What is the best Black Sabbath album of all time?

From the doom-laden debut that invented heavy metal to late-career reunions and Dio-era epics — every era is on the table. Which record do you keep coming back to?

1. 1
   Paranoid

   Black Sabbath's 1970 sophomore album featuring iconic metal anthems.
   1000pts
2. 2
   Born Again

   Black Sabbath's 1983 album with Deep Purple's Ian Gillan on vocals, a raw and heavy record that reached number four in the UK.
   778pts
3. 3
   Technical Ecstasy

   Black Sabbath's 1976 album adding keyboards and polished production, with drummer Bill Ward singing lead on 'It's Alright'.
   714pts
4. 4
   Headless Cross

   Black Sabbath's 1989 album with Tony Martin and drummer Cozy Powell, often rated the best record of the band's Martin era.
   694pts
5. 5
   Heaven and Hell

   Black Sabbath's 1980 album featuring Dio on vocals.
   694pts
6. 6
   Seventh Star

   A 1986 album planned as Tony Iommi's solo record and released as Black Sabbath featuring Tony Iommi, with Glenn Hughes on vocals.
   641pts
7. 7
   Sabbath Bloody Sabbath

   Black Sabbath's 1973 progressive and experimental album.
   629pts
8. 8
   Tyr

   Black Sabbath's 1990 album blending heavy metal with Norse mythology themes, sung by Tony Martin with Cozy Powell on drums.
   555pts
9. 9
   The Eternal Idol

   Black Sabbath's 1987 album, the first with vocalist Tony Martin, offering a darker, melodic heavy metal sound on tracks like 'The Shining'.
   555pts
10. 10
    Cross Purposes

    Black Sabbath's 1994 album reuniting Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler with singer Tony Martin, featuring 'Cross of Thorns' and 'Virtual Death'.
    555pts
11. 11
    Master of Reality

    Black Sabbath's heavily down-tuned 1971 album pioneering doom metal.
    470pts
12. 12
    13

    Black Sabbath's 2013 reunion album with Ozzy Osbourne, their final studio record.
    470pts
13. 13
    Black Sabbath

    The band's 1970 debut album that launched heavy metal.
    370pts
14. 14
    Forbidden

    Black Sabbath's 1995 album produced by Ernie C of Body Count, featuring Ice-T on 'The Illusion of Power' and widely panned on release.
    370pts
15. 15
    Never Say Die!

    Black Sabbath's 1978 album, Ozzy Osbourne's last with the band in the 1970s, featuring the title-track hit single.
    370pts
16. 16
    Sabotage

    Black Sabbath's 1975 album recorded during intense legal battles.
    370pts
17. 17
    Mob Rules

    Black Sabbath's 1981 follow-up with Dio delivering crushing riffs.
    252pts
18. 18
    Dehumanizer

    Black Sabbath's 1992 reunion with Dio, a heavier industrial-edged effort.
    252pts
19. 19
    Vol. 4

    Black Sabbath's 1972 album blending heavy riffs with experimental sounds.
    252pts

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