Tracks
- 11970Dutch Top 40: peak position 2 in week 43 of 1970, 14 weeks in the chartParanoid2:48E major
- 21970Iron Man5:54C♯ minor
- 31971Children of the Grave5:16D♯ minor
- 41973Sabbath Bloody Sabbath5:45D♯ minor
- 51976Back Street Kids3:48D major
- 61970War Pigs7:55E major
- 71970Black Sabbath6:20G♯ major
- 81971Sweet Leaf5:03C minor
- 91972Snowblind5:28C♯ minor
- 101975Hole in the Sky4:00A♯ major
- 111970N.I.B.6:06
- 121970Planet Caravan4:29D major
- 131978Never Say Die3:47A major
- 141970The Wizard4:22A minor
- 151970Fairies Wear Boots6:14G major
- 161972Supernaut4:42C♯ major
- 171972Changes4:45C major
Source of the Dutch Top 40 entries: top40.nl
Sound of The Ultimate Collection
The Ultimate Collection sounds more acoustic than the shelves on average, at a tempo around 115 bpm.
Quietest track: Planet Caravan · most energetic: Hole in the Sky
Across 17 tracks on the shelves. The mark and the small number: the average of the whole collection.
Timeline of the line-up
All five members of Black Sabbath over the years, without tour members. This is a compilation that spans the whole career, not one moment in time. The thin line is this album and the red lines are the entries in the Dutch Top 40. Point at a line for more. A linked name has its own page.
Tony Iommi
Bill Ward
Geezer Butler
Ozzy Osbourne
Dave Walker197019751980198519901995200020052010201520202025Member of the groupAlbumDutch Top 40Member until the end
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Frequently asked questions
When was The Ultimate Collection by Black Sabbath released?
The Ultimate Collection came out in 2016.
How many tracks are on The Ultimate Collection?
The Ultimate Collection has 17 tracks, 87 minutes in total.
Which tracks from The Ultimate Collection made the Dutch Top 40?
One track from this album reached the Dutch Top 40: Paranoid. It got to number 2 in week 43 of 1970.
Which category is The Ultimate Collection in?
The Ultimate Collection is filed under compilations. On the home page, sorted by category, the album sits on that shelf, among the other albums by Black Sabbath.
Which other albums by Black Sabbath are in the collection?
The collection holds one more album by Black Sabbath: Paranoid (1970).
Who was in Black Sabbath when The Ultimate Collection came out?
In 1970–1978, Black Sabbath consisted of Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne and Dave Walker. That is the line-up of the group in those years, not necessarily who is heard on the album. A linked name has a page of its own.
What do the percentages for the sound of The Ultimate Collection mean?
They come from an acoustic analysis of the recordings as they are on Spotify: per track a score from 0 to 100 for energy, danceability, mood and acoustic, plus the tempo and the key. They are the outcome of a model, not a measurement of the music itself; 93% acoustic means the model is fairly sure that mostly acoustic instruments are heard. The sound of the album is the average of its tracks, each track counting equally, and the comparison is with the average of all analysed tracks in the collection.
How do you play The Ultimate Collection?
With the round Spotify button after each track, or the whole album at once via the play button next to the cover. The music plays in the player at the bottom of the page and keeps going while you browse on. This needs one-time consent for Spotify.
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If you have landed here, you probably want to keep going: an album, an artist, a week in the Dutch Top 40 or a concert.