Categories:
Cart 0

Your cart is empty

Black Sabbath|Reunion (25th Anniversary Expanded Edition)

Reunion (25th Anniversary Expanded Edition) by Black Sabbath

Available in
24-Bit/192 kHz Stereo

Unlimited Streaming

Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps

Start my trial period and start listening to this album

Enjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription

Subscribe

Enjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription

Digital Download

Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.

Though it was conceived as a mere cash-in for the long-awaited return of the original Black Sabbath, 1998's Reunion is as close to an official live album as the band has had in their historic 30-year career. 1980's Live at Last was released without their permission, and 1982's Live Evil featured then-singer Ronnie James Dio. With this in mind, the band must be commended on the excellent quality of the recordings, which include their most enduring classics ("War Pigs," "Paranoid," "Iron Man"), as well as a few surprises ("Dirty Women," "Behind the Wall of Sleep"), and were culled from a series of concerts in their native Birmingham in December 1997. The real key to this album, however, is the band's ability to avoid the most common pitfall of live recordings: speeding up the songs. This patience is crucial, since such Sabbath staples as "Sweet Leaf," "Black Sabbath," and "Snowblind" owe much of their unique personality and somber atmospherics to the band's trademark "snail's pace." "Children of the Grave" proves itself once again as one of the band's most dependable live favorites, and the massive riffs of "Into the Void" are simply timeless. The two brand new studio tracks are another treat for longtime fans, and while "Selling My Soul" is rather mundane, "Psycho Man" is absolutely incredible thanks to its slow intro and raging final riff.

© Eduardo Rivadavia /TiVo

Read more

Reunion (25th Anniversary Expanded Edition)

Black Sabbath

launch qobuz app I already downloaded Qobuz for Windows / MacOS Open
download qobuz app I have not downloaded Qobuz for Windows / MacOS yet Download the Qobuz app

You are currently listening to samples.

Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.

From €13,50/month

1
War Pigs (Live at the NEC, Birmingham, UK - December 1997)
00:08:27

Ozzy Osbourne, Vocal - Tony Iommi, Guitar - Bill Ward, Drums - J. Osbourne, Composer, Lyricist - W. Ward, Composer, Lyricist - A. Iommi, Composer, Lyricist - Timothy Butler, Composer, Lyricist - David Collins, Mastering Engineer - Barry Clempson, Engineer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - GEEZER BUTLER, Bass - Bob Marlette, Mixing Engineer - THOM PANUNZIO, Producer, Recording Engineer - Andrew Garver, Engineer - Greg Hackett, Engineer - Tim Hopkins, Assistant Engineer - John "Geetus" Aguto, Assistant Engineer

(P) 1998 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

2
Behind The Wall Of Sleep (Live at the NEC, Birmingham, UK - December 1997)
00:04:06

Ozzy Osbourne, Vocal - Tony Iommi, Guitar - Bill Ward, Drums - J. Osbourne, Composer, Lyricist - W. Ward, Composer, Lyricist - A. Iommi, Composer, Lyricist - Timothy Butler, Composer, Lyricist - David Collins, Mastering Engineer - Barry Clempson, Engineer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - GEEZER BUTLER, Bass - Bob Marlette, Mixing Engineer - THOM PANUNZIO, Producer, Recording Engineer - Andrew Garver, Engineer - Greg Hackett, Engineer - Tim Hopkins, Assistant Engineer - John "Geetus" Aguto, Assistant Engineer

(P) 1998 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

3
N.I.B. (Live at the NEC, Birmingham, UK - December 1997) Explicit
00:06:46

Ozzy Osbourne, Vocal - Tony Iommi, Guitar - Bill Ward, Drums - J. Osbourne, Composer, Lyricist - W. Ward, Composer, Lyricist - A. Iommi, Composer, Lyricist - Timothy Butler, Composer, Lyricist - David Collins, Mastering Engineer - Barry Clempson, Engineer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - GEEZER BUTLER, Bass - Bob Marlette, Mixing Engineer - THOM PANUNZIO, Producer, Recording Engineer - Andrew Garver, Engineer - Greg Hackett, Engineer - Tim Hopkins, Assistant Engineer - John "Geetus" Aguto, Assistant Engineer

