Children of the Grave"</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:18</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"Orchid"</td><td class="tracklist-length">1:31</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"Lord of This World"</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:27</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"Solitude"</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:02</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"Into the Void"</td><td class="tracklist-length">6:13</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="2" scope="row">Total length:</th><td>34:29</td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="track-listing"><table class="tracklist"><caption>Disc two (bonus tracks)</caption><tbody><tr><th class="tracklist-number-header" scope="col"><abbr title="Number">No.</abbr></th><th scope="col" style="width:100%">Title</th><th class="tracklist-length-header" scope="col">Length</th></tr><tr><th id="track1" scope="row">1.</th><td>"Weevil Woman '71"</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:00</td></tr><tr><th id="track2" scope="row">2.</th><td>"Sweet Leaf" (studio outtake featuring alternative lyrics)</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:04</td></tr><tr><th id="track3" scope="row">3.</th><td>"After Forever" (studio outtake – instrumental)</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:20</td></tr><tr><th id="track4" scope="row">4.</th><td>"Children of the Grave" (studio outtake featuring alternative lyrics)</td><td class="tracklist-length">4:36</td></tr><tr><th id="track5" scope="row">5.</th><td>"Children of the Grave" (studio outtake – instrumental)</td><td class="tracklist-length">6:01</td></tr><tr><th id="track6" scope="row">6.</th><td>"Orchid" (studio outtake – with Tony count-in)</td><td class="tracklist-length">1:41</td></tr><tr><th id="track7" scope="row">7.</th><td>"Lord of This World" (studio outtake featuring piano & slide guitar)</td><td class="tracklist-length">5:38</td></tr><tr><th id="track8" scope="row">8.</th><td>"Solitude" (studio outtake – intro with alternative guitar tuning)</td><td class="tracklist-length">3:35</td></tr><tr><th id="track9" scope="row">9.</th><td>"Spanish Sid (Early Version of 'Into the Void')" (studio outtake – alternative version)</td><td class="tracklist-length">6:24</td></tr><tr class="tracklist-total-length"><th colspan="2" scope="row">Total length:</th><td>41:29</td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2></div>

<ul><li><a href="Ozzy_Osbourne" title="Ozzy Osbourne">Ozzy Osbourne</a> – lead vocals</li>

<li><a href="Tony_Iommi" title="Tony Iommi">Tony Iommi</a> – guitar, <a href="Synthesizer" title="Synthesizer">synthesiser</a> on "After Forever" and "Children of the Grave", <a href="Flute" title="Flute">flute</a> and piano on "Solitude", acoustic guitar on "Orchid", cough on "Sweet Leaf"</li>

<li><a href="Geezer_Butler" title="Geezer Butler">Geezer Butler</a> – bass</li>

<li><a href="Bill_Ward_(musician)" title="Bill Ward (musician)">Bill Ward</a> – drums, <a href="Percussion_instrument" title="Percussion instrument">percussion</a> on "Children of the Grave", <a href="Jingle_bell" title="Jingle bell">sleigh bells</a> on "Solitude"</li>

<li>Keef – photography, poster design</li>

<li>Mike Stanford – art direction</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2></div>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weekly_charts">Weekly charts</h3></div>

<caption>Initial weekly chart performance for Master of Reality

</caption>

<th>Chart (1971)

</th>

<th>Peak position

</th></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">Australian Albums (<a href="Kent_Music_Report" title="Kent Music Report">Kent Music Report</a>)<a href="#cite_note-aus-39">[39]</a>

</th>

<td align="center">4

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">Canada Top Albums/CDs (<a href="RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">RPM</a>)<a href="#cite_note-group=-40">[40]</a>

</th>

<td align="center">6

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">Dutch Albums (<a href="Dutch_Album_Top_100" title="Dutch Album Top 100">Album Top 100</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ac_Netherlands_Black_Sabbath-41">[41]</a>

