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Reunion (Black Sabbath album)

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Released
  
20 October 1998

Reunion (1998)
  
Past Lives (2002)

Release date
  
20 October 1998

Genre
  
Heavy metal

Length
  
107:36

Artist
  
Black Sabbath

Label
  
Epic/Sony Records

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Recorded
  
Birmingham NEC, 4–5 December 1997 A&M Studios, Hollywood, California, April–May 1998 (studio tracks)

Producers
  
Thom Panunzio (live tracks), Bob Marlette (studio tracks)

Similar
  
Black Sabbath albums, Heavy metal albums

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Reunion is a live album by heavy metal band Black Sabbath. It features the original line-up of Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward, the first recording of the four musicians together after the firing of Osbourne in 1979. They had a couple of one-off reunions in 1985 and 1992, but never toured or recorded together.

Contents

This line-up played sporadic dates until Ronnie James Dio replaced Osbourne a second time, reforming the Heaven and Hell roster to tour following the release of the compilation album Black Sabbath: The Dio Years (2007).

This 2-CD live album was put together from the first two shows after the reunion, at the Birmingham NEC. Along with live versions of tracks such as "Paranoid", "N.I.B.", "Black Sabbath" and "Iron Man", it also features two new studio tracks – "Selling My Soul" and "Psycho Man". The two new tracks on Reunion were also released on a single CD in the USA.

Black Sabbath received their first Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance, for the live recording of "Iron Man" from this album in 2000. They went on to win the same award 13 years later, with the song "God Is Dead?".

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Track listing

All songs written by Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward, except where noted.

Disc one

  1. "War Pigs" – 8:28
  2. "Behind the Wall of Sleep" – 4:07
  3. "N.I.B." – 6:45
  4. "Fairies Wear Boots" – 6:19
  5. "Electric Funeral" – 5:02
  6. "Sweet Leaf" – 5:07
  7. "Spiral Architect" – 5:40
  8. "Into the Void" – 6:32
  9. "Snowblind" – 6:08

Disc two

  1. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" – 4:36
  2. "Orchid/Lord of This World" – 7:07
  3. "Dirty Women" – 6:29
  4. "Black Sabbath" – 7:29
  5. "Iron Man" – 8:21
  6. "Children of the Grave" – 6:30
  7. "Paranoid" – 4:28
  8. "Psycho Man" (Osbourne, Iommi) – 5:18
  9. "Selling My Soul" (Osbourne, Iommi) – 3:10

Personnel

Band members
  • Ozzy Osbourne – vocals
  • Tony Iommi – guitar
  • Geezer Butler – bass
  • Bill Ward – drums*
    • * In the credits for the two studio recordings, Bill Ward is only credited for drums on "Psycho Man." "Selling My Soul" features a drum machine.
    Additional Personal
  • Geoff Nicholls – keyboards, guitar
    • Production
  • Thom Panunzio – producer, engineer
  • Bob Marlette – producer and engineer of studio tracks, mixing at Rockfield Studios and A&M Studios
  • Greg Hackett, Barry Clempson – engineers
  • Phil Ault, John Aguto, Phil Hopkins – assistant engineers
  • Andrew Garver – digital editing
  • David Collins – mastering
  • Glen Wexler – cover design and photography

    • Charts

    Album – Billboard (North America)

    Singles – Billboard (North America)

    Songs

    1War Pigs8:33
    2Behind the Wall of Sleep4:10
    3NIB6:49

    References

    Reunion (Black Sabbath album) Wikipedia
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