Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

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Sabbath Bloody Sabbath is the fifth studio album by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1973 (see 1973 in music). Because of its radical differences from the band's previous four albums, this is perhaps the one that most divides critics and fans.Template:Fact Sabbath expanded upon their slow, crunching style of music and added synthesizers and orchestral arrangements to create their most progressive and creative album yet.

After the recording of their previous album, Black Sabbath, Vol. 4, the band hit a dry spell and could not come up with any songs for their new album. After locking themselves away to focus and come up with new ideas, guitarist Tony Iommi stumbled upon the riff to the title track, which has been called "the riff that saved Black Sabbath." After this song was completed, the others flowed freely.Template:Fact

A big difference between Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and its predecessors is the songwriting style. The album begins with the heavy riff of “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” and ends with the string-laden, “Spiral Architect.” Some fans felt the new style signaled the beginning of the end for the band while others felt that Black Sabbath were simply expanding their sound which had been relatively unchanged through their first 4 albums.Template:Fact

Notably, Rick Wakeman of Yes fame was responsible for much of the keyboard work on this album. Wakeman was a friend of the band, and had traveled with them on tour. His contribution is most evident on "Sabbra Cadabra" and "Who Are You?"

Thrash metal band Anthrax (band) released a cover version of “Sabbath Bloody Sabbath” on their ‘’I’m the Man’’ EP.

Metallica released a cover version of "Sabbra Cadabra" on their 1998 covers album Garage Inc..

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Track listing

"Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" (Butler/Iommi/Osbourne/Ward) - 5:43
"A National Acrobat" (Black Sabbath) - 6:20
"Fluff" (Butler/Iommi/Osbourne/Ward) - 4:10
"Sabbra Cadabra" (Black Sabbath) - 5:55
"Killing Yourself To Live/You Think That I'm Crazy/I Don't Know if I'm Up or Down" (Black Sabbath) - 5:35
"Who Are You?" (Butler/Iommi/Osbourne/Ward) - 4:10
"Looking for Today" (Black Sabbath) - 5:00
"Prelude to a Project/Spiral Architect" (Butler/Iommi/Osbourne/Ward) - 4:40

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