</th>

<td align="center">10

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">Finnish Albums (<a href="The_Official_Finnish_Charts" class="mw-redirect" title="The Official Finnish Charts">The Official Finnish Charts</a>)<a href="#cite_note-FINI-42">[42]</a>

</th>

<td align="center">3

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">German Albums (<a href="GfK_Entertainment_charts" title="GfK Entertainment charts">Offizielle Top 100</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ac_Germany4_Black_Sabbath-43">[43]</a>

</th>

<td align="center">5

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">Italian Albums (<a href="Musica_e_Dischi" class="mw-redirect" title="Musica e Dischi">Musica e Dischi</a>)<a href="#cite_note-44">[44]</a>

</th>

<td align="center">8

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">Norwegian Albums (<a href="VG-lista" title="VG-lista">VG-lista</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ac_Norway_Black_Sabbath-45">[45]</a>

</th>

<td align="center">12

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row"><a href="UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums</a> (<a href="Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<a href="#cite_note-UK_albums-46">[46]</a>

</th>

<td align="center">5

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">US <a href="Billboard_200" title="Billboard 200">Billboard 200</a><a href="#cite_note-Billboard_200-47">[47]</a>

</th>

<td align="center">8

</td></tr></tbody></table>

<caption>Later weekly chart performance for Master of Reality

</caption>

<th>Chart (2016–2025)

</th>

<th>Peak position

</th></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">Greek Albums (<a href="IFPI_Greece" title="IFPI Greece">IFPI</a>)<a href="#cite_note-48">[48]</a>

</th>

<td align="center">12

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row"><a href="Scottish_Singles_and_Albums_Charts" title="Scottish Singles and Albums Charts">Scottish Albums</a> (<a href="Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ac_Scotland_-49">[49]</a>

</th>

<td align="center">13

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row"><a href="UK_Albums_Chart" title="UK Albums Chart">UK Albums</a> (<a href="Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ac_UK2_-50">[50]</a>

</th>

<td align="center">51

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row"><a href="UK_Independent_Singles_and_Albums_Charts" title="UK Independent Singles and Albums Charts">UK Independent Albums</a> (<a href="Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ac_UKIndependent_-51">[51]</a>

</th>

<td align="center">3

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row"><a href="UK_Rock_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Rock Chart">UK Rock & Metal Albums</a> (<a href="Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<a href="#cite_note-UK2021-52">[52]</a>

</th>

<td align="center">1

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">US <a href="Top_Catalog_Albums" class="mw-redirect" title="Top Catalog Albums">Top Catalog Albums</a> (<a href="Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a>)<a href="#cite_note-ac_BillboardCatalog_Black_Sabbath-53">[53]</a>

</th>

<td align="center">22

</td></tr></tbody></table>

</td>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Year-end_charts">Year-end charts</h3></div>

<caption>1971 year-end chart performance for Master of Reality

</caption>

<th scope="col">Chart (1971)

</th>

<th scope="col">Position

</th></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)<a href="#cite_note-54">[54]</a>

</th>

<td>74

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<a href="#cite_note-55">[55]</a>

</th>

<td>40

</td></tr></tbody></table>

<caption>1972 year-end chart performance for Master of Reality

</caption>

<th scope="col">Chart (1972)

</th>

<th scope="col">Position

</th></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">US Billboard 200<a href="#cite_note-56">[56]</a>

</th>

<td>76

</td></tr></tbody></table>

</td></tr></tbody></table></div>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Certifications">Certifications</h2></div>

</caption>

<th scope="col">Region

</th>

<th scope="col">Certification</th>

<th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">Certified units</a>/sales

</th></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">Canada (<a href="Music_Canada" title="Music Canada">Music Canada</a>)<a href="#cite_note-CanadaBlack_SabbathMaster_of_RealityalbumCertRef-57">[57]</a>

</th>

<td>Platinum

</td>

<td>100,000^

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">United Kingdom (<a href="British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">BPI</a>)<a href="#cite_note-United_KingdomBlack_SabbathMaster_of_RealityalbumCertRef-58">[58]</a>

