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I will never understand why this album gets so much hate. Disturbing the Priest & Born Again. Are 2 of the greatest things to ever go on to a piece of Vinyl.
I love it too. My brother gave it to me the year it was released for my 13 birthday, still have it, still play it. I think the hate simply comes from the production. Not everyone's cup of tea. I love everthing from the cover, to the sleeve and down to the very last track. One of the darkest and heaviest of Sabbath's albums in my opinion.
I love both Ozzy and Dio, and I think this song is one of Sabbath’s best ever. Great heaviness, mood, and some of the best metal screams and maniacal laughter ever caught on tape.
My 1st and only Sabbath concert! I walked there in a snowstorm at 15 years old! Met Ian and Geezer in the Sheraton Hotel after the show in Utica, NY and got my ticket stub autographed! Still have it! It’s prob the only thing I still have since the early 80s, I’m now 56 and still ❤ this album and Ian’s voice!
I love this album... So glad you are finally getting to it.. this concert live was so intense... One of the best concerts I've ever seen... Ian does Ozzy songs like a master.. his version of paranoid was so killer
The title comes from the local vicar coming up to the Manor Studios where the album was recorded, and complaining about the noise. Turns out Sabbath were so loud, they were drowning out the local church choir practices. They changed their schedule to accomodate the priest and choir, and Ian Gillan wrote the lyrics to the song as a result.
Masterpiece 🤘 Saw this incarnation of the band on this tour. Date: 18th August 1983. Venue: Drammenshallen, Oslo First concert of the Born Again tour. First concert for: Ian Gillan & Bev Bevan with the band. 5songs from the Born Again album. Epic concert! Cheers from Norway 🇳🇴
This album is sick. I can’t wait for an updated mix on it. Like I said on Zero the Hero, Tony says it’s coming. And no way hip hop influenced this at all, hip hop artists were grabbing rock stuff and sampling it, but old guys from England like sabbath were not listening to hip hop yet. When you view it backwards it may look that way. Funk is the music that influenced that type of rhythm, in rock and in hip hop. In 1982-83 the two had not crossed paths except the funk influence
The Rolling Stone Album Guide described Born Again as "a monstrous beast", calling it one of the three essential post-Ozzy albums. "if any album in the history of Black Sabbath is getting a new set of horns up from metalheads here deep into the new century, it's Born Again." - Author Martin Popoff
Was fortunate enough to see the Sabbs with Gillan at the 1983 Reading Rock Festival in England. I was a touch skeptical at first, but Ian Gillan did amazingly well on the Ozzy era songs. Much, much better than Dio ever did. On the other hand, I never saw Tony Iommi more annoyed than when he had to play Deep Purple's "Smoke On The Water" as an encore. Quite hallucinating to watch, actually: Black Sabbath playing Deep Purple. On a side-note, I worked at said festival as security and Sabbath requested "body guards" to walk 'em from the back-stage tent to the podium. So, I walked side-by-side with Ian Gillan for about 200 meters. And no, although it was a moonlit night, we didn't hold hands...
Well worth the dive Andrew. Check out Bill Ward's snare work on Zero the Hero from these sessions. Also would love your take on the drum part Hot Line - the way Bill shifts the beat with his hi- hat work still makes me smile as a drummer today. The percussion on bongos on Born Again (what a song) is so 'Planet Caravanesque.'.Geezers bass on Hotline, the guitar solo on Trashed. The allure of 'Keep it Warm.' As people mentioned in the comments for 'Zero the Hero', the expectation and buzz around this 'Deep Sabbath/Black Purple' album was palpable. I was 14-15 at the time and still remember the excitement- me and my mates were still all gutted that we hadnt seen them with Ozzy/and that we weren't this age in 1972 for Sabbath/ Zeppelin/Purple - who were the big 3 British rock bands for the years before 1979/80 in our minds - the Beatles/Stones/Cream 'not being 'heavy enough' I was a drummer too (!). I digress. Too bad Bill couldn't keep his alcoholism underwraps, although he did do most of the Born Again album sober - after he declined touring this album, he did finally get sober: Jan 1st 1984. We all finally, got to see them in 1999 on the reunion shows in both the U.K. and U.S. like nothing had changed- and I learnt how to play War Pigs correctly from watching Bill on thus tour - 'Hi- hat chick AND note strike with stick on that part - so Bill, and SO perfect! Cheers......BTW, you still have the STUDIO version of Snowblind to cream over the push- pull and ghost notes of BW - and with good production (2021 Vol. 4 remaster)!. Cheers.
