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Mob Rules and Heaven and Hell work well as each other's companion pieces, making the first round of Dio-fronted Sabbath material a bright spot surrounded by relatively grim efforts on either side.
13y
'Mob Rules' is Black Sabbath's tenth album, and their last involves Ronnie James Dio, who joined the band in 1979. It is similar to the predecessor, 'Heaven and Hell'. The opening track, 'Turn Up the Night', immediately starts the album off with a rapid-fire tapping riff popularized by Eddie Van Halen recently - at the time - and a headbanging rhythm section, while tracks like 'Voodoo' and 'The Sign of the Southern Cross' show the band ... read more
Mob Rules, the second Black Sabbath record with the new lead singer, Dio. Some people don't like Dio, which I can see why. His voice seems kind of basic compared to Ozzy's instantly recognizable smoker-voice. I'm in the majority though, and I like Dio. This project is a bit darker and grimier than the previous record, but simultaneously, it's hooky and fun. 10 albums into their career, Black Sabbath is still making some really good stuff. đź‘»
BLACK SABBATH DEEP DIVE:
MOB RULES
One note about this album to address before anything is that this one features Vinny Appice on drums instead of Bill Ward. With that out of the way, the second album of the Dio era starts off decently enough with “Turn Up the Night”. This song is fun and exciting and all but it’s hard to ignore the fact that it’s sort of just a rewrite of “Neon Knights” from the previous album. The second song has a really great groove to it ... read more
Sabbathon Day 3
Mob Rules
Sorry, this is all i could do today lol. Anyway, mob rules is very similar to heaven and hell i would say, like some of the tracks could be swtiched to different albums and it wouldn't sound too out of place. However, I think track by track, this album is better than heaven and hell. Though heaven and hell is more iconic, I think the tracks are better. Maybe it's because I got more used to the sound with dio, but I just like it more. I would place this above ... read more
Pensaba que sería un peor album, pero me ha sorprendido bastante. No es tan bueno como el Heaven and Hell, pero tiene canciones bastante buenas.
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Track List
| 1 | Turn Up the Night 3:42 | 81 |
| 2 | Voodoo 4:32 | 80 |
| 3 | The Sign of the Southern Cross 7:47 | 88 |
| 4 | E5150 2:51 | 64 |
| 5 | The Mob Rules 3:15 | 85 |
| 6 | Country Girl 4:02 | 79 |
| 7 | Slipping Away 3:46 | 74 |
| 8 | Falling Off the Edge of the World 5:03 | 88 |
| 9 | Over and Over 5:29 | 84 |
Total Length: 40 minutes
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10mo
E5150 may obviously be the weakling here, but that instrumental is amazing low-key, menacing stuff right there.