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. (UK) EMI (UK)
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 IRS 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 I.R.S. 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).

The era covered by the album is the 'third era' of Black Sabbath. After the initial lineup with Osbourne, Iommi, Butler and Ward was shattered the band's reformation with Ronnie James Dio and Vinny Appice formed a second period. Thereafter, band members repeatedly came and went, came back again and lineups were far less stable. This period is generally less popular among Black Sabbath fans without Ozzy or Dio on vocals.

[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

v • d • e 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 • Black Sabbath: The Dio Years