I am 52 years old, this was my first concert in Jan "84 in San Francisco/ Daly City, I have been obsessed with this album since it came out in late '83.
One of the most underrated albums ever made. Gillan was the best singer in the world until he blew his vocal chords while making this album. One of my favorites.
I don't think so. Gillan era was before and was Bad. Perfect stranger came after this and was amazing. Gillan lost his tone of voice during Ian Gillan Band. Then was all hard work.
Spot on Andrew, Zero the Hero and this are absolute bangers. I feel Gillan suited the more grungy, original, nasty style of Sabbath. Now please please do Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. It’s the greatest Sabbath classic you’ve still never heard.
This record kicks ass.. Saw the tour in '83.. 7th row on Tony's side! ;) .. first concert! Yhis song is insane! Ian Gillan is a Beast! Those are the screams of a twisted madman.. loll Tony Gezr and Ward are doing something special during that intro/outro scream section! They were jamming late at night at the mansion where they recorded the record and didnt realize that the window was open and the music cud be heard really loud at the church rectory down the block and the priest went up and knocked on the door to ask if they might lower it a bit? They then noticed the open window and apologized for "Disturbing The Priest." Gillan then embellished the lyrics into a different story. But, that was how they coined the idea for the name of the song. Edit.. The opening song "Trashed" is great.. "Digital Bitch" is about my gf, except she's not rich and no house on the hill.. the closing track "Keep lt Warm" is another keeper, heavy ballad. Btw.. l dont regard this as Sabbath. I just call it Born Again.
@@AKLMUSIC419 Nice! I was 14 and probably had no business being 30 feet from Tony's amps loll.. He blasted me out of my chair.. It was so f*in' loud. Easily, w/o question, the loudest show I ever saw.
This album is up there with Ozzy and DIO stuff to me. It was the last actual album with 3 original members on it. Yes, i agree the album is muddy sounding, which does give it a certain charm. At least the master tapes were found and will be getting a proper remix soon. But there is no denying the songs on this album are great and Ian Gillan's vocals were at his peak on this. Born Again the song is a masterpiece, my favorite song from the album, always gives me chills. The album cover stands out thats for sure. First time i saw it was back in 1984 at a record store in a mall, it stood out from every record in the store. I didnt even know it was Black Sabbath at the time, i was going in the store to buy Ozzy Sabbath, which i had just got into. Me and my friend went right to it out of curiosity and realized it was Black Sabbath and we had to buy a copy lol not even knowing who sang on it or anything, also bought Paranoid album with it. I remember we went straight home and put that album on and it blew us away.
This song was my first introduction to Black Sabbath in 1983 when I was 14…love the whole album! Was so amazed to hear the Dio and Ozzy were also singers for Black Sabbath!
The song title/topic is said to have resulted out of noise complaints they got from the local church of the manor they did the sessions in - so it started out just literal😅
Regarding the Spinal Tap connection, the joke they made in the movie was that the diagram the band drew said inches instead of feet, so they ended up with a tiny Stonehenge. The Sabbath story (which feels like it's probably part legend) is that the confusion was between feet and metres, so the Stonehenge set ended up being ENORMOUS. It wouldn't fit in most venues they played, and they had to come up with ways of partially dismantling it so at least pieces could be used. A huge comedy of errors.
I totally understand your feeling about Bill Ward vs John Bonham. While Bonham garnered more attention, Bill Ward was indeed unpredictable and an on-the-edge drummer that brought such a unique and thrilling feel to the music. It felt more improvisational in the early Sabbath years, and yes it got more refined and produced over time. Yet, either way, always superb drumming.
I agree with your Rage Against The Machine comparison. You are exactly right; so much so that Rage's drummer, Brad Wilk, plays as a session drummer on Black Sabbath's final album (reuniting with Ozzy) called "13." I encourage you to check out that album. Is was a great final album from our Birmingham brothers.
This is a good album and my second favorite iteration of Sabbath. The recording was very muddy overall, but there were some really good songs and I am a Gillian fan with Purple.
Yes!! Love this album. My roommate and I used to crank up Disturbing the Priest when we saw the Jehova's Witnesses on our neighborhood. They usually skipped our house😂😂😂😂
The origin of this idea, according to Ian Gillan, was the place they were recording at [ a manor house in the country ] there was a church down the road and the Vicar would come over knock on the door and complain that the noise was too much
For someone who never liked Black Sabbath with Ozzy Osbourne, Born Again is right up my alley. If you liked Ian Gillan's voice then you can listen to everything he did with Purple from 1969 to 1973 then with his Ian Gillan Band from 1975 to 1977 and finally with Gillan from 1978 to 1982. Born Again is the last album in which his voice was at the top. After the Born Again tour and the Deep Purple MKII reunion in 1984, Ian Gillan's voice would be trashed forever.
