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Studio album by Black Sabbath
Released 18 April 1980[1]
Recorded October 1979 – January 1980
Studio
Criteria, MiamiFerber, Paris
Genre Heavy metal
Length 39:46
Label Vertigo
Producer Martin Birch
Black Sabbath chronology
Never Say Die!
(1978) Heaven and Hell
(1980) Mob Rules
(1981)

Heaven and Hell is the ninth studio album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released on 18 April 1980. It is the first Black Sabbath album to feature vocalist Ronnie James Dio, who replaced original vocalist Ozzy Osbourne in 1979.

Produced by Martin Birch, the album was a commercial success, particularly in the United States, where it reached number 28 on the Billboard 200 chart and was certified platinum for one million sales.[3] In the UK, it sold well enough to be certified silver by the British Phonographic Industry in April 1982.

Overview
The initial sessions for what became Heaven and Hell began with Ozzy Osbourne following the conclusion of Black Sabbath`s Never Say Die! Tour. The band convened in Los Angeles for eleven months to record a new album, a process described by guitarist Tony Iommi as a `highly frustrating, never-ending process`. Osbourne has stated that he had become fed up with the experimentation on the preceding albums Technical Ecstasy and Never Say Die!, preferring the band`s earlier, heavier sound. In his memoir, Iommi revealed that he still possesses a recording featuring Osbourne singing an early version of what would become `Children of the Sea` with different lyrics and `a totally different` vocal melody.[4]

Ronnie James Dio was introduced to Iommi in 1979 by Sharon Arden, who would later marry Osbourne.[5] Initially, Dio and Iommi discussed forming a new band, rather than a continuation of Black Sabbath.[5] The pair met again by chance at The Rainbow on Sunset in Los Angeles later that year.[6] Both men were in similar situations: Dio was seeking a new project and Iommi required a vocalist. `It must have been fate,` Dio recalled, `because we connected so instantly.`[6] The pair kept in touch via telephone until Dio arrived at Iommi`s Los Angeles house for a relaxed, getting-to-know-you jam session. On that first day, the duo finished `Children of the Sea`,[6] a song Iommi had abandoned prior to Osbourne`s firing.

`Sabbath was a band that was floundering,` Dio observed. `And, with my inclusion in it, we pulled ourselves up by our bootstraps, cared a lot about each other, and knew that we could do it again – especially under the banner of a band that had been so successful.`[7]

Sabbath`s line-up was in a state of chaos as the band prepared to enter the studio to record what would become Heaven and Hell. Not only had the band replaced its longtime vocalist, but drummer Bill Ward was battling personal issues that would see him also leave the band within months. Demo recordings for the album, including song titles like `Lady Evil Blues`, `Slap Back`, `Lord She`s Handsome` and an early version of the title track[8] featured Geoff Nicholls on bass, as longtime bassist Geezer Butler was going through a divorce and his future with the band was in question.[6] When Dio first joined the band, he doubled for a short time as bassist and vocalist,[5] having played bass in the band Elf in the early 1970s. At one point Iommi contacted close friend Frank Zappa for help finding a bassist.[5] Zappa offered his bassist for the Heaven and Hell sessions but Iommi preferred a permanent member.[5] Eventually, Butler returned to the band and Nicholls stayed on as the band`s unofficial keyboardist.[6]

Former Elf and Rainbow bassist Craig Gruber also rehearsed with the band, though the extent of his involvement is unclear. In a 1996 interview, Iommi stated that Gruber participated only `for a bit`.[9] Gruber has stated that his contribution was quite substantial; he says he cowrote most of Heaven and Hell`s songs and that it was he and not Butler who played bass on the album.[10] Despite not being credited for his contributions, Gruber says he and the band nonetheless reached `a suitable financial arrangement`.[10] Iommi conceded in his 2011 autobiography that Gruber had indeed recorded all the bass parts on Heaven and Hell, but Butler had re-recorded them upon his return, without listening to Gruber`s bass tracks. Gruber later stated in an interview in 2009 that he only helped write `Die Young`.[11]

Personal issues aside, drummer Bill Ward was not completely happy with the direction Black Sabbath was moving in creatively. `Heaven and Hell for me wasn`t a turning point,` he recalled. `Heaven and Hell was the beginning of a new band of which I had no idea what band I was in. It was almost like Ron was capable of coming up with lyrics that seemed to fit his idea of how Black Sabbath ought to be, and I sensed a kind of unrealness about the lyrics. My favourite song on Heaven and Hell was a blues song that we did, `Lonely Is the Word` – and that seemed to be real. But things like `Lady Evil`, they seemed almost like bandwagon-type lyrics. `Lonely Is the Word`, I definitely liked playing that song. And `Children of the Sea` – I did like to play that too. I thought Ronnie was a very good singer.`[12]

Standard Edition
All music written and arranged by Geezer Butler, Ronnie James Dio, Tony Iommi, and Bill Ward; lyrics by Dio[16]

Side A
No. Title Length
1. `Neon Knights` 3:53
2. `Children of the Sea` 5:34
3. `Lady Evil` 4:26
4. `Heaven and Hell` 7:00
Side B
No. Title Length
5. `Wishing Well` 4:07
6. `Die Young` 4:45
7. `Walk Away` 4:25
8. `Lonely Is the Word` 5:51
Total length: 39:46

Personnel
Credits adapted from the album`s liner notes.[16]

Black Sabbath
Ronnie James Dio – vocals
Tony Iommi – guitars
Geezer Butler – bass
Bill Ward – drums, percussion
Additional personnel
Geoff Nicholls – keyboards
Production
Produced and engineered by Martin Birch
Assistant engineer – Joe `C` Foglia
Equipment: Graham Wright and Mickey Balla
Remastered by Gert Van Hoeyen (1987 reissue)
Remastered by Ray Staff (1996 reissue)
Remastered by Dan Hersch (2008 reissue)
Remastered by Andy Pearce (2010 reissue)
Album cover art Smoking Angels by Lynn Curlee
Back cover illustration by Harry Carmean
Art direction by Richard Seireeni