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Black Sabbath's first attempt at an official live album, 1982's Live Evil was also the straw that broke the camel's back -- or rather, split the legendary group's second lineup right down the middle. Band tensions were already at an all-time high leading into the album's mixing sessions, but when founding members Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler accused singer Ronnie James Dio of sneaking into the studio to raise the volume on his vocal tracks, the pint-sized warbler decided he'd had enough and, guilty or not, departed to pursue a solo career, taking drummer Vinny Appice with him. Fateful accusations aside, Live Evil does benefit from a crystal clear, in-your-face sound, and by showcasing even amounts of both Ozzy and Dio material, effectively documents Black Sabbath's renascent tours of the early '80s. Ronnie certainly has the vocal chops, if not the same everyman charm, to handle the Osbourne classics, but his incessant banter between (and during!) songs sometimes verges on the unbearable. And even though the album's only truly transcendent moments may be the vicious introductory pairing of "E5150"/"Neon Knights" and the extended "Heaven and Hell"/"Sign of the Southern Cross" suite, there's also nothing really amiss with solid interpretations of such all-time metal classics as "Children of the Sea," "Black Sabbath," "War Pigs," and "Children of the Grave" either. And considering the as yet unknown travails awaiting Black Sabbath in the post-Dio era, Live Evil's troubled gestation has come to seem positively idyllic in retrospect.
© Eduardo Rivadavia /TiVo
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Tony Iommi, Composer, Writer - Terence Butler, Composer, Writer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist - Ronnie James Dio, Composer, Writer - William Thomas Ward, Composer, Writer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1982 Gimcastle Ltd. under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Iommi, Composer, Writer - Terence Butler, Composer, Writer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist - Ronnie James Dio, Composer, Writer - William Thomas Ward, Composer, Writer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1982 Gimcastle Ltd. under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Iommi, Writer - John Osbourne, Writer - William Ward, Writer - Terence Butler, Writer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1982 Gimcastle Ltd. under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Iommi, Composer, Writer - Terence Butler, Composer, Writer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist - Ronnie James Dio, Composer, Writer - William Thomas Ward, Composer, Writer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1982 Gimcastle Ltd. under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Iommi, Composer, Writer - Terence Butler, Composer, Writer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist - GEEZER BUTLER, Writer - Ronnie James Dio, Composer, Writer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1982 Gimcastle Ltd. under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Iommi, Composer, Writer - Bill Ward, Composer, Writer - John Osbourne, Composer, Writer - William Ward, Writer - Terence Butler, Composer, Writer - Black Sabbath, Composer, MainArtist - GEEZER BUTLER, Writer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1982 Gimcastle Ltd. under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Iommi, Composer, Writer - Bill Ward, Composer, Writer - John Osbourne, Composer, Writer - Terence Butler, Composer, Writer - Black Sabbath, Composer, MainArtist - GEEZER BUTLER, Writer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1982 Gimcastle Ltd. under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Ozzy Osbourne, Writer - Tony Iommi, Writer - Bill Ward, Writer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist - GEEZER BUTLER, Writer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1982 Gimcastle Ltd. under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Iommi, Composer, Writer - Terence Butler, Composer, Writer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist - Ronnie James Dio, Composer, Writer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1982 Gimcastle Ltd. under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Tony Iommi, Composer, Writer - Terence Butler, Composer, Writer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist - Ronnie James Dio, Composer, Writer - William Thomas Ward, Composer, Writer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1982 Gimcastle Ltd. under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Black Sabbath, MainArtist
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1982 Gimcastle Ltd. under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Ozzy Osbourne, Writer - Tony Iommi, Writer - Bill Ward, Writer - Black Sabbath, MainArtist - GEEZER BUTLER, Writer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1982 Gimcastle Ltd. under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Ozzy Osbourne, Writer - Tony Iommi, Writer - Bill Ward, Writer - Black Sabbath, Composer, MainArtist - GEEZER BUTLER, Writer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1982 Gimcastle Ltd. under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Ozzy Osbourne, Writer - Tony Iommi, Writer - Bill Ward, Writer - Black Sabbath, Composer, MainArtist - GEEZER BUTLER, Writer
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1982 Gimcastle Ltd. under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company
Album review
Black Sabbath's first attempt at an official live album, 1982's Live Evil was also the straw that broke the camel's back -- or rather, split the legendary group's second lineup right down the middle. Band tensions were already at an all-time high leading into the album's mixing sessions, but when founding members Tony Iommi and Geezer Butler accused singer Ronnie James Dio of sneaking into the studio to raise the volume on his vocal tracks, the pint-sized warbler decided he'd had enough and, guilty or not, departed to pursue a solo career, taking drummer Vinny Appice with him. Fateful accusations aside, Live Evil does benefit from a crystal clear, in-your-face sound, and by showcasing even amounts of both Ozzy and Dio material, effectively documents Black Sabbath's renascent tours of the early '80s. Ronnie certainly has the vocal chops, if not the same everyman charm, to handle the Osbourne classics, but his incessant banter between (and during!) songs sometimes verges on the unbearable. And even though the album's only truly transcendent moments may be the vicious introductory pairing of "E5150"/"Neon Knights" and the extended "Heaven and Hell"/"Sign of the Southern Cross" suite, there's also nothing really amiss with solid interpretations of such all-time metal classics as "Children of the Sea," "Black Sabbath," "War Pigs," and "Children of the Grave" either. And considering the as yet unknown travails awaiting Black Sabbath in the post-Dio era, Live Evil's troubled gestation has come to seem positively idyllic in retrospect.
© Eduardo Rivadavia /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 14 track(s)
- Total length: 01:24:10
- Main artists: Black Sabbath
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Sanctuary Records
- Genre: Metal
© 2004 Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG Company ℗ 1982 Gimcastle Ltd. under exclusive licence to Sanctuary Records Group Ltd., a BMG company
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