- heavy metal, hard rock, doom metal, traditional doom metal
- 35 min
- 8 tracks
Master of Reality is the third studio album by the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released on 6 August 1971 by Vertigo Records. It is regarded by some critics as the foundation of stoner rock and sludge metal.
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Character
Earnest, grave, character-led and classical in form.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- Christgau's Record GuideC−
- MusicHound Rock4.5/5 ★
- Q5/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide (1992)3/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide (2004)4/5 ★
- Sputnikmusic4/5
- Uncut9/10
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Tracks
- 1Sweet Leaf5:06
- 2After Forever5:27
- 3Children of the Grave5:00
- 4Embryo0:45
- 5Orchid1:31
- 6Lord of This World5:27
- 7Solitude5:02
- 8Into the Void6:13
8 tracks, 35 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Black Sabbath
- Released
- 1971
- Type
- Album
- Country
- US
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