Under Wheels Of Confusion 1970-1987 [Box set] [Import]

Editorial Reviews
Album Description
1996 release on Castle featuring 52 of their best from 1970-1987, all digitally remastered & on four full color picture discs. Also contains a 48 page full color booklet with a note from Ozzy & a family tree by Pete Frame! Includes: 'WarPigs', 'Paranoid', 'Iron Man', 'Sweet Leaf', 'Into The Void', 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath', 'Supernaut', 'Snowblind', 'Heaven And Hell', 'The Mob Rules' & 'Neon Knights'. Comes packaged in a sturdy slipcase box with each disc in a separate standard jewel case. The full title is 'Under WheelsOf Confusion: 1970-1987'.

Tracks:

Black Sabbath
The Wizard
NIB
Evil Woman
Wicked World
War Pigs
Paranoid
Iron Man
Planet Caravan
Hand Of Doom
Sweet Leaf
After Forever
Children Of The Grave

Tracks:

Into The Void
Lord Of This World
Orchid
Supernaut
Tomorrow's Dream
Wheels Of Confusion
Changes
Snowblind
Laguna Sunrise
Cornucopia (Live)
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Killing Yourself To Live
Hole In The Sky
Am I Going Insane (Radio)

Tracks:

The Writ
Sympton Of The Universe
Dirty Women
Back Street Kids
Rock 'N' Roll Doctor
She's Gone
A Hard Road
Never Say Die
Neon Knights
Heaven And Hell
Die Young
Lonely Is The World

Tracks:

Turn Up The Night
Sign Of The Southern Cross
Falling Off The Edge Of The World
The Mob Rules (Live)
Voodoo (Live)
Digital Bitch
Trashed
Hotline
In For The Kill
Seventh Star
Heart Like A Wheel
The Shining
Eternal Idol

Album Description

1996 release on Castle featuring 52 of their best from 1970-1987, all digitally remastered & on four full color picture discs. Also contains a 48 page full color booklet with a note from Ozzy & a family tree by Pete Frame! Includes: 'WarPigs', 'Paranoid', 'Iron Man', 'Sweet Leaf', 'Into The Void', 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath', 'Supernaut', 'Snowblind', 'Heaven And Hell', 'The Mob Rules' & 'Neon Knights'. Comes packaged in a sturdy slipcase box with each disc in a separate standard jewel case. The full title is 'Under WheelsOf Confusion: 1970-1987'.

Album Details

A Comprehensive Anthology of the Band from 1970-87, Special Edition Four CD Box Set Compiled from all 15 CD. All Tracks have Been Remastered, Includes a 60 Page Color Booklet Including a Short Note by Ozzy Osbourne. Incedible Packaging and Artwork.

Customer Reviews:

Large serving of Sabbath missing some side dishes!........2007-02-10

This is a collection that at the very least looks at Sabbath with and without Ozzy and is very interesting for doing so.
The differing strengths and styles of each vocalist are very evident when they are heard on discs within one collection..
As always there will be exclusions that are unforgiveable and inclusions that are seen as a waste of time.
The reality is that there are just so many tracks and only so much time in which to decide what should be included/excluded.
I also have favourites i would have liked to have seen but when a box set is trying to cover such a long and varied selection of albums over a lengthy time period not everything is going to be included.
So then i feel that this is a solid introduction and look at different line-ups in a band who are not only icons but virtually inventors of the genre and have had such a long career,this is a collection that fullfills its brief admirably.

Black Sabbath - 'Under Wheels Of Confusion,1970-1987' (Castle).......2006-09-05

Is it just me or are there too many Black Sabbath box sets available? Don't get me wrong,this 4-CD,lavishly assembled 52 track piece is great! Even comes with a 48-page booklet in full color with some great liner notes, art work and a Sabbath / Ozzy family tree. It's nice to be able to put all four of these discs into your stereo and set if for 'scramble play' and then you have no idea which song will play next. Tunes that makes this box set simply SO worthwhile are "The Wizard","N.I.B.",their psychedelic doom classic "Into The Void","Supernaut" (also dig Ministry's cover of this cut),"Dirty Women","Neon Knights","Die Young","Trashed" and...the list goes on. Highly recommended.

Wheels of compilations.......2003-12-20

First of all, I'd like to start saying that, for those who havent already guessed, there are tons of Black Sabbath "tribute" albums out there and the only 2 things that make this album different are: 1-its a 4 discs compilation 0_0 that means you'll get a lot of songs from the band's repertory in it. 2-Its the only one that bothers to include both ozzy and non-ozzy songs.
Sure, compilations are always a good introduction to a particular band but thats it for the good side of them.
After all, if you DO like the songs in a compilation, you'll just go out and buy the original albums and them what will you do with them compilations? they are really just a commercial excuse to promote the band and proffit out of it. So, really, if you want to get into sabbath just buy one album at a time.
Start with PARANOID, MASTER OF REALITY, SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH, HEAVEN AND HELL or whatever and move on from there. Is it more expensive? Of course, but don't forget; its worthy it.
Okay, enough loathing :), lets get into this particular compilation:
BLACK SABBATH songs: A pretty basic selection of songs from that album. They really should have added "Behind the wall of sleep" instead of "Wicked World" or "Evil Woman".

