BLACK SABBATH: CROSS PURPOSES Seventeenth Studio Album (1994)

**BLACK SABBATH: CROSS PURPOSES** Album cover

Cross Purposes is the seventeenth studio album by Black Sabbath, released through I.R.S. Records on January 31, 1994. The album marked the return of Tony Martin as the band’s lead vocalist, after the second departure of Ronnie James Dio.

In 2024, a remaster of the album was announced as part of the box set Anno Domini 1989–1995, marking the first time the album has been officially reissued. The CD edition of the album contains the Japanese bonus track “What’s the Use?”.

**BLACK SABBATH: CROSS PURPOSES** Album CD

Tracklist:

I Witness
Cross of Thorns
Psychophobia
Virtual Death
Immaculate Deception
Dying for Love
Back to Eden
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
Cardinal Sin
Evil Eye
What’s the Use? (Japanese Edition / 2024 Remaster Bonus Track)

**BLACK SABBATH: CROSS PURPOSES** Album back cover

Black Sabbath
Tony Martin: vocals
Tony Iommi: guitar
Geezer Butler: bass
Geoff Nicholls: keyboards
Bobby Rondinelli: drums

Additional musicians
Eddie Van Halen: guitar on “Evil Eye”

Technical personnel
Leif Mases: producer, engineer, mixing
Darren Galer: assistant engineer
Dave Somers: assistant engineer
Tony Cousins: mastering

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