BLACK SABBATH
Sabotage: Super Deluxe Edition [BMG]
abotage is the sound of indignant fury. From the opening battle cry of to the riotous opening pair and , separated by the brief flamenco interlude or the album’s twin epics and — which at one point has Ozzy growling “Suck me!” like Satan himself. Even the lesser tracks - the ballsy boogie ; Ozzy’s hit single attempt ; and the choral — top most tracks on subsequent albums. Disc 1, the original album newly remastered, now plays better than ever. The bonus carrot — the 100-minute, two-disc live album — is, and from the freshly minted Sabotage. Today, 1975 sounds like Sabbath at their peak.