Seventh Star

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Seventh Star
Black Sabbath studio album

Publication
(s)

January 28, 1986

Label (s)

Format (s)

LP, CD

Genre (s)

Heavy metal

Title (number)

9

running time

34:55

occupation
  • Ray Gillen - Vocals on the Deluxe Edition, Disc 2

production

Jeff Glixman

Studio (s)

Cheshire Sound Studios, Atlanta

chronology
Born Again
(1983) 		Seventh Star The Eternal Idol
(1987)

Seventh Star is the twelfth studio album by the British heavy metal band Black Sabbath . It was released in January 1986.

Emergence

The album was not originally intended to be a Black Sabbath album. The band broke up after the low point Born Again and the subsequent disastrous tour. Instead, it should be guitarist Tony Iommi's first solo album . At the instigation of the label and manager Don Arden , it was released as Black Sabbath featuring Tony Iommi . Ex- Deep Purple singer Glenn Hughes sang on the album, but he didn't play bass like he did on Deep Purple. Against this background, songwriting turned out to be more blues- oriented than usual with Black Sabbath. Hughes' singing was also completely different from Ozzy Osbournes , which was also shown in the following tour activities, in which Hughes was replaced by Ray Gillen after five appearances .

In 2010 the album was re-released as a double CD. The second CD contained a 1986 concert with Ray Gillen.

reception

Chart positions
Explanation of the data
Albums
Seventh Star
  UK 27 03/01/1986 (5 weeks)
  US 78 03/29/1986 (11 weeks)

Allmusic's Eduardo Rivadavia called Seventh Star "often misunderstood and undervalued". It awarded three out of five stars.

Track list

All of the tracks were written by Tony Iommi , although some lyrics were written by Glenn Hughes , Geoff Nicholls and Jeff Glixman .

Side one

  1. "In for the Kill" - 3:48
  2. "No Stranger to Love" - ​​4:28
  3. "Turn to Stone" - 3:28
  4. "Sphinx (The Guardian)" - 1:12
  5. "Seventh Star" - 5:20

Side two

  2. "Danger Zone" - 4:23
  3. "Heart Like a Wheel" - 6:35
  4. "Angry Heart" - 3:06
  5. "In Memory ..." - 2:35

Deluxe Edition 2010, Disc 1, Bonus Track

  2. "No Stranger To Love" (Single Remix)

Deluxe Edition 2010, Disc 2

Recorded at Hammersmith Odeon in London on June 2nd, 1986

  1. "The Mob Rules"
  2. "Danger Zone"
  3. " War Pigs "
  4. "Seventh Star"
  5. "The Young"
  6. " Black Sabbath "
  7. "NIB"
  8. "Neon Knights"
  9. "Paranoid"

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Eduardo Rivadavia: Review at Allmusic (accessed on March 3, 2012)
  2. ↑ www.black-sabbath.com ( Memento of the original from June 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.black-sabbath.com
  3. ↑ British Charts (accessed March 3, 2012)
  4. ↑ Allmusic : Billboard Albums (accessed March 3, 2012)
Black Sabbath
Bill Ward  • Ronnie James Dio  • Vinny Appice  • Geoff Nicholls • Tony Martin  • Ian Gillan  • Glenn Hughes  • Ray Gillen  • Cozy Powell  • Neil Murray  • Bev Bevan  • Jo Burt • Terry Chimes  • Bob Daisley  • Bobby Rondinelli  • Eric Singer  • Dave Pointed • Dave Walker


Studio albums

Black Sabbath (1970) • Paranoid (1970) • Master of Reality (1971) • Volume 4 (1972) • Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973) • Sabotage (1975) • Technical Ecstasy (1976) • Never Say Die! (1978) • Heaven and Hell (1980) • Mob Rules (1981) • Born Again (1983) • Seventh Star (1986) • The Eternal Idol (1987) • Headless Cross (1989) • Tyr (1990) • Dehumanizer (1992 ) • Cross Purposes (1994) • Forbidden (1995) • 13 (2013)

Live albums

Live at Last (1980) • Live Evil (1982) • Cross Purposes Live (1995) • Reunion (1998) • Black Sabbath - Live at Hammersmith Odeon (2007)

Compilation albums

We Sold Our Soul For Rock & Roll (1976) • The Best of Black Sabbath (2000) • Greatest Hits 1970–1978 (2007) • Black Sabbath: The Dio Years (2007) •

Singles

Black Sabbath (1970) • Evil Woman (1970) • NIB • Paranoid (1970) • The Wizard (1970) • Iron Man (1971) • War Pigs (1971) • Fairies Wear Boots (1971) • Sweat Leaf (1971) • Children of the Grave (1971) • After Forever (1972) • Snowblind (1972) • Tomorrow's Dream (1972) • Supernaut (1973) • Changes (1973) • Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (1973) • Sabbra Cadabra (1974) • Am I Going Insane (1975) • Hole in the Sky (1975) • Symptom of the Universe (1975) • Rock'Roll Doctor (1976) • Never Say Die (1978) • Hard Road (1978) • Dirty Woman (1979) • Neon Knights (1980) • The Young (1980) • Mob Rules (1981) • Turn Up the Night (1982) • Voodoo (1982) • Trashed (1983) • No Stranger to Love (1986) • The Shining (1987) • Headless Cross (1989) • Devil and Daughter (1989) • Feels Good to Me (1990) • TV Crimes (1992) • The Hand That Rocks The Cradle (1994) • Psycho Man (1998) • Selling My Soul (1999) • The Devil Cried (2007) • God is Dead? (2013) • End of the Beginning (2013) • The Loner (2013)