Black Sabbath Album: “Best of Black Sabbath”

After many versions of sabbath's "best of" this one is very different with almost all the songs from the Iommi-Martin-Powell era, and with 2 tracks from the cross purposes album (virtual death & evil eye) featuring geezer Butler on bass,i think this is a great album with songs like "headless cross", "when death calls" & "kiss of death", but other great songs should be on this album like "feels good to me" and like "black moon".

first off let me tell all you ozzy/dio fanatics that this sabbath release may not be for you for this greatist hits cd covers only the tony martin era of sabbath.martin imo is the best sabbath vocalist ever ,even though i loved them all except glenn hughes.this is a fairly decent greatist hits compilation of martins years with sabbath,but it puzzles me why there ain't any material from the eternal idol album which is the best martin sabbath album after headless cross.surely tracks from the eternal idol cd such as the shining,glory ride or born to lose should have been included on this disc.anno mundi,jerusalem and i witness are other tracks that should have been included here.why they put a track like the battle of tyr on a greatist hits cd is beyond me.still though some of martins best sabbath tunes are included on this disc such as headless cross,the sabbath stones,when death calls and evil eye.overall this is a pretty good introduction cd for anyone unfamiliar with tony martin sabbath.i recommend it to everyone.

This album only features material with vocalist Tony Martin.

You probably want the 32-song "Best of" with 29 songs by Ozzy, two by Dio, and one by Ian Gillan.

But if you're looking for Tony Martin - not that there's anything wrong with that - this is your album.

I got this as a stop-gap for one song "Headless Cross". I lost my copy and needed a cut of that song until I could get the cd replaced. All in all a worthwile cd to own. I don't regret buying it.

First off, Best of here means best of the 1980's and 1990's. Since there are so many Best of compilations, one has to look at the record label, in this case Platinum, to know which compilation it is (note that the Best of Sabbath [Capitol Special] has the same song selection as here). The 10 songs offered here are from four Sabbath albums from 1989 to 1995, Headless Cross, TYR, Cross Purposes, and Forbidden. Since most of the releases by Sabbath at this time were sub-par, this is good CD to get to follow what Sabbath were doing during those years, although it still doesn't mean it'll be good.

Note, although it's difficult to get in the states, The Sabbath Stones has an additional 6 songs to the same identical 10 songs here. The 6 new songs are from an additional four Sabbath albums!, five if you include one song is from Forbidden Japanese Version! Most of those albums are from the early 80's and include Born Again, Seventh Star, The Eternal Idol, and Dehumanizer. Thus Sabbath Stones due to it's selection from a dizzying total of 8 to 9 Sabbath albums is the better selection. Unfortunately, one has to buy it from a non-Amazon vendor, or from Amazon.co.UK and have it shipped overseas.