Black Sabbath The Eternal Idol Tracks: 1. The Shining 2. Ancient Warrior 3. Hard Life to Love 4. Glory Ride 5. Born to Lose 6. Nightmare 7. Scarlet Pimpernel 8. Lost Forever 9. Eternal Idol Line up: Tony Martin – vocals Tony Iommi – guitars Bob Daisley – bass Eric Singer – drums Geoff Nicholls – keyboards Bev Bevan – percussion Record Label / Year of Release: Vertigo 1987 Notes: The Eternal Idol is the thirteenth studio album by Black Sabbath, released in December 1987. It is the first of several Black Sabbath albums to feature longtime vocalist Tony Martin. Black Sabbath began work on new material in October 1986 at Air Studios in Montserrat with producer Jeff Glixman. The recording was wrought with problems from the beginning, as Glixman left after the initial sessions, and was replaced by producer Vic Coppersmith-Heaven. Bassist Dave Spitz quit over "personal issues", and ex-Rainbow bassist Bob Daisley was brought in. While the album credits Dave Spitz as playing bass, all the bass on the album is Bob Daisley. In January of 2009, Bob said this, “By the way, the question as to why Dave Spitz is credited on the album in the bass credits is answered by the fact that I wouldn’t join the band and Spitz stayed, so to give some sort of continuity to the album and live performances, his name appears on the record.” Daisley re-recorded all of the bass tracks, and wrote the album's lyrics, but before the album was complete, he left to join Gary Moore's backing band, taking drummer Eric Singer with him. After problems with second producer Coppersmith-Heaven, the band returned to Morgan Studios in England in January 1987 to work with new producer Chris Tsangarides. While working in the UK, new vocalist Ray Gillen abruptly left Black Sabbath to form Blue Murder with John Sykes. The band enlisted ex-Alliance vocalist Tony Martin to re-record Gillen's tracks, and former drummer Bev Bevan to complete a few percussion overdubs. After nearly a year in production, The Eternal Idol was released on 8 December 1987 In 2010 a Deluxe 2 CD Edition was released: 2010 Deluxe Edition Disc 1 Bonus Tracks: 10. Black Moon (Single B-side) 11. Some Kind of Woman (Single B-side) 2010 Deluxe Edition Disc 2 (Ray Gillen on vocals): 1. Glory Ride 2. Born to Lose 3. Lost Forever 4. Eternal Idol 5. The Shining 6. Hard Life to Love 7. Nightmare 8. Ancient Warrior