Black Sabbath – Reunion (25th Anniversary Expanded Edition) (1998/2023) [FLAC 24bit/192kHz]

Black Sabbath - Reunion (25th Anniversary Expanded Edition) (1998/2023) [FLAC 24bit/192kHz] Download

This 3LP set captures the original lineup of Black Sabbath live on their 1997 reunion tour and features 16 live performances of their greatest hits remastered from the original tapes, plus 2 remixed bonus tracks.

It is a reunion of the original lineup of Black Sabbath, consisting of Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward. The album is the first re-release with this line-up since the 1978 album “Never Say Die”!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

Tracklist:

1-1. Black Sabbath – War Pigs (08:27)
1-2. Black Sabbath – Behind The Wall Of Sleep (04:06)
1-3. Black Sabbath – N.I.B. (06:46)
1-4. Black Sabbath – Fairies Wear Boots (06:19)
1-5. Black Sabbath – Electric Funeral (05:03)
1-6. Black Sabbath – Sweet Leaf (05:06)
1-7. Black Sabbath – Spiral Architect (05:38)
1-8. Black Sabbath – Into The Void (06:30)
1-9. Black Sabbath – Snowblind (06:15)
1-10. Black Sabbath – Sabbath Bloody Sabbath (04:32)
1-11. Black Sabbath – Orchid/Lord Of This World (07:05)
1-12. Black Sabbath – Dirty Women (06:28)
1-13. Black Sabbath – Black Sabbath (07:24)
1-14. Black Sabbath – Iron Man (08:21)
1-15. Black Sabbath – Children Of The Grave (06:28)
1-16. Black Sabbath – Paranoid (04:30)
1-17. Black Sabbath – Psycho Man (05:18)
1-18. Black Sabbath – Selling My Soul (03:10)
1-19. Black Sabbath – Psycho Man (Danny Saber Remix) (05:51)
1-20. Black Sabbath – Selling My Soul (Danny Saber Remix) (03:29)