Seventh Star
| Black Sabbath
Seventh Star
Seventh Star is the 12th studio album by English Heavy Metal band Black Sabbath. Released in January 1986, it features founding guitarist Tony Iommi alongside musicians Geoff Nicholls, Eric Singer, and Dave Spitz, playing keyboards, drums, and bass, respectively, and Glenn Hughes, ex-Deep Purple bassist and vocalist, as lead singer. The album was the group's first release without bassist and primary lyricist Geezer Butler, who left the band in 1984 after the Born Again tour. It was originally written, recorded, and intended to be the first solo album by Iommi. Due to pressures by Warner Bros. Records and the prompting of band manager Don Arden, the record was billed as Black Sabbath featuring Tony Iommi. Later releases label the album as simply by Black Sabbath. Despite the issues behind the release's production, it earned moderate commercial success, reaching #78 on the Billboard 200 chart.-"Wikipedia"
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within the unique circumstances of Seventh Star's creation, Hughes' fiery tunefulness made aggressive hard rockers like "In for the Kill," "Turn to Stone," and "Danger Zone" uncommonly catchy, and gorgeous ballads such as "Angry Heart/In Memory..." and "No Stranger to Love" all the more heart-rending. Tellingly, his efforts fell resoundingly flat on the bluesy aimlessness of "Heart Like a Wheel" and the gothic menace of the title track, making it possible for keener observers to foresee the troubles ahead.
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Sputnik Music
Overall though, and certainly as a Black Sabbath album, Seventh Star is rather poor. It is however a step up from the abomination Born Again: this palette of musicians are a much better combination than Ian Gillan was with then original band, and the production is a blessing compared to the horror of the previous album.
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Loud Wire
Overall, Seventh Star is a basic, hard rock record with one foot firmly planted in blues rock and the other slipping between the styles of Rainbow and Foreigner.
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Metal Reviews
this sounds hopelessly caged in a musical era that nobody actually wants to go back to. Funnily enough, it was actually released in 1986, a true vintage year for the more extreme end of metal, but listening to this you’d be more inclined to go along with the mainstream musical opinion that the mid-80s were a best-forgotten nightmare.
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Rocktopia
'Seventh Star' is many things. It's a great album, first and foremost. It's packed with great songs, good riffs and killer vocals. It's a great example of why Glenn Hughes would end up being called the Voice Of Rock. It's short, clocking in at just shy of 35 minutes - but there's quality over quantity.
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