Brasilia (Architettura Vol.4) - Panacea

Advantages: sees Sabbath beginning to experiment successfully with new textures
Disadvantages: lots of instrumental

...BLACK SABBATH VOL.4 1: Wheels of Confusion/The Straightener (8:14) 2: Tomorrow's Dream (3:12) 3: Changes (4:46) 4: FX (1:43) 5: Supernaut (4:45) 6: Snowblind (5:31) 7: Cornucopia (3:54) 8: Laguna Sunrise (2:52) 9: St. Vitus Dance (2:29) 10: Under the Sun/Every Day Comes and Goes (5:50) Yet another groundbreaking powerhouse recording featuring some excellent guitar work. This includes great classics like Tomorrow's Dream, Changes, Supernaut, Snowblind, and Laguna Sunrise Black Sabbath VOL. 4 is a must have addition to any Black Sabbath collection released: early september 1972 the album features some of Sabbaths most memorble tracks and sees Sabbath beginning to experiment successfully with new textures such as strings, piano, orchestration and multi-part songs.. Yet the classic Sabbath sound is still very much in evidence... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average helpful

Advantages: 2 cd's for the price of 1
Disadvantages: you may have 4+ song from the 2nd cd if you have forgotten freshness 1,2

...singles from europe halloween special given away at gig's or just remixes that were never used. Over all this series is very good I have both volumes 1,2,4, I currently dont have volume 3 as ive been told it is a little poor plus some of the track's I have already ON A SPECIAL EDITION release WHATS ON WHAT CD ' The first cd contain's 17 track which are either remixes or unused track's most of the tracks are hit's and misses but i think that why the name of the album is very fitting for the release(forgotten freshness) because i think some of these tracks should have been forgotten all about lol. The second cd is a hallowicked special and includes 13 halloween track's most of these track's have been release as single's or free on there internet-site at haloween... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: a good solid album
Disadvantages: a few bad songs

...Vol 4 proved to be Sabbath’s first steps away from their normal sound, and the beginning of their experimenting. It is very much a mixed bag, but almost all the songs are good. The opener, Wheels of Confusion, is truly an epic song, it changes several times throughout, and is musically stunning. Tomorrow Dream is also superb. Next up is Sabbath’s first shocker, an almost ballad, which consists of piano (by Iommi) and Ozzy’s softest vocals yet (although there is still an underlying eeriness surrounding the song). FX is a strange and pointless musical interlude, which was best left out, and is really just a filler, but after that comes the gargantuan rifferama of Supernaut, with some truly amazing drumming by Mr Ward. Snowblind, the tell-tale Coke anthem is next up, underlining the bands apparent drug addiction at that time, and also... Read review

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