Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath









Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
David Keenan, Sunday Herald (USA) - The 103 Best Albums Ever, Honest (2001) No Order
Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (Updated 2015) 45
Robert Dimery - 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (Updated 2018) No Order
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time (2013) 44
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 40 Most Groundbreaking Albums of All Time (2014) No Order
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012) 243
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020) 355
Spin (USA) - 15 Most Influental Albums Not By Beatles, Stones, Dylan or Elvis (2003) No Order
Ultimate Classic Rock (USA) - Top 100 Albums of the 1970s (2015) No Order
Classic Rock & Metal Hammer (UK) - The 200 Greatest Albums of the 70s (2006) No Order
Classic Rock (UK) - The 100 Greatest British Rock Albums Ever (2006) 11
Classic Rock (UK) - The 150 Greatest Debut Albums Ever (2010) No Order
Kerrang (UK) - 100 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (1998) 31
Kerrang (UK) - The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time (1989) 31
Kerrang (UK) - The 100 Greatest Rock Albums (2006) 5
Mojo (UK) - The 100 Records That Changed the World (2007) 25
Mojo (UK) - The Mojo Collection, 3rd and/or 4th Edition (2003/2007) No Order
NME (UK) - The 50 Greatest Debut Albums (2010) No Order
No Ripcord (UK) - Top 100 Debut Albums (2011) 67
Paul Morley (UK) - Words and Music, 5 x 100 Greatest Albums of All Time (2003) No Order
Sean Egan (UK) - 100 Albums That Changed Music (2006) No Order
Sean O'Hagan, The Observer (UK) - Fifty Years of Pop (2004) No Order
The Observer (UK) - 50 Albums That Changed Music 1956-2006 (2006) 34
Uncut (UK) - The 100 Greatest Debut Albums (2006) 35
Helsingin Sanomat (Finland) - 50th Anniversary of Rock (2004) No Order
Musikexpress (Germany) - The 50 Best Debut Albums (2006) No Order
Rock Hard (Germany) - Top 300 Albums (2001) 101
Crossroads (France) - 108 Essential Albums from 1969-72 (2009) No Order
FNAC (France) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (2008) 767
Hervé Bourhis (France) - 555 Records (2007) No Order
Jaclyn Bond (Australia) - The 100 Best Heavy Metal Albums in the World (2009) No Order
Blow Up (Italy) - 600 Essential Albums (2005) No Order
Ciao2001 (Italy) - Top Albums of All Time (1972) No Order
Ondarock (Italy) - Rock Milestones (albums added every month) No Order
Tylko Rock (Poland) - 100 Albums that Shook Polish Rock (1999) 18
Showbizz (Brazil) - 100 CDs of All Time (1999) 56
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4.5 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 4 Bones
Robert Christgau (USA) - Consumer Guide Album Grade C-
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 0-5 Stars (USA, 1979 and/or 1983) 1 Star
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 1992) 2 Stars
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) 5 Stars
Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995) 6
Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10 8
Paul Roland (UK) - CD Guide to Pop & Rock, Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2001) 4 Stars
Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music (UK) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars (2002) 3 Stars
Le Guide du CD (France) - Ratings from 1 to 4 Stars & "GOLD" (1991-1997) 3 Stars
Music Story (France) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 4.5 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 6