Greatest Hits | ||||
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Greatest hits album by | ||||
Released | 15 June 2009 | |||
Recorded | 1969–1978 | |||
Genre | Heavy metal | |||
Length | 73:00 | |||
Label | Universal/UMC | |||
Producer | Black Sabbath, Rodger Bain, Patrick Meehan, Mike Butcher | |||
Black Sabbath compilations chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [1] |
Greatest Hits is a compilation album from Black Sabbath, released by Universal in 2009.
This album features only the original line-up of Black Sabbath with most of the albums Ozzy Osbourne worked on presented. This compilation features songs from 1970's self-titled debut album to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, as well as one song from Never Say Die!.
This compilations used the same masters from the Universal 2009 album remasters.
A similar compilation of the same name was released outside North America by NEMS Records in 1977. [2]
The album was re-released in 2012 as Iron Man: The Best of Black Sabbath with identical track listing but different artwork.
No. | Title | Original release | Length |
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1. | " Paranoid" | Paranoid, 1970 | 2:47 |
2. | " Iron Man" | Paranoid | 5:55 |
3. | " Changes" | Vol. 4, 1972 | 4:43 |
4. | " Fairies Wear Boots" | Paranoid | 6:13 |
5. | " War Pigs" | Paranoid | 7:54 |
6. | " Never Say Die" | Never Say Die!, 1978 | 3:48 |
7. | " Children of the Grave" | Master of Reality, 1971 | 5:15 |
8. | " The Wizard" | Black Sabbath, 1970 | 4:20 |
9. | "Snowblind" | Vol. 4 | 5:27 |
10. | " Sweet Leaf" | Master of Reality | 5:05 |
11. | " Evil Woman" | Black Sabbath | 3:22 |
12. | " Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" | Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, 1973 | 5:48 |
13. | " Black Sabbath" | Black Sabbath | 6:16 |
14. | " N.I.B." | Black Sabbath | 6:07 |
Europe & Australasia | 9 June 2009 | Universal Music |
Chart (2009) | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums ( Ö3 Austria) [3] | 73 |
Scottish Albums ( OCC) [4] | 28 |
Swedish Albums ( Sverigetopplistan) [5] | 3 |
UK Albums ( OCC) [6] | 19 |
UK Rock & Metal Albums ( OCC) [7] | 2 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom ( BPI) [8] | Gold | 100,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |