Their classic 1970 release reissued on 180gm vinyl! If their debut album threw down the iron-studded gauntlet for all would-be early "70s Hard Rock acts daring to follow-suit, then album #2 would raise the bar higher still by becoming one of, if not the, greatest Heavy Metal album of all-time. Released on the same day that Jimi Hendrix passed away, Paranoid would become an unstoppable tour-de-force of Rock classics led from the front by the Top 5 pre-release single that is the iconic title track. Bolstered by further Sabbath classics in the making (War Pigs, Fairies Wear Boots and especially Iron Man), Paranoid cemented the Birmingham four-piece as a genuine U.K. musical phenomenon and is seen by many as THE Black Sabbath album.