Black Sabbath
Mob Rules


Tracks:

1. Turn Up the Night
2. Voodoo
3. The Sign of the Southern Cross
4. E5150
5. The Mob Rules
6. Country Girl
7. Slipping Away
8. Falling Off the Edge of the World
9. Over and Over

Line up:

Ronnie James Dio – vocals
Tony Iommi – guitar
Geezer Butler – bass
Geoff Nicholls – keyboards
Vinny Appice – drums

Record Label:

Vertigo

Year of Release:

1981

Notes:

Mob Rules is Black Sabbath's tenth studio album, released in November 1981. It was the first album to feature Vinny Appice on drums, who had replaced original member Bill Ward in the middle of the tour in support of the previous year's Heaven and Hell.

The cover art was done by artist Greg Hildebrandt in the 1970s, with Black Sabbath licensing its use for the cover of Mob Rules. The cover contains an alleged message that reads “KILL OZZY” located in the bottom of the picture. The message is barely legible and is probably coincidental.

Re-relased in 1996 (Castle Communications), 2004 (Sanctuary Records) and 2008 (Rhino Records).

Re-release in 2010 as Deluxe Edition Disc 1 Bonus Tracks:

1. Die Young (Live, 12" Single B-Side of Mob Rules)
2. The Mob Rules (Heavy Metal OMPS/ Original demo version)

2010 Deluxe Edition Disc 2

This is a repackaging of the previously released Limited Edition CD Live at Hammersmith Odeon

1. E5150
2. Neon Knights
3. N.I.B.
4. Children of the Sea
5. Country Girl
6. Black Sabbath
7. War Pigs
8. Slipping Away
9. Iron Man
10. The Mob Rules
11. Heaven and Hell
12. Paranoid
13. Voodoo
14. Children of the Grave