Mob Rules (studio album) by Black Sabbath

Mob Rules by Black Sabbath
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 2,357th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 245 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (39th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (362nd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,357th)
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Black Sabbath bestography

Mob Rules is ranked 8th best out of 45 albums by Black Sabbath on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Black Sabbath is Paranoid which is ranked number 56 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 19,504.

Black Sabbath album bestography « Higher ranked (1,074th) This album (2,357th) Lower ranked (3,174th) »
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Iron Maiden Tribute "Sanctuary" , Lady Evil (Tribute To Black Sabbath,
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The Iron Maidens, Paradise Kitty (Guns N' Roses Tribute), Sabbatha (Black Sabbath, Ozzy, and Dio Tribute)
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Fast Times, Black Sabbatha (a tribute to Black Sabbath), We Are Wasted
Whisky A Go Go, West Hollywood, United States. United States
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Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 245 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 9% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.1/100, a mean average of 74.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 75.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.9.

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75/100
From 02/13/2024 17:25
Not bad, actually worth a many revisits.
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80/100
From 08/20/2022 14:30
Good heavy metal album, some bangers and some boring stuff, there are some great riffs. For me it's quite similar to Heaven&Hell but slightly less consistent.
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90/100
From 09/05/2020 03:51
Not up to the caliber of 'Heaven and Hell' but Dio's second effort still produces a solid bit of work. Goes up and down in the pace and tempo of the songs making it a bit of a mish mash as far as flow goes. But still a great album. I rate this above any of Dio's solo albums except for 'Holy Diver'
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70/100
From 08/05/2020 15:53
This probably would not have been any better with Ozzy on board. Rating (73.89)
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From 12/30/2018 09:07
This comment will now outdate my comments about Heaven and Hell and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath whereby I stated that they were my top Sabbath albums. Without a doubt, this for me is top of the tree. The vocal delivery by RJD coupled with the overall musicianship which includes the best guitar work and drumming I have heard on any of the other Black Sabbath albums seals my decision. Every track is class, some with a real sinister atmosphere like 'Sign of the Southern Cross' and 'Falling off the Edge of the World'. There are equally, the really heavy workouts like the title track and 'Voodoo'. The sleeve art lets the album down a bit, had that been more scarey it may have encouraged more people to buy it when it was first released. It has taken me ages to track down a decent copy on vinyl but was most definitely well worth the wait!
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100/100
From 05/21/2018 20:18
The last decent Sabbath album. Dio would move on the bigger and better things after this one. "Sign of the Southern Cross" "Mob Rules" and "Over and Over" are the standouts for me.
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85/100
From 02/11/2018 20:42
Better than Heaven and Hell, a classic album, no filler.
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90/100
From 11/30/2016 20:29
It was flat out impossible for the Sabs to duplicate the heights achieved on Heaven and Hell, but Mob Rules is still a most worthy successor. In one way, it actually outpaces its predecessor inasmuch as it has more variety of sound and presentation. Almost every cut is a winner and two of the very best in the entire Sabbath catalog are oft overlooked deep cuts; the hard hitting 'Slipping Away,' and the positively epic and wicked 'Falling of the Edge of the World.'
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65/100
From 10/27/2014 21:05
not a bad follow up to 'Heaven & Hell' some equally good tracks here 'Sign of the Southern Cross' being the clear favourite along with 'Mob Rules' & 'Voodoo'.
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From 05/14/2014 15:19
A more consistent album than Heaven & Hell despite what everyone says.
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