About the Hiphop vibe - check out (not on video, just listen to the song once because of this point) Deep Purple: No One Came (1971) Ian Gillan (not 'Gillian') had an affinity to speach-singing over his whole carreer
Ian Gillan, as a former drummer, has such a style of rhythmic singing, his recitative singing can be heard on the Fireball album in 1971, when hip-hop did not yet exist.
I absolutely LOVED this album when it came out, and in my humble opinion it's the last album that Ian Gillan ever absolutely shredded vocals like he did here...Deep Purple's 'Child In Time' like screams on this one. Saw them on tour, it was great...still love it to this day. can't wait for the remix/remaster. Gillan SLAYS on this disc.
I agree, Born Again is the last album in which Ian Gillan will have a great voice. After the Born Again tour, his voice will be ruined forever. Gillan was imperial from 1969 to 1983 then from the Deep Purple reunion in 1984, it was never the same.
Actually no, you just haven't heard the Toolbox album. And Gillan sings magnificently on Perfect Strangers, as well as on subsequent albums, and his voice was spoiled not by Born Agein, but by age and life.
@@ninoorjon Yes, I listened to the albums that you mentioned and for my part I don't like the fact that Ian Gillan frequently doubles his voice on the albums from Perfect Strangers onwards, and that he no longer has the vocal power that he had up to and including Born Again. Plus, musically it doesn't appeal to me. It's lukewarm and the production sounds awfully 80s/early 90s. I've also seen Purple live four times (85, 87 and twice in 96) and Gillan's vocals were downright weak. Sorry, nothing equals his glorious period from 69 to 73 with Purple, and his albums with IGB then with Gillan until 82, plus Born Again in 83. No, his voice has not deteriorated with age (for example, Glenn Hughes still has such a powerful voice after five decades). It's just that Ian should have rested his vocal cords in 1982 and had an operation on the advice of his doctor but he went straight to Born Again and its consecutive tour, which had the consequence that by 1984, his voice was damaged for good.
Hi, Andrew! Ian sure can sing. Always liked that guy. Not familiar with the song you just played but it's ok. By this point the band should be called 'Purple Sabbath'! 😈
My favorite song on the album. Had no problem with the original. This sounded like the original one through a walky talky to me. No bass/mid. Thanks for the reaction, sir.
Yeap, is insane right, after both sabbath and gillan had legendary carreer to be regarded as legends for millenia , they releasing this , i mean its the alive spirit of rock n roll
I saw them in '83 Bev Bevan on drums this tour also Ian blew his voice out .These vocals are extraordinary this version's mix is not flattering Bill Ward SWINGS hard that's the thing Always using hi hat.His drum mixes were not always great you are correct
In addition I had seen Sabbath live before, but in 1983 I saw them touring the great Born again album. It was a real coup for Sabbath to get Ian Gillan as vocalist. The album is not unlistenable, unless you have a crap music system, or a build up of ear wax. Sabbath meets Purple, perfect. At the end of a fantastic show, came Smoke on the Water, and Space trucking. Black Sabbath, were now Deep Purple. Absolutely bloody marvellous.
*DUDE!!!* I'm a life-long Sabbath fan and *this* is one of my favorite albums and this is one of my favorite tracks. I'm pretty sure these guys were too drunk to even notice hip-hop. Hip-hop may have borrowed from Sabbath.... 🤔
You picked up on the hip-hop/rap influence. Anthrax and Public Enemy did the first hip-hop/metal collab in 1991. The movie soundtrack for Judgement Day is a cool metal/hip-hop release. Todays country music flow (a lot of the artists) has all kinds of hip-hop rap vibe too🤘🏼
Spinal Tap had already been shot before the tour for Born Again started, so the Stone Henge thing is a case of life inadvertently imitating art (inverted), rather than the inspiration. It’d be cool if it was, but the dates just don’t add up
I have been a Sabbath fan since 1971, as far as I am concerned the so called hardcore Sabbath fans can do one. Not one single one of them is more HARDCORE THAN ME. And you can all go away. You are the type of people a great band doesn't need as fans.
Andrew Go Checkout The Phil Rudd band and his solo Album called head Job With the first single called Repo Man Rudd produced and wrote the the whole album and played on drums for the album!
