Reunion
Live album by Black Sabbath
Released	October 20, 1998
Recorded	December 4 and 5, 1997
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	107:36
Label	Epic
Producer	Thom Panunzio (live tracks), Bob Marlette (studio tracks)
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Black Sabbath chronology
The Sabbath Stones (1996) Reunion (1998) Past Lives (2002)

Reunion is a live album by heavy metal band Black Sabbath.

After the departure of vocalist Ozzy Osbourne in 1979, Black Sabbath's line-up slowly lost stability in late 1983 and never quite recovered. Following a couple of one-off reunions in 1985 and 1992, the original line-up of Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward got back together for good in 1997.

This 2-CD live album was put together from the first two shows after the reunion, at the Birmingham NEC. Along with live versions of tracks such as "Paranoid", "N.I.B.", "Black Sabbath" and "Iron Man", it also features two new studio tracks - "Selling My Soul" and "Psycho Man". This was the only new material to have been officially released by Black Sabbath post-reunion until three new tracks appeared on the post-Ozzy compilation Black Sabbath: The Dio Years in 2007. The two new tracks on Reunion were also released on a single CD in the USA.

Black Sabbath received their only Grammy award, Best Metal Performance, for the live recording of "Iron Man" from this album.^[1]

It was released as a digipak and in a standard 2CD jewel-case.

Though the band were considered legends by this time, this was the first "official" live album featuring Osbourne on vocals. 1980's Live at Last was not approved for release by the band.

Contents 1 Track listing 1.1 Disc one 1.2 Disc two 2 Personnel 3 Production 4 Charts 5 Sales Accomplishments 6 References

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward, except where noted.

[edit] Disc one

1. "War Pigs" – 8:28
2. "Behind the Wall of Sleep" – 4:07
3. "N.I.B." – 6:45
4. "Fairies Wear Boots" – 6:19
5. "Electric Funeral" – 5:02
6. "Sweet Leaf" – 5:07
7. "Spiral Architect" – 5:40
8. "Into the Void" – 6:32
9. "Snowblind" – 6:08

[edit] Disc two

1. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" – 4:36
2. "Orchid/Lord of This World" – 7:07
3. "Dirty Women" – 6:29
4. "Black Sabbath" – 7:29
5. "Iron Man" – 8:21
6. "Children of the Grave" – 6:30
7. "Paranoid" – 4:28
8. "Psycho Man" (Osbourne, Iommi) – 5:18
9. "Selling My Soul" (Osbourne, Iommi) – 3:10

[edit] Personnel

• Ozzy Osbourne – vocals
• Tony Iommi – guitar
• Geezer Butler – bass
• Bill Ward – drums
• Geoff Nicholls - keyboards

[edit] Production

• Front Cover Design: Glen Wexler

• Photography: Glen Wexler

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1998	The Billboard 200	11[2]
1998	Top Canadian Albums	5[3]

Singles - Billboard (North America)^[4]

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1998	"Psycho Man"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	3
1999	"Selling My Soul"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	17

[edit] Sales Accomplishments

RIAA certification[5] (United States) Date Designation Total Sales January 4, 1999 Gold 500,000 January 4, 1999 Platinum 1,000,000

CRIA certification[6] (Canada) Date Designation Total Sales February 26, 1999 Gold 50,000 September 26, 1999 Platinum 100,000

[edit] References

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