Black Sabbath
Master of Reality









Best of All-time Lists, Best of Decade Lists, etc.
Fast 'n' Bulbous (USA) - The 1000 Best Albums of All Time (Updated 2015) 15
Joe S. Harrington, Blastitude (USA) - The All-Time Top 100 Albums (2001) 31
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2012) 300
Rolling Stone (USA) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020) 234
Tom Moon (USA) - 1000 Recordings to Hear Before You Die (2008) Catalog entry
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) 42
Classic Rock (UK) - The 100 Greatest Rock Albums of All Time (2001) 20
Continuum Books - 33 1/3: A Series of Books about Critically Acclaimed Albums No Order
FACT (UK) - The 100 Best Albums of the 1970s (2014) 4
Kerrang (UK) - The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Albums of All Time (1989) 53
NME (UK) - 101 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2014) No Order
NME (UK) - The 60 Most Important Albums of NME's Lifetime (2012) No Order
The Guardian (UK) - 1000 Albums to Hear Before You Die (2007) No Order
Panorama (Norway) - The 30 Best Albums of the Year 1970-98 (1999) 15
Studio Brussels (Belgium) - The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, Nominations (2015) No Order
Rock Hard (Germany) - Top 300 Albums (2001) 61
Crossroads (France) - 108 Essential Albums from 1969-72 (2009) No Order
Gilles Verlant (France) - 300+ Best Albums in the History of Rock (2013) No Order
VOLUME (France) - 200 Records that Changed the World (2008) No Order
Giannis Petridis (Greece) - 2004 of the Best Albums of the Century (2003) No Order
Ratings
All Music Guide (USA) - Album Ratings 1-5 Stars 5 Stars
MusicHound (USA) - Album Ratings 0-5 Bones (1998-99) 4.5 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) 3 Stars
Rolling Stone Album Guide, Ratings 1-5 Stars (USA, 2004) 4 Stars
Spin's Book of Alternative Albums, Ratings 1-10 (USA, 1995) 7
Martin C. Strong (UK) - The Great Rock Discography 7th Edition, Ratings 1-10 9
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 5 Stars
Piero Scaruffi, Italy (www.scaruffi.com), Album Ratings (Scale 1 to 10) 7