-- Black Sabbath - Forbidden | (Audio CD) MSRP $ 5.98 Amazon Price $ 5.98 Savings $ 0.00 | |  Release Date: 17 August, 1999, Emi Special Markets
TRACK LISTING - Illusion of Power
- Get a Grip
- Can`t Get Close Enough
- Shaking off the Chains
- I Won`t Cry for You
- Guilty as Hell
- Sick and Tired
- Rusty Angels
- Forbidden
- Kiss of Death
Usually ships in 24 hours | | | An Overlooked Sabbath Gem! | | As an avid Sabbath fan, I have everything all the various line-ups have recorded. Looking back at the entire Sabbath catalog, Forbidden is truly a great Sabbath record regardless of all of the negative publicity it has received over the years. This is the same line-up that recorded TYR in 1990 featuring Tony Martin on vocals, Tony Iommi on guitar, Cozy Powell on drums, Neil Murray on bass and the one Sabbath mainstay through innumerable personnel changes, Geoff Nichols on keyboards. Interestingly enough, Body Count guitarist Ernie C. produced this record and even brought Ice-T along to assist with lyrics and vocals on the great opening track Illusion of Power. Iommi`s playing seems particularly inspired on stand out tracks Sick and Tired and Get A Grip. If you are a post-Dio Sabbath fan, you will enjoy this album. Highly recommended to Tony Martin-era Sabbath fans as well. | | | | Sabbath`s final studio outing | | This came out in 1995 and would sadly be the final studio album Black Sabbath apparently will ever release. At least they came up with their finest album since 1990`s epic masterpiece "TYR"--this featuring the same lineup of Tony Martin on vocals, the late great Cozy Powell on drums, Geoff Nichols on the keyboards, Neil Murray on bass and of course Tony Iommi on guitar. Although many would argue, I think this was the band`s very best lineup. And the songs on "Forbidden" are classic Sabbath, especially `Can`t Get Close Enough`, `Get A Grip`, `Rusty Angels`, `I Won`t Cry For You` and `Guilty As Hell`. The cd has a live feel, as it was recorded basically live in the studio--so forget any gloss. "Forbidden" is raw and primal, and actually is a return of sorts to the early `70`s sound. Play `Shaking Off The Chains` next to, say, `Cornucopia` and you`ll get what I mean. The worst part of Sabbath`s subsequent reunion of the original lineup (apart from lousy concerts and two dreadful new songs) is the fact that their very greatest singer/frontman, Tony Martin, won`t be with Black Sabbath in the future. "Forbidden" is a great cd, and at this ridiculously low reissue price, one that every Sabbath fan must own. ....A brilliant end to a brilliant recording career. | | | | Was Tony Iommi on crack?? | | If it wasn`t for TYR, this would be the worst Sabbath album of all time. I bought this in a pawn shop and still felt ripped off. Ice-T on a Sabbath album? I don`t know, on his album `Rhyme Pays` he samples just about every song from `Paranoid` so maybe Tony decided he owed Sabbath a favor. Whatever the reason behind Ice-T`s appearance, it failed miserably. He only appeared on one song, but it set the tempo for the rest of the album that never really went anywhere. First of all we have Tony Martin again, the faceless, generic singer that Sabbath hires when their stuck and can`t get Dio, Cozy does a decent job drumming, but it`s played against watered down bass tracks. The only thing accurate about this ablum was the cover. It was a cartoonish attempt and should be `Forbidden`. | | |
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