This is actually my very first time owning this album and even hearing it in its entirety. Aside from Paranoid and Sabotage, all of the regular Ozzy-era Sabbath albums were very scarce (or were snapped up very quickly) finds even at normal used CD prices, and I don't ever recall even seeing Vol. 4 before. Since I was far more obsessed with other metal bands, I could never be bothered to buy it new.
As I mentioned in an earlier Sabbath post, I think the best early Sabbath material is spread widely over their albums, but no single album is truly consistently great. So I pretty much only knew this as the album that had "Snowblind" on it, which is indeed my favorite track on here. Had also heard "Changes" before and was familiar with "Laguna Sunrise" since it was used at an outro at some live gigs (it's a wonderful instrument, but still nowhere as good as "Fluff"). For the rest, I can see why "Supernaut" is well-liked for its psychedelic sound, but it's not my kind of thing. "Cornucopia" and "Under the Sun" are pretty good but I'm disappointed they both get pretty upbeat after those MONSTER doomy riffs that open each song.
Feels considerably weaker than the albums that directly preceded and succeeded it, but I'm glad I finally got to hear it!
No comments:
Post a Comment