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Black Sabbath - Past Lives Audio CD

A fair review of the Black Sabbath "Past Lives" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Black Sabbath reviews here, or go back to the Black Sabbath tabs.

Black Sabbath Band: Black Sabbath
Title: Past Lives
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Release Date: 2002-08-20
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Tomorrow's Dream 2: Sweet Leaf 3: Killing Yourself to Live 4: Cornucopia 5: Snowblind 6: Children of the Grave 7: War Pigs 8: Wicked World 9: Paranoid 10: Hand of Doom 11: Hole in the Sky 12: Symptom of the Univers 13: Megalomania 14: Iron Man 15: Black Sabbath 16: N.I.B. 17: Behind the Wall of Sleep 18: Faries Wear Boots

I wish I could see what I'm hearing
" I was wondering recently why I've become so fixated recently on both ABBA and Black Sabbath. Yes, the mighty Black Sabbath dug into the archives and pulled out "Past Lives. It's confused both me and others, but I think I hit on the connection one night when I was looking at the band names, realizing that the word ABBA is part of Black Sabbath (i. e. sABBAth). Weird, huh?

The disc starts off with the relatively uninteresting "Tomorrow's Dream" before jumping into a grunged down version of "Sweet Leaf" that sounds odd without the cough-cough intro. The bluesy "Killing Yourself to Live" has Ozzy in savage top form, and by following "Children of the Grave" with "War Pigs" shows the band showcasing two of its best songs. Ozzy's hooting and hollering, especially in song intros, is good fun, and the band has an incredible energy for many of the numbers on this track. "Oh Lord, yeah. "

Of note on the album is the 18 minute version of "Wicked World", a 4:46 track from the first album that starts off with the band in its full glory before becoming its regular old bluesy self, then an extended guitar and drum solo that includes snatches of "Into The Void," some blues song that Ozzy sings on, as well as "Supernaut". Of course, Tony Iommi's guitar solos are pure blues jams, with some of the obligatory guitar shredding. "Thank you, good night, we love you all. You're beautiful. "

A nice version of "Hand of Doom," followed by a cool version of "Hole in the Sky" that has Ozzy in his full nasal glory babbling to the audience something like "quite a few guys stop me and ask me about the new album that we will have really soon, we're going to do a little number from our new album so you may not know it, you probably don't, even so you might like it," before screaming "ARE YOU HIGH?!? ARE YOU HIGH!?! SO AM I!!!!" One of the cool tracks on the album is "Megalomania," one of the gems of Sabotage. It was not a big hit with other critics, particlarly considering the way that Ozzy's voice cracks and goes off-key, but in a way that's some of the appeal of this warts-and-all collection. With his voice mangled, someone else (Geezer? Tony?) steps in to rescue Ozzy.

For me the biggest disappointment on the album is "Black Sabbath," which has a sort of noodly medieval acoustic intro before clumsily launching into the three notes of the song. "Behind the Wall of Sleep," another blues song from their first albumd, is also good fun, and the album closes with the silly ole "Fairies Wear Boots. " .


Sabbath's Best Live Album!
" A lot of great tracks, here, and the nearly nineteen minute "Wicked World" really demonstrates the level of musicianship in this band. An impressive live album! Black Sabbath really puts on a great show, from what I hear on this album, and it's nice to know that the REAL Sabbath fans can appreciate something beyond "Paranoid" and "Iron Man.


"PAST LIVES" CAPTURES THE GODFATHER OF HEAVY METAL MUSIC (BLACK SABBATH) IN THEIR ASTONISHING HEYDAY..............
This cd set captures Sabbath in their 1970s heyday. This is an awesome 2 cd set of awesome Black Sabbath performances. The first cd captures a 1973 live performance. The second cd captures a variety of 1970s Sabbath shows. I get a kick out of when Ozzy Ozbourne introduces and performs songs from the soon to be released Black Sabbath Lp "Sabatoge". Little did the audience know "Sabatoge" would be a landmark Black Sabbath album. The performances are brilliant and make you realize what a powerhouse performer Black Sabbath was in the 1970s. Although at times "Past Lives" lacks great sound quality, the sound is good enough and if it is turned up loud you won't really care. This is a must have for any metal, rock fan. We may never see the likes of Toni Iommi, Ozzy Ozbourne, Bill Ward or Geezer Butler again. "Past Lives" is a trip back to the heyday of the Godfather of heavy metal.


The Past Is Better Left in The Past
Back in the days before Dio, before MTV, before the VCR many of us diehard Sabbath fans would've have killed for a live Sabbath album. I don't see the point in this album. A live album seems to make more sense when the performances are recent (look at the success of Kiss Alive, Made In Japan, The Tokyo Tapes) But years later it seems pointless. These are inferior performances to recent live albums which serve not other purpose than to demonstrate how far they've come and how far technology has come. I advise you to seek Live Evil, which kind of summarized Dio's Heaven and Hell/Mob Rules period of Sabbath (a big improvement for my money)or Reunion, which stands a testament to their longevity and recent tour with the original members. Most of Past Lives sounds like a bootleg. You've heard most of these songs done before and better, with the possible exception of Hole In The Sky and Megalomania from Sabotage. Trust me the Past is better left in the Past.


Black Sabbath Live

A legit Live Sabbath Album. This is something i've waited on for a long time.
We all had Live at last at one point and that was good.
But now we got that and more, the 1970 Paris show (a few songs only) and a few Asbury, N. J songs from 1975 as well.
Altogether we got an excellent double live CD of Sabbath at there best.
I have all there stuff from that era and i just had to have this to round it off.
I hope they dig in some more and put out another double live CD.
Sabbath all the way
CD.


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