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Live Evil
Live Evil is Black Sabbath's first official live album, captured on the Mob Rules Tour of 1981 and 1982. It came out on Warner Bros. Records in 1982, and it arrived as the band's own statement after Live at Last, an earlier concert release from 1980 that they had not sanctioned.
It sits in the Ronnie James Dio-fronted stretch of the story, following Heaven and Hell (1980) and Mob Rules (1981) and preceding Born Again (1983). For anyone who wants to hear how that line-up sounded on stage rather than in the studio, this is the record to reach for. In the United States it reached number 37 on the Billboard Pop Albums chart.
Live Evil: tracklist, credits and charts
14 tracks · 1:19:10Tracklist
- Disc 1
- 1E5150Butler, Dio, Iommi2:00
- 2Neon KnightsButler, Dio, Iommi, Ward4:25
- 3N.I.B.Butler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward5:05
- 4Children of the SeaButler, Dio, Iommi, Ward6:00
- 5VoodooButler, Dio, Iommi5:17
- 6Black SabbathButler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward8:33
- 7War PigsButler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward9:15
- 8Iron ManButler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward7:04
- Disc 2
- 1The Mob RulesButler, Dio, Iommi3:05
- 2Heaven and HellButler, Dio, Iommi, Ward11:47
- 3The Sign of the Southern Cross / Heaven and Hell (continued)Butler, Dio, Iommi, Ward7:16
- 4ParanoidButler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward3:15
- 5Children of the GraveButler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward5:10
- 6FluffButler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward0:58
- Produced by
- Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Black Sabbath
- Mixed at
- The Record Plant
- Engineered by
- Lee DeCarlo, Bill Freesh, Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi
- Recorded
- 18, 24 April, 12–13 May 1982 in Seattle, Dallas and San Antonio
- Label
- Warner Bros. Records
- Length
- 1:19:10
Peak chart positions
| Chart | Peak |
|---|---|
| UK Albums Chart · 1983 | 13 |
| US Billboard 200 · 1983 | 37 |
| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) · 1983 | 10 |
| Swedish Albums · 1983 | 15 |
| UK Rock & Metal Albums · 2023 | 19 |
| Canadian Albums (RPM) · 1983 | 22 |
| Dutch Albums · 1983 | 34 |
| New Zealand Albums · 1983 | 34 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon) · 1983 | 35 |
| UK Independent Albums · 2023 | 35 |
All 13 charts
| German Albums · 1983 | 37 |
| Swiss Albums · 2023 | 91 |
| Scottish Albums · 2023 | 100 |
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1970
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1970
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1971
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1972
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1973
We Sold Our Soul for Rock ’n’ Roll
1975
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1975
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1976
Never Say Die!
1978
Heaven and Hell
1980
Live at Last
1980
Mob Rules
1981
Born Again
1983
The Sabbath Collection
1985
Seventh Star
1986
The Eternal Idol
1987
Headless Cross
1989
TYR
1990
The Ozzy Osbourne Years
1991
Dehumanizer
1992
Cross Purposes
1994
Cross Purposes – Live
1995
Forbidden
1995
The Sabbath Stones
1996
Under Wheels of Confusion: 1970–1987
1996
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1998
The Collection
1999
Black Mass
1999
The Best of Black Sabbath
2000
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2002
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2007
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2016
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date sources disagree on the year (1982, 1983)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 1982 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | January 1983 | |
| Wikidata | December 1982 | |
| US release | 1982 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 1982 | earliest UK or European date |
21 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | CA | Rhino | 603497974573 | remaster |
| 1982 | US | Warner Bros. Records | original | |
| 1982 | US | Warner Bros. Records | original | |
| 1982 | CA | Warner Bros. Records | 075992374217 | original |
| 1982 | GB | Vertigo | original | |
| 1983 | DE | Vertigo | 042282688125 | other |
| 8 May 1989 | US | Warner Bros. Records | 075992374224 | other |
| 26 February 1992 | JP | Vertigo | 4988011330865 | other |
| 1993 | CA | Warner Bros. Records | 075992374224 | other |
| 1996 | GB | Essential! Records | 5017615833324 | other |
| 21 March 1996 | JP | Castle Communications | 4988004062728 | remaster |
| 7 March 2001 | JP | Victor | 4988002413416 | remaster |
| 25 October 2004 | XE | Sanctuary Midline | 5050749207425 | other |
| 2008 | CA | Rhino | 081227988999 | remaster |
| 2008 | US | Rhino | 081227988999 | other |
| 5 April 2010 | GB | Sanctuary Records | 602527339290 | other |
| 21 April 2010 | JP | Vertigo | 4988005606242 | other |
| 19 May 2023 | CA | Rhino | 603497839827 | deluxe |
| 2 June 2023 | XW | BMG Rights Management | other | |
| 2 June 2023 | XW | Rhino | 603497839841 | deluxe |
| 6 September 2024 | XW | Rhino | 081227813871 | other |
Cover art sources
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| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 1425×1425 | upscaled: minor: best source 1425x1425, upscaled to 1500 (x1.05) |
| itunes | 1425×1425 | upscaled |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |