Seventh Star

Seventh Star
Studio album by
Black Sabbath
Released28 January 1986 (1986-01-28)[1]
RecordedJune–August 1985[2]
Studio
  • Cherokee (Los Angeles)
  • Cheshire Sound (Atlanta)
Genre
Length35:00
LabelWarner Bros.
ProducerJeff Glixman
Black Sabbath chronology
Born Again
(1983) 		Seventh Star
(1986) 		The Eternal Idol
(1987)
Singles from Seventh Star
  1. "No Stranger to Love"
    Released: 1986 (EU)

Seventh Star is the twelfth studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath. Released on 28 January 1986 in the United States and on 21 February 1986 in the United Kingdom,[5] 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 and ex-Trapeze 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. Because of the pressures from Warner Bros. Records and the prompting of band manager Don Arden, the record was billed as Black Sabbath featuring Tony Iommi. Despite the issues behind the release's production, it earned moderate commercial success, reaching #27 in the UK and #78 on the Billboard 200 chart.[6]

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  2. ^ Iommi, Tony (2012). Iron Man. Simon&Schuster UK. p. 249. ISBN 978-1-84983-321-9.
  3. ^ "Black Sabbath - Seventh Star". Metal Reviews.com.
  4. ^ "Ranking: Every Black Sabbath Album from Worst to Best". 9 March 2017.
  5. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 25.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference AllmusicReview was invoked but never defined (see the help page).