6 Facts About Black Sabbath's Paranoid
- Paranoid is widely considered one of the most influential metal albums ever made.
- Rolling Stone ranked it number one on its 2017 list of the 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time.
- It was Black Sabbath’s only album to top the UK Albums Chart until 2013’s 13.
- The album was released in 1970, just months after their debut.
- It includes the iconic tracks “Paranoid,” “Iron Man,” and “War Pigs.”
- Despite its classic status, the title track was written as a last-minute filler.