Fairies Wear Boots (track)
by Black Sabbath
Fairies Wear Boots appears on the following album(s) by Black Sabbath:
- Paranoid (track #8) (this album) (1970)
- We Sold Our Soul For Rock 'N' Roll (track #9) (compilation) (1975)
- Past Lives (track #18) (compilation) (2002)
- Symptom Of The Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970–1978 (track #9) (compilation) (2002)
- The Best Of Black Sabbath (track #11) (compilation) (2000)
- Greatest Hits (2009) (track #4) (compilation) (2009)
- Reunion (track #4) (1998)
- Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978) (track #16) (compilation) (2004)
- Live... Gathered In Their Masses (track #8) (2013)
- The Ten Year War (track #15) (compilation) (2017)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| 4 days ago | wizardalien | 9,084 | 65/100 | |
| 03/13/2026 21:13 |  Superunknown | 515 | 86/100 | |
| 01/23/2026 16:16 | Siromynian | 16,293 | 70/100 | |
| 01/22/2026 11:27 | kinginsomniac12 | 5,498 | 100/100 | |
| 01/19/2026 15:51 | Robert_fripp | 823 | 86/100 |
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Such a fantastic way to close a phenomenal album.
Ozzy's vocal are outstanding, and the playing so so tight. Geezers bass and Bill's drums drive this track.
A song about Ozzy being called a Fairy by some skinheads in London although, I also understand that there's an LSD angle to the track as well.
Just to finish, Tony's two guitar solo's are fantastic although I get annoyed every time at the fade out at the end of the song during the second solo but hey ho.
Live, this was always a track I wanted them to play.
Squonk007 04/14/2022 16:35 | #284244
Forget the lyrics the music is fantastic.
Medelsvensson 11/10/2019 18:20 | #244636
Underrated for sure. The drumming is from another planet
One of the best songs on the album and BS career. No questions.
The last track, and it was ALL good.
Jasonconfused 12/05/2012 08:39 | #56807
An highly underrated Black Sabbath song. The lyrics don't really make all that much sense and it has been stated by members of the band that the song is pretty random and isn't really about anything in particular. The music however is great and takes a lot of very interesting turns.
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