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Black Sabbath - 1970
Black Sabbath - 1970		 
Released: 13 February 1970
Recorded: 20 July 1969 – 8 January 1970 at Regent Sound Studios, London

Label: Vertigo
Producer: Rodger Bain
 
Release history:
United Kingdom:

United States:

Europe remastered:
 

13 February 1970 Vertigo LP
1992 Castle CD
1 June 1970 Warber Bros.
1 July 1988 CD
2 July 2009 Sanctuary Double CD
 
Line up:

Ozzy Osbourne - Vocals
Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
Terry "Geezer" Butler - Bass
Bill Ward - Drums

All songs: Iommi/Butler/Ward/Osbourne.
Except "Evil Woman" (Crow cover)
and "Warning" (Aynsley Dunbar Retaliation Cover).
 
Track listing:
 
All Lyrics
 
  1. BlackSabbath - 6:16
    2. 

  2. The Wizard - 4:24
    3. 

  3. Behind the Wall of Sleep - 3:38
    4. 

  4. N.I.B. - 6:06
    5. 

  5. Evil Woman - 3:25 - European version
Wicked World - 4:47 - US version
    6. 

  6. Sleeping Village - 3:46
    7. 

  7. Warning - 10:32
  
Paranoid - 1970
Paranoid - 1970 
Line up:

Ozzy Osbourne - Vocals
Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
Terry "Geezer" Butler - Bass
Bill Ward - Drums
 
Track listing:
  1. Luke's Wall/War Pigs - 7:55
    2. 

  2. Paranoid - 2:47
    3. 

  3. Planet Caravan - 4:24
    4. 

  4. Iron Man - 5:53
    5. 

  5. Electric Funeral - 4:47
    6. 

  6. Hand of Doom - 7:07
    7. 

  7. Rat Salad (Instrumental)- 2:29
    8. 

  8. Fairies Wear Boots/Jack the Stripper - 6:13
 
Notes:
The original name of this album was to be War Pigs, but it was changed due to perceived
hostility the album might have gotten due to the Vietnamese War. 
The original name of the song War Pigs was Walpurgis, and had totally different lyrics.
Master Of Reality - 1971
Master Of Reality - 1971		 
Line up:

Ozzy Osbourne - Vocals
Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
Geezer Butler - Bass
Bill Ward - Drums
 
Track listing:
  1. Sweet Leaf - 5:02
    2. 

  2. After Forever - 5:25
    3. 

  3. Embryo (Instrumental)
    4.  - 0:20

  4. Children of the Grave - 5:23
    5. 

  5. Orchid (Instrumental) - 1:30
    6. 

  6. Lord of this World - 5:24
    7. 

  7. Solitude - 5:02
    8. 

  8. Into the Void - 6:12
Volume IV (Snowblind) 1972
Volume IV (Snowblind) - 1972		 
Line up:

Ozzy Osbourne - Vocals
Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
Geezer Butler - Bass
Bill Ward - Drums
 
Track listing:
  1. Wheels of Confusion/The Straightener - 8:00
    2. 

  2. Tomorrow's Dream - 3:08
    3. 

  3. Changes - 6:28
    4. 

  4. FX (Instrumental) - 1:41
    5. 

  5. Supernaut - 4:43
    6. 

  6. Snowblind - 5:28
    7. 

  7. Cornucopia - 3:50
    8. 

  8. Laguna Sunrise (Instrumental) - 2:50
    9. 

  9. St. Vitus' Dance - 2:30
    10. 

  10. Under the Sun/Every Day Comes & Goes - 5:52
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - 1973
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - 1973		 
Line up:

Ozzy Osbourne - Vocals
Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
Geezer Butler - Bass
Bill Ward - Drums
 
Track listing:
  1. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - 5:35
    2. 

