Greatest Hits (Black Sabbath album)

For the Black Sabbath album with the same name, see Greatest Hits 1970–1978.

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Black Sabbath
Released	15 June 2009
Recorded	1969–1978
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	73:00
Label	Universal/UMC
Producer	Black Sabbath, Rodger Bain, Patrick Meehan, Mike Butcher
Black Sabbath chronology
The Rules of Hell (2008) Greatest Hits (2009) Iron Man: The Best of Black Sabbath (2012)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Greatest Hits is a compilation album from Black Sabbath, released by Universal in 2009.

This album features only the original line-up of Black Sabbath with most of the albums Ozzy Osbourne worked on presented. This compilation features songs from 1970's self-titled debut album to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath , as well as one song from Never Say Die! .

This compilations used the same masters from the Universal 2009 album remasters.

A similar compilation of the same name was released outside North America by NEMS Records in 1977. ^[2]

The album was re-released in 2012 as Iron Man: The Best of Black Sabbath with identical track listing but different artwork.

Track listing

No.	Title	Original release	Length
1.	"Paranoid"	Paranoid , 1970	2:47
2.	"Iron Man"	Paranoid	5:55
3.	"Changes"	Vol. 4 , 1972	4:43
4.	"Fairies Wear Boots"	Paranoid	6:13
5.	"War Pigs"	Paranoid	7:54
6.	"Never Say Die"	Never Say Die! , 1978	3:48
7.	"Children of the Grave"	Master of Reality , 1971	5:15
8.	"The Wizard"	Black Sabbath , 1970	4:20
9.	"Snowblind"	Vol. 4	5:27
10.	"Sweet Leaf"	Master of Reality	5:05
11.	"Evil Woman"	Black Sabbath	3:22
12.	"Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"	Sabbath Bloody Sabbath , 1973	5:48
13.	"Black Sabbath"	Black Sabbath	6:16
14.	"N.I.B."	Black Sabbath	6:07

Personnel

Black Sabbath

• Ozzy Osbourne - vocals
• Tony Iommi - guitars, piano, mellotron on Changes
• Geezer Butler - bass, mellotron on Changes
• Bill Ward - drums

Release history

Europe & Australasia

9 June 2009

Universal Music

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [3]	73
Scottish Albums (OCC) [4]	28
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [5]	3
UK Albums (OCC) [6]	19
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC) [7]	2

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [8]	Gold	100,000^
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Thom Jurek (9 June 2009). "The Greatest Hits [Universal] - Black Sabbath | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
2. "Black Sabbath - Greatest Hits at Discogs". Discogs.com. 20 September 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2014.
3. "Austriancharts.at – Black Sabbath – Greatest Hits" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
4. "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
5. "Swedishcharts.com – Black Sabbath – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
6. "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
7. "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 30, 2023.
8. "British album certifications – Black Sabbath – Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry.