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"War Pigs" is widely considered one of Black Sabbath's greatest songs. In 2020, Kerrang! ranked the song number four on their list of the 20 greatest Black Sabbath songs, [ 17 ] and in 2021, Louder Sound ranked the song number one on their list of the 40 greatest Black Sabbath songs.
Covered in 1969 by Black Sabbath and released in England as the band's first single on 2 January 1970, the song also appeared on the original version of the band's self-titled debut album, although it was replaced by its B-side, "Wicked World", on the later, American versions of the album. When the band's debut album started to become ...
Technical Ecstasy is the seventh studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath, produced by guitarist Tony Iommi and released in October 1976 by Vertigo Records.The album received mixed reviews from critics but was a commercial success, peaking at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart [4] and number 51 on the US Billboard 200 Album chart, [5] later being certified Gold by the RIAA in 1997.
The band returned to the studio in June 1970, just four months after Black Sabbath was released. The new album was initially set to be named War Pigs after the song "War Pigs", which was critical of the Vietnam War; however, Warner changed the title of the album to Paranoid.
The album's opening track "War Pigs" was originally intended to be called "Walpurgis". [10] It was then changed to "War Pigs", which the band intended to name the album until it was changed to Paranoid after the record company became convinced that the song of the same name had potential as a single. [10]
Evil Woman may refer to: "Evil Woman" (Crow song), later covered by Black Sabbath "Evil Woman" (Electric Light Orchestra song), 1975 "Evil Woman", a song by Greg Page from his 1998 debut album
The song's title has long been a source of speculation, with some fans over the years interpreting the title as meaning "Nativity in Black" or "Name in Blood". In the early 1990s, Geezer Butler claimed that the title was a reference to drummer Bill Ward's beard at that time, which his bandmates felt looked like a pen nib. [3]
"Black Sabbath" is a song by the English heavy metal band of the same name, written in 1969 and released on their eponymous debut album in 1970. In the same year, the song appeared as an A-side on a four-track 12-inch single, with "The Wizard" also on the A-side and "Evil Woman" and "Sleeping Village" on the B-side, on the Philips Records label Vertigo.