Talk:Black Sabbath (album)

Os Mutantes
The heavy riff of "Black Sabbath" (track 1), is the same riff from the last track (Ave Genghis Khan), of the Os Mutantes Debut album ("Os Mutantes" []), of 1968. The riff is played to fade, at the very end of the track (it's not all of the track). This is no co-incidence. Os Mutantes 1968, Black Sabbath recorded in 1969. 86.169.93.166 (talk) 20:28, 1 March 2015 (UTC)

Hard rock
I have found references to label the album as Hard rock. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Kalichudali (talk • contribs) 15:14, 10 August 2015 (UTC)
 * add it then.--Fruitloop11 (talk) 03:28, 2 September 2015 (UTC)

Nope Its metal The people who said that are complete morons. TheEarthboundFan2001 (talk) 02:48, 3 February 2016 (UTC)
 * While I agree with you, Tony Iommi does not. Check him just after the 9minute point at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFtJEGYr-Zk. 71.220.132.228 (talk) 01:18, 12 June 2021 (UTC)

Doom metal?
Their famous title track, has been listed as the first doom metal song. Could I add doom metal to the genre list? TheEarthboundFan2001 (talk) 02:51, 3 February 2016 (UTC)


 * Hi, I would suggest "No". It's generally regarded as having inspired doom metal, but not doom metal itself. - Ryk72 'c.s.n.s.' 10:56, 9 April 2016 (UTC)


 * Agreed with Ryk72. SPNKs (talk) 06:31, 27 May 2019 (UTC)

Doom Metal: here we go again
Once again, a user is attempting to add Doom Metal as a genre without discussion. This user has already told me to "Fuck Off" ] and demonstrated a very clear lack of civility or willingness to work collaboratively with these edit summaries:. At any rate, this very topic has already been discussed here and it's been determined in the past that, while the album influenced Doom Metal, that sub-genre came into existence many years later. Do we need to discuss this yet again? SolarFlash (talk) 15:04, 30 October 2019 (UTC)

Stoner rock?
The infobox lists "stoner rock" as a genre. Issue #1, the cited source doesn't clearly label this album as stoner rock, it uses the word "essentially". Issue #2, stoner rock is a subgenre that emerged in California in the 1990s. How can a British album made in 1969 be classified as something that didn't come into existence until decades later in another part of the world? SolarFlash (talk) 02:07, 6 December 2019 (UTC)


