this album really is the ultimate first Metal record. that opening song, with the sound effects, and the bells, so amazing! Ozzy going out of his mind. so good!
always loved their ethos and approach. Ozzy wrote some fantastic lyrics too. he was making metal music about Satan but he likes the Beatles and is a practicing Christian too. Satan is, after all, a figure in the Christian cosmology.
they have a lot of great albums but this is probably the most special for having come first and sounding so fully formed. happy birthday!