(P) 1998 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

4
Fairies Wear Boots (Live at the NEC, Birmingham, UK - December 1997)
00:06:19

Ozzy Osbourne, Vocal - Tony Iommi, Guitar - Bill Ward, Drums - J. Osbourne, Composer, Lyricist - W. Ward, Composer, Lyricist - A. Iommi, Composer, Lyricist - Timothy Butler, Composer, Lyricist - David Collins, Mastering Engineer - Barry Clempson, Engineer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - GEEZER BUTLER, Bass - Bob Marlette, Mixing Engineer - THOM PANUNZIO, Producer, Recording Engineer - Andrew Garver, Engineer - Greg Hackett, Engineer - Tim Hopkins, Assistant Engineer - John "Geetus" Aguto, Assistant Engineer

(P) 1998 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

5
Electric Funeral (Live at the NEC, Birmingham, UK - December 1997)
00:05:03

Ozzy Osbourne, Vocal - Tony Iommi, Guitar - Bill Ward, Drums - J. Osbourne, Composer, Lyricist - W. Ward, Composer, Lyricist - A. Iommi, Composer, Lyricist - Timothy Butler, Composer, Lyricist - David Collins, Mastering Engineer - Barry Clempson, Engineer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - GEEZER BUTLER, Bass - Bob Marlette, Mixing Engineer - THOM PANUNZIO, Producer, Recording Engineer - Andrew Garver, Engineer - Greg Hackett, Engineer - Tim Hopkins, Assistant Engineer - John "Geetus" Aguto, Assistant Engineer

(P) 1998 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

6
Sweet Leaf (Live at the NEC, Birmingham, UK - December 1997)
00:05:06

Ozzy Osbourne, Vocal - Tony Iommi, Guitar - Bill Ward, Drums - J. Osbourne, Composer, Lyricist - W. Ward, Composer, Lyricist - A. Iommi, Composer, Lyricist - Timothy Butler, Composer, Lyricist - David Collins, Mastering Engineer - Barry Clempson, Engineer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - GEEZER BUTLER, Bass - Bob Marlette, Mixing Engineer - THOM PANUNZIO, Producer, Recording Engineer - Andrew Garver, Engineer - Greg Hackett, Engineer - Tim Hopkins, Assistant Engineer - John "Geetus" Aguto, Assistant Engineer

(P) 1998 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

7
Spiral Architect (Live at the NEC, Birmingham, UK - December 1997) Explicit
00:05:38

Ozzy Osbourne, Vocal - Tony Iommi, Guitar - Bill Ward, Drums - J. Osbourne, Composer, Lyricist - W. Ward, Composer, Lyricist - A. Iommi, Composer, Lyricist - Timothy Butler, Composer, Lyricist - David Collins, Mastering Engineer - Barry Clempson, Engineer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - GEEZER BUTLER, Bass - Bob Marlette, Mixing Engineer - THOM PANUNZIO, Producer, Recording Engineer - Andrew Garver, Engineer - Greg Hackett, Engineer - Tim Hopkins, Assistant Engineer - John "Geetus" Aguto, Assistant Engineer

(P) 1998 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

8
Into The Void (Live at the NEC, Birmingham, UK - December 1997)
00:06:30

Ozzy Osbourne, Vocal - Tony Iommi, Guitar - Bill Ward, Drums - J. Osbourne, Composer, Lyricist - W. Ward, Composer, Lyricist - A. Iommi, Composer, Lyricist - Timothy Butler, Composer, Lyricist - David Collins, Mastering Engineer - Barry Clempson, Engineer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - GEEZER BUTLER, Bass - Bob Marlette, Mixing Engineer - THOM PANUNZIO, Producer, Recording Engineer - Andrew Garver, Engineer - Greg Hackett, Engineer - Tim Hopkins, Assistant Engineer - John "Geetus" Aguto, Assistant Engineer

(P) 1998 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

9
Snowblind (Live at the NEC, Birmingham, UK - December 1997)
00:06:15

Ozzy Osbourne, Vocal - Tony Iommi, Guitar - Bill Ward, Drums - J. Osbourne, Composer, Lyricist - T. Butler, Composer, Lyricist - W. Ward, Composer, Lyricist - A. Iommi, Composer, Lyricist - David Collins, Mastering Engineer - Barry Clempson, Engineer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - GEEZER BUTLER, Bass - Bob Marlette, Mixing Engineer - THOM PANUNZIO, Producer, Recording Engineer - Andrew Garver, Engineer - Greg Hackett, Engineer - Tim Hopkins, Assistant Engineer - John "Geetus" Aguto, Assistant Engineer

