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Cat: RSD24 12. Rel: 20 May 24
Metal

Side 1 - Track 1. War PigsSide 1 - Track 2. ParanoidSide 1 - Track 3. Planet CaravanSide 1 - Track 4. Iron ManSide 2 - Track 1. Electric FuneralSide 2 - Track 2. Hand Of DoomSide 2 - Track 3. Rat SaladSide 2 - Track 4. Fairies Wear Boots

Rock & roll is packed with incredible stories of how the tracks we cherish came about. Not to mention the albums. Black Sabbath had only released their groundbreaking, eponymous debut LP four months before they got back in the studio to record what was supposed to be the follow up, War Pigs. Taking its name from the intended title track - a scathing sucker punch aimed at the architects and agents of the Vietnam War. Warner Bros. Records forced a change of record title, and 'Paranoid' the single was hastily written in the studio. While you can argue the trippy, experimental, ketamine dream of 'Planet Caravan', the blues-hued 'Fairies Wear Boots', or the aforementioned protest rage 'War Pigs' stand out the most, in reality it's that last minute addition to the album people usually remember the most. And by god it still sounds incredible, 54 years later.