| align="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Paranoid |
| 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"|January, 1971 |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Recorded | colspan="2" valign="top"|1970 (?) |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Genre | colspan="2" valign="top"|Heavy metal |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Length | colspan="2" valign="top"|42 min 00 s |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Record label | colspan="2" valign="top"|Warner Brothers |
| lign="left" valign="top"|Producers | colspan="2" valign="top"|Rodger Bain |
| gcolor="orange" colspan="3"|Professional reviews |
| lign="left" valign="top"|AMG | valign="top" align=center|5/5 | 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"|Black Sabbath.
(1970) | valign="top"|Paranoid
(1971) | valign="top"|Master of Reality
(1971) |