</th>

<td>Gold

</td>

<td>100,000‡

</td></tr>

<tr>

<th scope="row">United States (<a href="Recording_Industry_Association_of_America" title="Recording Industry Association of America">RIAA</a>)<a href="#cite_note-United_StatesBlack_SabbathMaster_of_RealityalbumCertRef-59">[59]</a>

</th>

<td>2× Platinum

</td>

<td>2,000,000^

</td></tr>

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. ‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

</td></tr></tbody></table>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release_history">Release history</h2></div>

<th>Region

</th>

<th>Date

</th>

<th>Label

</th>

<th>Format

</th>

<th>Catalog

</th></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="2">United Kingdom

</td>

<td>6 August 1971

</td>

<td><a href="Vertigo_Records" title="Vertigo Records">Vertigo</a>

</td>

</td>

<td>6360 050

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>1992

</td>

<td><a href="Castle_Communications" title="Castle Communications">Castle</a>

</td>

<td>CD

</td>

<td>CA198

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td rowspan="2">United States

</td>

<td>16 August 1971

</td>

<td rowspan="2"><a href="Warner_Records" title="Warner Records">Warner Bros.</a>

</td>

<td>LP

</td>

<td>BS-2562

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>12 May 1987

</td>

<td>CD

</td>

<td>2562–2

</td></tr>

<tr>

<td>UK <a href="Remaster" title="Remaster">remastered</a>

</td>

<td>29 March 2009

</td>

<td><a href="Sanctuary_Records" title="Sanctuary Records">Sanctuary</a>

</td>

<td>double CD

</td>

<td>2701108

</td></tr></tbody></table>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>

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<ul><li><cite id="CITEREFTaylor2006" class="citation book cs1">Taylor, Steve (2006). A to X of Alternative Music. Continuum. <a href="ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <bdi>0-8264-8217-1</bdi>.</cite></li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2></div>

<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.discogs.com/master/4844">Master of Reality</a> at <a href="Discogs" title="Discogs">Discogs</a> (list of releases)</li></ul>

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</style><div id="Black_Sabbath814" class="fn org" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="Black_Sabbath" title="Black Sabbath">Black Sabbath</a></div></th></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div>

<ul><li><a href="Geezer_Butler" title="Geezer Butler">Geezer Butler</a></li>

<li><a href="Tony_Iommi" title="Tony Iommi">Tony Iommi</a></li>

<li><a href="Ozzy_Osbourne" title="Ozzy Osbourne">Ozzy Osbourne</a></li>

<ul><li><a href="Dave_Walker" title="Dave Walker">Dave Walker</a></li>

<li><a href="Ronnie_James_Dio" title="Ronnie James Dio">Ronnie James Dio</a></li>

<li><a href="Geoff_Nicholls" title="Geoff Nicholls">Geoff Nicholls</a></li>

<li><a href="Craig_Gruber" title="Craig Gruber">Craig Gruber</a></li>

<li><a href="Vinny_Appice" title="Vinny Appice">Vinny Appice</a></li>

<li><a href="Ian_Gillan" title="Ian Gillan">Ian Gillan</a></li>

<li><a href="Bev_Bevan" title="Bev Bevan">Bev Bevan</a></li>

<li><a href="David_Donato_(singer)" title="David Donato (singer)">David Donato</a></li>

<li><a href="Eric_Singer" title="Eric Singer">Eric Singer</a></li>

<li>Gordon Copley</li>

<li><a href="Jeff_Fenholt" title="Jeff Fenholt">Jeff Fenholt</a></li>

<li>Dave Spitz</li>

<li><a href="Glenn_Hughes_(musician)" title="Glenn Hughes (musician)">Glenn Hughes</a></li>

<li><a href="Ray_Gillen" title="Ray Gillen">Ray Gillen</a></li>

<li><a href="Tony_Martin_(British_singer)" title="Tony Martin (British singer)">Tony Martin</a></li>