I am a Sabbath fan since 1971, I have this album on vynil, and I seriously regret putting it on. Why? Because I bloody can't stop listening to it. Thats why.
They’re not demos. It’s a work in progress mix where some of the vocals haven’t been completed. Also Stonehenge didn’t inspire Tap. Spinal Tap was filmed in 1982 and Sabbath didn’t tour until 1983 with Ian
Now you need to go to newer Black Sabbath with cozy Powell on the drums headless cross is a good start you can do the song headless cross devil and daughter Or when death calls you should check These songs out
My first released vinyl copy sounded fine on my system. I'm sorry to everyone who had super high-end systems that made the minor issues with the engineering si bad the album was "un listenable", that's utter rubbish. Album slaps, saw them on the tour and Bev Bevan did a incredible job on drums. Honestly I think people echo Ian's complaints about the mix, because they want to complain and don't actually have a valid reason. Demo version was cool, but I don't hear anything in it that's better than the album version. To the contrary IMO. But it was a cool listen. 🤘🧙♂️🤘 Rich the Ancient Metal Beast
For Acdc reactions people do react to Acdc's Live No Bull Concert From 1995 and also Acdc's live at the Hippodrome from 1977 & Live at River Plate 2010 Best Rudd Concert s that can be reacted to from the bags from down under
In theory you only Really like bands you listened to when you were in your app. twenties. It seems to hold pretty well. I heard this album when I was eighteen, and it's still my favorite BS album. I also like the earlier Ozzy material.
Gillian Loves this album. He didn't throw it out the window. After his part on this Album it went on to the mixing and that and that along he didn't like. He said this is one of his favorite Album he made. And he said it was like a year long party with the Sabbath Boys. Gillian don't care what some say about this Album No No No No not in the least. That's why he went on disturbing the priests
He'll need a bucket next to his microphone to vomit in after listening to Martin's squealing, don't destroy the man's Sabbath journey, Martin went a long way to finishing off that unfortunate era of "Sabbath'.
The album is actually amazing. It's kind of a stand alone, I don't really regard it as a sabbath album. It's just a good album with a regrettable mix. The song writing is A+
1:44 noo.. Joe Elliot from Def Leppard did that, he stated that in an interview, it is vieuwable on the tube.. hate when so called "fans" get facts wrong and start showing like yellow snow on how great they where on not getting their facts correct..
I don't care what anyone says. This is a banger.
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I will never understand why this album gets so much hate. Disturbing the Priest & Born Again. Are 2 of the greatest things to ever go on to a piece of Vinyl.
Two of my absolute favourites👍
Yep.
Agree 100%‼️
I love it too. My brother gave it to me the year it was released for my 13 birthday, still have it, still play it. I think the hate simply comes from the production. Not everyone's cup of tea. I love everthing from the cover, to the sleeve and down to the very last track. One of the darkest and heaviest of Sabbath's albums in my opinion.
Agree. this album is so farkin dark. Born again song especially. Shame the engineering was crap.
Probably the most sinister and diabolical sounding Sabbath track of them all.. 🤘🤘
what about ( zero the hero ] !!!!!!!!!!!
I love both Ozzy and Dio, and I think this song is one of Sabbath’s best ever. Great heaviness, mood, and some of the best metal screams and maniacal laughter ever caught on tape.
Absolutely underrated album! Hidden gem as you said. Was my first concert ever on this tour. LOUD!!!!!!!!
My 1st and only Sabbath concert! I walked there in a snowstorm at 15 years old! Met Ian and Geezer in the Sheraton Hotel after the show in Utica, NY and got my ticket stub autographed! Still have it! It’s prob the only thing I still have since the early 80s, I’m now 56 and still ❤ this album and Ian’s voice!
I love this album... So glad you are finally getting to it.. this concert live was so intense... One of the best concerts I've ever seen... Ian does Ozzy songs like a master.. his version of paranoid was so killer
The title comes from the local vicar coming up to the Manor Studios where the album was recorded, and complaining about the noise. Turns out Sabbath were so loud, they were drowning out the local church choir practices. They changed their schedule to accomodate the priest and choir, and Ian Gillan wrote the lyrics to the song as a result.
Andrew, ignore the haters, Sabbath fan for 40 years and this is a true heavy metal album... hopefully you can listen to Trashed and Hot Line 👍
Trashed and Hotline my two faves from the album.
Masterpiece 🤘
Saw this incarnation of the band on this tour.
Date:
18th August 1983.
Venue:
Drammenshallen, Oslo
First concert of the Born Again tour.
