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n.
    1. The act of reuniting.
    2. The state of being reunited.
  2. A gathering of the members of a group who have been separated: a high school reunion.

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Album Review: Reunion
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Reunion

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  • Artist: Black Sabbath
  • Rating: StarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: October 20, 1998
  • Total Time: 107:36
  • Type: Compilation (best of), Live
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Though it was conceived as a mere cash-in for the long-awaited return of the original Black Sabbath, 1998's Reunion is as close to an official live album as the band has had in their historic 30-year career. 1980's Live at Last was released without their permission, and 1982's Live Evil featured then-singer Ronnie James Dio. With this in mind, the band must be commended on the excellent quality of the recordings, which include their most enduring classics ("War Pigs," "Paranoid," "Iron Man"), as well as a few surprises ("Dirty Women," "Behind the Wall of Sleep"), and were culled from a series of concerts in their native Birmingham in December 1997. The real key to this album, however, is the band's ability to avoid the most common pitfall of live recordings: speeding up the songs. This patience is crucial, since such Sabbath staples as "Sweet Leaf," "Black Sabbath," and "Snowblind" owe much of their unique personality and somber atmospherics to the band's trademark "snail's pace." "Children of the Grave" proves itself once again as one of the band's most dependable live favorites, and the massive riffs of "Into the Void" are simply timeless. The two brand new studio tracks are another treat for longtime fans, and while "Selling My Soul" is rather mundane, "Psycho Man" is absolutely incredible thanks to its slow intro and raging final riff. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, All Music Guide

Tracks



CD 1

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
War Pigs Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward, Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi Black Sabbath (8:27)
Behind the Wall of Sleep Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler Black Sabbath (4:06)
N.I.B. Bill Ward, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath (6:44)
Fairies Wear Boots Bill Ward, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler Black Sabbath (6:19)
Electric Funeral Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, Geezer Butler Black Sabbath (5:01)
Sweet Leaf Geezer Butler, Bill Ward, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath (5:07)
Spiral Architect Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward, Tony Iommi Black Sabbath (5:40)
Into the Void Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward, Geezer Butler Black Sabbath (6:31)
Snowblind Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath (6:07)


CD 2

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward, Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi Black Sabbath (4:36)
Orchid/Lord of This World Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward, Tony Iommi Black Sabbath (7:06)
Dirty Women Bill Ward, Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler Black Sabbath (6:29)
Black Sabbath Bill Ward, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath (7:29)
Iron Man Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward Black Sabbath (8:20)
Children of the Grave Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward Black Sabbath (6:30)
Paranoid Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward, Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi Black Sabbath (4:29)
Psycho Man (Lyrics) Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne Black Sabbath (5:19)
Selling My Soul (Lyrics) Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi Black Sabbath (3:09)

Credits

Thom Panunzio (Engineer), Thom Panunzio (Producer), Ozzy Osbourne (Vocals), Bob Marlette (Producer), Chris Walter (Photography), Ross Halfin (Photography), Bill Ward (Drums), Bob Marlette (Engineer), Bob Marlette (Mixing), Andrew Garver (Digital Editing), Barry Clempson (Remote Recording), John Aguto (Assistant Engineer), Dave Collins (Mastering), Glenn Wexler (Artwork), Glenn Wexler (Cover Design), Geezer Butler (Bass), Tim Hopkins (Assistant Engineer), Phil Alexander (Liner Notes), Greg Hackett (Engineer), Geoff Nicholls (Keyboards), Kevin Westenberg (Photography), David Coleman (Design), David Coleman (Art Direction), Tony Iommi (Guitar), Greg Hackett (Remote Recording), Bill Ward (Rhythm), Tim Hopkins (Mixing), John Aguto (Mixing), Barry Clempson (Engineer), Tim Harkins (Assistant Engineer), Phil Ault (Assistant Engineer)
WordNet: reunion
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Note: click on a word meaning below to see its connections and related words.

The noun has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: a party of former associates who have come together again

Meaning #2: the act of coming together again
  Synonym: reunification

Wikipedia: Reunion (album)
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Reunion
Live album by Black Sabbath
Released October 20, 1998
Recorded December 4 and 5, 1997
Genre Heavy metal
Length 107:36
Label Epic
Producer Thom Panunzio (live tracks), Bob Marlette (studio tracks)
Professional reviews
Black Sabbath chronology
The Sabbath Stones
(1996)		 Reunion
(1998)		 Past Lives
(2002)

Reunion is a live album by heavy metal band Black Sabbath.

After the departure of vocalist Ozzy Osbourne in 1979, Black Sabbath's line-up slowly lost stability in late 1983 and never quite recovered. Following a couple of one-off reunions in 1985 and 1992, the original line-up of Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward got back together for good in 1997.

This 2-CD live album was put together from the first two shows after the reunion, at the Birmingham NEC. Along with live versions of tracks such as "Paranoid", "N.I.B.", "Black Sabbath" and "Iron Man", it also features two new studio tracks - "Selling My Soul" and "Psycho Man". This was the only new material to have been officially released by Black Sabbath post-reunion until three new tracks appeared on the post-Ozzy compilation Black Sabbath: The Dio Years in 2007. The two new tracks on Reunion were also released on a single CD in the USA.

Black Sabbath received their only Grammy award, Best Metal Performance, for the live recording of "Iron Man" from this album.[1]

It was released as a digipak and in a standard 2CD jewel-case.

Though the band were considered legends by this time, this was the first "official" live album featuring Osbourne on vocals. 1980's Live at Last was not approved for release by the band.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler and Bill Ward, except where noted.

Disc one

  1. "War Pigs" – 8:28
  2. "Behind the Wall of Sleep" – 4:07
  3. "N.I.B." – 6:45
  4. "Fairies Wear Boots" – 6:19
  5. "Electric Funeral" – 5:02
  6. "Sweet Leaf" – 5:07
  7. "Spiral Architect" – 5:40
  8. "Into the Void" – 6:32
  9. "Snowblind" – 6:08

Disc two

  1. "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" – 4:36
  2. "Orchid/Lord of This World" – 7:07
  3. "Dirty Women" – 6:29
  4. "Black Sabbath" – 7:29
  5. "Iron Man" – 8:21
  6. "Children of the Grave" – 6:30
  7. "Paranoid" – 4:28
  8. "Psycho Man" (Osbourne, Iommi) – 5:18
  9. "Selling My Soul" (Osbourne, Iommi) – 3:10

Personnel

Production

  • Photography: Glen Wexler

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1998 The Billboard 200 11[2]
1998 Top Canadian
Albums		 5[3]

Singles - Billboard (North America)[4]

Year Single Chart Position
1998 "Psycho Man" Mainstream Rock Tracks 3
1999 "Selling My Soul" Mainstream Rock Tracks 17

Sales Accomplishments

RIAA certification[5] (United States)

Date Designation Total Sales
January 4,
1999		 Gold 500,000
January 4,
1999		 Platinum 1,000,000

CRIA certification[6] (Canada)

Date Designation Total Sales
February 26,
1999		 Gold 50,000
September 26,
1999		 Platinum 100,000

References

  1. ^ "AllMusic Grammys". http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0bfwxq8jldfe~T32. Retrieved 2009-01-31. 
  2. ^ "Billboard album chart history-Black Sabbath". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Albums&model.vnuArtistId=4105&model.vnuAlbumId=545105. Retrieved February 14, 2009. 
  3. ^ "AllMusic Billboard albums". http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0bfwxq8jldfe~T30. Retrieved 2009-01-31. 
  4. ^ "Billboard singles chart history-Black Sabbath". http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.chartFormatGroupName=Singles&model.vnuArtistId=4105&model.vnuAlbumId=545105. Retrieved February 14, 2009. 
  5. ^ "RIAA Gold & Platinum database". http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=BLACK%20SABBATH&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=on&before=on&startMonth=1&endMonth=2&startYear=1999&endYear=1999&sort=Artist&perPage=25. Retrieved February 22, 2009. 
  6. ^ "CRIA certified awards". http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php?page=3&wclause=WHERE+artist_name+like+%27%25black%25%27+ORDER+BY+cert_date%2C+cert_award+&rcnt=60&csearch=20&nextprev=1. Retrieved February 8, 2009. 
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Translations: Reunion
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Dansk (Danish)
n. - genforening, sammenkomst, fest

n. - Reunion

Nederlands (Dutch)
hereniging, reünie

Français (French)
n. - réunion, retrouvailles

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wiedervereinigung, Treffen

n. - Réunion, La Réunion

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - επανένωση, νέα συνάντηση, ξανασμίξιμο, συγκέντρωση, συνέλευση, σύναξη

Italiano (Italian)
riunione

Português (Portuguese)
n. - reunião (f), conciliação (f)

Русский (Russian)
воссоединение, встреча выпускников/дру- зей/семьи

Español (Spanish)
n. - reunión

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - återförening, sammankomst

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
团圆, 重聚, 再联合

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 團圓, 重聚, 再聯合

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 재결합, 재회, 친목회

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 再結合, 再会, 同窓会

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) إجتماع, لم شمل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮מפגש, כנס, איחוד מחדש‬
n. - ‮ראיניון‬

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