<li><a href="Cozy_Powell" title="Cozy Powell">Cozy Powell</a></li>

<li><a href="Neil_Murray_(British_musician)" title="Neil Murray (British musician)">Neil Murray</a></li>

<li><a href="Bobby_Rondinelli" title="Bobby Rondinelli">Bobby Rondinelli</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Black_Sabbath_(album)" title="Black Sabbath (album)">Black Sabbath</a></li>

<li><a href="Paranoid_(album)" title="Paranoid (album)">Paranoid</a></li>

<li><a href="Sabbath_Bloody_Sabbath" title="Sabbath Bloody Sabbath">Sabbath Bloody Sabbath</a></li>

<li><a href="Sabotage_(Black_Sabbath_album)" title="Sabotage (Black Sabbath album)">Sabotage</a></li>

<li><a href="Technical_Ecstasy" title="Technical Ecstasy">Technical Ecstasy</a></li>

<li><a href="Never_Say_Die!" title="Never Say Die!">Never Say Die!</a></li>

<li><a href="Heaven_and_Hell_(Black_Sabbath_album)" title="Heaven and Hell (Black Sabbath album)">Heaven and Hell</a></li>

<li><a href="Mob_Rules_(album)" title="Mob Rules (album)">Mob Rules</a></li>

<li><a href="Born_Again_(Black_Sabbath_album)" title="Born Again (Black Sabbath album)">Born Again</a></li>

<li><a href="Seventh_Star" title="Seventh Star">Seventh Star</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Eternal_Idol" title="The Eternal Idol">The Eternal Idol</a></li>

<li><a href="Headless_Cross_(album)" title="Headless Cross (album)">Headless Cross</a></li>

<li><a href="Dehumanizer" title="Dehumanizer">Dehumanizer</a></li>

<li><a href="Cross_Purposes" title="Cross Purposes">Cross Purposes</a></li>

<li><a href="Forbidden_(Black_Sabbath_album)" title="Forbidden (Black Sabbath album)">Forbidden</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Extended plays</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="Cross_Purposes_Live" title="Cross Purposes Live">Cross Purposes Live</a></li>

<li><a href="Reunion_(Black_Sabbath_album)" title="Reunion (Black Sabbath album)">Reunion</a></li>

<li><a href="Past_Lives_(Black_Sabbath_album)" title="Past Lives (Black Sabbath album)">Past Lives</a></li>

<li><a href="Live_at_Hammersmith_Odeon" title="Live at Hammersmith Odeon">Live at Hammersmith Odeon</a></li>

<li><a href="Live..._Gathered_in_Their_Masses" title="Live... Gathered in Their Masses">Live... Gathered in Their Masses</a></li>

<li><a href="The_End%3A_Live_in_Birmingham" title="The End: Live in Birmingham">The End: Live in Birmingham</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<li><a href="The_Collection_(Black_Sabbath_album)" title="The Collection (Black Sabbath album)">The Collection</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Sabbath_Stones" title="The Sabbath Stones">The Sabbath Stones</a></li>

<li><a href="Symptom_of_the_Universe%3A_The_Original_Black_Sabbath_1970%E2%80%931978" title="Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978">Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978</a></li>

<li><a href="Black_Box%3A_The_Complete_Original_Black_Sabbath_1970%E2%80%931978" title="Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978">Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978</a></li>

<li><a href="Greatest_Hits_1970%E2%80%931978" title="Greatest Hits 1970–1978">Greatest Hits 1970–1978</a></li>

<li><a href="Black_Sabbath%3A_The_Dio_Years" title="Black Sabbath: The Dio Years">The Dio Years</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Rules_of_Hell" title="The Rules of Hell">The Rules of Hell</a></li>

<li><a href="Greatest_Hits_(Black_Sabbath_album)" title="Greatest Hits (Black Sabbath album)">Greatest Hits</a></li>

<li><a href="Iron_Man%3A_The_Best_of_Black_Sabbath" title="Iron Man: The Best of Black Sabbath">Iron Man: The Best of Black Sabbath</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Ultimate_Collection_(Black_Sabbath_album)" title="The Ultimate Collection (Black Sabbath album)">The Ultimate Collection</a></li>