 * "You use essentially to emphasize a quality that someone or something has, and to say that it is their most important or basic quality." (Dictionary) isento (talk) 21:47, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
 * From the looks of the flawed sourcing in the stoner rock article, it is more accurate to say the stoner rock scene emerged in 1990s California, not the musical style itself. Some insight from Orange Goblin's Ben Ward: "...what people call the stoner rock scene... it's sort of cool to be called that. It's got this California image with surfing and girls... There are bands in this country who are coming out of the woodwork and jumping on the bandwagon, and they're not actually keeping in touch with where this music originated from, which is Black Sabbath..." (Black Sabbath FAQ) isento (talk) 21:47, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Right. Absolutely correct. Black Sabbath influenced stoner rock. Was Eddie Cochran punk rock simply because he influenced the likes of Sid Vicious and The Clash? No. Don't be silly. SolarFlash (talk) 23:52, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Your comparison is not helpful or relevant. We are not dealing with Eddie Cochran and your opinion of his music (WP:WHATABOUTX, WP:OTHER). isento (talk) 00:07, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Unless there is a reliable source that disputes the view that this music is stoner rock, we should not remove it simply because we disagree with the claim (WP:TRUTH). The view -- published by Spin, attributed to Chuck Klosterman and fellow Spin writers -- is an aesthetic opinion on a piece of music (a work of art), not a claim to stoner rock as a scene. And aesthetic opinions from expert sources are allowed under WP:SUBJECTIVE. isento (talk) 21:55, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Find a single reliable source stating that Stoner Rock even existed as a subgenre before 1990. SolarFlash (talk) 23:48, 6 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I don't have to; Klostermann's identification already suggests it existed as a subgenre before 1990 with Black Sabbath. And you seem to have ignored or not understood my reference to WP:SUBJECTIVE, so allow me to quote it directly for you: "it is appropriate to note how an artist or a work has been received by prominent experts … Verifiable public and scholarly critiques provide useful context for works of art." Klostermann, or Spin, qualifies as such an expert. isento (talk) 00:07, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
 * You seem to also have had difficulty understanding, or reading, the advice given by WP:TRUTH, so allow me to quote it for you directly: "Editors may not … delete content they believe to be untrue, unless they have verified beforehand with a reliable source." You are the person disagreeing with Klostermann's opinion. The burden is on you to find a reliable source that disputes Klostermann's opinion that the album is in the stoner rock genre. You cannot keep misusing the premise of stoner rock's emergence in the 1990s as a definable scene or movement, because Klostermann is not attributing the album to the scene but to the musical aesthetic. isento (talk) 00:14, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I can assure you I have no issues understanding or reading. Already you are having trouble remaining civil. Are you here to discuss the issue or me? SolarFlash (talk) 00:28, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
 * In case you haven't noticed, I do not see an issue with the content. So I am left to wonder if the issue is your understanding, in which case I am compelled to address it. It is not personal, no more than your calling me "silly" was personal, or your demands for sources I am not obligated to discover. I have already thoroughly explained my view of Klostermann's opinion, your confusion of the stoner rock style with the timeframe of stoner rock's subculture, and the guidelines relevant to this discussion, but you do not address those finer points, instead responding with lazy comparison and a burden-shifting demand. isento (talk) 00:35, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
 * OK, so you're confusing style with genre? Is that it? They're two different things. You asked for sources. OK. Here's one referring to Kyuss as the band who "provided the blueprint for stoner rock". Laying the blueprint very strongly implies that they were among the very first stoner rock bands ever, if not the very first. Kyuss did not exist prior to 1987, let alone in 1970. So that establishes that stoner rock came into being in the late 1980s at the absolute earliest. Next, here  we have the band Sleep being referred to as "pioneers of stoner rock" and this band did not exist prior to 1990. The term "pioneers" strongly points to stoner rock being a brand new heavy metal sub-genre that could not have existed pre-1990's. It's difficult being a pioneer when someone beat you to it by 20 years. Here we also establish that prior to 1990, stoner rock wasn't a thing. If it wasn't a thing in 1987, it most certainly could not possibly have been an inkling of a thing in 1970. So that, in a nutshell, is why I feel "stoner rock" should be removed as a genre for this album. SolarFlash (talk) 01:03, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
 * If you want to reduce my argument to another lazy generalization, that is fine... "Pioneer" is defined as being "among the first to do something" (Dictionary), not necessarily the first, as you would like to infer. Your source says they were "leaders of the newly emerging stoner rock/doom metal scene" (again, scene, not genre). You are not establishing anything. Contrary to the proper way to research and edit on Wikipedia, you are not researching sources that cover the topic of the article in which you are having a content dispute -- Black Sabbath. The placement of "stoner rock" as an ancillary genre of the album -- metal and blues rock are placed ahead of it -- is not controversial nor an exceptional claim, especially when this album's band has a reputation for inventing and predating the stoner rock genre, as verified by sources such as the following: Martin Popoff: "Black Sabbath is one of a hallowed few bands in rock 'n' roll history that could be said to have invented a whole subgenre of music ... doom metal and stoner rock." Tom Reardon of Phoenix New Times: "...the metal pioneers, who helped invent multiple music genres, including stoner rock …"  Andrew Dansby of Associated Press: "the songs revealed themselves as archetypes for two generations of subsequent heavy music: metal, doom, stoner rock -- anything of a dark nature that moves along slow, lumbering guitar riffs." . And in case you do not know what "archetype" means, I will define it for you: "a perfect example or model of something" (Dictionary). Your discrimination of this particular genre in this article's infobox continues to seem suspiciously intense and resolute. isento (talk) 03:55, 7 December 2019 (UTC)
 * I've made my point. Your tone is super aggressive and you've done little more than insult me since you began. Dealing with you just isn't worth it. Hopefully if you ever reach adulthood you'll learn to work collaboratively. As it stands right now you're just lashing out in anger in all directions. Enjoy your day, I have more productive things to do than argue with petulant children. SolarFlash (talk) 13:48, 7 December 2019 (UTC)

