WHEN THE HAND
THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE
IS THE HAND
THAT HOLDS THE KNIFE
AND THE KNIFE
THAT CUTS
THE CABLE
KILLS THE SPARK
THAT FEEDS THE LIFE
Cross Purposes
is the
seventeenth
studio album
by the
English
heavy metal band
released through
I.R.S. Records
on
January 31st 1994.
The album marked
the return of
as the band's
lead vocalist,
after the
second departure
of
Ronnie James Dio.
A live album
Cross Purposes Live,
which was
recorded during the tour
for the album,
was released in 1995.
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?".
Background and Recording
Dehumanizer
saw the reunion of
Mob Rules-era
Black Sabbath,
but, after the tour,
Ronnie James Dio
(vocals)
and
Vinny Appice
(drums)
departed.
They were replaced by
former Sabbath
vocalist
and former
Rainbow
drummer
Bobby Rondinelli.
Geezer Butler
remained with the group,
although he would
depart later
in the year again
before the recording of
the Forbidden album.
Rondinelli left
the recording sessions
for Quiet Riot's album
Terrified
to join
Black Sabbath.
The album
was recorded at
Monnow Valley Studio,
in Wales.
Songs
Tony Martin
explained during the show
at Roseland in NYC on
February 12th 1995,
that
"Psychophobia"
was about
David Koresh,
and the
Waco, Texas, incident.
A promo video
in black-and-white
was shot for the song
"The Hand That Rocks the Cradle".
Tony Martin
explained in a
2011 interview
with Martin Popoff
that he wrote this song
about Beverly Allitt,
a children's hospital nurse
in England
who was convicted
of serial infanticide
in 1993.
The video features
a young girl,
assumably in
reference to this.
The song
"Cardinal Sin"
was originally intended
to be titled
"Sin Cardinal Sin"
(or "Sin, Cardinal Sin")
but a printing error
on the album sleeve
caused the first word
to be removed.
Sabbath simply
adopted the title
"Cardinal Sin"
as the name
of the song.
"What's the Use?"
was released only
on the
Japanese edition
of
Cross Purposes,
which also contained
a free sticker
of the artwork.
A nearly identical version
of the
"burning angel"
image was featured
on the
Scorpions single
Send Me an Angel
three years earlier.
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
BONUS
Cross Purposes Live
is a CD
released by
the English
heavy metal band
in March 1995.
The set comprised
a live album
on CD
and a
VHS tape
of a concert
recorded at
the Hammersmith Apollo
in London
on
Wednesday
April 13th 1994,
recorded on
the band's tour
for their
Cross Purposes album.
The tour was notable
for being the first time
The Wizard
had been played
since early 1971,
when
Ozzy Osbourne
was still
lead vocalist.
It is
Black Sabbath's
only live album
with singer
TRACKLIST
Time Machine
Children of The Grave
I Witness
Into The Void
Black Sabbath
Psychophobia
The Wizard
Cross Of Thorns
Symptom Of The Universe
Drum Solo
Headless Cross
Paranoid
Iron Man
Sabbath Bloody Sabbath
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