  2. A National Acrobat - 6:20
    3. 

  3. Fluff (Instrumental)- 4:10
    4. 

  4. Sabbra Cadabra - 5:55
    5. 

  5. Killing Yourself to Live - 5:35
    6. 

  6. Who are You? - 4:10
    7. 

  7. Looking for Today - 5:00
    8. 

  8. Spiral Architect - 4:40
    9.
Sabotage - 1975
Sabotage - 1975		 
Line up:

Ozzy Osbourne - Vocals
Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
Geezer Butler - Bass
Bill Ward - Drums
 
Track listing:
  1. Hole in the Sky - 4:00
    2. 

  2. Don't Start - Too Late (Instrumental) - 0:49
    3. 

  3. Symptom of the Universe - 6:28
    4. 

  4. Megalomania - 9:40
    5. 

  5. The Thrill of it All - 5:52
    6. 

  6. Supertzar (Instrumental) - 3:42
    7. 

  7. Am I Going Insane - Radio - 4:15
    8. 

  8. The Writ - 8:09
    9. 

  9. Blow on a Jug - 0:23 - see Notes
 
Notes:
One some pressings of the viynl/cassette - and the remaster CD, there's a short 23 second song after.
The Writ - recorded at very low volume called "Blow on a Jug". It's usually tacked onto The Writ, and isn't a track on it's own.
It was Ozzy & Bill Ward goofing around in the studio.
We Sold Our Soul For Rock'N'Roll - 1975
We Sold Our Soul For Rock'N'Roll
- 1975 -
(Double Album - Greatest Hits)		 
Line up:

Ozzy Osbourne - Vocals
Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
Geezer Butler - Bass
Bill Ward - Drums
Gerald Woodruffe - Keyboards
Rick Wakeman - Keyboards on track 11
 Track listing:
  1. Black Sabbath
  2. The Wizard
  3. Paranoid
  4. War Pigs
  5. Iron Man
  6. Tomorrow's Dream
  7. Fairies Wear Boots
  8. Changes
  9. Sweet Leaf
  10. Children of the Grave
  11. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
  12. Am I Going Insane - Radio
  13. Snowblind
  14. N.I.B.
Technical Ecstazy - 1976
Technical Ecstazy - 1976 
Line up:

Ozzy Osbourne - Vocals
Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
Geezer Butler - Bass
Bill Ward - Drums
Gerald Woodruffe - Keyboards
 Track listing:
  1. Back Street Kids - 3:46
  2. You Won't Change Me - 6:34
  3. It's Alright - 3:58
  4. Gypsy - 5:10
  5. All Moving Parts - Stand Still 4:59
  6. Rock 'N' Roll Doctor - 3:25
  7. She's Gone - 4:51
  8. Dirty Women - 7:15
Never Say Die ! - 1978
Never Say Die ! - 1978 
Line up:

Ozzy Osbourne - Vocals
Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
Geezer Butler - Bass
Bill Ward - Drums
Don Airey - Keyboards
John Elstar - Harmonica
 Track listing:
  1. Never Say Die
  2. Johnny Blade
  3. Junior's Eyes
  4. A Hard Road
  5. Shock Wave
  6. Air Dance
  7. Over To You
  8. Breakout - Instr.
  9. Swinging the Chain
Heaven And Hell - 1980
Heaven And Hell - 1980 
Released 25 April 1980 
Recorded Criteria Recording Studios, Miami,
Florida & Studio Ferber, Paris, France
1 October 1979 – 1 January 1980 
Label Vertigo
Warner Bros. (US/Canada) 
Producer Martin Birch 


Line up:

Ronnie James Dio - Vocals
Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
Geezer Butler - Bass
Bill Ward - Drums
Geoff Nicholls - Keyboards
 Track listing:
  1. Neon Knights - 3:49
  2. Children of the Sea - 5:30
  3. Lady Evil - 4:22
  4. Heaven & Hell - 6:56
  5. Wishing Well - 4:02
  6. Die Young - 4:41
  7. Walk Away - 4:21
  8. Lonely is the Word - 5:49
 