First concert for: Ian Gillan & Bev Bevan with the band.
5songs from the Born Again album.
Epic concert!
Cheers from Norway 🇳🇴
This is a top 10 Sabbath track more people need to hear it. Love the videos mate!
This album is sick. I can’t wait for an updated mix on it. Like I said on Zero the Hero, Tony says it’s coming. And no way hip hop influenced this at all, hip hop artists were grabbing rock stuff and sampling it, but old guys from England like sabbath were not listening to hip hop yet. When you view it backwards it may look that way. Funk is the music that influenced that type of rhythm, in rock and in hip hop. In 1982-83 the two had not crossed paths except the funk influence
The Rolling Stone Album Guide described Born Again as "a monstrous beast", calling it one of the three essential post-Ozzy albums.
"if any album in the history of Black Sabbath is getting a new set of horns up from metalheads here deep into the new century, it's Born Again." - Author Martin Popoff
Was fortunate enough to see the Sabbs with Gillan at the 1983 Reading Rock Festival in England. I was a touch skeptical at first, but Ian Gillan did amazingly well on the Ozzy era songs. Much, much better than Dio ever did. On the other hand, I never saw Tony Iommi more annoyed than when he had to play Deep Purple's "Smoke On The Water" as an encore. Quite hallucinating to watch, actually: Black Sabbath playing Deep Purple. On a side-note, I worked at said festival as security and Sabbath requested "body guards" to walk 'em from the back-stage tent to the podium. So, I walked side-by-side with Ian Gillan for about 200 meters. And no, although it was a moonlit night, we didn't hold hands...
Well worth the dive Andrew. Check out Bill Ward's snare work on Zero the Hero from these sessions. Also would love your take on the drum part Hot Line - the way Bill shifts the beat with his hi- hat work still makes me smile as a drummer today. The percussion on bongos on Born Again (what a song) is so 'Planet Caravanesque.'.Geezers bass on Hotline, the guitar solo on Trashed. The allure of 'Keep it Warm.' As people mentioned in the comments for 'Zero the Hero', the expectation and buzz around this 'Deep Sabbath/Black Purple' album was palpable. I was 14-15 at the time and still remember the excitement- me and my mates were still all gutted that we hadnt seen them with Ozzy/and that we weren't this age in 1972 for Sabbath/ Zeppelin/Purple - who were the big 3 British rock bands for the years before 1979/80 in our minds - the Beatles/Stones/Cream 'not being 'heavy enough' I was a drummer too (!). I digress. Too bad Bill couldn't keep his alcoholism underwraps, although he did do most of the Born Again album sober - after he declined touring this album, he did finally get sober: Jan 1st 1984. We all finally, got to see them in 1999 on the reunion shows in both the U.K. and U.S. like nothing had changed- and I learnt how to play War Pigs correctly from watching Bill on thus tour - 'Hi- hat chick AND note strike with stick on that part - so Bill, and SO perfect! Cheers......BTW, you still have the STUDIO version of Snowblind to cream over the push- pull and ghost notes of BW - and with good production (2021 Vol. 4 remaster)!. Cheers.
I am 52 years old, this was my first concert in Jan "84 in San Francisco/ Daly City, I have been obsessed with this album since it came out in late '83.
One of the most underrated albums ever made. Gillan was the best singer in the world until he blew his vocal chords while making this album. One of my favorites.
I don't think so. Gillan era was before and was Bad.
Perfect stranger came after this and was amazing.
Gillan lost his tone of voice during Ian Gillan Band.
Then was all hard work.
One of Tony's most underrated lead guitar parts. :P Still, his background coloring is second to none.
Ian, yeah - that 'Smoke on the Water' guy.
Spot on Andrew, Zero the Hero and this are absolute bangers. I feel Gillan suited the more grungy, original, nasty style of Sabbath.
Now please please do Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. It’s the greatest Sabbath classic you’ve still never heard.
You are right about Iommi's guitar tone and hitting certain notes. He is a true artist. There are few guitarists that have an identifiable sound
This record kicks ass.. Saw the tour in '83.. 7th row on Tony's side! ;) .. first concert!
Yhis song is insane! Ian Gillan is a Beast! Those are the screams of a twisted madman.. loll
Tony Gezr and Ward are doing something special during that intro/outro scream section!
They were jamming late at night at the mansion where they recorded the record and didnt realize that the window was open and the music cud be heard really loud at the church rectory down the block and the priest went up and knocked on the door to ask if they might lower it a bit? They then noticed the open window and apologized for "Disturbing The Priest." Gillan then embellished the lyrics into a different story. But, that was how they coined the idea for the name of the song.
