Back Where I Belong
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Back Where I Belong is former Black Sabbath
singer Tony Martin's first solo album. It was recorded after Martin was briefly replaced in Black Sabbath by Ronnie James Dio
in the early nineties. It was released in 1992. Martin played all the instruments himself when recording demos for the album, but a variety of musicians perform on the actual album. On this album, the singer covered "Jerusalem", which originally appeared on TYR, a Black Sabbath album on which Martin sang.
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English heavy metal band, formed in Aston, Birmingham in 1969 by Ozzy Osbourne , Tony Iommi , Geezer Butler , and Bill Ward . The band has since experienced multiple line-up changes, with Tony Iommi the only constant presence in the band through the years. A total of 22...
singer Tony Martin's first solo album. It was recorded after Martin was briefly replaced in Black Sabbath by Ronnie James Dio
Ronnie James Dio
Ronald James Padavona , better known as Ronnie James Dio, was an American heavy metal vocalist and songwriter. He performed with, amongst others, Elf, Rainbow, Black Sabbath, Heaven & Hell, and his own band Dio, which means God in Italian. Other musical projects include the collective fundraiser...
in the early nineties. It was released in 1992. Martin played all the instruments himself when recording demos for the album, but a variety of musicians perform on the actual album. On this album, the singer covered "Jerusalem", which originally appeared on TYR, a Black Sabbath album on which Martin sang.
Track listing
- "If It Ain't Worth Fighting For"
- "It Ain't Good Enough"
- "If There is a Heaven"
- "Back Where I Belong"
- "Ceasefire"
- "Why Love"
- "Sweet Elyse"
- "The Last Living Tree"
- "Now You've Gone"
- "India"
- "Angel in the Bed"
- "The Road to Galilee"
- "Jerusalem"
Band members
- Tony Martin - Vocals, Guitars
- Brian MayBrian MayBrian Harold May, CBE is an English musician and astrophysicist most widely known as the guitarist and a songwriter of the rock band Queen...
- Guitars - Paul Wright - Guitars
- Carlo Fragnito - Guitars
- Neil MurrayNeil Murray (British musician)Philip Neil Murray is a Scottish bass player, best known for his work in Whitesnake and Black Sabbath.-Early days:Originally a drummer, Murray formed his first band with school friends in 1967 and his musical tastes were heavily influenced by the mid-1960s 'blues boom' bands and musicians,...
- Bass - Laurence CottleLaurence CottleLaurence Cottle is an electric bass guitarist and composer.-Career:His solo recordings have been mostly in the jazz and jazz-fusion vein, with such notable releases as Five Seasons, Laurence Cottle Quintet Live and others....
- Bass - Zak StarkeyZak StarkeyZak Starkey is an English rock drummer. He is the son of Beatles drummer Ringo Starr and Starr's first wife Maureen Starkey Tigrett. He is also well known for his unofficial membership in the English rock band The Who, with whom he has performed and recorded since 1996. He is also the third...
- Drums - Geoff NichollsGeoff NichollsGeoff Nicholls is a musician and keyboardist, who is best known as the longtime sideman for the heavy metal band Black Sabbath. Nicholls also played in the NWOBHM band Quartz before joining Black Sabbath...
- Keyboards - Richard Cottle - Keyboards & Saxophone