Rat Salad (track)
by Black Sabbath
Rat Salad appears on the following album(s) by Black Sabbath:
- Paranoid (track #7) (this album) (1970)
- Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978) (track #15) (compilation) (2004)
- The Ten Year War (track #14) (compilation) (2017)
- The Ultimate Collection (track #8) (compilation) (2016)
- Black Sabbath (Compilation) (track #7) (compilation) (1970)
- Attention! Black Sabbath Vol. 2 (track #3) (compilation) (1974)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 07/30/2026 20:51 |  HoldenM | 9,496 | 91/100 |
| ! | 07/15/2026 18:27 | Siromynian | 18,195 | 71/100 |
| ! | 04/17/2026 15:21 | Pavloss | 2,378 | 60/100 |
| ! | 03/22/2026 05:12 | Cheddar | 5,249 | 79/100 |
| ! | 03/17/2026 23:00 | wizardalien | 9,945 | 61/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 8% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 79.0/100, a mean average of 78.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.1/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.1.
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Quite a rare outing this, Black Sabbath without Ozzy Vocals. A pretty decent jam but as a person who loathes drum solos, this is never going to be a favourite track of mine.
Decent enough but a bit of a low point in Paranoid for me (Edited)
Great drumming from Bill Ward, but as a whole not a very good song.
teague 03/05/2019 16:41 | #233096
Bill Ward at his best. (Edited)
nitomano 08/09/2016 17:53 | #172581
Espectacular solo de bateria
It's like Black Sabbath's version of Moby Dick by Led Zeppelin. (Edited)
Jasonconfused 12/05/2012 08:37 | #56806
Solid instrumental. The focal point of this song is the innovative drumming of Bill Ward that mixes his jazz discipline with the overall heavy sound of the band. (Edited)
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