'' is the breakthrough second album by British
Heavy Metal band
Black Sabbath , released in
1970 ; it soon topped the British music charts. Widely regarded as one of the pioneering recordings in heavy metal, the album established some of the conventions of the genre. The album was originally titled "War Pigs" but the record company changed it to "Paranoid" because of sensitivity about the
Vietnam War . However, the band's interpretation of a "War Pig" was still featured on the cover (the man with the spandex and tin foil sword).
''Paranoid'' peaked at #12 on
Billboard 's Pop Albums chart (North America). The singles "Paranoid" and "Iron Man" peaked at #61 and #52, respectively, on the Pop singles chart.
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War Pigs /Luke's Wall" — 7:57
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Paranoid " — 2:50
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Planet Caravan " — 4:35
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Iron Man " — 5:57
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Electric Funeral " — 4:52
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Hand Of Doom " — 7:09
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Rat Salad " — 2:30
#"Jack the Stripper/
Fairies Wear Boots " — 6:16
All tracks by Butler/Iommi/Osbourne/Ward.
- Ozzy Osbourne — vocals, harmonica
- Tony Iommi — guitar
- Geezer Butler — bass guitar
- Bill Ward — drums, vocals
- Keef — design, photography, cover design
- Tom (Colonel) Allom — engineer
- Tony Allom — engineer
- Brian Humphries — engineer
