Sabotage
by Black Sabbath
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Black Sabbath bestography
Sabotage is ranked 7th 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 18,262.
(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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Sabotage track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Sabotage rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 29 Music Albums of 1975 | 10/29 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1975 | 25/100 | - |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 39 Music Albums of 1975 | 5/39 | 4 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1975 | 31/50 | 2 |
| 2026 |  MW19704U | Top 100 Music Albums of 1975 | 5/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | javicho07 | Top 25 Music Albums of 1975 | 21/25 | 1 |
| 2026 | timosbuecherei | Top 90 Music Albums of the 1970s | 38/90 | 12 |
| 2026 | kinginsomniac12 | Top 10 Music Albums of 1975 | 4/10 | 4 |
| 2026 | MasterOfPuppets | Top 14 Music Albums of 1975 | 7/14 | 3 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 49 Music Albums of 1975 | 22/49 | 3 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 306 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 1,614 | |||
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Sabotage ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 10/23/2026 17:58 | Johnnyo | 9,855 | 77/100 |
| ! | 10/10/2026 12:36 | Artem | 872 | 77/100 |
| ! | 09/05/2026 14:59 |  hoyquarlow | 542 | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.7/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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Sabotage forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 10/10/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5461): By steve397View latest topic →
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Sabotage comments
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Jasonconfused TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/14/2012 03:41 | #54978 | TOP COMMENT
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Paranoid and Master of Reality usually get all the praise but personally this is my favorite Sabbath album. And it's probably their most aggressive.
Most probably the heaviest Sabbath album out there, serving up a plethora of quality tracks. 'Hole In The Sky', 'Megalomania', 'Sympton Of The Universe' and 'Am I Going Insane' being top of the tree in both riffery and vocal delivery. Sadly, I think the cover art is crap and I really wish they had come up with something more sinnister which linked to the album title. As a vinyl collector the cover art is an equally important part of the whole experience. I can't get my head around why a member of one of the heaviest rock bands in the world at the time would want to be seen on the front cover of an album wearing red Long Johns, or am I missing something?
Best Ozzy vocals and some of the most overlooked great songs: Symptom of the Universe (thrash metal in 1975) and Megalomania
Deserves more attention, definitely
Angry, soaring, and epic from start to finish. Probably my favorite Sabbath album
elo269megv 07/15/2018 03:29 | #218260 | TOP COMMENT
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Really solid album from Black Sabbath here musically. In my opinion, this album is where Ozzy shines most. The riffs are still killer but Ozzy takes the spotlight on this record and gives arguably his best vocal performance of any previous album. This is in my opinion the last truly great album in Sabbath's discography ending a near perfect 5 album streak.
Best tracks: Symptom of the Universe, Hole In The Sky, The Writ, The Thrill Of It, Megalomania
83/100
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