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Garion81 
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Posted: June 03 2010 at 14:45 |
 lucas wrote:
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no love for Ozzy-era albums ?
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Nope. Not a metal fan and I really cannot stand Ozzy's voice. The first album has some good musical qualities but I also felt the songs are dumbed down a lot from Paranoid on.
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"What are you going to do when that damn thing rusts?"
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Posted: June 03 2010 at 13:32 |
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Went with Mob Rules, every bit as good as H&H for me, only less iconic.
H&H was a revelation, Mob the confirmation.
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Kashmir75
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Posted: May 27 2010 at 03:42 |
Where's Dehumaniser and The Devil You Know (yeah, yeah, I know its called Heaven and Hell, but the band on that record is basically the Mob Rules/Dehumaniser lineup of Sabbath) on the poll?
Anyway, I vote Heaven and Hell. Probably in my top five Sabbath albums ever, Ozzy era or post-Ozzy.
Heaven and Hell- 11/10 Mob Rules- 9/10 Dehumanizer- 7/10 The Devil You Know- 7/10
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Posted: May 22 2010 at 22:07 |
I support "Mob Rules".
The quality is not bad.
As for the quality of the overall tune, room is felt by me.
By the way, I like "Lonely Is The Word".
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lucas
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Posted: May 22 2010 at 12:51 |
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no love for Ozzy-era albums ?
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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Garion81
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Posted: May 22 2010 at 12:48 |
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Heaven and Hell is the only Sabbath album I ever purchased. It is that good.
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lucas
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Posted: May 22 2010 at 07:15 |
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I understand why Dehumanizer is not listed among the choices...
H&H, followed by...The devil you know (I know it was not yet available at the time the poll was created).
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"Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood)
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TheCrimsonIdol
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Posted: May 22 2010 at 06:29 |
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Mob Rules is probably my favourite Sabbath album with Dio, although Heaven and Hell has my favourite Sabbath song "Lady Evil".
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Toaster Mantis
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Posted: October 17 2008 at 04:12 |
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I've only heard Mob Rules so I can't really pick a favourite here. It does remind me, though, that there is a rather newer German heavy metal band called "Mob Rules" after the album... wouldn't it be more grammatically sound if that band had just been called "Mob Rule" instead?
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"The past is not some static being, it is not a previous present, nor a present that has passed away; the past has its own dynamic being which is constantly renewed and renewing." - Claire Colebrook
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Posted: October 17 2008 at 03:49 |
Blacksword wrote:
No love for Mob Rules at all! At least not in the voting.. |
Maybe not in the voting, Andy, but the problem you have here is the sheer brilliance of what Sabbath came up with when everyone expected them to fail big time without Ozzy.
Heaven & Hell's an astonishingly good, fresh, well written & well produced album & is easily in their top three releases right across their career.
Having said that though - with tracks like 'Falling Off The Edge Of The World', 'Sign Of The Southern Cross' & 'Country Girl' ( what a riff!), Mob Rules was a great successor 
If you want to give Mob Rules a chance, put it in a poll against 'Live Evil' 
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cobb2
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Posted: October 17 2008 at 02:51 |
Hardly a poll- H&H against Mob Rules. And hardly a surprise on the votes. Hawkwise: strange comment for an iconic rock voice.
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Blacksword
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Posted: October 17 2008 at 02:41 |
Hawkwise wrote:
Both albums are poor cant stand that little dwarf Dio
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Poor in what respect? Is it the songs you dont like, or Dio's voice..?
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Posted: October 16 2008 at 11:19 |
Heaven and Hell is a very good album.
Mob Rules is a good album
guess my vote
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Blacksword
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Posted: October 06 2008 at 06:18 |
No love for Mob Rules at all! At least not in the voting..
Oh well, I would agree that it is an underated album. I dont think there are any really weak tracks on it, it's just that the best tracks are not as good as the best on H&H.
One thing's for sure, Mob Rules is a great 'play loud' album. Vinnie Appices drums sound brilliant.
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Posted: October 05 2008 at 11:50 |
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Both albums are poor cant stand that little dwarf Dio
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Posted: October 05 2008 at 01:06 |
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Heaven and Hell is a master-power-spectacular wham to the face. I love it. Mob Rule was good, but not even close to the degree of H&H.
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Posted: October 04 2008 at 20:15 |
Ghost Rider sums it up well, Heaven and Hell is a classic with probably Iommi´s best guitar solo on "Lonely is the word"
Mob Rules is also a great album though.
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Posted: October 04 2008 at 03:11 |
fandango wrote:
Die Young was one of my favourite songs as a teenager...
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Not a teenager anymore, I'm afraid, but I still love that song to death (sorry for the pun!  ). Actually, H&H is one of my favourite albums of all time (I even reviewed it some time ago, though my reviews are not as readily visible now as they used to be) - an absolute cracker, with Dio in top form. That said, M ob Rules is a very good album as well (though not on a par with its predecessor), with a couple of near-masterpieces in "The Sign of the Southern Cross" and "Falling Off the Edge of the World".
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Posted: October 04 2008 at 03:03 |
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Heaven and Hell! Awesome album!
Mob Rules is far from bad, though. It's underrated!
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Posted: October 03 2008 at 17:01 |
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Haven't heard Mob Rules, so I can't vote...
Though I'm not keen on buying it, since Dio isn't my cup of tea, with some few exceptions, Rainbow's debut(yeah I know..). As for Heaven and Hell, it has very good riffs and ideas, but Dio's voice ruins those great ideas.
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