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| Artist: Black Sabbath
Label: Sanctuary UK
Category: Music
Buy New: $67.79
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Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 148046
Format: Import, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 766482402328
EAN: 5050749207524
ASIN: B0002XMF5I
Release Date: December 22, 2005
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| Tracks:
| • | Trashed - Black Sabbath, Butler, Geezer | | • | Stonehenge - Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath | | • | Disturbing the Priest - Black Sabbath, Butler, Geezer | | • | The Dark - Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath | | • | Zero the Hero - Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath | | • | Digital Bitch - Black Sabbath, Butler, Geezer | | • | Born Again - Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath | | • | Hot Line - Black Sabbath, Butler, Geezer | | • | Keep It Warm - Black Sabbath, Black Sabbath |
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Album Description
1996 reissue on Castle featuring their top 40 1983 studio album remastered from the original master tapes and with faithfully restored artwork. First released on Warner Brothers, it contains all nine original tracks, including 'Zero The Hero', 'Stonehenge', 'Disturbing The Priest' and'Digital Bitch'. Essential. 2001.
Album Details
Black Sabbath's 1983 Album featuring Deep Purple's Ian Gillan on Vocals, Digitally Remastered and Reissued in 1996. Includes Original Art, Liner Notes and Track Sequence. Features 'trashed', 'disturbing the Priest' and Many More, plus Additional Band Notes by Hugh Gilmour.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Born Again October 8, 2008
Morton (Colorado)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Black Sabbath-Born Again **
Tony Iommi, the heart and soul of Black Sabbath and Ian Gillian formerly of Deep Purple making a Black Sabbath album together should have been gold...it wasn't. Gillians vocals sound like he is trying to sing while ridding a roller coaster because he sounds like he is falling and can't keep pitch. Of course the man can hit those high notes but damn that can get annoying when it is the only thing he is doing right on an already lame album. Beside Iommi's guitar work on the album is less than stellar and really leaves something to be desired.
The opening track 'Trashed' is just stupid and Spinal Tap in every since of the joke. The lyrics are weak and the musicianship is well trashed. Then they go into 'Stonehenge' a track that should have been an intro or just left of completely because it also feels very Spinal Tap. 'Disturbing The Priest' starts out almost industrial than goes into something really bland and unbearable. 'Digital Bitch' just has to be a joke, it really had to be it was so bad. The title track is pretty decent though. It begins slow than sort of gets going but then never really delivers, but it is at least listenable. Though Gillian vocals can be a little abrasive here and his lyrics feel trite if you really focus on them.
Born Again is among the worst releases in Black Sabbath history and just might be the worst. No question that it is the worst of the 1980's. What a shame, something that could have been amazing turned out to be trash.
 Born Again September 19, 2008
Harry Brewer (S'port, La.)
What should have been a marriage made in h*ll didn't quite make it. The combination of Black Sabbath with Ian Gillan doing lead vocals would appear to be the perfect combination. Unfortunately it was short-lived, maybe with more time, another album, this incarnation of Sabbath might have reached greater heights. It's certainly one of the most intriguing formations since Blind Faith. Born Again went to #39 on the charts but there wasn't a charting single.
The album opens with "Trashed" which is a pretty good rocker. The second song is "Stonehenge", an instrumental that's mostly keyboards & effects. It's mellow by Sabbath standards but it is still interesting. Next is "Disturbing the Priest", a great Sabbath title & has a certain presence that's ethereal & frightening, malice abounds in the song. Gillan is a MUCH stronger vocalist than Ozzy but for some reason Gillan just never quite fits in. Next is a short song, "The Dark", that comes in at 0:45, it's an instrumental that's been slowed down considerably from its original recording speed. "Zero the Hero" is the album's centerpiece, it sounds like it could be from the Ozzy years. It has a great rhythm with Iommi riffing like he used to. "Zero the Hero" definitely ranks up there with classic Sabbath. This song seems to seethe with malice & the force of it is primeval in nature. Gillan's vocals are exceptional. And when Iommi goes into his solo one might swear he can feel a demonic presence slithering around the music. KILLER! "Digital B*tch" is next & is the weakest song on the album though I love the title. It's the shortest song on the album that's not an instrumental. Iommi does play some inspired solos in the song. "Born Again" is one of the album's best songs albeit a slow one. This song actually sounds like a song that's part Sabbath & part Deep Purple. Deep Purple fans will recognize Gillan's voice & sentiments on this one. The effect-laden guitar that Iommi plays is very effective. Gillan shows off his vocal range in this one. Near the end of "Born Again" Iommi gives one of his most soulful leads of his entire career. "Hot Line" is the last standout song of the album; sounds like Ozzy's Sabbath in this one. If it weren't for Gillan's distinctive voice some might think this song was from the Ozzy era. The album closes with "Keep It Warm" which is a metal blend of Sabbath & Purple though not as good as "Zero the Hero", it's real sludge.
The combination of Gillan & Black Sabbath could have reached greater heights, I believe, if they had recorded a couple of more albums. There was just too much potential here for something substantial not to have come out of it.
 Way....Over-looked January 13, 2008
Syncopsychotic (Texas,USA)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
In my opinion,this release saw Sabbath at their musical best.Yes Dio quit and the fans were unstable but man..what a dark and dep album.The sound is dark and heavier than ever. Gillan was awesome on this album and did an outstandingly evil job of making this album a true Sabbath release.
Yet different,it remains a true Sabbath cult classic only for those die-hard fans,of which I am. I can understand the people who do not like this album. The boys hadn't lost the edge until after this album.
A Blacker Sabbath January 2, 2008
T. A. Hogan (Toronto, Canada)
This awesome Metal release is not for bubble gum glammers. This is evil screaming heavy metal at its best. If ever you questioned Black Sabbath's status as a heavy metal band then question no more. This album is like many Rush releases as you need to give it a few listens to get it, but once you get it you will always want it. In my humble opinion, if there was ever a time for Black Sabbath to change their name then this was that time. Perhaps A Blacker Sabbath would be more suffice. This album is often overlooked and should be part of any metalhead's collection.
Hell's yeah October 21, 2007
Fool's LoDgiNgs (SaMHeLL)
Black Rain..Hell yeaH the afOrementiOned link's not the only singer in SabbAth..Ian Gillan (Do a little dance..)is rockin the house.."Trashed" is awesome! MAma shOuld be cookin some pasta to celebrate!(First ammenDment freedoms..)Backstage Pass: Catering to Music's Biggest Stars
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