Iommi (album)

Iommi
Studio album by Iommi
Publication (s)	2000
Label (s)	Divine Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Heavy metal
Title (number)	10
running time	51:08
production	Tony Iommi , Bob Marlette
chronology - Iommi The 1996 DEP Sessions 2004

Iommi is a heavy metal album by Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi . It was released by Divine Recordings on October 17, 2000. In addition to Tony Iommi, Bob Marlette himself served as the producer. In contrast to Iommi's two other solo albums, numerous guest singers and musicians are involved on Iommi .

The songwriting of the album took nearly five years to complete. All songs were written by Tony Iommi, producer Bob Marlette (except Black Oblivion ) and the respective singers.

Tracklist with guest singers

1. "Laughing Man (In the Devil Mask)" - Henry Rollins (Iommi, Marlette, Rollins)
2. "Meat" - Skin (Iommi, Marlette, Skin)
3. "Goodbye Lament" - Dave Grohl (Grohl, Iommi, Marlette)
4. "Time Is Mine" - Phil Anselmo (Anselmo, Iommi, Marlette)
5. "Patterns" - Serj Tankian (Iommi, Marlette, Tankian)
6. "Black Oblivion" - Billy Corgan (Corgan, Iommi)
7. "Flame On" - Ian Astbury (Astbury, Iommi, Marlette)
8. "Just Say No to Love" - Peter Steele (Iommi, Marlette, Steele)
9. "Who's Fooling Who" - Ozzy Osbourne (Iommi, Marlette, Osbourne)
10. "Into the Night" - Billy Idol (Idol, Iommi, Marlette)

Guest musician

• Tony Iommi - guitars
• Terry Phillips - bass on song 1
• Bob Marlette - keyboard, bass on song 2
• Laurence Cottle - bass on songs 3, 4, 5, 7, 8 and 9
• Billy Corgan - bass and rhythm guitar on song 6
• Peter Steele - bass on song 8
• Ben Shepherd - bass on song 10
• Martin Kent (Ace) - rhythm guitar on song 2
• Brian May - lead guitar on songs 3 and 7
• Jimmy Copley - drums on songs 1 and 5
• John Tempesta - drums on song 2
• Dave Grohl - drums on song 3
• Matt Cameron - drums on songs 4, 7, 8 and 10
• Kenny Aronoff - drums on song 6
• Bill Ward - drums on song 9

Single release

The song Goodbye Lament was the only one released as a single. It reached number ten on US Mainstream Rock Tracks and number 129 on the Billboard 200.

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1. ↑ billboard.com Artist Chart History - Tony Iommi ( Memento from October 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
2. ↑ billboard.com Artist Chart History - Tony Iommi ( Memento from October 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive )