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“Children of the Grave” by Black Sabbath
From the album Master of Reality (1971)
“Children of the Grave” by Black Sabbath appears on 4 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1990 and 1996. It was first released in 1971 on the album Master of Reality. Its best result is #517 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #1,084 hard rock song of all time.
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"Children of the Grave" comes storming off Master of Reality, Black Sabbath's 1971 album on Vertigo, and it picks up the anti-war fight right where "War Pigs" and "Electric Funeral" left it on the previous record, Paranoid. Geezer Butler wrote the words, and Rodger Bain produced.
It's the whole band in full cry: Ozzy Osbourne on lead vocals, Tony Iommi on guitar, Butler on bass and Bill Ward on drums and percussion, a protest song dressed in doom metal's black. It has never really gone away, either, turning up again and again on Sabbath's greatest-hits and live albums, and on Osbourne's own records from his solo years.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 517 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 1994 | 921 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1994) | 1000 |
| 1995 | 718 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1995) | 1000 |
| 1996 | 895 | KISW | KISW Top 1000 of All Time (1996) | 1000 |
Also listed as: Children Of The Grave.
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