Black Sabbath "Under Wheels Of Confusion (Special Edition 4CD Boxed Set, Remastered, UK, Essential Records, ESF CD 419)"

Under Wheels of Confusion is a 1996 compilation album from Black Sabbath. The album covers the years 1970–1987 (specifically, every album from Black Sabbath to The Eternal Idol). It is a four-disc set.

Stephen Erlewine from AllMusic called the it "an unwieldy four-disc, 52-track box set". He also opined that it "dipped considerably in quality during the second half of the set, when Ozzy Osbourne left the group and was replaced by Ronnie James Dio ... and even though all of the stone-cold classics are here, as are all of Dio's best tracks, Sabbath remains best appreciated through their original albums, which capture the essence of the metal giants much better than this box".

British musician Andy Gill said this is "the one you've been waiting for ... four CDs, 52 tracks, Miltonesque biography, Pete Frame family tree, graveyard graphics, heavy-duty cardboard box - definitive evidence that if the Devil has the best tunes, then Birmingham has the bludgeoning riffs ... executed with pizzazz and facility by the spawn of Beelzebub".

Tracklist:

Disc 1: Under Wheels of Confusion Volume One 1970-1987 01:09:10  

1. Black Sabbath 06:21
2. The Wizard 04:24
3. N.I.B 06:05
4. Evil Woman 03:24
5. Wicked World 04:45
6. War Pigs 07:56
7. Paranoid 02:50
8. Iron Man 05:56
9. Planet Caravan 04:31
10. Hand of Doom 07:09
11. Sweet Leaf 05:05
12. After Forever 05:27
13. Children of the Grave 05:17

Disc 2:  Under Wheels of Confusion Volume Two 1970-1987 01:06:20   

1. Into the Void 06:15
2. Lord of This World 05:27
3. Orchid 01:34
4. Supernaut 04:45
5. Tomorrows Dream 03:10
6. Wheels of Confusion 08:14
7. Changes 04:45
8. Snowblind 05:29
9. Laguna Sunrise 02:52
10. Cornucopia [Live] 04:03
11. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 05:46
12. Killing Yourself to Live 05:41
13. Hole in the Sky 04:02
14. Am I Going Insane (Radio) [Radio Edit] 04:17

Disc 3:  Under Wheels of Confusion Volume Three 1970-1987 01:01:58  

1. The Writ 08:33
2. Symptom of the Universe 06:32
3. Dirty Women 07:11
4. Back Street Kids 03:51
5. Rock 'n' Roll Doctor 03:27
6. She's Gone 04:53
7. A Hard Road 06:05
8. Neon Knights 03:52
9. Heaven and Hell 06:59
10. Die Young 04:44
11. Lonely Is the Word 05:51

Disc 4:  Under Wheels of Confusion Volume Four 1970-1987 01:06:44   

1. Turn Up the Night 03:43
2. Sign of the Southern Cross 07:52
3. Falling off the Edge of the World 05:06
4. The Mob Rules [Live] 03:21
5. Voodoo [Live] 05:28
6. Digital Bitch 03:59
7. Trashed 04:15
8. Hot Line 04:53
9. In for the Kill 03:42
10. Seventh Star 05:19
11. Heart like a Wheel 06:34
12. Shining 05:58
13. Eternal Idol 06:34

Total time:  04:24:12

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!

Comes packaged in a sturdy slipcase box with each disc in a separate standard jewel case.

Disc 1:

Tracks 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 are taken from "Black Sabbath"

Tracks 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are taken from "Paranoid"

Tracks 11, 12 and 13 are taken from "Master Of Reality"

Disc 2:

Tracks 1, 2 and 3 are taken from "Master Of Reality"

Tracks 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 are taken from "Vol.4"

Tracks 11 and 12 are taken from "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath"

Tracks 13 and 14 are taken from "Sabotage"

Disc 3:

Tracks 1 and 2 are taken from "Sabotage"

Tracks 3, 4, 5 and 6 are taken from "Technical Ecstasy"

Tracks 7 and 8 are taken from "Never Say Die"

Tracks 9, 10, 11 and 12 are taken from "Heaven And Hell"

Disc 4:

Tracks 1, 2 and 3 are taken from "The Mob Rules"

Tracks 4 and 5 are taken from "Live Evil"

Tracks 6, 7, and 8 are taken from "Born Again"

Tracks 9, 10 and 11 are taken from "Seventh Star"

Tracks 12 and 13 are taken from "Eternal Idol"