Soft Cell - Paranoid (Black Sabbath Cover)

From ' The Bedsit Tapes ' Label: Some Bizzare -- SBZ046 Format: CD, Album Country: UK Released: 25 Jul 2005 Tracklist 01. Potential 02. L.O.V.E. 03. Metro Mr X 04. Bleak Is My Favourite Cliché 05. Occupational Hazard 06. Mix 07. Factory Fun 08. Science Fiction Stories 09. Purely Functional 10. A Cut Above The Rest 11. Paranoid 12. Excretory Eat Anorexia Nervosa 13. Cleansing Fanatic 14. Walking Make Up Counter 15. Pyrex My Cuisine 16. Tupperware Party Artwork By [With Thanks To] - Martin, Ema And Jacques Design - Allon Kaye Liner Notes [Sleeve Notes] - Dave Ball Mastered By - Ralph Ruppert Photography - Martin Holtkamp Tracks were recorded in bedrooms and the polytechnic art department studio in a very basic fashion between 1978 and 1980. Mastered at Headroom Studio. Photography: Shot on location in Leeds, January 2005. Sleeve Notes: 6 June 2005. ------------------------ "Paranoid" is a song by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, featured on their second album Paranoid (1971). It is the first single from the album, while the B-side is the song "The Wizard". It reached number 4 on the UK Singles Chart and number 61 on the Billboard Hot 100. Also, the song topped the German Singles Chart. Legacy "Paranoid" is consistently ranked as one of the greatest heavy metal songs of all time. It is typically associated with both Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath due to its popularity. After Osbourne left the band in 1979 to pursue a solo career, he continued to perform this track normally at the end of the set. Various different live versions have been recorded with Osbourne. This is due to the changes in band lineup since the original Blizzard of Ozz in 1980. Popular live versions featuring various guitarists including Randy Rhoads, Brad Gillis, Jake E. Lee and Zakk Wylde were all recorded and later released. Q magazine placed it at number 11 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks. Rolling Stone ranked it number 250 on their list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time and called the song, "a two-minute blast of protopunk".The original Black Sabbath recording has been used numerous times in various films and television shows including Sid & Nancy, Dazed and Confused, The Stoned Age,Any Given Sunday, Almost Famous, and We Are Marshall. Cover versions of "Paranoid" were performed by: Cindy & Bert: "Der Hund von Baskerville" - German schlager version, 1971 Heavy metal band Megadeth for the Black Sabbath tribute album, Nativity in Black. At the end of the recording, while the rest of the band stops, drummer Nick Menza continues playing until singer Dave Mustaine shouts to him, to which Menza replies profanely. The cover was later nominated for a Grammy. The Dickies on their album The Incredible Shrinking Dickies. The Dillinger Escape Plan for the reissue of their Under the Running Board EP. Synthpop band New Clear Sky on their album Newer, clearer... Avenged Sevenfold on a tribute album called Covered, A Revolution in Sound