| align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 |
| lign="center" colspan="3"|album cover |
| lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|LP by Black Sabbath |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Released | colspan="2" valign="top"|September, 1972 |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Recorded | colspan="2" valign="top"|1972 |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Genre | colspan="2" valign="top"|Heavy metal |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Length | colspan="2" valign="top"|42 min 38 s |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Record label | colspan="2" valign="top"|Warner Brothers |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Producers | colspan="2" valign="top"|Patrick Meehan, Black Sabbath |
| gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Professional reviews |
| lign="left" valign="top"|All Music Guide | valign="top" align="center"|4½/5 | valign="top"|link |
| lign="left" valign="top"|RollingStone | valign="top" align="center"|NR | valign="top"|link |
| gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Black Sabbath Chronology |
align="top"|Master of Reality
(1971) | valign="top"|Vol. 4
(1972) | valign="top"|Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
(1973) |