Mellow Sabbath

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   Oh, I love mellow Sabbath. It's as essential a part of the band as their more famous heavy stuff is. Many, many metal bands have followed the Sabs, but few have recognised the importance of including mellow stuff alongside the anvil-heavy side. Metallica understand this, as do Opeth. 
I voted for Solitude. I really love that song. Planet Caravan is way up there, though. It really breaks up the flow of the Paranoid album (in a good way). Every Sab album (in the original lineup) that followed Paranoid included one of Iommi's instrumentals and at least one chillout song. I also like It's Alright, a nice Beatles-esque ballad sung by Bill Ward, I believe.

Poll Question: Which of these mellower, relaxed Black Sabbath songs is your favorite?
Poll Choice	Votes	Poll Statistics
Planet Caravan	14	[33.33%]
Orchid	1	[2.38%]
Solitude	9	[21.43%]
Laguna Sunrise	2	[4.76%]
Changes	3	[7.14%]
Fluff	6	[14.29%]
It's Alright	1	[2.38%]
Sign of the Southern Cross	5	[11.90%]
Stonehenge	1	[2.38%]
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Kashmir75 Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 25 2009 Status: Offline Points: 1029	Posted: December 31 2009 at 21:26
	Oh, I love mellow Sabbath. It's as essential a part of the band as their more famous heavy stuff is. Many, many metal bands have followed the Sabs, but few have recognised the importance of including mellow stuff alongside the anvil-heavy side. Metallica understand this, as do Opeth. I voted for Solitude. I really love that song. Planet Caravan is way up there, though. It really breaks up the flow of the Paranoid album (in a good way). Every Sab album (in the original lineup) that followed Paranoid included one of Iommi's instrumentals and at least one chillout song. I also like It's Alright, a nice Beatles-esque ballad sung by Bill Ward, I believe.
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whydontyoueatcarrots Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: October 28 2009 Status: Offline Points: 114	Posted: January 07 2010 at 22:29
	Solitude all the way, that's actually in the running for my favorite Sabbath song ever. It's so minimal, yet so powerful. The lyrics and the somber delivery, every time I listen to it, truthfully it bums me out a bit, it's even got me teary eyed from time to time. But it's so beautifully sad... cryin' and thinkin' is all that I do.