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Paranoid
Black Sabbath · 1970 · Track 5
Details
Duración4:49
ÁlbumParanoid
Año1970
ISRCUSWB11304631
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The story behind
When you dive into *Electric Funeral*, you encounter a dense and heavy atmosphere, almost as if the music itself were charged with a somber energy. The song's duration, 4:50, gives you space for that feeling to settle in and completely envelop you. It's a track that feels visceral, and the way it was recorded, with Tom Allom and Brian Humphries as engineers and Rodger Bain on production, contributes to that sonic rawness.
This track is part of Paranoid, Black Sabbath's second studio album, released in the United Kingdom in September 1970 and shortly after, in January 1971, in the United States. The band, originally from Birmingham, was already coming off a successful debut and quickly got back into the studio. Paranoid was completed in just a few days in June, showing an efficiency that contrasts with the power of their sound. The album includes other key tracks like Iron Man and War Pigs, but Electric Funeral has that quality that grabs you from the first moment.