Cross Purposes
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| Studio album by Black Sabbath | ||||
| Released | 31 January 1994 | |||
| Recorded | 1993 at Monnow Valley Studios, Wales | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 46:53 | |||
| Label | I.R.S. | |||
| Producer | Black Sabbath | |||
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| Rolling Stone | [2] |
Cross Purposes is the seventeenth studio album by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in January 1994.
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[edit] Album information
Dehumanizer saw the reunion of Mob Rules-era Black Sabbath, but, after the tour, Ronnie James Dio (vocals) and Vinny Appice (drums) departed. They were replaced by former Sabbath vocalist Tony Martin and former Rainbow/Blue Öyster Cult drummer Bobby Rondinelli.
The song "Cardinal Sin" was originally intended to be titled "Sin Cardinal Sin" (or "Sin, Cardinal Sin") but a printing error on the album sleeve caused the first word to be removed. Sabbath simply adopted the title "Cardinal Sin" as the name of the song.
A promo video was shot for "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle", in black-and-white.
"What's the Use?" was released only on the Japanese edition of Cross Purposes, which also contained a free sticker of the artwork.
The album peaked at number 122 on the Billboard 200 charts.[3]
[edit] Track listing
All songs written and composed by Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi and Tony Martin unless noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "I Witness" | 4:56 |
| 2. | "Cross of Thorns" | 4:32 |
| 3. | "Psychophobia" | 3:15 |
| 4. | "Virtual Death" | 5:49 |
| 5. | "Immaculate Deception" | 4:15 |
| 6. | "Dying for Love" | 5:53 |
| 7. | "Back to Eden" | 3:57 |
| 8. | "The Hand That Rocks the Cradle" | 4:30 |
| 9. | "Cardinal Sin" | 4:21 |
| 10. | "Evil Eye" (Butler/Iommi/Martin/Van Halen) | 5:58 |
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| 11. | "What's the Use?" | 3:03 | |||||||
[edit] Personnel
- Tony Martin – vocals
- Tony Iommi – guitars
- Geezer Butler – bass
- Geoff Nicholls – keyboards
- Bobby Rondinelli – drums
[edit] Notes
"Evil Eye" was written by Martin, Iommi and Butler with Eddie Van Halen, but Van Halen was not credited, due to his affilliation with Warner Bros. Records. Tony Martin further states that Eddie Van Halen wrote the riff for "Evil Eye" and played and recorded it in the studio and that Tony Iommi went in and re-recorded Eddie Van Halen's parts. The first main solo is performed by an uncredited Eddie Van Halen as well, per Tony Martin in the book Sabbath Bloody Sabbath: The Battle for Black Sabbath.
[edit] References
- ^ Torreano, Bradley. "Cross Purposes review". Allmusic. Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r193158. Retrieved 15 August 2011.
- ^ "Black Sabbath: Album Guide | Rolling Stone Music". Rollingstone.com. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/black-sabbath/albumguide. Retrieved 2011-08-15.
- ^ "Billboard album chart history-Black Sabbath". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=4105&model.vnuAlbumId=545105. Retrieved February 15, 2009.
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