Seventh Star

by Black Sabbath

Seventh Star cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 28 January 1986
  • Label: Vertigo
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 34:53
  • Community rating: 2.74/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: Geoff Nicholls, Eric Singer, Gordon Copley, Tony Iommi, Dave Spitz

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Originally intended as a Tony Iommi solo album, 'Seventh Star' noticeably shifts away from Sabbath's traditional doom origins toward a slicker, highly melodic blues-rock and hard rock sound. Featuring Glenn Hughes on vocals, the record boasts deeply passionate, soulful performances and highly polished 80s production. It is an energetic, somewhat polarizing, but remarkably melodic anomaly in the band's vast catalog.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, rhythmic

Tracklist

  1. In for the Kill (3:40)
  2. No Stranger to Love (4:29)
  3. Turn to Stone (3:28)
  4. Sphinx (The Guardian) (1:11)
  5. Seventh Star (5:19)
  6. Danger Zone (4:25)
  7. Heart Like a Wheel (6:35)
  8. Angry Heart (3:06)
  9. In Memory (2:35)

Credits

  • Black Sabbath - primary artist
  • Tony Iommi - primary artist, guitar, music by, lyrics by
  • Steve Gerdes - art direction, design
  • Dave Spitz - bass
  • Eric Singer - drums
  • Geoff Nicholls - keyboards, lyrics by [additional]
  • Glenn Hughes - lyrics by [additional], vocals
  • Jeff Glixman - lyrics by [additional], producer, engineer
  • Don Arden - management [worldwide representation by]
  • Greg Fulginiti - mastered by
  • Kevin Stapleton - photography by
  • Gordon Copley - bass

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