Ronald James Padavona (Ronnie James Dio) died Sunday May, 16 2010 due to serious condition of Stomach cancer.
R.I.P. Dio !
Mob Rules - 1981
Mob Rules - 1981 
Line up:

Ronnie James Dio - Vocals
Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
Geezer Butler - Bass
Vinny Appice - Drums
Geoff Nicholls - Keyboards
Track listing:
  1. Turn Up the Night - 3:42
  2. Voodoo - 4:32
  3. The Sign of the Southern Cross - 7:46
  4. E5150 - (Instr.) - 2:54
  5. The Mob Rules - 3:14
  6. Country Girl - 4:02
  7. Slipping Away - 3:45
  8. Falling off the Edge of the World - 5:02
  9. Over & Over - 5:28
Live Evil - 1982 (Live)
Live Evil - 1982
(Live) 
Line up:

Ronnie James Dio - Vocals
Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
Geezer Butler - Bass
Vinny Appice - Drums
Geoff Nicholls - Keyboards

Track listing:
  1. E5150 - (Instr.) 2:21
    2. 

  2. Neon Knights - 4:36
    3. 

  3. N.I.B. - 5:09
    4. 

  4. Children of the Sea - 6:08
    5. 

  5. Voodoo - 6:07
    6. 

  6. Black Sabbath - 8:39
    7. 

  7. War Pigs - 9:19
    8. 

  8. Iron Man - 7:29
    9. 

  9. The Mob Rules - 4:10
    10. 

  10. Heaven & Hell - 12:04
    11. 

  11. The Sign of the Southern Cross - 7:15
/ Heaven & Hell - Continued
    12. 

  12. Paranoid - 3:46
    13. 

  13. Children of the Grave - 5:25
    14. 

  14. Fluff - (Instr.) - 0:59
    15.
Born Again - 1983
Born Again - 1983 
Line up:

Ian Gillan - Vocals
Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
Geezer Butler - Bass
Bill Ward - Drums
Geoff Nicholls - Keyboards
Track listing:
  1. Trashed - 4:10
  2. Stonehenge (Instr.) - 1:57
  3. Disturbing the Priest - 5:48
  4. The Dark (Instr.) - 0:31
  5. Zero the Hero - 7:45
  6. Digital Bitch - 3:35
  7. Born Again - 6:30
  8. Hot Line - 4:50
  9. Keep it Warm - 5:34
Seventh Star - 1986
Seventh Star - 1986 
Line up:

Glen Hughes - Vocals
Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
Dave Spitz - Bass
(Gordon Copley - Bass on track 2)
Eric Singer - Drums
Geoff Nicholls - Keyboards
Track listing:
  1. In for the Kill - 3:40
  2. No Stranger to Love - 4:28
  3. Turn to Stone - 3:28
  4. Sphinx - The Guardian (Instr.) - 1:11
  5. Seventh Star - 5:20
  6. Danger Zone - 4:23
  7. Heart Like a Wheel - 6:35
  8. Angry Heart - 3:06
  9. In Memory ... - 2:35
The Eternal Idol - 1987
The Eternal Idol - 1987 
Released:
UK: 1 November 1987
US: 8 December 1987  
Recorded 1986–1987 at Air Studios, Montserrat & Battery Studios, London 

Label:
Vertigo
Warner Bros. (US/Canada) 

Producer: Jeff Glixman, Vic Coppersmith-Heaven, Chris Tsangarides 

The album was originally to be recorded with vocalist Ray Gillen, who quit the band shortly after
the initial sessions on Montserrat with producer Jeff Glixman.
Martin was hired and reconstructed the vocals shortly before production ended.
Most tracks were written by Tony Iommi and bassist/lyricist Bob Daisley,
although some lyrics were subsequently modified by Geoff Nicholls and Tony Martin
after he joined the band.
 
