I love Black Sabbath, though I prefer the Ozzy & Dio years over everything that came after.
"Paranoid" and "Heaven And Hell" were the first two Sabbath albums I owned (back in the mid 80's) and I collected them pretty religously after that, Well, until "Seventh Star"; I wasn't crazy about that one and after that I lost interest.
But most of the first 12 albums are essential for anyone who likes heavy metal. The exceptions would be "Never Say Die", "Live Evil" and maybe "Technical Ecstacy". |