Black Sabbath’s Reunion double album was released by Epic in 1998.
It was their fourth official live album. As implied by the title, the album
features a reunion of the original Black Sabbath lineup of vocalist Ozzy
Osbourne, guitarist Tony Iommi, bassist Geezer Butler and drummer Bill Ward.
The album represents the first new release featuring that version of the group
since 1978's Never Say Die! and Osbourne's subsequent firing the following year.
Black Sabbath received their first ever Grammy Award in 2000 for the live
recording of "Iron Man" taken from Reunion.
By late 1997, all four original members put aside their
differences and misgivings and two shows in their hometown at the NEC were
booked. On 4 and 5 December 1997, the four original members of Black Sabbath
performed together with the shows recorded for a highly anticipated live album
release. Ward had a heart condition, and concern regarding his health and
ability to perform at a high level meant that another former Black Sabbath
drummer, Vinny Appice, was on standby for the two homecoming shows. "We
hadn't done a show with Bill for 18 years," remarked Iommi. Ward made it
through both shows – albeit not without incident. Tony Iommi recalls – ‘Bill hit
a gong and it fell on him, I creased up. His arm was black and blue in the
morning, because those things weigh a ton. When it hit him and fell onto the
kit, it sounded like someone was throwing pots and pans around. We were waiting
for something like that to happen.’ Along with live versions of classics such
as "Paranoid", "N.I.B.", "Black Sabbath" and
"Iron Man", the double album also included two newly recorded studio
tracks: "Selling My Soul" and "Psycho Man". The front
features a ‘Specially Priced CD’ sticker. Tracks are:
1-1 War
Pigs 8:28
1-2 Behind
The Wall Of Sleep 4:07
1-3 N.I.B. 6:45
1-4 Fairies
Wear Boots 6:19
1-5 Electric
Funeral 5:02
1-6 Sweet
Leaf 5:07
1-7 Spiral
Architect 5:40
1-8 Into
The Void 6:32
1-9 Snowblind 6:08
2-1 Sabbath
Bloody Sabbath 4:36
2-2 Orchid
/ Lord Of This World 7:07
2-3 Dirty
Women 6:29
2-4 Black
Sabbath 7:29
2-5 Iron
Man 8:21
2-6 Children
Of The Grave 6:30
2-7 Paranoid 4:28
2-8 Psycho
Man 5:18
2-9 Selling
My Soul 3:10
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