Edit.. The opening song "Trashed" is great.. "Digital Bitch" is about my gf, except she's not rich and no house on the hill.. the closing track "Keep lt Warm" is another keeper, heavy ballad.
Btw.. l dont regard this as Sabbath. I just call it Born Again.
This tour was my 2nd concert ever. 12 years old.
@@AKLMUSIC419 Nice! I was 14 and probably had no business being 30 feet from Tony's amps loll.. He blasted me out of my chair.. It was so f*in' loud. Easily, w/o question, the loudest show I ever saw.
The bass drum work (especially during the intro) has always fascinated me!
The five minute tangent at the end was one of your best discussions about Sabbath .
This album is up there with Ozzy and DIO stuff to me. It was the last actual album with 3 original members on it. Yes, i agree the album is muddy sounding, which does give it a certain charm. At least the master tapes were found and will be getting a proper remix soon. But there is no denying the songs on this album are great and Ian Gillan's vocals were at his peak on this. Born Again the song is a masterpiece, my favorite song from the album, always gives me chills. The album cover stands out thats for sure. First time i saw it was back in 1984 at a record store in a mall, it stood out from every record in the store. I didnt even know it was Black Sabbath at the time, i was going in the store to buy Ozzy Sabbath, which i had just got into. Me and my friend went right to it out of curiosity and realized it was Black Sabbath and we had to buy a copy lol not even knowing who sang on it or anything, also bought Paranoid album with it. I remember we went straight home and put that album on and it blew us away.
Yeah I’m Lovin it too! 🤘
Now you're going in deep Andrew.
That’s what sh..
This song was my first introduction to Black Sabbath in 1983 when I was 14…love the whole album! Was so amazed to hear the Dio and Ozzy were also singers for Black Sabbath!
This must be the album ilistened the most growing up,A real misunderstood masterpiece !
Black Sabbath 1968-eternity🤘
The song title/topic is said to have resulted out of noise complaints they got from the local church of the manor they did the sessions in - so it started out just literal😅
Regarding the Spinal Tap connection, the joke they made in the movie was that the diagram the band drew said inches instead of feet, so they ended up with a tiny Stonehenge. The Sabbath story (which feels like it's probably part legend) is that the confusion was between feet and metres, so the Stonehenge set ended up being ENORMOUS. It wouldn't fit in most venues they played, and they had to come up with ways of partially dismantling it so at least pieces could be used. A huge comedy of errors.
I totally understand your feeling about Bill Ward vs John Bonham. While Bonham garnered more attention, Bill Ward was indeed unpredictable and an on-the-edge drummer that brought such a unique and thrilling feel to the music. It felt more improvisational in the early Sabbath years, and yes it got more refined and produced over time. Yet, either way, always superb drumming.
Mant thanks for doing this one.
An overlooked gem!
🙌
You are officially my favorite New Zealander!
i cant beleive jhow much bettrr tjis new mix is freaking amazing
Legendary album, very influential!
Born Again is a fantastic album! One of my favorites. The unmixed demos are even better!
Time for a Deep Purple week, Andrew.
Their rehearsing interfered with choir rehearsal at a nearby church. The priest came by to ask them to turn it down.😂
I agree with your Rage Against The Machine comparison. You are exactly right; so much so that Rage's drummer, Brad Wilk, plays as a session drummer on Black Sabbath's final album (reuniting with Ozzy) called "13." I encourage you to check out that album. Is was a great final album from our Birmingham brothers.
Great album!!!
I need to get some of these pre-production mixes. Not easy to find now. I have the LP.
I love the rough drafts!
Tony Iommi is a badass
This is a good album and my second favorite iteration of Sabbath. The recording was very muddy overall, but there were some really good songs and I am a Gillian fan with Purple.
Yes!! Love this album. My roommate and I used to crank up Disturbing the Priest when we saw the Jehova's Witnesses on our neighborhood. They usually skipped our house😂😂😂😂
I have always loved this album…it’s just different
The origin of this idea, according to Ian Gillan, was the place they were recording at [ a manor house in the country ] there was a church down the road and the Vicar would come over knock on the door and complain that the noise was too much
For someone who never liked Black Sabbath with Ozzy Osbourne, Born Again is right up my alley. If you liked Ian Gillan's voice then you can listen to everything he did with Purple from 1969 to 1973 then with his Ian Gillan Band from 1975 to 1977 and finally with Gillan from 1978 to 1982. Born Again is the last album in which his voice was at the top. After the Born Again tour and the Deep Purple MKII reunion in 1984, Ian Gillan's voice would be trashed forever.
