Black Sabbath

Post-Ozzy Sabbath is an acquired taste, to be sure, but this album is one of the band's best records. Featuring Ronnie James Dio's dragon-metal majesty, Tony Iommi blazing a trail straight to hell with his guitar, and the creepy "E5150," Mob Rules easily makes the list of Top 30 Totally Awesome Sabbath Records.

After 1980's harder and faster Heaven and Hell, there was reason to believe that singer
Ronnie James Dio might pull Black Sabbath off the heavy-metal scrapheap. Didn't happen.
Mob Rules finds the band as dull-witted and flatulent as ever. It isn't easy to figure out
exactly who deserves the blame for this sludgefest. Dio's lyrics are insipid and clichéd, but
since the vocals are usually buried in the mix, that's only a minor annoyance. Hi... More >