Greatest Hits (Black Sabbath album)

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Greatest Hits
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Greatest hits album by
Released15 June 2009
Recorded1969–1978
Genre Heavy metal
Length73:00
Label Universal/UMC
Producer Black Sabbath, Rodger Bain, Patrick Meehan, Mike Butcher
Black Sabbath compilations chronology
The Rules of Hell
(2008)
Greatest Hits
(2009)
Iron Man: The Best of Black Sabbath
(2012)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Greatest Hits is a compilation album from Black Sabbath, released by Universal in 2009.

Contents

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.TitleOriginal releaseLength
1."Paranoid" Paranoid , 19702:47
2."Iron Man"Paranoid5:55
3."Changes" Vol. 4 , 19724:43
4."Fairies Wear Boots"Paranoid6:13
5."War Pigs"Paranoid7:54
6."Never Say Die" Never Say Die! , 19783:48
7."Children of the Grave" Master of Reality , 19715:15
8."The Wizard" Black Sabbath , 19704:20
9."Snowblind"Vol. 45:27
10."Sweet Leaf"Master of Reality5:05
11."Evil Woman"Black Sabbath3:22
12."Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" Sabbath Bloody Sabbath , 19735:48
13."Black Sabbath"Black Sabbath6:16
14."N.I.B."Black Sabbath6:07

Personnel

Black Sabbath

Release history

Europe & Australasia9 June 2009 Universal Music

Charts

Chart (2009)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [3] 73
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [4] 3
UK Albums (OCC) [5] 19

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [6] Gold100,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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