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Master of Reality
Black Sabbath
- Type:
- Full-length
- Release date:
- July 21st, 1971
- Catalog ID:
- 6360 050
- Label:
- Vertigo Records
- Format:
- 12" vinyl (33⅓ RPM)
- Reviews:
- 26 reviews (avg. 91%)
| Side A | |||
| 1. | Sweet Leaf | 05:05 | Show lyrics |
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| 2. | After Forever | 05:26 | Show lyrics |
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| 3. | Embryo | 00:28 | instrumental |
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| 4. | Children of the Grave | 05:17 | Show lyrics |
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| Side B | |||
| 5. | Orchid | 01:31 | instrumental |
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| 6. | Lord of This World | 05:26 | Show lyrics |
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| 7. | Solitude | 05:02 | Show lyrics |
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| 8. | Into the Void | 06:12 | Show lyrics |
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| Band members | |
| Ozzy Osbourne | Vocals, Songwriting (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6-9) |
| Tony Iommi | Guitars, Flute (track 7), Keyboards (track 2), Piano (track 7), Guitars (acoustic) (track 5), Songwriting (tracks 1-9) |
| Geezer Butler | Bass, Lyrics (tracks 1, 4, 6-8), Songwriting (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6-9) |
| Bill Ward | Drums, Lyrics (track 2), Songwriting (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6-9) |
| Miscellaneous staff | |
| Marcus Keef (R.I.P. 2012) | Photography |
| Rodger Bain | Producer |
| Mike Stanford | Art direction |
| Ozzy Osbourne | Vocals, Songwriting (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6-9) |
| Tony Iommi | Guitars, Flute (track 7), Keyboards (track 2), Piano (track 7), Guitars (acoustic) (track 5), Songwriting (tracks 1-9) |
| Geezer Butler | Bass, Lyrics (tracks 1, 4, 6-8), Songwriting (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6-9) |
| Bill Ward | Drums, Lyrics (track 2), Songwriting (tracks 1, 3, 4, 6-9) |
| Marcus Keef (R.I.P. 2012) | Photography |
| Rodger Bain | Producer |
| Mike Stanford | Art direction |
| Perfection In Its Earliest... | 100% | Sweetie | October 28th, 2021 | |
| More like Master Of Repetition | 37% | Luvers | August 16th, 2021 | |
| ALRIGHT NOW! | 100% | Slater922 | July 21st, 2021 | |
| Good, but "Master" is... | 65% | TheHumanChair | February 20th, 2020 | |
| The peak of heavy metal | 100% | KingQueenKnave | August 11th, 2019 | |
| When I First Met You, I... | 100% | Twisted_Psychology | July 22nd, 2019 | |
| At the top | 100% | Face_your_fear_79 | February 26th, 2018 | |
| Going lower AND higher | 90% | TrooperEd | February 14th, 2018 | |
| My Favourite Sabbath Album | 95% | ReleaseTheBears | October 31st, 2016 | |
| Masters of their domain | 96% | enshrinedtemple | December 11th, 2015 | |
| Master of the Art of Metal... | 100% | Doominance | December 31st, 2014 | |
| Just a masterwork. | 100% | SirMetalGinger | December 12th, 2012 | |
| A less consistent, more... | 80% | ConorFynes | May 30th, 2012 | |
| More commercial, more... | 85% | Warthur | July 25th, 2011 | |
| Kent State/Altamont/nuked... | 95% | marktheviktor | August 9th, 2010 | |
| The uppermost branch of... | 93% | matt85210 | March 20th, 2010 | |
| The First Bastard Son of... | 100% | hellhippie | March 24th, 2009 | |
| Excuse me, I must paint my... | 100% | Acrobat | January 31st, 2009 | |
| One of the heaviest pieces... | 88% | Nhorf | July 22nd, 2008 | |
| Black Sabbath's Strongest... | 100% | erickg13 | January 1st, 2007 | |
| Heavy Metal's 3rd Draft. | 98% | hells_unicorn | October 29th, 2006 | |
| Deepest Purple | 90% | OlympicSharpshooter | August 30th, 2004 | |
| Ah, lovely... | 98% | Supertzar | August 4th, 2004 | |
| Master of my CD collection | 88% | westknife | July 29th, 2004 | |
| Thou shalt own this album! | 99% | radiohater | January 16th, 2004 | |
| HEAVY as fuck | 80% | UltraBoris | December 24th, 2002 |
Issued in a fully laminated and embossed box type sleeve that opens from the top and bottom and includes a large folded six pane color poster.
The band's logo for this album is the best known by all (besides the logo of the first album), and used by the band on their last tours, merchandising, subsequent releases, etc. The indie rock band Arctic Monkeys officially used a logo in the style of "Master of Reality" for use on their albums "Suck It and See" (2011) and "AM" (2013).
"Sweet Leaf" is street slang for marijuana.
On the North American version of the album, the song "After Forever" is subtitled "Including the Elegy" on the vinyl record, while the songs "Children of the Grave", "Lord of This World" and "Into the Void" are titled "Children of the Grave/The Haunting", "Step Up/Lord of This World" and "Deathmask/Into the Void". These last 2 are titled at the beginning of the main song.
Recording information:
Recorded at Record Plant in Los Angeles.
The looped coughing that serves as the album intro is Tony Iommi's.
Identifiers:
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 1): 6360050 1Y//1▽420 1 11
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 1): 6360050 2Y//1▽420 1 2
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 2): 6360050 1Y//1▽420 1 11
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 2): 6360050 2Y//1▽420 1 2 8
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 3): 6360050 1Y//1▽420 1 19 4
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 3): 6360050 2Y//1▽420 1 2 9 4
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 4): 6360050 2Y//1▽420 11 10 04
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 4): 6360050 2Y//1▽420 12 21 04
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 5): 6360050 2Y//1▽420 12 20 04
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 6): 6360050 1Y//1▽420 1 11 2 04
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 6): 6360050 2Y//1▽420 1 2 3 04
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 7): 6360050 1Y//1▽420 11 2 4 04
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 7): 6360050 2Y//1▽420 1 2 2 4 04
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 8): 6360050 1Y//1▽420 1 14
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 8): 6360050 2Y//1▽420 1 2 2 1
Matrix / Runout (Side A Variant 9): 6360050 1Y//1▽420 1 22 04
Matrix / Runout (Side B Variant 9): 6360050 2Y//1▽420 1 2 18 04
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