Black Sabbath - Vol.4By the time Black Sabbath began work on what was to be their fourth album in '72, the conveniently titled 'Volume 4', they were very much in the ascendant. Their fan base was growing with each succeeding tour and album, and their style was firmly established. However, to the band members, the treadmill of the rock cycle album tour album tour in perpetuity offered no challenge any more. they wanted to stretch themselves, to push the parameters of what

sprawling racket into a smooth foil for David Berman's laid-back vocals and evocative lyrics

the repetitive nature of the looping and singing almost felt like going into a trance

Nora Forster

A Kind Of Loving In A Loveless Town is an immediate classic

Helena Hauff and countless others

James Bond

Combined with everything from the rural blues-goes-drone rock of The Mystery Trend and the combined Neu

it was several years before West finally received a record deal from Roc-A-Fella Records

menacing drones and spine-tingling vocals combine to create a lavish soundscape saturated with hypnotic moods and cinematic atmosphere

Good luck finding an original copy of the record

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