| Cross Purposes | ||||
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| Released | 31 January 1994[1][2] | |||
| Recorded | 1993 | |||
| Studio | Monnow Valley Studios (Rockfield, Wales) | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal | |||
| Length | 47:27 | |||
| Label | I.R.S. | |||
| Producer | Leif Mases, Black Sabbath | |||
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Cross Purposes is the seventeenth studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath, released through I.R.S. Records on 31 January 1994. The album marked the return of Tony Martin as the band's lead vocalist, after the second departure of Ronnie James Dio.
In 2024, a remaster of the album was announced as part of the box set Anno Domini 1989–1995, marking the first time the album has been officially reissued. The CD edition of the album contains the Japanese bonus track "What's the Use?".[3]
- ^ "Black Sabbath - Cross Purposes".
- ^ Cross Purposes (press advertisement). I.R.S. Records. 1994. Archived from the original on 5 November 2023. Retrieved 5 November 2023.
{{cite AV media}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ Blabbermouth (21 March 2024). "BLACK SABBATH: Box Set Of TONY MARTIN-Era Recordings, 'Anno Domini 1989-1995', To Arrive In May". BLABBERMOUTH.NET. Blabbermouth. Retrieved 22 March 2024.