RfC: Should this genre-related content be removed from the article?
This content was removed by on the grounds that the source verifying the content is "in dispute" (although the only evidence of dispute is SolarFlash's undoing of the addition), and that one should "obtain consensus before adding any additional genres", even though SolarFlash had removed a genre themselves without obtaining consensus. So, as I am left to interpret their remarks as expressing a desire or demand for consensus if changes are to be made against their preferred revision of the genre content, I have listed this RfC. Given the fact that there are reliable third-party sources in both the lead and in the body of the article verifying journalists who've claimed this album is of those two certain genres, should this content be removed, as SolarFlash attempted in their edit? isento (talk) 04:07, 9 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Yes, me questioning your primary source does indeed place your edit "in dispute"; I'm sorry you seem to feel that more is required, because it isn't. And surely you know that no editor needs to obtain consensus to revert the addition of questionable material. You however, do indeed need to gain consensus to have the material you are attempted to add stand if it is being disputed. Grow up. SolarFlash (talk) 15:04, 9 December 2019 (UTC)


 * I would like to add that isento seems to have intentionally given this discussion a misleading name. To be clear, this discussion is about content he is attempting to add, not content I am attempting to remove. The edit summaries prove that conclusively. This looks like an apparent attempt to rig the outcome in his favor. By labeling it an "attempt to remove content", Isento knows that a failure to reach a consensus means his edit will stand, according to the guidelines. The truth is that, because he's trying to add material, a failure to reach a consensus will mean that his edit will not be allowed to stand, as clearly outlined in the guidelines. I hope this was all an honest mistake and not an attempt to game/abuse the dispute resolution process by Isento for his own benefit. I think anyone taking part in this discussion needs to be aware of these unethical tactics. SolarFlash (talk) 14:20, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Votes

 * No - Multiple reliable third-party sources verify journalists have described the album as being of the stoner rock and gothic rock genres, and these sources are cited in both the lead and the body of the article. isento (talk) 04:07, 9 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Yes - Read my reasoning here and below. SolarFlash (talk) 14:03, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

Discussion
Please use this space for more extensive comments isento (talk) 04:07, 9 December 2019 (UTC)

SolarFlash's reason for removal -- that the Mojo source doesn't identify who has credited the album birthing particular genres -- is hypocritical and selective reasoning, as they have allowed for similar statements, also in the lead, about other genres to remain in the lead, despite those statements (and the sources of those statements) also not identifying who has "considered", for example, the album to be the first heavy metal album (which is attributed to Harvey, p. 10; like the Mojo source, Harvey does not identify who credits the album this way). By doing so, I believe SolarFlash is exhibiting confirmation bias, specifically in how they uniquely interpret the content they are against being in the article. isento (talk) 04:18, 9 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Any "similar statements" found elsewhere are irrelevant and you can certainly discuss any of those individually later if you'd like. The specific video you are attempting to use as the only primary source in this instance states that this album "has been credited with giving birth to the stoner rock and goth rock" genres. This is a terrific example of a synthesized claim that fails to explicitly attribute the genre to the album as a whole. The video’s precise wording (“has been credited”) very clearly combines material from multiple unnamed sources to imply a conclusion not explicitly stated in any way. At no point do we have the opportunity to find out exactly whom has credited this album with giving birth to the stoner rock and goth rock sub-genres, and at no point does it explicitly say that this album is an example of either genre. Who, precisely, has given that credit? If you can't answer that question, you can't use it as a source! At best, as a primary source, this video can be used only to establish that the album was influential on the genres in question, but nothing more than that. And again, focus on the edit and not on the editor. Attacking and making efforts to discredit/smear editors don't strengthen your argument, but they do indicate that you believe yours is weak. SolarFlash (talk) 14:03, 9 December 2019 (UTC)