(P) 1998 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

10
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (Live at the NEC, Birmingham, UK - December 1997)
00:04:32

Ozzy Osbourne, Vocal - Tony Iommi, Guitar - Bill Ward, Drums - J. Osbourne, Composer, Lyricist - W. Ward, Composer, Lyricist - A. Iommi, Composer, Lyricist - Timothy Butler, Composer, Lyricist - David Collins, Mastering Engineer - Barry Clempson, Engineer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - GEEZER BUTLER, Bass - Bob Marlette, Mixing Engineer - THOM PANUNZIO, Producer, Recording Engineer - Andrew Garver, Engineer - Greg Hackett, Engineer - Tim Hopkins, Assistant Engineer - John "Geetus" Aguto, Assistant Engineer

(P) 1998 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

11
Orchid/Lord Of This World (Live at the NEC, Birmingham, UK - December 1997)
00:07:05

Ozzy Osbourne, Vocal - Tony Iommi, Guitar - Bill Ward, Drums - J. Osbourne, Composer, Lyricist - W. Ward, Composer, Lyricist - A. Iommi, Composer, Lyricist - Timothy Butler, Composer, Lyricist - David Collins, Mastering Engineer - Barry Clempson, Engineer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - GEEZER BUTLER, Bass - Bob Marlette, Mixing Engineer - THOM PANUNZIO, Producer - Andrew Garver, Engineer - Greg Hackett, Engineer - Tim Hopkins, Assistant Engineer - John "Geetus" Aguto, Assistant Engineer - Thom Paunuzio, Recording Engineer

(P) 1998 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

12
Dirty Women (Live at the NEC, Birmingham, UK - December 1997)
00:06:28

Ozzy Osbourne, Vocal - Tony Iommi, Guitar - Bill Ward, Drums - J. Osbourne, Composer, Lyricist - W. Ward, Composer, Lyricist - A. Iommi, Composer, Lyricist - Timothy Butler, Composer, Lyricist - David Collins, Mastering Engineer - Barry Clempson, Engineer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - GEEZER BUTLER, Bass - Bob Marlette, Mixing Engineer - THOM PANUNZIO, Producer, Recording Engineer - Andrew Garver, Engineer - Greg Hackett, Engineer - Tim Hopkins, Assistant Engineer - John "Geetus" Aguto, Assistant Engineer

(P) 1998 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

13
Black Sabbath (Live at the NEC, Birmingham, UK - December 1997)
00:07:24

Ozzy Osbourne, Vocal - Tony Iommi, Guitar - Bill Ward, Drums - J. Osbourne, Composer, Lyricist - W. Ward, Composer, Lyricist - A. Iommi, Composer, Lyricist - Timothy Butler, Composer, Lyricist - David Collins, Mastering Engineer - Barry Clempson, Engineer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - GEEZER BUTLER, Bass - Bob Marlette, Mixing Engineer - THOM PANUNZIO, Producer, Recording Engineer - Andrew Garver, Engineer - Greg Hackett, Engineer - Tim Hopkins, Assistant Engineer - John "Geetus" Aguto, Assistant Engineer

(P) 1998 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

14
Iron Man (Live at the NEC, Birmingham, UK - December 1997)
00:08:21

Ozzy Osbourne, Vocal - Tony Iommi, Guitar - Bill Ward, Drums - John Osbourne, Composer, Lyricist - William T. Ward, Composer, Lyricist - Terence Michael Butler, Composer, Lyricist - Anthony Frank Iommi, Composer, Lyricist - David Collins, Mastering Engineer - Barry Clempson, Engineer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - GEEZER BUTLER, Bass - Bob Marlette, Mixing Engineer - THOM PANUNZIO, Producer, Recording Engineer - Andrew Garver, Engineer - Greg Hackett, Engineer - Tim Hopkins, Assistant Engineer - John "Geetus" Aguto, Assistant Engineer

