The Sabbath Stones (album)

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The Sabbath Stones
Compilation album by Black Sabbath
Released	29 April 1996
Recorded	1983-1995
Genre	Heavy metal
Label	I.R.S. Records
Producer(s)	Various (see below)
Black Sabbath chronology
Forbidden (June 8, 1995)	The Sabbath Stones (1996)	Reunion (October 20, 1998)

The Sabbath Stones (1996) was the last album to be released by Black Sabbath with I.R.S. Records. The album is a compilation of Sabbath tracks ranging from 1983's Born Again to 1995's Forbidden, and was never formally released in the US or Canada. It was created solely to fulfill Tony Iommi's contract with IRS. It included a short story about Black Sabbath which had some mistakes. Another mistake was the misspelling of Vinny Appice's name on the front cover of the CD (as Vinnie).

[edit] Track listing

1. "Headless Cross" (Headless Cross)
2. "When Death Calls" (Headless Cross)
3. "Devil And Daughter" (Headless Cross)
4. "The Sabbath Stones" (Tyr)
5. "The Battle Of Tyr" (Tyr)
6. "Odin's Court" (Tyr)
7. "Valhalla" (Tyr)
8. "TV Crimes" (Dehumanizer)
9. "Virtual Death" (Cross Purposes)
10. "Evil Eye" (Cross Purposes)
11. "Kiss Of Death" (Forbidden)
12. "Guilty As Hell" (Forbidden)
13. "Loser Gets It All" (Forbidden Japanese version)
14. "Disturbing The Priest" (Born Again)
15. "Heart Like A Wheel" (Seventh Star)
16. "The Shining" (The Eternal Idol)

[edit] Personnel

• Martin/Iommi/Powell - Tracks 1,3
• Martin/Iommi/Powell/Nicholls - Track 2
• Iommi/Martin/Nicholls/Powell/Murray - Track 4,6-7
• Iommi/Nicholls/Powell/Murray - Track 5
  
• Butler/Dio/Iommi - Track 8
• Butler/Iommi/Martin - Track 9,10
• Black Sabbath/Lyrics:Tony Martin - Tracks 11-13
• Gillan/Iommi/Butler/Ward - Track 14
• Iommi - Tracks 15,16

[edit] Producers

• Tony Iommi & Cozy Powell - Tracks 1-7
• Mack for Musicland GmbH - Track 8
• Leif Mases / Black Sabbath - Tracks 9,10
• Ernie C. - Tracks 11-13
• Robin Black - Track 14
• Jeff Glixman & Chris Tsangerides - Track 15
• Jeff Glixman & V. Cooper - Track 16

Black Sabbath
Ozzy Osbourne | Tony Iommi | Geezer Butler | Bill Ward
Dave Walker | Ronnie James Dio | Vinny Appice | Ian Gillan | Bev Bevan | David Donato | Glenn Hughes | Dave Spitz | Eric Singer | Ray Gillen | Tony Martin | Bob Daisley | Jo Burt | Terry Chimes | Laurence Cottle | Cozy Powell | Neil Murray | Bobby Rondinelli | Mike Bordin | Geoff Nicholls
Discography
Studio albums: Black Sabbath | Paranoid | Master of Reality | Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 | Sabbath Bloody Sabbath | Sabotage | Technical Ecstasy | Never Say Die! | Heaven and Hell | Mob Rules | Born Again | Seventh Star | The Eternal Idol | Headless Cross | Tyr | Dehumanizer | Cross Purposes | Forbidden
Live albums: Live Evil | Cross Purposes Live | Reunion | Past Lives
Compilations: We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll | Under Wheels of Confusion | The Sabbath Stones | Symptom of the Universe: The Original Black Sabbath 1970-1978 | Black Box: The Complete Original Black Sabbath (1970-1978) | Greatest Hits 1970-1978