Tracklist front / back album covers
Side A
1. "War Pigs" 7:57
2. "Paranoid" 2:48
3. "Planet Caravan" 4:32
4. "Iron Man" 5:56
Side B
5. "Electric Funeral" 4:53
6. "Hand of Doom" 7:08
7. "Rat Salad" (instrumental) 2:30
8. "Fairies Wear Boots" 6:15
Total length: 41:51
Black Sabbath Band Members / Musicians
Ozzy Osbourne – vocals
Tony Iommi – guitar, flute on "Planet Caravan"
Geezer Butler – bass guitar
Bill Ward – drums, congas on "Planet Caravan"
Tom Allom – engineering, piano on "Planet Caravan"
Rodger Bain – production
Brian Humphries – engineering
Marcus Keef – graphic design, photography
Paranoid is the 2nd studio album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in September 1970 through Vertigo Records in England and Warner Bros. Records in the US. The album contains several of the band's signature songs, including "Iron Man", "War Pigs" and the title track, which was the band's only Top 20 hit, reaching number 4 in the UK charts.
In a 2017 publication by Rolling Stone magazine Paranoid ranked number one on its list of the "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time". The album is often cited a key influence for the development of the heavy metal music genre as well as one of the earliest heavy metal albums. Paranoid was the band's only album to top the UK Albums Chart until the release of 13 in 2013.
