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Black Sabbath: Paranoid
With Paranoid celebrating its 40th anniversary this year, the Classic Albums/Black Sabbath episode is particularly timely. Music buffs will relish at the 97-minute DVD that touches upon everything from Black Sabbath’s influences, the songwriting process behind tracks like “War Pigs and “Iron Man,” the band’s introduction into America, and even hands-on explanations of the riff work from Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler. In stark contrast to the band’s self-titled debut album (recorded over two days and mixed in one), Paranoid was allowed an opportunity to be crafted in more accommodating studio environment. Those sessions bore a variety of intriguing stories, specifically one that details how “Paranoid” was written off-the-cuff after executives requested a “short song.”
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Other episodes for this season
![Black Sabbath: Paranoid](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/fczGspZnTW0HWlS5WAws8yx1gtP.jpg)
![Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers: Damn the Torpedoes](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/uGigl0EbUGOqPGLcO1iLTMEIJpd.jpg)
![Rush: 2112 & Moving Pictures](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/dyJHzrTxGKT8nbGBdx7r0XblX4X.jpg)
![The Rolling Stones: Beggar's Banquet](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/4TJdG0643OHx7RqmOpOZLiBAKhL.jpg)
![The Beach Boys: Pet Sounds](https://image.tmdb.org/t/p/w300/zHHTA1lPp5eDazQINDUp8UszhJy.jpg)