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{{Infobox album
| Name = Master of Reality| Type = Albumstudio
| Artist = [[Black Sabbath]]
| Cover = Master of Reality.jpg
| Released = {{Start date|21 July 1971|7|21|df=yes}}
| Recorded = February – April 1971 at Island Studios in London, England
| Mastering = 10 June 1971, at Trident Studios, London, England
| Genre = Heavy metal
| Length = 34:29
| Producer = Rodger Bain
| Engineers = Tom Allom, Roy Baker. Tony Platt (2nd Engineer/Tape Operator).
| Last album = ''[[Paranoid (album)|Paranoid]]''<br />(1970)
| This album = '''''Master of Reality'''''<br />(1971)
| Next album = ''[[Vol. 4 (Black Sabbath album)|Vol. 4]]''<br />(1972)
}}
'''''Master of Reality''''' is the [[Black Sabbath]]'s third studio album. Released in July 1971, it is widely regarded as the foundation of [[doommetal|doom]], [[stoner metal|stoner ]] and [[sludge metal]]<ref name=Taylor>Taylor 2006, pg. 199, "Some say that ''Master of Reality'' was the first stoner rock album."</ref> It was certified double platinum after having sold over 2 million copies. ''Master of Reality'' was Black Sabbath's first and only top 10 album in the US until ''[[13 (Black Sabbath album)|13]]'' forty-two years later.
==Recording==