<li><a href="Anno_Domini_1989%E2%80%931995" title="Anno Domini 1989–1995">Anno Domini 1989–1995</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Unofficial albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="The_Sabbath_Collection" title="The Sabbath Collection">The Sabbath Collection</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Ozzy_Osbourne_Years" title="The Ozzy Osbourne Years">The Ozzy Osbourne Years</a></li>

<li><a href="Under_Wheels_of_Confusion" title="Under Wheels of Confusion">Under Wheels of Confusion</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Best_of_Black_Sabbath" title="The Best of Black Sabbath">The Best of Black Sabbath</a></li>

<li><a href="Black_Sabbath_(compilation)" title="Black Sabbath (compilation)">Club Sonderauflage</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Singles</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>"<a href="Evil_Woman_(Crow_song)#Black_Sabbath_version" title="Evil Woman (Crow song)">Evil Woman</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="The_Wizard_(Black_Sabbath_song)" title="The Wizard (Black Sabbath song)">The Wizard</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Paranoid_(Black_Sabbath_song)" title="Paranoid (Black Sabbath song)">Paranoid</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Children_of_the_Grave" title="Children of the Grave">Children of the Grave</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Sabbath_Bloody_Sabbath_(song)" title="Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (song)">Sabbath Bloody Sabbath</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Am_I_Going_Insane_(Radio)" title="Am I Going Insane (Radio)">Am I Going Insane (Radio)</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Neon_Knights" title="Neon Knights">Neon Knights</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Trashed_(Black_Sabbath_song)" title="Trashed (Black Sabbath song)">Trashed</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Psycho_Man_(song)" title="Psycho Man (song)">Psycho Man</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="End_of_the_Beginning_(song)" title="End of the Beginning (song)">End of the Beginning</a>"</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li>"<a href="Black_Sabbath_(song)" title="Black Sabbath (song)">Black Sabbath</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Planet_Caravan" title="Planet Caravan">Planet Caravan</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Fairies_Wear_Boots" title="Fairies Wear Boots">Fairies Wear Boots</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Sweet_Leaf" title="Sweet Leaf">Sweet Leaf</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Changes_(Black_Sabbath_song)" title="Changes (Black Sabbath song)">Changes</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Supernaut_(song)" title="Supernaut (song)">Supernaut</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Symptom_of_the_Universe" title="Symptom of the Universe">Symptom of the Universe</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Children_of_the_Sea_(song)" title="Children of the Sea (song)">Children of the Sea</a>"</li>

<li>"<a href="Heaven_and_Hell_(Black_Sabbath_song)" title="Heaven and Hell (Black Sabbath song)">Heaven and Hell</a>"</li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Videos</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Never_Say_Die_(video)" title="Never Say Die (video)">Never Say Die</a></li>

<li><a href="Black_and_Blue_(video)" title="Black and Blue (video)">Black and Blue</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Black_Sabbath_Story%2C_Vol._1" title="The Black Sabbath Story, Vol. 1">The Black Sabbath Story, Vol. 1</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Black_Sabbath_Story%2C_Vol._2" title="The Black Sabbath Story, Vol. 2">The Black Sabbath Story, Vol. 2</a></li>

<li><a href="Cross_Purposes_Live" title="Cross Purposes Live">Cross Purposes Live</a></li>

<li><a href="The_Last_Supper_(Black_Sabbath_video)" title="The Last Supper (Black Sabbath video)">The Last Supper</a></li>

<li><a href="Inside_Black_Sabbath_%E2%80%93_1970%E2%80%931992" title="Inside Black Sabbath – 1970–1992">Inside Black Sabbath - 1970–1992</a></li>

<li><a href="Hangin'_with_Heaven_and_Hell" title="Hangin' with Heaven and Hell">Hangin' with Heaven and Hell</a></li>

