Master Of Reality
by Black Sabbath
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Black Sabbath bestography
Master Of Reality is ranked 3rd best out of 49 albums by Black Sabbath on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Black Sabbath is Paranoid which is ranked number 47 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 18,284.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Master Of Reality track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 85 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Master Of Reality rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 7 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Glitterboiii | Top 50 Music Albums of 1971 | 12/50 | 4 |
| 2026 | Sonoffatboy | Top 7 Music Albums of 1971 | 2/7 | 4 |
| 2026 | stareaterogni0n | Top 32 Music Albums of the 1970s | 6/32 | 17 |
| 2026 | machiaj | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 64/100 | 35 |
| 2026 |  Kalos | Top 20 Music Albums of 1971 | 17/20 | 1 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 51/100 | 50 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1971 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Rhyner | Top 37 Music Albums of 1971 | 29/37 | 1 |
| 2026 | Andras | Top 51 Music Albums of the 1970s | 29/51 | 9 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 50 Music Albums of 1971 | 25/50 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 739 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 5,468 | |||
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Master Of Reality ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 23 hours ago | Artem | 864 | 77/100 |
| ! | 09/30/2026 06:46 | Siromynian | 1,786 | 74/100 |
| ! | 09/29/2026 13:28 |  greatson | 1,917 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 83.6/100, a mean average of 82.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 83.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.9.
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Master Of Reality forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 28 hours ago in Chart of the day (#5461): By steve397 BestEverAlbums 09/26/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5447): By adbrack1988
pedro1976 09/12/2026 08:11 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Master Of Reality comments
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salahshoori 05/31/2020 09:28 | #252606 | TOP COMMENT
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It's a stoner rock album, it's a psychedelic rock album, it's a progressive rock album, it's a heavy metal album, and it's an effing trippy album. All the performers are playing their instruments to the highest point anyone can play them. There is not a single flaw all across the 35 minutes of intense music they provided.
Just board the bass line and close your eyes and let the graphics flow in. It will take you to one of the most intense and beautiful trips you'll ever go!
This album is phenomenally put together by Sabbath. Every song feels completely unique and each delve into their own sub genre of music. It is incredible to see the versatility on display and just how good they were at being diverse in their sound. This album is amongst their best of all time, probably in the top 3 for me. (Edited)
Maybe the best sabbath album, but hard to decide with the previous two and Heaven and Hell...
With Children of the Grave the best sabbath riff in my opinion and perfect for listening in one session, not one bad song. Orchid and Embryo are really good instrumentals compared to other "fillers", looking at you FX. (Edited)
Great Black Sabbath record, not one bad track, excellent folkow-up to their previous album. Heaviness is revolutionary for its time and highly influential. The lyrics are great too: Children Of The Grave is the best example, apocalyptic instrumentation fits with narration of anti-nuclear youth very well. (Edited)
An excellent follow-up to Paranoid. Some of the most perfect rock/metal songs ever written, with "Sweet Leaf", "Children of the Grave", "Solitude", "Into the Void" and "After Forever" among Black Sabbath's finest compositions. Even the instrumental interludes are also quite gripping. (Edited)
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