Doubling Up Part 1

Today is the day I double up on my vinyl record post, since I haven't posted in a while due to my travels, but I want to make sure I get caught up.  So here is to my fifty-eighth pick!

Artist - Black Sabbath
Album - Paranoid
Released - 1970
Label - Vertigo
Genre - Heavy Metal


Tracks:
Side One
War Pigs
Paranoid
Planet Caravan
Iron Man
Side Two
Electric Funeral
Hand of Doom
Rat Salad
Fairies Wear Boots

The greatest are back on my list.  A young Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi shredding on guitar, Terry "Geezer" Butler and Bill Ward on drums present you with Paranoid, the second studio album by Black Sabbath.  It was said that the original title of this album was to be War Pigs, but the big wigs made him change it to Paranoid in fear of backlash of the Vietnam War.  All in all, this album is well put together and it also produced some amazing tracks such as War Pigs and Iron Man.  Definitely a record to have in your collection and listen to every so often, but the funny thing is as I post my second Black Sabbath record on this blog, I've been listening to them a lot more.  Funny how that works.  It's like almost a trigger in my mind that I have to listen to it and when I do it just makes me happy.  There are not too many albums/artists I can say that about, but Black Sabbath definitely is one of them.

Enjoy!