Mob Rules

Black Sabbath - Mob Rules

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Artist: Black Sabbath
Edition: Music CD
Format: Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 1996-11-21
Music Label: Phantom Sound & Visi
Soundtracks:

Turn Up The Night
Voodoo
The Sign Of The Southern Cross
E5150
The Mob Rules
Country Girl
Slipping Away
Falling Off The Edge Of The World
Over And Over

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Free Music Review: Mob Rules - Another Necessary Metal Album To Own
Hit: 5 Stars

This landmark album by Black Sabbath is the very peak of their collaboration with legendary singer Ronnie James Dio. While "Heaven and Hell" is an excellent album for many reasons, I've always seen it as the album where Sabbath worked Dio into the mix and found a new sound post-Ozzy. On "Mob Rules" we get a Sabbath that has fully reinvented itself for the 80's with an album that sets a standard that the next generation of metal bands would have to gauge themselves against.

Despite my love of Bill Ward's work with Sabbath, drummer Vinny Appice is a fitting replacement on this album. His drumming style seems to bring out the very best basswork from Geezer Butler and the heaviest riffs from guitarist Tony Iommi. Under the expert hand of legendary producer Martin Birch, Black Sabbath's power and technical prowess are underlined on "Mob Rules," especially on such tracks as "Falling Off The Edge of the World," "Slipping Away" and the upbeat radio hit "Turn Up The Night." There isn't a bad track on this album, and Dio's lyrical musings are actually quite good, even when put up against the canon of Geezer's lyrics during the Ozzy years.

If you like hard rock or heavy metal, "Mob Rules" is a necessary addition to your album collection. Make sure you pick up the re-mastered edition. And get yourself a copy of the animated stoner rocker movie Heavy Metal so you can see the songs "E5150" and "Mob Rules" used very effectively as part of the soundtrack.

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