Black Sabbath - Iron Man
My mom had all the bubblegum pop 45s of the day (Beatles, Monkees, Herman's Hermits, Paul Revere & the Raiders, Mitch Ryder, etc.) but the first album I can really remember dropping the needle on and going "whoa" was Iron Man by Sabbath. From there I raided my uncle's record (and 8-track…

Surprisingly
I am finding myself agreeing. And over at The Power of Independent Trucking they're in the same boat; this is just an OK record. (Yes, I took it for a spin today.) It's background music-ish.

1. Reckoning
2. Murmur
3. Fables of the Reconstruction
4. Chronic Town
5. Pageant

But can the mule kick field goals? That's the important question.