PARANOID songs: Just your average "War Pigs", "Iron Man" and "Paranoid" song selection. They really should have added "Electric Funeral" and "Fairies Wear Boots" instead of "Hand Of Doom" and "Planet Caravan".

MASTER OF REALITY songs: A good selection of songs. In fact, only 2 songs from that album are missing which are "Embryo" (another instrumental song like "Orchids") and "Solitude" (One of Sabbath's worst song in my opinion) Clearly, the people who made this compilation have a crush for this album ;)

VOL.4 songs: Almost as good as MOR, but is missing "Under The Sun" in it, what a shame. Also, they should have added the studio version of "Cornucopia" instead of this weak Live version.
Its about time "Wheels of Confusion" was added to a compilation.

SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH songs: Wut is this? only 2 songs!!? What happened to "National Acrobat" and "Spiral Architect"!!?

SABOTAGE songs: Good, but they should have opened some space for "Megalomania"

TECHNICAL ECSTASY songs: Well, this album isn't very popular among fans, so I guess that, for as long as "Dirty Women" is added, the rest is ok. Actually, they added to many songs from this album. They should have let some space for Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Never Say Die songs.

NEVER SAY DIE songs: 2 good songs, but "Johnny Blade", "Shockwave" and/or "Juniors Eyes" could have been an interesting thing to add too.

HEAVEN AND HELL songs: Got absolutely no complaints for the track selection in this one.

MOB RULES songs: Wouldn't have any complaints either, if they hadn't put the Live tracks of Mob Rules and Voodoo.

BORN AGAIN songs: Very Good...BUT,(shamelessly) missing "Zero The Hero" and "Born Again". Also, "Hot line": though good, not really necessary.

SEVENTH STAR songs: Same as Technical Ecstasy, however "Danger Zone" should really be here.

THE ETERNAL IDOL songs: Missing too many decent songs, Such as "Ancient Warrior" and "Born To Lose".

Needless to say, Many great albums are missing such as HEADLESS CROSS, TYR and CROSS PURPOSES. But I guess Castle doesn't own the copyright for them. It's true my first Sabbath album was a compilation, but just like I said; I've had to sell it since I went out after the original albums. I don't even own this particular compilation, so I wrote this review because, well, I have all the songs on it and much more. (Including the Live ones)
So, I'll suggest once more, that you don't buy this thing and look for the "real" albums. And, speaking of Black Sabbath, they're all good. ( OK, maybe not some of they're live material and FORBIDDEN :( ).

Too much for newcomers, not enough for collectors.......2003-10-12

This four-disc box set does a pretty good job, drawing heavily from Black Sabbath's classic 70s releases (the Ozzy Osbourne years), but dipping somewhat in quality towards the end.

Virtually all Sabbath's important 70s songs are here, from "Paranoid" and "Iron Man" to "Symptom Of The Universe" and "Never Say Die", and most of the Dio-era selections are reasonably good as well.
The only problem with this set is that it doesn't contain anything of interest to collectors, and anyone who is willing to buy a $60 Black Sabbath set would probably be better off with the band's first four orginal studio albums (or the double-disc "The Best Of Black Sabbath"), and perhaps a single-disc collection of their latter-day songs.
3 1/2 stars.

A Must Have For a New Fan.......2003-03-09

If you're a new fan of Black Sabbath and don't know where to start, you should off with this CD or if you're on a budget or only want the stuff with Ozzy, get Symptom of the Universe 1970-78 instead, and to be honest with you, this was the CD that got me involved with Black Sabbath cause they're one of the best and most influential bands of all time and their only hit singles were Paranoid and Iron Man and a lot of there other songs were awesome as well, The CD contains songs from their self titled debut album to there 1987 release Eternal Idol and I think that they should've stopped after either The Mob Rules or Born Again and add more songs to Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (which only contains the title track and Killing Yourself to Live) and a little more on Never Say Die (which only contains the title track and Hard Road).
This CD also doesn't have Fairies Wear Boots and I honestly don't know why.
If you love Metallica, Stone Temple Pilots, Soundgarden, Chevelle, Marilyn Manson, and those 1990's alternative rock bands then you should get into Black Sabbath cause they are the godfathers of heavy metal and half of those bands weren't even exist if it weren't for Black Sabbath.