Black Sabbath – Reunion (1998)

October 31, 2023

I was a bit young when this came out so I didn’t really get involved with the hype at the time, but I understand how big a deal this was at the time. It is sad in retrospect to see the Tony Martin line-up finally go under for once and for all, but the people wanted Ozzy-Sabbath and the people got what they wanted with this release. Trouble is, I couldn’t give a bloody fuck to hear all of these songs again. As classic as the old shit is, and yeah it will always rank up there at the top for me along with the greatest albums of all time, but Ozzy is by far my least favourite Sabbath vocalist. The set is serviceable, actually pretty fun (better than The End shit that went on recently), It’s also a pleasure to hear Bill Ward playing with Sabbath, as well as hearing Geoff Nicholls performing with the original four (although this was not to last). The two original songs are fucking garbage though let’s be honest.