Favourite Iommi acoustic instrumental

[KazolOrajia]

A simple little poll. This is tough for me, since all of them are amazing, but I have to go with 'Don't Start (Too Late)'.

[Axeman77]

Don't Start too, very hard to vote though, cos' all his instrumentals are amazing, I wonder if the beginning of Spiral Architect was originally intended to be a instrumental?

[Ochlocracy]

Laguna sunrise for me.

[TYR66]

Fluff , full of melancholy

[Soul Sucker]

Scarlet Pimpernel

[Billy Underdog]

This should've been a multiple choise-poll, i would've gone for both Don't Start (Too Leat) since it's such a great intro to Symptom, and Laguna Sunrise since it's a song on it's own instead of just an intro. Went for the Sunrise...

[Charger]

Embryo for me. Love it!

[KazolOrajia]

Fuck, I put 'Don't Stop' instead of 'Don't Start'. That's embarrassing.

[Billy Underdog]

Fuck, I put 'Don't Stop' instead of 'Don't Start'. That's embarrassing.

Well, it's important to don't stop too late too...

[Josef_K]

They are all great, I chose Fluff but it's closely followed by Laguna Sunrise, Orchid and Scarlet Pimpernel. I wish he'd recorded more of these, would gladly have an album with one side instrumental or something. If only they had been able to maintain the progressive edge they got in SBS, that would have been very interesting. Though of course it would have eliminated any chances of commercial success since the genre of prog rock was on it's way out by then ^^

[Billy Underdog]

If only they had been able to maintain the progressive edge they got in SBS, that would have been very interesting. Though of course it would have eliminated any chances of commercial success since the genre of prog rock was on it's way out by then ^^

I actually feel they did maintain that edge, i see Sabotage, TE and NSD (along with SBS, ofcourse..) as their "prog-era".
And in true Sabbath Spirit they had their prog-era when the prog was fading out

[Thelemech]

I actually feel they did maintain that edge, i see Sabotage, TE and NSD (along with SBS, ofcourse..) as their "prog-era".
And in true Sabbath Spirit they had their prog-era when the prog was fading out

Interesting opinion - I am inclined to agree actually.......

[LouiST]

Fluff owns

[Josef_K]

I actually feel they did maintain that edge, i see Sabotage, TE and NSD (along with SBS, ofcourse..) as their "prog-era".
And in true Sabbath Spirit they had their prog-era when the prog was fading out

To some degree I can see where you're coming from, they kept the keyboards. Also "Air Dance" is quite progressive in it's structure. Apart from that, I'd still say SBS is much more of a prog album than the later three. And of course we don't need to mention anything after NSD here :D Honestly I don't get what the Sabbath spirit is in doing something when it's on the way out, have they done that before/after?

[-E5150 StarWanderer-]

All are fantastic, but I voted Don't Start (Too Late). I love the spanish guitar vibe, and it works as a great introduction for the heaviness of Symptom Of The Universe. Iommi has always been an underrated acoustic player in my books.

But as far as his acoustic work goes, my favorite is the intro of Bible Black. The guitars are simply mezmerising...

[Charger]

But as far as his acoustic work goes, my favorite is the intro of Bible Black. The guitars are simply mezmerising...

I agree 100%

It is without a doubt Iommi's bes acoustic work period.

[Billy Underdog]

Honestly I don't get what the Sabbath spirit is in doing something when it's on the way out, have they done that before/after?

I was thinking more like "at the wrong place in the wrong time/going against the stream"-kinda thing. They certainly did that later atleast. 1984 onwards...

[scorpio 2000]

I picked orchid. Im surprised they didnt include the outro to SOTU, Shes Gone and Its Alright.

[Josef_K]

I was thinking more like "at the wrong place in the wrong time/going against the stream"-kinda thing. They certainly did that later atleast. 1984 onwards...

Yeah in a way I guess you're right. They were heavily influenced by whatever was popular at the time during those albums as well though I would say Tony never let that take over the album, he still made the material he thought sounded best. Probably one of the reasons why every single song turned out to be good imo.

[Ochlocracy]

I picked orchid. Im surprised they didnt include the outro to SOTU, Shes Gone and Its Alright.

They aren't instrumental.

[KazolOrajia]

I actually feel they did maintain that edge, i see Sabotage, TE and NSD (along with SBS, ofcourse..) as their "prog-era".
And in true Sabbath Spirit they had their prog-era when the prog was fading out

I think Sabbath experimented since their first album. After all, there was nothing that sounded like them before 1970. And with each album they expanded on their style and explored new territory. MOR introduced acoustic guitars; Vol 4 has a lot more variety than previous albums with a ballad, acoustic intrumental, and a mix of dark, heavy songs with more melodic, upbeat ones; SBS had longer songs with more complex arrangements and introduced keyboards and orchestration; Sabotage is definitely their most varried albums, containing both their heaviest and most melodic work; and of course NSD sounded completely different than anything they did before. That's what I love about the Ozzy era. Each album is completely unqiue. I'm a die-hard fan of the Dio and Tony Martin eras, but it's true that they didn't experiment as much as they did in the '70s.

They are all great, I chose Fluff but it's closely followed by Laguna Sunrise, Orchid and Scarlet Pimpernel. I wish he'd recorded more of these, would gladly have an album with one side instrumental or something. If only they had been able to maintain the progressive edge they got in SBS, that would have been very interesting. Though of course it would have eliminated any chances of commercial success since the genre of prog rock was on it's way out by then ^^

I've been thinknig about that for a while. I think Iommi should definitely do an acoustic album. I'd buy it in a second. He's such an underrated guitarist, because everyone loves him for his heavy riffs, but he's an incredibly varied player.

[scorpio 2000]

My bad guys. I forgot the topic is acoustic instrumental. Please forget that i brought up ,Shes gone, Its alright and the acoustic half of SOTU. I would bring up the very end of Heaven and Hell where Iommi plays solo acoustic but the whole song is not acoustic or an instrumental.

[Wicked Cricket]

Scarlet Pimpernel is his best, it has a Tubuler Bells (Theme from the Exorcist) vibe about it and it doesn't drag on like Fluff which gets tedious after about the first 3 min. Don't Start (Too Late) is just a finger scale excersize, can't believe it leads this poll, Laguna Sunrise is my 2nd pick, Orchid & Embryo are ok, good intros to real songs. Iommi's genious is writing simple catchy stuff, his acoustic worl is OK, but can't touch Jimmy Page's who is much more fluid wide ranging in his acoustic work. Blackmore has shown in his later years that he is a great folk classical player as well, much better than Iommi's work Tony's a great song architek, not a virtuoso player by any means. His genious is in writing heavy melodic riffs.

[DiosSword]

"Scarlet Pimpernel." It has a slight Flamenco flavour to it.

[RichardRG]

"Laguna Sunrise." It makes me think of being high as hell.