Black Sabbath has us Paranoid as we review their sophomore album this week! After Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler, and company literally invented the genre of heavy metal with their debut they knew they needed to push the envelope to further define and refine their style with the next release. With just three days of studio time and hits like War Pigs and Iron Man in their arsenal, find out if Paranoid ranks among the greats... or if it gets an Electric Funeral.

James & Connor explore the record's origins as Walpurgis, talk about the Prince Of Darkness' life and legacy, and dive into the recording techniques used to make Paranoid stand out-- from floaty flutes to metal fan blades. Connor the Concept King tries to imagine the Iron Man story woven into the MCU, and The Mixtaper is bringing us facts of the band's unbelievable antics (emphasis on the ANT). We'll talk about mysterious aerosol poisons, exploding fish, and Michael Bolton's branching career path during Fact Or Spin. Can Black Sabbath make this a Mixtober to remember? 

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Thanks for listening!

0:00 Intro

2:13 About Black Sabbath

10:32 About Paranoid

18:48 Back To The Beginning Reunion Show

19:44 Awards & Accolades

20:10 Fact Or Spin

21:30 They Almost Had A Wildly Different Lead Singer

26:02 Ozzy Snorted A Line Of Live Ants

31:10 Ozzy Accidentally Poisoned His Drummer

34:54 Richard Branson's Fish Had A Bad Christmas

43:20 Album Art

45:11 War Pigs/Luke's Wall

48:49 Paranoid

51:43 Planet Caravan

54:33 Iron Man

58:43 Electric Funeral

1:01:13 Hand Of Doom

1:03:40 Rat Salad

1:05:27 Jack The Stripper / Fairies Wear Boots

1:07:53 Final Spin

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