Line up:

Tony Martin - Vocals
Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
Bob Daisley - Bass
Eric Singer - Drums
Geoff Nicholls - Keyboards
 Track listing:
  1. The Shining - 5:58
  2. Ancient Warrior - 5:34
  3. Hard Life to Love - 5:00
  4. Glory Ride - 4:48
  5. Born to Lose - 3:43
  6. Nightmare - 5:17
  7. Scarlet Pimpernel (Instr.) - 2:07
  8. Lost Forever - 4:00
  9. Eternal Idol - 6:35
Headless Cross - 1989
Headless Cross - 1989 
Released 24 April 1989
Recorded August–November 1988 at Soundmill
Woodcray & Amazon Studios
Label: I.R.S.
Producer: Tony Iommi, Cozy Powell

Line up:

Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
Tony Martin - Vocals
Laurence Cottle - Bass
Cozy Powell - Drums
Geoff Nicholls - Keyboards
 Track listing:
  1. The Gates of Hell - Instr. 1:06
  2. Headless Cross - 6:29 (Martin/Iommi/Powell)
  3. Devil & Daughter - 4:44 (Martin/Iommi/Powell)
  4. When Death Calls - 6:55
  5. Kill in the Spirit World - 5:11
  6. Call of the Wild - 5:18
  7. Black Moon - 4:06
  8. Nightwing - 6:35
  9. Cloak And Dagger - (Bonus Track) - 4:37
All songs were written by Black Sabbath, except where noted.
T Y R - 1990
T Y R - 1990 
Released: 20 August 1990 UK
31 August 1990 US
Recorded February-June 1990
at Rockfield and Woodcray Studios 
Label: I.R.S. 
Producer: Black Sabbath 

Line up:

Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
Tony Martin - Vocals
Neil Murray - Bass
Cozy Powell - Drums
Geoff Nicholls - Keyboards
 Track listing:
  1. Anno Mundi - (The Vision) - 6:12
  2. The Law Maker 3:47
  3. Jerusalem - 3:53
  4. The Sabbath Stones - 6:35
  5. The Battle of Tyr - (Instr.) - 1:08
  6. Odin's Court - 2:21
  7. Valhalla - 4:53
  8. Feels Good to Me - 5:36
  9. Heaven in Black - 3:57
All lyrics: Tony Martin / Music: Black Sabbath
Dehumanizer - 1992
Dehumanizer - 1992 
Released 22 June 1992 
Recorded Late 1991 – Early 1992 at 
Rockfield Studios, Wales 

Label I.R.S.
Reprise (US/Canada) 
Producer Reinhold Mack 

Line up:

Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
Ronnie James Dio - Vocals
Geezer Butler - Bass
Vinny Appice - Drums
Geoff Nicholls - Keyboards
 Track listing:
  1. Computer God
  2. After All - The Dead
  3. TV Crimes
  4. Letters From Earth
  5. Master of Insanity
  6. Time Machine
  7. Sins of the Father
  8. Too Late
  9. I
  10. Buried Alive
Cross Purposes - 1994
Cross Purposes - 1994 
Released:

Line up:

Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
Tony Martin - Vocals
Geezer Butler - Bass
Bobby Rondinelli - Drums
Geoff Nicholls - Keyboards
 Track listing:
  1. I Witness - 4:56
  2. Cross of Thorns - 4:31
  3. Psychophobia - 3:10
  4. Virtual Death - 5:45
  5. Immaculate Deception - 4:12
  6. Dying for Love - 5:49
  7. Back to Eden - 3:53
  8. The Hand that Rocks the Cradle - 4:26
  9. Cardinal Sin - 4:17
  10. Evil Eye - 5:57
Cross Purposes - 1995
Cross Purposes (Live) - 1995 
Released:

Line up:

Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
Tony Martin - Vocals
Geezer Butler - Bass
Bobby Rondinelli - Drums
Geoff Nicholls - Keyboards
 Track listing:
  1. Time Machine
  2. Children of the Grave
  3. I Witness
  4. Mob Rules
  5. Into the Void
  6. Anno Mundi
  7. Black Sabbath
  8. Neon Knights
  9. Psychophobia
  10. The Wizard
  11. Cross of Thorns
  12. Symptom of the Universe
  13. Headless Cross
  14. Paranoid
  15. Iron Man
  16. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
Forbidden - 1995
Forbidden - 1995 
Released:

Line up:

Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
Tony Martin - Vocals
Neil Murray - Bass
Cozy Powell - Drums
Geoff Nicholls - Keyboards
Track listing:
  1. The Illusion of Power - 4:54
  2. Get A Grip - 3:59
  3. Can't Get Close Enough - 4:28
  4. Shaking Off The Chains - 4:04
  5. I Won't Cry For You - 4:48
  6. Guilty As Hell - 3:28
  7. Sick And Tired - 3:31
  8. Rusty Angels - 5:00
  9. Forbidden - 3:47
  10. Kiss Of Death - 6:09
Reunion - 1998
Reunion - 1998 
Released:

Line up:

Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
Ozyy Osbourne - Vocals
Geezer Butler - Bass
Bill Ward - Drums
Geoff Nicholls - Keyboards
CD 1
  1. War Pigs
  2. Behind The Wall Of Sleep
  3. N.I.B.
  4. Fairies Wear Boots
  5. Electric Funeral
  6. Sweet Leaf
  7. Spiral Architect
  8. Into The Void
  9. Snowblind
CD 2
  1. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
  2. Orchid/Lord Of This World
  3. Dirty Women
  4. Black Sabbath
  5. Iron Man
  6. Children Of The Grave
  7. Paranoid
  8. Psycho Man - new studio song
  9. Selling My Soul - new studio song
The Dio Years - 2007
Black Sabbath: The Dio Years
3 April 2007 
Released: 3 April 2007
Compilation

Line up:

Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
Ronnie James Dio - Vocals
Geezer Butler - Bass
Bill Ward – Drums (on tracks 1–5) 
Vinny Appice – Drums (on tracks 6–16) 
Geoff Nicholls – Keyboards (on tracks 1–13)
  1. Neon Knights
  2. Lady Evil
  3. Heaven And Hell
  4. Die Young
  5. Lonely Is The Word
  6. The Mob Rules
  7. Turn Up The Night
  8. Voodoo
  9. Falling Off The Edge Of The World
  10. After All (The Dead)
  11. TV Crimes
  12. I
  13. Children Of The Sea - Live
  14. The Devil Cried (New track)
  15. Shadow of the Wind (New track)
  16. Ear in the Wall (New track)
  17. The Devil Cried (Radio Edit - Digital DL Only)
The Devil You Know - 2009
The Devil You Know - 2009 
Released: April 2009

Line up:

Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
Ronnie James Dio - Vocals
Geezer Butler - Bass
Vinny Appice - Drums
Mike Exeter - Keyboards
  1. Atom & Evil
  2. Fear
  3. Bible Black
  4. Double the Pain
  5. Rock & Roll Angel
  6. The Turn of the Screw
  7. Eating the Cannibals
  8. Follow the Tears
  9. Neverwhere
  10. Breaking into Heaven
  11. I (Live
  12. Die Young (Live)
Neon Nights: 30 Years of Heaven & Hell - Recorded 30 July 2009, Released November 2010
Neon Nights: 30 Years of
Heaven & Hell - 2009 
Released: November 2010
Recorded July 30, 2009 

Line up:

Ronnie James Dio - Vocals
Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
Geezer Butler - Bass
Vinny Appice - Drums
Scott Warren - Keyboards/Rhythm Guitar
  1. The Mob Rules
  2. Children Of The Sea - Live
  3. I
  4. Bible Black
  5. Time Machine
  6. Fear
  7. Falling Off The Edge Of The World
  8. Follow the Tears
  9. Die Young
  10. Heaven And Hell
  11. Neon Knights
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