Man, I recomend you to listen the Bill Ward's solo albums. Thank you Andrew!
Will do!
About the Hiphop vibe - check out (not on video, just listen to the song once because of this point) Deep Purple: No One Came (1971)
Ian Gillan (not 'Gillian') had an affinity to speach-singing over his whole carreer
By far, the best Black Sabbath song they ever made, imo! I love the album, but this song stands out. 🍻
Saw them on this tour!
Ian Gillan, as a former drummer, has such a style of rhythmic singing, his recitative singing can be heard on the Fireball album in 1971, when hip-hop did not yet exist.
Oh right! Nice info 👌
I absolutely LOVED this album when it came out, and in my humble opinion it's the last album that Ian Gillan ever absolutely shredded vocals like he did here...Deep Purple's 'Child In Time' like screams on this one. Saw them on tour, it was great...still love it to this day. can't wait for the remix/remaster. Gillan SLAYS on this disc.
I agree, Born Again is the last album in which Ian Gillan will have a great voice. After the Born Again tour, his voice will be ruined forever. Gillan was imperial from 1969 to 1983 then from the Deep Purple reunion in 1984, it was never the same.
Actually no, you just haven't heard the Toolbox album. And Gillan sings magnificently on Perfect Strangers, as well as on subsequent albums, and his voice was spoiled not by Born Agein, but by age and life.
@@ninoorjon Yes, I listened to the albums that you mentioned and for my part I don't like the fact that Ian Gillan frequently doubles his voice on the albums from Perfect Strangers onwards, and that he no longer has the vocal power that he had up to and including Born Again. Plus, musically it doesn't appeal to me. It's lukewarm and the production sounds awfully 80s/early 90s. I've also seen Purple live four times (85, 87 and twice in 96) and Gillan's vocals were downright weak. Sorry, nothing equals his glorious period from 69 to 73 with Purple, and his albums with IGB then with Gillan until 82, plus Born Again in 83. No, his voice has not deteriorated with age (for example, Glenn Hughes still has such a powerful voice after five decades). It's just that Ian should have rested his vocal cords in 1982 and had an operation on the advice of his doctor but he went straight to Born Again and its consecutive tour, which had the consequence that by 1984, his voice was damaged for good.
Hi, Andrew! Ian sure can sing. Always liked that guy. Not familiar with the song you just played but it's ok. By this point the band should be called 'Purple Sabbath'! 😈
My favorite Sabbath album by far.
I LOVE Born Again. Awesome album.
My favorite song on the album. Had no problem with the original. This sounded like the original one through a walky talky to me. No bass/mid. Thanks for the reaction, sir.
I love the album
i had thia as a kid in 84 but hearing tjis is just the nest metal sound ever
Those vocals at the end were very similar to a young Phil Anselmo cemetery gates.
I wish I still had my original tape of this album. It got stolen from my car along with about 40 other tapes. (90% metal)
Well, if it helps, there ARE isolated Bill Ward tracks on RUclips.
Very cool. It's Ian GILL-ann. More of Tony Iommi influencing everyone else with everything. You're not wrong.
Nice lead-in for deep purple week.
Loved the album
Yeap, is insane right, after both sabbath and gillan had legendary carreer to be regarded as legends for millenia , they releasing this , i mean its the alive spirit of rock n roll
Black Sabbath Demos are better than most bands final product, I.E album version.
I saw them in '83 Bev Bevan on drums this tour also Ian blew his voice out .These vocals are extraordinary this version's mix is not flattering Bill Ward SWINGS hard that's the thing Always using hi hat.His drum mixes were not always great you are correct
In addition I had seen Sabbath live before, but in 1983 I saw them touring the great Born again album. It was a real coup for Sabbath to get Ian Gillan as vocalist. The album is not unlistenable, unless you have a crap music system, or a build up of ear wax. Sabbath meets Purple, perfect. At the end of a fantastic show, came Smoke on the Water, and Space trucking. Black Sabbath, were now Deep Purple. Absolutely bloody marvellous.
I always think Tony Iommi the master riff maker, was inspired by Randy Rhoads "Believer" which i really like. 🎸 with Ozzy .
Those vocal harmonies remind me of the Omen movie or the Exorcist.
