Headless Cross (album)

For other uses, see Headless Cross (disambiguation).

Headless Cross
Studio album by
Black Sabbath
Released17 April 1989[1]
RecordedAugust–November 1988
Studio
  • The Soundmill, Leeds,
    West Yorkshire, England
  • Woodcray Studios,
    Berkshire, England
  • Amazon Studios, Liverpool, Merseyside, England
GenreHeavy metal
Length40:13
LabelI.R.S.
ProducerTony Iommi, Cozy Powell
Black Sabbath chronology
The Eternal Idol
(1987) 		Headless Cross
(1989) 		Tyr
(1990)
Singles from Headless Cross
  1. "Headless Cross"
    Released: 3 April 1989[2]
  2. "Devil and Daughter"
    Released: 26 June 1989 (UK)[3]
  3. "Call of the Wild"
    Released: 1989 (EU)
Alternative cover
Black and White album cover, released in the UK

Headless Cross is the fourteenth studio album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath. Released in April 1989,[4] it was the group's second album to feature singer Tony Martin, the first to feature drummer Cozy Powell, and the only album with session bassist Laurence Cottle.

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 picture disc bonus track "Cloak and Dagger".[5]

  1. ^ "45cat - Black Sabbath - Headless Cross / Cloak And Dagger - I.R.S. - UK - EIRS 107".
  2. ^ "New singles" (PDF). Music Week. 1 April 1989. p. 35. Retrieved 30 September 2024 – via World Radio History.
  3. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 39.
  4. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (3 March 1995). Great Rock discography. Canongate Press. p. 68. ISBN 978-0-86241-541-9.
  5. ^ 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.