Black Sabbath discography
The discography for the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath.
Official band discography
The albums in this section are official "band sponsored" albums, and are released with the cooperation/contribution and authorization of the band that existed at the time of the release.
Studio albums
Many of Black Sabbath's albums, including their first eight albums with Ozzy Osbourne and their first two albums with Ronnie James Dio, are considered Heavy metal classics, the latter only being recognized within the last few years. Most of the other albums (especially Born Again and the albums from the Tony Martin era) have gained that of an extreme cult following by die-hard Black Sabbath fans.
| Date of release | Title | Label | Chart positions | Certification | Vocalist |
| 1970 | Black Sabbath | Warner Bros. Records | #8 UK #23 US |
Platinum US, Platinum UK | Ozzy Osbourne |
| 1970 (U.K.), 1971 (U.S.) |
Paranoid | Warner Bros. Records | #1 UK #12 US |
4xPlatinum US, 6xPlatinum UK | |
| 1971 | Master of Reality | Warner Bros. Records | #5 UK #8 US |
2xPlatinum US, 3xPlatinum UK | |
| 1972 | Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 | Warner Bros. Records | #8 UK #13 US |
Platinum US, 2xPlatinum UK | |
| 1973 | Sabbath Bloody Sabbath | Warner Bros. Records | #4 UK #11 US |
Platinum US, 3xPlatinum UK | |
| 1975 | Sabotage | Warner Bros. Records | #7 UK #28 US |
Gold US, Platinum UK | |
| 1976 | Technical Ecstasy | Warner Bros. Records | #13 UK #51 US |
Gold US, Platinum UK | |
| 1978 | Never Say Die! | Warner Bros. Records | #12 UK #69 US |
Gold US, Platinum UK | |
| 1980 | Heaven and Hell | Warner Bros. Records | #9 UK #28 US |
Platinum US, 2xPlatinum UK | Ronnie James Dio |
| 1981 | Mob Rules | Warner Bros. Records | #12 UK #29 US |
Gold US, Platinum UK | |
| 1983 | Born Again | Warner Bros. Records | #4 UK #39 US |
Platinum UK | Ian Gillan |
| 1986 | Seventh Star | Warner Bros. Records | #27 UK #78 US |
Glenn Hughes | |
| 1987 | The Eternal Idol | Warner Bros. Records | #66 UK #168 US |
Tony Martin | |
| 1989 | Headless Cross | I.R.S. | #10 UK #115 US |
Gold UK | |
| 1990 | Tyr | I.R.S. | #24 UK #117 US |
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| 1992 | Dehumanizer | Warner Bros. Records | #28 UK #44 US |
Platinum UK | Ronnie James Dio |
| 1994 | Cross Purposes | I.R.S. | #41 UK #122 US |
Tony Martin | |
| 1995 | Forbidden | I.R.S. | #71 UK #199 US |
Live albums
The album Live at Last was billed as the first live album by Black Sabbath, but it was released without any knowledge of the band and was never considered an official album until it was re-released on the two-disc set Past Lives in 2002.
| Date of release | Title | Label | Chart positions | Certification | Vocalist |
| 1982 | Live Evil | Warner Bros. Records | #13 UK #37 US |
Platinum UK | Ronnie James Dio |
| 1995 | Cross Purposes Live | I.R.S. | Tony Martin | ||
| 1998 | Reunion | Epic Records | #41 UK #11 US |
Platinum US | Ozzy Osbourne |
| 2002 | Past Lives | Sanctuary Records | #114 US | ||
| 2007 | Live at Hammersmith Odeon | Rhino Handmade | Ronnie James Dio | ||
| 2007 | Live from Radio City Music Hall | Rhino Records |
Compilation albums
| Date of release | Title | Label | Chart positions | Certification |
| 1975 | We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll | Warner Bros. Records | #35 UK, #48 US | 2xPlatinum US, Silver UK |
| 1996 | The Sabbath Stones | I.R.S. Records | ||
| 2002 | Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970-1978 | Warner Bros. Records/Rhino Records | ||
| 2004 | Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978) | Warner Bros. Records | ||
| 2006 | Greatest Hits 1970-1978 | Rhino Records | #96 U.S. | |
| 2007 | Black Sabbath: The Dio Years | Rhino Records | #54 U.S. |
Unofficial/other discography
The albums in this section are not official, as they were not released with the cooperation of band management.
