BLACK SABBATH - BORN AGAIN
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This is quite a controversial one in Black Sabbaths discography. Born Again is the Black Sabbath record with Deep Purple's Ian Gillan at the microphone. That on paper sounds like a great replacement to Dio who left Sabbath after disagreements with the rest of the band.
I love Ian Gillan but the fit with him in Black Sabbath, Well I do think he did a great job but after Dio's sting with Sabbath I felt like this was a step down and his performance on this record are great in certain songs and not so great in Trashed for example.A song that by the way almost enters Speed Metal territory.
But the main problem I have with this record is that the production ain't as good as on the previous two albums, simply because this one is not produced by Martin Birch but instead produced by Robin Black who worked on previous Sabbath albums Sabotage and Technical Ecstacy.
I'm I a Born Again hater? No, quite the contrary. I like a lot of the album, it's just certain parts that stops it from being a full materpiece in my opinion.
Zero the Hero for example, it's so haunting, Sabbath's creepiest song since their self-titled track. I think this record is at it's best when Sabbath tries to be Sabbath instead of them trying to sound like Deep Purple to mix with Ian Gillan. So I prefer the slower moments on this record and not so much the more uptempo rockers.
Overall Born Again is a great record, it got some slack due to the previous two overshadows this one and the production ain't as great as you would expect for an absolute huge album like this. So I'll end up giving Born Again a four axe rating.
Rating:
| INFO |
Label: Warner Bros Year: 1983 Country: England Duration: 41:04 Tracks: 9 Genre: Heavy Metal Reviewer: Ruthless Rating: 5/5 | |||||||
| TRACKS | LINEUP | ||||||
| Ian Gillan - Vocals Tony Iommi - Guitar Geezer Butler - Bass Geoff Nicholls - Keys Bill Ward - Drums |
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