Black Sabbath 13 (CD, Vertigo, 2013) ****
Genre: Metal
Places I remember: Both came from JB Hi-Fi Palmerston North. 13 came out while I was living back in Hawke's Bay after our China adventure.
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: War Pigs (Reunion); Loner (13)
Gear costume: End Of The Beginning, God Is Dead? (both on 13)
Active compensatory factors: The mainly live Reunion double album doesn't disappoint (the two studio tracks tacked on to the end are actually really good too).
Fab, and all the other pimply hyperboles: War Pigs (Reunion); Loner (13)
Gear costume: End Of The Beginning, God Is Dead? (both on 13)
That's as long as you forgive Ozzy the repetitious and tedious between song patter (variations on 'louder', clap your ****** hands and the f-bomb attack in particular all gets rather silly). I've deducted a star for that because it grates after a while.
The real stars on both CDs are Tony, Bill and Geezer; they make an almighty racket for three blokes. Especially Tony Iommi. What a great riff man he is. 13 is mostly awesome because of him.
There are highlights aplenty on the live set and I do have a soft spot for material from Masters Of Reality and Paranoid - easily their best albums.
War Pigs kicks things off the set spectacularly - Ozzy sings a line and allows the audience to sing the next line of each couplet. It works well!
13 is a great reunion album (albeit without Bill Ward). Their powers are not diminished with age and the more the years go by, the more stars I'll be adding to this. The first three songs in particular are all classics!
Where do they all belong? I can't see them doing another studio album. If I'm right, then remember them this way.
Where do they all belong? I can't see them doing another studio album. If I'm right, then remember them this way.
No comments:
Post a Comment