Forbidden (Black Sabbath album)

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Forbidden
Forbidden cover
Studio album by Black Sabbath
Released June 8, 1995
Recorded 1994-1995
Genre Heavy metal
Length 42:00
Label I.R.S.
Producer Ernie C
Professional reviews
Black Sabbath chronology
Cross Purposes Live
(1995)
Forbidden
(1995)
The Sabbath Stones
(1996)

Forbidden is the eighteenth studio album by British heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released in 1995. To date, it is the last full album of new material from the band.

This also saw the reunion of Black Sabbath's Tyr-era lineup from 1990, with the return of Neil Murray and Cozy Powell.

Contents

[edit] Album information

The album's opening track "The Illusion of Power" features rapper Ice T of the band Body Count in the bridge, delivering a spoken word part. Body Count band member Ernie C also produced the album.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Side one

  1. "The Illusion of Power" (featuring Ice T) – 4:51
  2. "Get a Grip" – 3:58
  3. "Can't Get Close Enough" – 4:27
  4. "Shaking Off the Chains" – 4:02
  5. "I Won't Cry for You" – 4:47

[edit] Side two

  1. "Guilty as Hell" – 3:27
  2. "Sick and Tired" – 3:29
  3. "Rusty Angels" – 5:00
  4. "Forbidden" – 3:47
  5. "Kiss of Death" – 6:06

[edit] Bonus track

The Japanese release added a bonus track, and a sticker of the album sleeve:

  1. "Loser Gets It All" - 2:55

All songs written by Black Sabbath

All lyrics by Tony Martin, except "The Illusion of Power" lyrics by Tony Martin and Ice T

[edit] Personnel