BLACK SABBATH - MOB RULES

IF YOU LISTEN TO FOOLS...

How do you follow up one of the greatest albums of all time? Well you just make more o the same. Which is kinda what Black Sabbath did here. The lineup is almost intact, Bill Ward switches seat with Vinny Appice. Maybe not that known at the time but he would go on and become a legendary drummer just like his brother Carmine (Vanilla Fudge).

It's also Martin Birch producing this record which is key to it sounding so great. if you ask me this is pretty much an equal to Heaven and Hell which I consider to be perhaps the greatest record of all time so for me this is easily a five out of five album.

It just has so many of Sabbath's absolute best songs on it. The album kicks off with Turn Up the Night, a brilliant up-tempo song, Voodoo is magical and with a cool riff, Sign of the Southern Cross is perhaps the best song they ever wrote. Top five without a doubt. The title track another great one, Country Girl is so weird, usually Sabbath don't do sappy love songs but the riffing in that song is just so damn infectious you can't stop banging your head to it. Falling Off the Edge of the World is another absolute banger.

When the best band, the greatest riff maker, the greatest producer and the greatest vocalist of all time decides to make a record together it can't be anything but absolutely excellent, which Mob Rules is. This is a 100/100 record.

It can only be described as a perfect metal record. If there are anyone out there not liking this record, don't listen to fools because The Mob Rules!

Rating:

INFO

Label: Warner Bros
Year: 1981
Country: England
Duration: 40:25
Tracks: 9
Genre: Heavy/Doom
Reviewer: Ruthless
Rating: 5/5

TRACKS

LINEUP

Turn Up the Night
Voodoo
The Sign of the Southern Cross
E5150
The Mob Rules
Country Girl
Slipping Away
Falling off the Edge of the World
Over & Over

Ronnie James Dio - Vocals
Tony Iommi - Guitar
Geezer Butler - Bass
Geoff Nicholls - Keys
Vinny Appice - Drums