<li><a href="Live..._Gathered_in_Their_Masses" title="Live... Gathered in Their Masses">Live... Gathered in Their Masses</a></li>

<li><a href="Black_Sabbath%3A_The_End_of_the_End" title="Black Sabbath: The End of the End">Black Sabbath: The End of the End</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Tours</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Technical_Ecstasy_Tour" title="Technical Ecstasy Tour">Technical Ecstasy Tour</a></li>

<li><a href="Never_Say_Die!_Tour_(Black_Sabbath)" title="Never Say Die! Tour (Black Sabbath)">Never Say Die! Tour</a></li>

<li><a href="Heaven_%26_Hell_Tour" title="Heaven & Hell Tour">Heaven & Hell Tour</a></li>

<li><a href="Mob_Rules_Tour" title="Mob Rules Tour">Mob Rules Tour</a></li>

<li><a href="Born_Again_Tour" title="Born Again Tour">Born Again Tour</a></li>

<li><a href="Ozzfest" title="Ozzfest">Ozzfest</a>

<ul><li><a href="Ozzfest_lineups_by_year" title="Ozzfest lineups by year">lineups</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Black_Sabbath_Reunion_Tour" title="Black Sabbath Reunion Tour">Black Sabbath Reunion Tour</a></li>

<li><a href="Back_to_the_Beginning" title="Back to the Beginning">Back to the Beginning</a></li></ul>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Managers</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Don_Arden" title="Don Arden">Don Arden</a></li>

<li><a href="Patrick_Meehan_(producer)" title="Patrick Meehan (producer)">Patrick Meehan</a></li>

</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em">

<ul><li><a href="Black_Sabbath_discography" title="Black Sabbath discography">Discography</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_Black_Sabbath_and_Heaven_%26_Hell_members" title="List of Black Sabbath and Heaven & Hell members">Members</a></li>

<li><a href="List_of_cover_versions_of_Black_Sabbath_songs" title="List of cover versions of Black Sabbath songs">List of cover versions of Black Sabbath songs</a></li>

<li><a href="In_These_Black_Days" title="In These Black Days">In These Black Days</a></li>

<li><a href="Nativity_in_Black%3A_A_Tribute_to_Black_Sabbath" title="Nativity in Black: A Tribute to Black Sabbath">Nativity in Black</a></li>

<li><a href="Heaven_%26_Hell_(band)" title="Heaven & Hell (band)">Heaven & Hell</a>

<li><a href="The_Devil_You_Know_(Heaven_%26_Hell_album)" title="The Devil You Know (Heaven & Hell album)">The Devil You Know</a></li></ul></li>

<li><a href="Bob_Daisley" title="Bob Daisley">Bob Daisley</a></li>

<li><a href="Terry_Chimes" title="Terry Chimes">Terry Chimes</a></li>

<li><a href="Laurence_Cottle" title="Laurence Cottle">Laurence Cottle</a></li>

<li><a href="Rob_Halford" title="Rob Halford">Rob Halford</a></li>

<li><a href="Mike_Bordin" title="Mike Bordin">Mike Bordin</a></li>

<li><a href="Adam_Wakeman" title="Adam Wakeman">Adam Wakeman</a></li>

<li><a href="Tommy_Clufetos" title="Tommy Clufetos">Tommy Clufetos</a></li>

<li><a href="Mythology_(band)" title="Mythology (band)">Mythology</a></li>

<li><a href="Velvett_Fogg" title="Velvett Fogg">Velvett Fogg</a></li>

<li><a href="Rainbow_(rock_band)" title="Rainbow (rock band)">Rainbow</a></li>

<li><a href="Deep_Purple" title="Deep Purple">Deep Purple</a></li>

<li><a href="Electric_Light_Orchestra" title="Electric Light Orchestra">Electric Light Orchestra</a></li>

<li><a href="Badlands_(band)" title="Badlands (band)">Badlands</a></li>

<li><a href="Whitesnake" title="Whitesnake">Whitesnake</a></li></ul>

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