Born Again (Black Sabbath album)

Born Again
Studio album by
Black Sabbath
Released9 September 1983 (1983-09-09)
RecordedMay–June 1983[1]
StudioThe Manor (Oxfordshire)
GenreHeavy metal
Length41:00
LabelVertigo
ProducerBlack Sabbath, Robin Black
Black Sabbath chronology
Mob Rules
(1981) 		Born Again
(1983) 		Seventh Star
(1986)
Singles from Born Again
  1. "Trashed"
    Released: October 1983

Born Again is the eleventh studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath. Released on 9 September 1983,[2] it is the only album the group recorded with lead vocalist Ian Gillan, best known for his work with Deep Purple. It was also the last Black Sabbath album for 9 years to feature original bassist Geezer Butler and the last to feature original drummer Bill Ward, though Ward did record a studio track with the band 15 years later on their 1998 live album Reunion. The album has received mixed reviews from critics,[3] but was a commercial success upon its 1983 release, reaching No. 4 in the UK charts.[4] The album also hit the top 40 in the United States.[5] In July 2021, guitarist and founding member Tony Iommi confirmed that the long lost original master tapes of the album had been finally located, and that he was considering remixing the album for a future re-release.[6]

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  2. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 37.
  3. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Born Again > Overview". Allmusic. Archived from the original on 24 March 2012. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
  4. ^ "Gillan the Hero". Archived from the original on 18 October 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
  5. ^ "Billboard Top 200". Billboard. Retrieved 1 November 2009.[dead link]
  6. ^ Blabbermouth (26 June 2021). "TONY IOMMI Says Original Tapes For BLACK SABBATH's 'Born Again' Album Have Been Found: 'I'm Thinking Of Remixing' It". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Archived from the original on 14 November 2021. Retrieved 14 November 2021.