 * Mojo is a reliable source with a reputation for fact-checking and editorial oversight. Furthermore, there are additional journalists cited here in the #Genre section of the article accompanying Mojo's claim, including Spin magazine ("it's essentially the first stoner-rock record (just listen to the wall of distortion on 'N.I.B.') and definitely the first goth record") and Gavin Baddeley (Black Sabbath is considered by some to be the first recording of gothic rock.) isento (talk) 22:12, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
 * The status of watchmojo.com as a reliable source is not what the discussion is about. Please re-read from the beginning if necessary. SolarFlash (talk) 22:42, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
 * The source is not a primary source, which, as WP:PRIMARY explains, "are original materials that are close to an event, and are often accounts written by people who are directly involved." It is a secondary or tertiary source as it is offering a broad summary of the album's significance from people independent of the subject (WP:PSTS). Additionally, your ideas about synthesis appear misguided and out of place here. As WP:NOTSYNTH explains, "SYNTH is not summary … SYNTH is when two or more reliably-sourced statements are combined to produce a new thesis that isn't verifiable from the sources." It would be helpful if, instead of exclamation points and intense boldface, you accompanied your responses with references to Wikipedia guidelines and policies, so others who join this discussion can trust you are judging the content according to our standards as an encyclopedia. isento (talk) 23:35, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
 * OK, source rather than primary source. Sheesh, grow up. But any source, reliable or no, which makes a statement which strongly implies that material from multiple unnamed sources is being used to imply a conclusion not explicitly stated in any way, can be challenged. I'm beginning to wonder if you even read my comments before responding. Now maybe we can let the community take it from here? Maybe? Dealing with you really sucks. SolarFlash (talk) 23:51, 10 December 2019 (UTC)
 * Continuously rendering your misapprehensions in bold does not make them any more valid. What is the conclusion you are referring to, that you believe is not explicitly stated in the source? isento (talk) 00:02, 11 December 2019 (UTC)

Rodger Bain Jew's harp on "Sleeping Village"? No he didn't!
Rodger Bain was in charge of production yes, but did not contribute musically especially on Sleeping Village at all! Stop lying, idiots! — Preceding unsigned comment added by 144.133.97.9 (talk) 09:31, 12 February 2020 (UTC)

Identity of the woman in the cover of Blacl Sabbath first album.
https://loudwire.com/black-sabbath-cover-woman-black-figure/?trackback=fbshare_mobile&fbclid=IwAR3hbRW2Cs6hDlFq-s4ySHR8IMoMNtfZb9jUlTnkFyXmxxwt8d9rPbXHNTI — Preceding unsigned comment added by 105.174.4.110 (talk) 07:04, 14 February 2020 (UTC)

Overdubs
The article stated that aside from the bells, thunder and rain sound effects added to the beginning of the opening track, and the double-tracked guitar solos on "N.I.B." and "Sleeping Village", there were virtually no overdubs added to the album. Not true. All songs contain overdubs, like the rhythm guitar during the solo at the end of "Black Sabbath", a slide guitar in the hard right channel in "The Wizard" with another guitar playing rhythm and leads in the left, two guitars in each channel with leads on the left in "Behind the Wall of Sleep" along with Ozzy's voice that was double tracked, two solos played with different guitars in "Wicked World" with the first spread across the channels and the second in the far right channel and extra solos added in the left channel during "Warning". Dkf12 (talk) 02:54, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
 * You can hear whatever you want but we go by what the source. Everything contentious must be sourced per WP:VERIFY. – Sabbatino (talk) 16:58, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Actually, what I hear is obvious. In 1985, when I was 17, I started getting into Black Sabbath and in the 35 years since then, I've heard the album "Black Sabbath" countless times and in the early days, many times on a Walkman.  In the beginning, I was floored to hear a COMPLETELY different guitar in the far right channel in "The Wizard", but I figured it was overdubbed.  Tony Iommi was the only one playing the guitar on that album and all other Black Sabbath albums.  It's easy to hear the different guitars playing at the same time in ALL of the songs.  True, Ozzy's voice may have been treated to flanging, or ADT, in "Behind the Wall of Sleep" to create the double-tracking effect of the vocals, but the different guitars I outlined were very different, with some adding in transitional solos out of nowhere, and yes there was considerable overdubbing in the album "Black Sabbath".  I've read that the band recorded the basic tracks of this album almost live one day, and performed the overdubs the next day.  I believe the source on this article is wrong, and the use of the word "virtually no overdubs" used on the album is indeed wrong.  Please advise if the phrase could be changed to "fewer overdubs than performed on other Sabbath albums", which would be more accurate.  Dkf12 (talk) 17:10, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Regarding the song "The Wizard", the guitar that was overdubbed was more than likely the transitional solos in the left channel, which is heard sometimes while the guitar in the right is being played, and the full solo in the left channel. Same goes for the song "Behind the Wall of Sleep" and the last part of the song "Black Sabbath" when the rhythm guitar slips to the right channel and the solo plays in the left.  In "Wicked World", the rhythm guitar is in the right and the bass in the left, except during the first section of the solo played by one or two guitars with little distortion that spans across the channels.  The article used to have a link to "Wicked World" that noted the song was recorded around July 1969, fitting for the line of the song that goes: "They can put a man on the Moon so easy / While people here on earth are dying of diseases".  This was probably a time when Black Sabbath was still known as Earth, and they recorded a demo that they originally shelved.  But, they couldn't put The Crow's "Evil Woman" on the US release due to copyright issues. They picked up the demo with some overdubs, maybe one or both of the solos, and put that on the US album. Dkf12 (talk) 19:13, 27 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Please read WP:NOTFORUM. The talk page is meant for the improvement of the article and not your personal opinions. Unless you can provide sources, which would justify your claims, the statement stays. – Sabbatino (talk) 07:27, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Seems unlikely that you'll be able to reliably source this type of information. If the sources say there were "virtually no overdubs added to the album" then that's that. Next topic please. SolarFlashDiscussion 13:26, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I appreciate that you are maintaining edits via Wikipedia through sources. Please advise I was not expressing my opinion, but actual facts.  The source for this article is wrong. Dkf12 (talk) 14:27, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Facts require reliable sources. SolarFlashDiscussion 16:39, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 * I will look it up. When I find websites, can I just post them on this talk page or is there another resource? Dkf12 (talk) 17:03, 28 April 2020 (UTC)
 * Read this WP:RELIABLE and this WP:CITE. SolarFlashDiscussion 17:31, 28 April 2020 (UTC)

