Dehumanizer
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- For the album by Dance or Die, see Dehumanizer (Dance or Die album).
Musically, it is considered one of Sabbath's heaviest albums. Song themes vary from a computer worshipped as a god, to televangelists, to individualism.
Although the band lineup is the same as 1981's Mob Rules, the musical direction is very different - not only because of the aforementioned heaviness, but the songs are also darker, more pessimistic and more intense, probably, than in every earlier Sabbath album.
Ronnie James Dio himself would follow this musical / lyrical direction in his next two albums with his band Dio, Strange Highways and Angry Machines.
A version of this album was also recorded with former frontman Tony Martin on vocals. Dio considered leaving the band for a very brief time after his vocals were already finished, and the rest of the band brought in Martin to re-record them. Dio returned to the sessions shortly thereafter and his version was used in the end. The version with Martin supposedly still exists, but a circulated bootleg has yet to appear.
Commercially, this album is regarded as a resurgence for Sabbath. The album reached the Top 40 in the U.K.
Track listing
- "Computer God" 6:10
- "After All (the Dead)" 5:37
- "TV Crimes" 3:58
- "Letters from the Earth" 4:12
- "Master of Insanity" 5:54
- "Time Machine" 4:10
- "Sins of the Father" 4:43
- "Too Late" 6:54
- "I" 5:10
- "Buried Alive" 4:47
- "Time Machine [Wayne's World Version]" 4:18
Credits
- Ronnie James Dio - vocals
- Tony Iommi - guitars
- Geezer Butler - bass
- Vinny Appice - drums
- Geoff Nicholls - keyboards
- Mack - Producer, engineer and mixer
- Darren Gayler - Engineer
- Stephen Wissnet - Engineer
| Black Sabbath |
| Ozzy Osbourne | Tony Iommi | Geezer Butler | Bill Ward |
| Dave Walker | Ronnie James Dio | Vinny Appice | Ian Gillan | Bev Bevan | David Donato | Glenn Hughes | Dave Spitz | Eric Singer | Ray Gillen | Tony Martin | Bob Daisley | Jo Burt | Terry Chimes | Laurence Cottle | Cozy Powell | Neil Murray | Bobby Rondinelli | Mike Bordin | Geoff Nicholls |
| Discography |
|---|
| Studio albums: Black Sabbath | Paranoid | Master of Reality | Black Sabbath, Vol. 4 | Sabbath Bloody Sabbath | Sabotage | Technical Ecstasy | Never Say Die! | Heaven and Hell | Mob Rules | Born Again | Seventh Star | The Eternal Idol | Headless Cross | Tyr | Dehumanizer | Cross Purposes | Forbidden |
| Live albums: Live Evil | Cross Purposes Live | Reunion | Past Lives |
| Compilations: We Sold Our Soul for Rock 'n' Roll | Under Wheels of Confusion | The Sabbath Stones | ' | ' | Greatest Hits 1970-1978 |
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