Many thanks to everyone who recently voted for their favorite Black Sabbath album as part of Albumism’s readers’ poll series! Check out the consensus results & rankings below, and stay tuned for our next readers’ poll coming soon.

Albumism Readers’ Poll Results (2,736 Total Votes):

#1 | Paranoid | 1970 | 525 votes (19% of total)

#2 | Master of Reality | 1971 | 479 votes (18% of total)

#3 | Sabotage | 1975 | 404 votes (15% of total)

#4 | Vol. 4 | 1972 | 361 votes (13% of total)

#5 | Sabbath Bloody Sabbath | 1973 | 315 votes (12% of total)

#6 | Heaven and Hell | 1980 | 238 votes (9% of total)

#7 | Black Sabbath | 1970 | 176 votes (6% of total)

#8 | Mob Rules | 1981 | 93 votes (3% of total)

#9 | Born Again | 1983 | 59 votes (2% of total)

#10 | Never Say Die! | 1978 | 36 votes (1% of total)

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