A National Acrobat (track)
by Black Sabbath
Year: 1973
From the album Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (track #2)
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A National Acrobat appears on the following album(s) by Black Sabbath:
- Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (track #2) (this album) (1973)
- Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978) (track #36) (compilation) (2004)
- The Ten Year War (track #35) (compilation) (2017)
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| ! | 08/17/2026 20:51 | stareaterogni0n | 6,293 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/24/2026 02:26 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,869 | 71/100 |
| ! | 07/01/2026 19:21 | wizardalien | 10,016 | 60/100 |
| ! | 06/15/2026 19:16 |  DommeDamian | 77,386 | 51/100 |
| ! | 06/06/2026 10:05 | Siromynian | 18,439 | 71/100 |
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AAL2014 02/17/2021 15:51 | #266410
I am consistently baffled by these lyrics. They are SO intriguing and SO intrinsically Black Sabbath but such an evolved example of. Ozzy nails the performance with some of the most brooding emotives since the debut, and Iommi shines with some excellent riffs as well as the dichotomous melodic soloing overtop powerful chugging.
Just a fucking brilliant song.
Grouse 02/03/2019 13:53 | #231234
Tony Iommi is great with the wah-wah on this song
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