- 1980 - Live at Last (Live from 1973 - Iommi, Osbourne, Butler, Ward); #5 UK. Eventually remastered and officially released as one of the two Past Lives discs.
- 1977 - Greatest Hits. Not to be confused with the official release Greatest Hits 1970-1978, this 10-track compilation only spans the first five albums and used a section of Pieter Brueghel the Elder's "El triunfo de la muerte" for the front cover.
- 1973, 1976, 2000 - The Best of Black Sabbath (several different compilation albums under this title)
- 1974 - Bagdad (live recording from California Jam, Germany)
- 1976 - The Original (compilation, Germany)
- 1978 - Rock Heavies (compilation, Germany)
- 1978 - Rock Legends (compilation)
- 1983 - The Best (compilation, Australia)
- 1983 - The Very Best of Black Sabbath (compilation, South Africa)
- 1984, 1987 - The Kings of Hell (compilation, Brazil)
- 1985 - The Collection (compilation, UK)
- 1991 - Backtrackin (compilation, Australia)
- 1991 - Children of the Grave (essentially the Vol. 4 album with an added live version of "Children of the Grave")
- 1994 - The Ozzy Osbourne Years (3 disc set from Japan, containing all of the songs from the first six studio albums, minus the instrumentals and including "Evil Woman" in place of "Wicked World")
- 1996 - Under Wheels of Confusion (4 disc compilation spanning 1970-1987, which were the band's years on Warner Bros. Records)
- 2006 - Paranoid (DVD)
Singles
| Year | Song | Chart positions | Album | |||
| US Singles Chart | US Mainstream Rock | US Modern Rock | UK Singles Chart | |||
| 1969 | "Evil Woman" | - | - | - | - | Black Sabbath |
| 1970 | "Black Sabbath" | - | - | - | - | |
| "N.I.B." | - | - | - | - | ||
| "The Wizard" | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Paranoid" | #61 | - | - | #4 | Paranoid | |
| 1971 | "Iron Man" | #52 | - | - | - | |
| "War Pigs" | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Fairies Wear Boots" | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Sweet Leaf" | - | - | - | - | Master of Reality | |
| "Children of the Grave" | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1972 | "After Forever" | - | - | - | - | |
| "Snowblind" | - | - | - | - | Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 | |
| "Tomorrow's Dream" | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1973 | "Supernaut" | - | - | - | - | |
| "Changes" | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" | - | - | - | - | Sabbath Bloody Sabbath | |
| 1974 | "Sabbra Cadabra" | - | - | - | - | |
| 1975 | "Am I Going Insane? (Radio)" | - | - | - | - | Sabotage |
| "Hole in the Sky" | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Symptom of the Universe" | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1976 | "Rock 'n' Roll Doctor" | - | - | - | - | Technical Ecstasy |
| "Dirty Women" | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1978 | "Never Say Die!" | - | - | - | #21 | Never Say Die! |
| "A Hard Road" | - | - | - | #33 | ||
| 1980 | "Neon Knights" | - | #17 | - | #22 | Heaven and Hell |
| "Heaven and Hell" | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Children of the Sea" | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Die Young" | - | - | - | #41 | ||
| 1981 | "The Mob Rules" | - | - | - | #46 | Mob Rules |
| 1982 | "Turn Up the Night" | - | #24 | - | #37 | |
| "Voodoo" | - | #46 | - | - | ||
| "E5150" | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1983 | "Trashed" | - | - | - | - | Born Again |
| 1986 | "No Stranger to Love" | - | - | - | - | Seventh Star |
| 1989 | "Headless Cross" | - | - | - | #62 | Headless Cross |
| "Devil and Daughter" | - | - | - | #81 | ||
| 1990 | "Feels Good to Me" | - | - | - | #79 | Tyr |
| 1992 | "TV Crimes" | - | - | - | #33 | Dehumanizer |
| "I" | - | - | - | - | ||
| "Computer God" | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1998 | "Psycho Man" | - | #3 | - | - | Reunion |
| 1999 | "Selling My Soul" | - | #17 | - | - | |
| 2007 | "The Devil Cried" | - | #37 | - | - | Black Sabbath: The Dio Years |
