Why?
Even though he was high as a kite, Bill Ward's drumming swings!
And they never rocked harder than "Neon Knights"
The album covers are a tie with me. Probably the two best covers in Sabbath's career (The purple and red ugly of "Born Again" comes in a close second.)
rockcrit
― rockcrit, Friday, 17 September 2004 19:07 (twenty-one years ago)
― pheNAM (pheNAM), Saturday, 18 September 2004 15:23 (twenty-one years ago)
^RONG
― ain't nothin but a brie thing, baby (Neanderthal), Monday, 22 April 2024 14:47 (one year ago)
great revive
― memphis milano: the new trend of the 80s (bizarro gazzara), Monday, 22 April 2024 14:49 (one year ago)
ffs
― ain't nothin but a brie thing, baby (Neanderthal), Monday, 22 April 2024 14:59 (one year ago)
I agree with ilx poster of yore pheNAM. Mob Rules is merely a poor copy of the preceding album, much as The Last in Line is a substandard xerox of Holy Diver.
― the scouse that roared (Matt #2), Monday, 22 April 2024 15:03 (one year ago)
Mob Rules > Heaven and Hell.
yes, I said it!
― ain't nothin but a brie thing, baby (Neanderthal), Monday, 22 April 2024 15:04 (one year ago)
though i love both
"Over and Over" is the closer H&H wishes it had!
I like Mob Rules better, maybe the compositional level is higher?
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 22 April 2024 20:59 (one year ago)
Heaven & Hell is Dio trying to make a Black Sabbath album whereas Mob Rules is Black Sabbath making what is ostensibly a Dio album. And that makes all the difference in the world. Mob Rules for the win.
― vmajestic, Monday, 22 April 2024 21:57 (one year ago)
"The Mob Rules" is the best song from either album, but Heaven And Hell is the best album
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 22 April 2024 22:22 (one year ago)
In September 2003, Dio accidentally severed his thumb during a gardening accident when a heavy garden gnome fell onto it.[40] Dio was concerned he would no longer be able to do his signature "devil's horns" hand gesture, but a doctor managed to re-attach it.[41]
― xyzzzz__, Monday, 22 April 2024 22:30 (one year ago)
Anyone listen to Dehumanizer regularly? (or even lately?)
― Elvis Telecom, Monday, 22 April 2024 22:34 (one year ago)
Not lately but I really like it
― ain't nothin but a brie thing, baby (Neanderthal), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 00:18 (one year ago)
Yeah, "I" from Dehumanizer is one of their best songs.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1IKdbsFgyNQ
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Tuesday, 23 April 2024 00:26 (one year ago)
OTM
Sorry for reviving both Mob Rules threads at the same time, but
nineteen years pass...^RONG
was a real-life LOL
― TheNuNuNu, Wednesday, 6 August 2025 10:02 (two months ago)
Fantastic. If I could have my priorities as straight as Dio, life would surely be easier
― TheNuNuNu, Wednesday, 6 August 2025 10:04 (two months ago)
"First responders on the scene experienced some confusion telling Dio and the gnome apart"
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 6 August 2025 11:29 (two months ago)