Black Sabbath discography
| Black Sabbath discography | |
|---|---|
 The original and present Black Sabbath, from left to right: Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi and Bill Ward | |
| Studio albums | 18 |
| Live albums | 5 |
| Compilation albums | 6 |
| Singles | 44 |
| Video albums | 10 |
The discography of Black Sabbath, a heavy metal band from Birmingham, England consists of 18 studio albums, 5 live albums, 44 singles and eight video albums. This list does not include solo material released by members of Black Sabbath or Heaven and Hell.
The band was formed in 1968 by Ozzy Osbourne (vocals), Tony Iommi (guitar), Terence "Geezer" Butler (bass guitar), Bill Ward (drums), and Adam Wakeman (keyboard). The band has since experienced multiple lineup changes.[1]
Studio albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications [2][3][4] | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [5] |
AUT [6] |
NLD [7] |
NOR [8] |
SWE [9] |
SWI [10] |
US [11] | |||
| 1970 | Black Sabbath
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8 | — | — | — | — | — | 23 | Platinum (UK) Platinum (US) Gold (Canada) |
| 1970 | Paranoid
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1 | — | — | 5 | — | — | 1 | 7× Platinum (UK) 4× Platinum (US) Platinum (Canada) |
| 1971 | Master of Reality
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5 | — | — | 12 | — | — | 8 | 3× Platinum (UK) 2× Platinum (US) Platinum (Canada) |
| 1972 | Black Sabbath, Vol. 4
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8 | — | — | 7 | — | — | 13 | 2× Platinum (UK) Platinum (US) Platinum (Canada) |
| 1973 | Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
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4 | — | — | 6 | — | — | 11 | 3× Platinum (UK) Platinum (US) Gold (Canada) |
| 1975 | Sabotage
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7 | 9 | — | 6 | — | — | 28 | Platinum (UK) Gold (US) |
| 1976 | Technical Ecstasy
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13 | — | — | — | 33 | — | 51 | Platinum (UK) Gold (US) |
| 1978 | Never Say Die!
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12 | — | — | — | 37 | — | 69 | Platinum (UK) Gold (US) |
| 1980 | Heaven and Hell
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9 | — | — | 22 | 25 | — | 28 | 2× Platinum (UK) Platinum (US) Gold (Canada) |
| 1981 | Mob Rules
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12 | — | — | — | 30 | — | 29 | Platinum (UK) Gold (US) Gold (Canada) |
| 1983 | Born Again
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4 | — | — | 14 | 7 | — | 39 | |
| 1986 | Seventh Star
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27 | — | — | 17 | 11 | — | 78 | |
| 1987 | The Eternal Idol
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66 | — | — | — | — | — | 168 | |
| 1989 | Headless Cross
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10 | — | — | — | 22 | 23 | 115 | |
| 1990 | Tyr
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24 | 24 | — | — | 24 | 24 | — | |
| 1992 | Dehumanizer
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28 | 7 | — | — | 12 | 13 | 44 | Platinum (UK) |
| 1994 | Cross Purposes
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41 | 23 | 85 | — | 9 | 41 | 122 | |
| 1995 | Forbidden
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71 | 40 | 86 | — | 19 | 48 | — | |
| "—" denotes albums that did not chart. | |||||||||
Live albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications [2][3][4] | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [5] |
FIN [12] |
FRA [13] |
SWE [9] |
US [11] | |||
| 1982 | Live Evil | 13 | — | — | 15 | 37 | Platinum (UK) |
| 1995 | Cross Purposes Live
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— | — | — | — | — | |
| 1998 | Reunion
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41 | 29 | 65 | 11 | 11 | Platinum (US) Platinum (Canada) |
| 1999 | Black Mass EP
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— | — | — | — | — | |
| 2002 | Past Lives
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— | — | — | — | 114 | |
| 2007 | Live at Hammersmith Odeon
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— | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes albums that did not chart. | |||||||
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak chart positions | Certifications [2][3] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [5] |
NOR [8] |
SWE [9] |
US [11] | |||
| 1975 | We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll | 35 | — | 21 | 48 | Silver (UK) 2× Platinum (US) |
| 1996 | The Sabbath Stones | — | — | — | — | |
| 2002 | Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970-1978 | — | — | — | — | |
| 2004 | Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978) | — | — | — | — | |
| 2006 | Greatest Hits 1970-1978 | — | — | — | 96 | |
| 2007 | Black Sabbath: The Dio Years | — | 35 | 32 | 54 | |
| 2008 | The Rules of Hell | — | — | — | — | |
| "—" denotes albums that did not chart. | ||||||
Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UK [5] |
AUT [6] |
NOR [8] |
SWI [10] |
US [11] |
US Main [11] | |||
| 1970 | "Evil Woman" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Black Sabbath |
| "Black Sabbath" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "N.I.B." | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "The Wizard" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Paranoid" | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 61 | — | Paranoid | |
| 1971 | "Iron Man" | — | — | — | — | 52 | — | |
| "War Pigs" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Fairies Wear Boots" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Sweet Leaf" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Master of Reality | |
| "Children of the Grave" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972 | "After Forever" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Snowblind" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 | |
| "Tomorrow's Dream" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973 | "Supernaut" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| "Changes" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sabbath Bloody Sabbath | |
| 1974 | "Sabbra Cadabra" | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 1975 | "Am I Going Insane (Radio)" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Sabotage |
| "Hole in the Sky" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| "Symptom of the Universe" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976 | "Rock 'n' Roll Doctor" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Technical Ecstasy |
| "Dirty Women" | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978 | "Never Say Die!" | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | Never Say Die! |
| "A Hard Road" | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980 | "Neon Knights" | 22 | — | — | — | — | 17 | Heaven and Hell |
| "Die Young" | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981 | "The Mob Rules" | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | Mob Rules |
| 1982 | "Turn up the Night" | 37 | — | — | — | — | 24 | |
| "Voodoo" | — | — | — | — | — | 46 | ||
| 1983 | "Trashed" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Born Again |
| 1986 | "No Stranger to Love" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Seventh Star |
| 1987 | "The Shining" | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Eternal Idol |
| 1989 | "Headless Cross" | 62 | — | — | — | — | — | Headless Cross |
| "Devil and Daughter" | 81 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990 | "Feels Good to Me" | 79 | — | — | — | — | — | Tyr |
| 1992 | "TV Crimes" | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | Dehumanizer |
| 1994 | "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" | — | — | — | — | — | — | Cross Purposes |
| 1998 | "Psycho Man" | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | Reunion |
| 1999 | "Selling My Soul" | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | |
| 2007 | "The Devil Cried" | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | Black Sabbath: The Dio Years |
| "—" denotes singles that did not chart. | ||||||||
Videos
| Year | Video | Certifications [4][14][15] |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Never Say Die
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| 1980 | Black and Blue
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| 1992 | The Black Sabbath Story, Vol. 1
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Platinum (US) Gold (Canada) Gold (Australia) |
The Black Sabbath Story, Vol. 2
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Gold (US) | |
| 1995 | Cross Purposes Live
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| 1999 | The Last Supper
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Inside Black Sabbath - 1970-1992
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| 2005 | Black Sabbath's Paranoid
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Black Sabbath - Rock Review
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| 2007 | In Their Own Words
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Unofficial/other discography
The albums in this section are not official, as they were not released with the cooperation of band management.
- 1970 - Come To The Sabbath. A bootleg of their Paris concert from the same year.
- 1980 - Live at Last (Live from 1973 - Iommi, Osbourne, Butler, Ward); #5 UK. Eventually remastered and officially released as one of the two Past Lives discs.
- 1977 - Greatest Hits. Not to be confused with the official release Greatest Hits 1970-1978, this 10-track compilation only spans the first five albums and used a section of Pieter Brueghel the Elder's "El triunfo de la muerte" ("The Triumph of Death") for the front cover.
- 1974 - Bagdad (live recording from California Jam, Germany)
- 1976 - The Original (compilation, Germany)
- 1978 - Rock Heavies (compilation, Germany)
- 1978 - Rock Legends (compilation)
- 1983 - The Best (compilation, Australia)
- 1983 - The Very Best of Black Sabbath (compilation, South Africa)
- 1984, 1987 - The Kings of Hell (compilation, Brazil)
- 1985 - The Sabbath Collection (compilation, UK)
- 1989 - Black Sabbath (compilation, USSR). Release by the state-owned soviet lable Melodiya. Contain songs from the band's first and second albums.
- 1991 - Backtrackin (compilation, Australia)
- 1991 - Children of the Grave (essentially the Vol. 4 album with an added live version of "Children of the Grave")
- 1994 - The Ozzy Osbourne Years (3 disc set from Japan, containing all of the songs from the first six studio albums, minus the instrumentals and including "Evil Woman" in place of "Wicked World")
- 1995 - Best Ballads
- 1995 - Between Heaven and Hell [1970-1983]
- 1996 - Under Wheels of Confusion (4 disc compilation spanning 1970-1987, which were the band's years on Warner Bros. Records)
- 2000 - The Best of Black Sabbath (two other compilations were released under this title, in 1973 and 1976)
- 2006 - Paranoid (DVD)
References
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