(P) 1998 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

15
Children Of The Grave (Live at the NEC, Birmingham, UK - December 1997)
00:06:28

Ozzy Osbourne, Vocal - Tony Iommi, Guitar - Bill Ward, Drums - J. Osbourne, Composer, Lyricist - W. Ward, Composer, Lyricist - A. Iommi, Composer, Lyricist - Timothy Butler, Composer, Lyricist - David Collins, Mastering Engineer - Barry Clempson, Engineer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - GEEZER BUTLER, Bass - Bob Marlette, Mixing Engineer - THOM PANUNZIO, Producer, Recording Engineer - Andrew Garver, Engineer - Greg Hackett, Engineer - Tim Hopkins, Assistant Engineer - John "Geetus" Aguto, Assistant Engineer

(P) 1998 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

16
Paranoid (Live at the NEC, Birmingham, UK - December 1997)
00:04:30

Ozzy Osbourne, Composer, Lyricist, Vocal - Tony Iommi, Guitar - Bill Ward, Drums - Terrence Butler, Composer, Lyricist - William Ward, Composer, Lyricist - Frank Iommi, Composer, Lyricist - David Collins, Mastering Engineer - Barry Clempson, Engineer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - GEEZER BUTLER, Bass - Bob Marlette, Mixing Engineer - THOM PANUNZIO, Producer, Recording Engineer - Andrew Garver, Engineer - Greg Hackett, Engineer - Tim Hopkins, Assistant Engineer - John "Geetus" Aguto, Assistant Engineer

(P) 1998 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

17
Psycho Man
00:05:18

Ozzy Osbourne, Vocal - Tony Iommi, Guitar - Bill Ward, Drums - O. Osbourne, Composer, Lyricist - T. Iommi, Composer, Lyricist - Black Sabbath, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - GEEZER BUTLER, Bass - Bob Marlette, Producer

(P) 1998 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

18
Selling My Soul
00:03:10

Ozzy Osbourne, Vocal - Tony Iommi, Guitar - O. Osbourne, Composer, Lyricist - T. Iommi, Composer, Lyricist - David Collins, Mastering Engineer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - GEEZER BUTLER, Bass - Bob Marlette, Producer, Engineer, Mixing Engineer

(P) 1998 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

19
Psycho Man (Danny Saber Remix)
00:05:51

Ozzy Osbourne, Vocal - Bill Ward, Drums - O. Osbourne, Composer, Lyricist - T. Iommi, Composer, Lyricist - Danny Saber, Mixing Engineer, Re-Mixer - Bruce Dickinson, Producer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - GEEZER BUTLER, Bass - Bob Marlette, Producer - Vic Anesini, Mastering Engineer - Tony Lommi, Guitar - Josh Cheuse, Director - David Massey, A&R Director

(P) 1998 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

20
Selling My Soul (Danny Saber Remix)
00:03:29

Ozzy Osbourne, Vocal - Tony Iommi, Guitar - O. Osbourne, Composer, Lyricist - T. Iommi, Composer, Lyricist - Black Sabbath, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - GEEZER BUTLER, Bass - Bob Marlette, Producer, Engineer

(P) 1998 Epic Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment

Review: Reunion (25th Anniversary Expanded Edition) - Black Sabbath

Though it was conceived as a mere cash-in for the long-awaited return of the original Black Sabbath, 1998's Reunion is as close to an official live album as the band has had in their historic 30-year career. 1980's Live at Last was released without their permission, and 1982's Live Evil featured then-singer Ronnie James Dio. With this in mind, the band must be commended on the excellent quality of the recordings, which include their most enduring classics ("War Pigs," "Paranoid," "Iron Man"), as well as a few surprises ("Dirty Women," "Behind the Wall of Sleep"), and were culled from a series of concerts in their native Birmingham in December 1997. The real key to this album, however, is the band's ability to avoid the most common pitfall of live recordings: speeding up the songs. This patience is crucial, since such Sabbath staples as "Sweet Leaf," "Black Sabbath," and "Snowblind" owe much of their unique personality and somber atmospherics to the band's trademark "snail's pace." "Children of the Grave" proves itself once again as one of the band's most dependable live favorites, and the massive riffs of "Into the Void" are simply timeless. The two brand new studio tracks are another treat for longtime fans, and while "Selling My Soul" is rather mundane, "Psycho Man" is absolutely incredible thanks to its slow intro and raging final riff.

© Eduardo Rivadavia /TiVo

About the album

(P) 2023 Sony Music Entertainment

Improve album information

Qobuz logo Why buy on Qobuz...