Black Sabbath

1970 self-titled debut studio album by Black Sabbath
MusicAlbum album Q328482
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Black Sabbath

Summary

Black Sabbath is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 0.27% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,351 views/month, #163 of 60,676).[2]

Key Facts

  • Black Sabbath's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Black Sabbath's genre is heavy metal music[4].
  • Black Sabbath's genre is hard rock[5].
  • Black Sabbath's genre is blues rock[6].
  • Black Sabbath was produced by Rodger Bain[7].
  • Black Sabbath was performed by Black Sabbath[8].
  • Black Sabbath's record label is recorded as Vertigo Records[9].
  • Black Sabbath's place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[10].
  • Black Sabbath is part of Black Sabbath's albums in chronological order[11].
  • Black Sabbath's language of work or name is recorded as English[12].
  • Black Sabbath was distributed by music streaming[13].
  • Black Sabbath was distributed by music download[14].
  • Black Sabbath was published on February 13, 1970[15].
  • Black Sabbath's tracklist is recorded as The Wizard[16].
  • Black Sabbath's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'Black Sabbath'}[17].
  • Black Sabbath's has characteristic is recorded as debut album[18].
  • Black Sabbath's has characteristic is recorded as eponymously titled work[19].
  • Black Sabbath's duration is recorded as {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2292'}[20].
  • Black Sabbath's number of parts of this work is recorded as {'unit': 'Q7302866', 'amount': '+7'}[21].
  • Black Sabbath's form of creative work is recorded as studio album[22].

Product Details

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MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[23]

  • First release date: 1970-02-13[24]

  • Genre(s): blues rock, classic rock, doom metal, hard rock, heavy metal, heavy psych, metal, occult rock, rock, traditional doom metal[25]

  • Community tags: 1–4 wochen, 70s, album rock, blues rock, classic british metal, classic rock, doom metal, english, hard rock, heavy metal, heavy psych, metal, occult rock, offizielle charts, ozzy, rock, self-titled, traditional doom metal[26]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 826c9743-a3f0-3479-bf06-8df2e140ef1d[27]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Black Sabbath was performed by it[8]. It was produced by Rodger Bain[7].

Publication

Black Sabbath was released on February 13, 1970[15]. Its place of publication is recorded as United Kingdom[10]. Its language of work or name is recorded as English[12]. Genres include heavy metal music[4], hard rock[5], and blues rock[6]. It is part of its albums in chronological order[11]. Recorded distribution format include music streaming[13] and music download[14].

Why It Matters

Black Sabbath ranks in the top 0.27% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (4,351 views/month, #163 of 60,676).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 3 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] . black-sabbath.com. black-sabbath.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [6] . discogs.com. discogs.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . rocktv.es. rocktv.es. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [23] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [24] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [25] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [26] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [27] . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [28] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [29] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 4w ago · EricMackAttacks · 2026-05-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Duration {'unit': 'Q11574', 'amount': '+2292'}
    Language of work or name English
    Genre
    Form of creative work studio album
    + 17 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ [[Property:P12075]]: 1251"
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