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The Eternal Idol
Black Sabbath
- Type:
- Full-length
- Release date:
- November 23rd, 1987
- Catalog ID:
- 832 708-1
| Side A | |||
| 1. | The Shining | 05:58 | Show lyrics |
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| 2. | Ancient Warrior | 05:34 | Show lyrics |
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| 3. | Hard Life to Love | 05:00 | Show lyrics |
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| 4. | Glory Ride | 04:48 | Show lyrics |
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| Side B | |||
| 5. | Born to Lose | 03:43 | Show lyrics |
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| 6. | Nightmare | 05:17 | Show lyrics |
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| 7. | Scarlet Pimpernel | 02:07 | instrumental |
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| 8. | Lost Forever | 04:00 | Show lyrics |
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| 9. | Eternal Idol | 06:35 | Show lyrics |
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| 43:02 | |||
| Band members | |
| Tony Martin | Vocals |
| Tony Iommi | Guitars |
| Bob Daisley | Bass |
| Eric Singer | Drums |
| Geoff Nicholls (R.I.P. 2017) | Keyboards |
| Guest/Session | |
| Bev Bevan | Percussion (track 7) |
| Ray Gillen (R.I.P. 1993) | Laughter (track 6) |
| Miscellaneous staff | |
| Patrick Meehan | Executive producer |
| Jeff Glixman | Producer |
| Vic Coppersmith-Heaven | Producer |
| Chris Tsangarides (R.I.P. 2018) | Producer, Mixing |
| Cindy Palmano | Art direction, Design |
| Tony Martin | Vocals |
| Tony Iommi | Guitars |
| Bob Daisley | Bass |
| Eric Singer | Drums |
| Geoff Nicholls (R.I.P. 2017) | Keyboards |
| Bev Bevan | Percussion (track 7) |
| Ray Gillen (R.I.P. 1993) | Laughter (track 6) |
| Patrick Meehan | Executive producer |
| Jeff Glixman | Producer |
| Vic Coppersmith-Heaven | Producer |
| Chris Tsangarides (R.I.P. 2018) | Producer, Mixing |
| Cindy Palmano | Art direction, Design |
| Power metal meets doom | 85% | Iaranavi | April 30th, 2018 | |
| The Overlooked Idol | 87% | Wacke | September 15th, 2017 | |
| Dawn of underrated Sabbath | 90% | witchfindershark | September 10th, 2014 | |
| Iommi Eternal. | 87% | Metal_Jaw | June 30th, 2013 | |
| Eternally Eighties | 74% | MEGANICK89 | January 4th, 2013 | |
| The Statue Of Limitation | 38% | marktheviktor | September 4th, 2011 | |
| Sinners say your prayers... | 94% | extremesymphony | April 5th, 2011 | |
| Let's Take a Chance | 88% | Twisted_Psychology | October 27th, 2009 | |
| Sabbath does power metal -... | 90% | Uebermensch | September 1st, 2008 | |
| Oh C'mon! | 60% | Acrobat | August 20th, 2007 | |
| Decent album from an... | 77% | Satanwolf | May 21st, 2007 | |
| Brilliant | 95% | DawnoftheShred | December 16th, 2006 | |
| Idolatry begets ignorance. | 95% | hells_unicorn | August 29th, 2006 | |
| Underrated with a big U | 90% | HawkMoon | September 28th, 2003 | |
| Great atmosphere! Awesome... | 92% | UltraBoris | August 26th, 2002 |
Warner Bros. Records released it on 8/11/87 for the American market.
The most problematic album recording in the history of Black Sabbath. Production started in Montserrat, with Jeff Glixman producing, and a line-up of Tony Iommi, Ray Gillen, Geoff Nicholls, Eric Singer and Dave Spitz, and ended in London, with Chris Tsangarides producing, and a line-up of Tony Iommi, Geoff Nicholls, Tony Martin and Bob Daisley guesting on bass. Band manager Patrick Meehan was also fired during recording.
A video was shot for "The Shining", with a stand-in bass player and Terry Chimes (of punk band The Clash) on drums.
"Nightmare" was originally intended for inclusion in the soundtrack of "Nightmare on Elm Street" (hence the title).
The cover depicts real people covered in bronze paint, to recreate an Auguste Rodin sculpture titled "Eternal".
An alternate title to the album was "Blood God".
"The Eternal Idol" was originally recorded with Ray Gillen but was redone with Tony Martin after Ray Gillen left the group. The only surviving part of Ray Gillen's voice on the released Eternal Idol album is some laughing on the track "Nightmare"
Although Dave Spitz receives credit in the liner notes for playing bass on the album, the bass sections were actually played by Bob Daisley.
Reissued on October 25th, 2010 in the UK as a Deluxe Expanded Edition with 2 bonus tracks:
10. Black Moon (3:39)
11. Some Kind of Woman (3:16)
and a second CD, featuring the Ray Gillen sessions for the same album:
1. Glory Ride (5:21)
2. Born to Lose (3:41)
3. Lost Forever (4:17)
4. Eternal Idol (6:48)
5. The Shining (6:30)
6. Hard Life to Love (5:20)
7. Nightmare (4:49)
8. Ancient Warrior (4:54)
Recording information:
Recorded at :
-Air Studios, Montserrat
-Air Studios, London
-Battery Studios, London
Identifiers:
Barcode: 042283270817
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout, stamped): 8327081 1 502
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout, stamped): 8327081 2 520
Matrix / Runout (Side A label): 832 708-1.1
Matrix / Runout (Side B label): 832 708-1.2
Rights Society: S.I.A.E.
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