Blues rock?
I think this album should also be labeled as "Blues rock." Black Sabbath started out as blues rock, and you can still very much hear remanent of that sound here on tracks like The Wizard, Behind the Wall of Sleep, Evil Woman, Wicked World, Warning, etc. Source: https://www.invisibleoranges.com/black-sabbaths-blues/ Diskyboy (talk) 19:51, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Heavy metal includes Blues rock. -  FlightTime  ( open channel ) 19:58, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
 * That's fair, but it's still a little weird seeing this and Iron Maiden's self-titled being categorized under the same exact genre and nothing else, as this one definitely has more of a bluesy sound than the latter. Diskyboy (talk) 20:02, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
 * Wikipedia editors are supposed to summarize published sources for the reader. We don't listen to the music and decide for ourselves; rather, we look at published reviews and tell the reader what the reviews are saying. A deaf person is fully capable of editing Wikipedia articles about music. Binksternet (talk) 17:15, 18 April 2024 (UTC)
 * I don't get the point you're trying to make. You're telling me genre, the English word meaning a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter should not be used to describe an album's sound? Sounds like a load of bollocks to me. Not to mention there are online sources backing up the album as being blues rock. I used one myself when labeling the album under blues rock a few days ago. That wasn't good enough for FlightTime though, even though the site met all so instead I'm forced to have discussions with power hungry editors such as yourself who's only goal is to seemingly scare new editors away. Your precious site can stay an inaccurate and untrustworthy source of information, for all I care. You guys constantly whine about not having enough editors and this is you treat the few that do commit their time to making this site a better place. It's no wonder really. People like you and FlightTime are ruining Wikipedia. I doubt either of you have even listened to Black Sabbath, because apparently that's unimportant in determining genre, even though that's the entire point of why genres exist. What's the point of talking overs something that is provable fact? Diskyboy (talk) 18:54, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
 * The point I'm trying to make is that you are deciding for yourself what the genre is, rather than looking at the breadth of available sources to see what the genre is. One of your sources, https://1019therock.com/black-sabbath-debut-album, says the album is hard rock with a blues influence. You translated that into blues rock which is a violation of WP:EXPLICITGENRE. Another source you used is the blog www.invisibleoranges.com, the specific blog page lacking a named author beyond "Invisible Oranges". This is an unreliable source because it does not have an acknowledged topic expert as the author. Certainly the band showed the influence of blues in their music and on this album, but the overall genre is not shown to be "blues rock" by any good source. Binksternet (talk) 19:33, 19 April 2024 (UTC)
 * An additional source has been added by another user. My philosophy on genres seems to be different to most people around here. I think we should be specific as possible to give readers a clear idea of what the album sounds like going in, but most seem to like and keep things as vague as possible. Wikipedia, as is, does not give you a good idea at all of what music sounds like. Diskyboy (talk) 20:13, 19 April 2024 (UTC)