Master of Reality Tracklist
Black Sabbath’s third studio album, released in July 1971, was pivotal in cementing the band’s reputation and eventually went double platinum. It is a foundational album in the history of popular music, seen as one of the original progenitors of the genres doom, sludge, and stoner metal.
The album is featured as the subject of an edition of the 33 1/3 Series, part of the 333Sound imprint of Bloomsbury Press/Publishing. This book, written by John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats, is a fictional novel written from the perspective of an adolescent involuntarily committed to a mental institution who describes the personal significance of the album as a plea to his warders to return to him his beloved tapes.
“Master of Reality” Q&A
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What have the artists said about the album?
During Master of Reality, we started getting more experimental and began taking too much time to record. Ultimately, I think it really confused us. Sometimes I think I’d really like to go back to the way we recorded the first two albums. I’ve always preferred just going into the studio and playing, without spending a lot of time rehearsing or getting sounds.
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Is there an official full-album video?