*DUDE!!!* I'm a life-long Sabbath fan and *this* is one of my favorite albums and this is one of my favorite tracks. I'm pretty sure these guys were too drunk to even notice hip-hop. Hip-hop may have borrowed from Sabbath.... 🤔
You picked up on the hip-hop/rap influence. Anthrax and Public Enemy did the first hip-hop/metal collab in 1991. The movie soundtrack for Judgement Day is a cool metal/hip-hop release.
Todays country music flow (a lot of the artists) has all kinds of hip-hop rap vibe too🤘🏼
Spinal Tap had already been shot before the tour for Born Again started, so the Stone Henge thing is a case of life inadvertently imitating art (inverted), rather than the inspiration.
It’d be cool if it was, but the dates just don’t add up
Best metal album cover ever.
I have been a Sabbath fan since 1971, as far as I am concerned the so called hardcore Sabbath fans can do one. Not one single one of them is more HARDCORE THAN ME. And you can all go away. You are the type of people a great band doesn't need as fans.
there's a literal truth to this track and they thought the Beatles on the roof at abbey road was loud
Psychotic Waltz does an amazing cover of this song.
"Gillan" rhymes with "villain"
Zero the Hero 🎸. Favorite song. And Born Again.
Andrew Go Checkout The Phil Rudd band and his solo Album called head Job With the first single called Repo Man Rudd produced and wrote the the whole album and played on drums for the album!
Yes, such a masterpiece and nearly nobody knows it.
I am a Sabbath fan since 1971, I have this album on vynil, and I seriously regret putting it on.
Why?
Because I bloody can't stop listening to it. Thats why.
They’re not demos. It’s a work in progress mix where some of the vocals haven’t been completed. Also Stonehenge didn’t inspire Tap. Spinal Tap was filmed in 1982 and Sabbath didn’t tour until 1983 with Ian
Now you need to go to newer Black Sabbath with cozy Powell on the drums headless cross is a good start you can do the song headless cross devil and daughter Or when death calls you should check These songs out
My first released vinyl copy sounded fine on my system. I'm sorry to everyone who had super high-end systems that made the minor issues with the engineering si bad the album was "un listenable", that's utter rubbish.
Album slaps, saw them on the tour and Bev Bevan did a incredible job on drums.
Honestly I think people echo Ian's complaints about the mix, because they want to complain and don't actually have a valid reason.
Demo version was cool, but I don't hear anything in it that's better than the album version. To the contrary IMO. But it was a cool listen.
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Rich the Ancient Metal Beast
For Acdc reactions people do react to Acdc's Live No Bull Concert From 1995 and also Acdc's live at the Hippodrome from 1977 & Live at River Plate 2010 Best Rudd Concert s that can be reacted to from the bags from down under
In theory you only Really like bands you listened to when you were in your app. twenties. It seems to hold pretty well. I heard this album when I was eighteen, and it's still my favorite BS album. I also like the earlier Ozzy material.
Never heard this Weird mix. I feel like you need to hear the original to give you the flavor of this in contrast.
Love Born Again, I dont care about the bad reviews...
Me too. This is DOPE!!!
As long as Tony Iommi is there, it really doesn't matter who the vocalist is.
Yes. You get it!
Guillan es más grande que Iommi
Tbf Halford was meh..
And geezer and bill
Gillian Loves this album. He didn't throw it out the window. After his part on this Album it went on to the mixing and that and that along he didn't like. He said this is one of his favorite Album he made. And he said it was like a year long party with the Sabbath Boys. Gillian don't care what some say about this Album No No No No not in the least. That's why he went on disturbing the priests
I wouldve liked it if it had a bit more low end & brought Ians vocals down just slightly
I think the best band that mixed hip hop influence in metal is Mushroomhead.. I hope you check them out someday
Another classic from the album. You'll also like the Tony Martin material if you get that far. \m/ \m/
He'll need a bucket next to his microphone to vomit in after listening to Martin's squealing, don't destroy the man's Sabbath journey, Martin went a long way to finishing off that unfortunate era of "Sabbath'.
The album is actually amazing. It's kind of a stand alone, I don't really regard it as a sabbath album. It's just a good album with a regrettable mix. The song writing is A+
1:44 noo.. Joe Elliot from Def Leppard did that, he stated that in an interview, it is vieuwable on the tube.. hate when so called "fans" get facts wrong and start showing like yellow snow on how great they where on not getting their facts correct..
Ian Gillan crushes this
Yup! Amazing vox 🤯
This Album gets a ton of hate because of it's PRODUCTION Value, NOT the Tracks on it!
I can see through it and appreciate it! Love my Sabbath now
love sabbath
As a Sabbath album it didn't work but as a stand alone rock album it's passable