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Black Sabbath's second album is not only their best but also contains more good "concert hit songs" than any other album of them. "Paranoid" (the song) was an album filler but still it is their most popular song. It was written in a couple of minutes (I've heard the story). "Iron Man", "War Pigs", "Fairies Wear Boots" are still very essential options to be included to Black Sabbath concert (or Ozzy's solo gig). I even know that they played "Rat Salad" during an Ozzy gig. In Finland, we have an expression "Play Paranoid" some people in audience ask every band to play. They actually mean the song but in my opinion it would be great if Black Sabbath would play the whole album from "War Pigs" to "Fairies Wear Boots" in the same gig.

The only song that took time to be understood, was "Planet Caravan". Pantera's cover version made me understand finally although I nowadays appreciate the original much more. The songs "Electric Funeral" and "Hand of Doom" are the real juice. They are the doomiest songs in this album.