Label: Sanctuary Records (Europe), 2735070
Style: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Country: Birmingham, England
Time: 47:52, 79:52
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 324, 559 Mb
Charts: UK #12, CAN #19, FIN #18, GER #83, NL #47, SWE #30, US #29. Canada, US, UK - Gold.
Mob Rules was released on 4 November 1981 to mixed reviews. In the US it went gold and in the UK it reached the Top 20 and spawned two chart singles, the title track and "Turn Up the Night". AllMusic's Greg Prato called the album "underrated" and enthused, "Mob Rules was given a much punchier in-your-face mix by Birch, who seemed re-energized after his work on new wave of British heavy metal upstarts Iron Maiden's Killers album. Essentially Mob Rules is a magnificent record, with the only serious problem being the sequencing of the material which mirrors Heaven and Hell's almost to a tee."
Guitarist Tony Iommi acknowledged this common criticism in his memoir, admitting that he was frustrated at being accused of making Heaven and Hell part two and speculating that the band would have been criticized regardless of their approach.
Seven of the album's tracks were played live on the Mob Rules Tour. "E5150" was used as an intro tape, and "Over and Over" was the only song not featured on the tour in any way. While the title track was the only song from this album regularly played by Black Sabbath on subsequent tours, "Falling Off the Edge of the World" was performed live by Heaven & Hell (which consisted of the same Black Sabbath lineup that recorded Mob Rules), and "Sign of the Southern Cross" occasionally played live by Dio.
J.D. Constantine of Rolling Stone gave Mob Rules a negative review in February 1986. Profiling the album in 2008, Bryan Reesman noted: "Even with Dio bringing in more fantasy-based lyrics and moving the group away from seemingly Satanic verses, the title track to Mob Rules, not to mention its menacing cover could easily imply a call to anarchy. But beyond the snarling guitars and vocals is actually a cautionary tale against mindless mayhem."
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mob_Rules_(album))
01. Turn Up the Night (03:43)
02. Voodoo (04:32)
03. The Sign of the Southern Cross (07:47)
04. E5150 (02:51)
05. The Mob Rules (03:16)
06. Country Girl (04:02)
07. Slipping Away (03:46)
08. Falling Off the Edge of the World (05:03)
09. Over and Over (05:31)
10. Die Young (live, 12' single B-Side of Mob Rules) (04:03)
11. The Mob Rules (Heavy Metal OMPS/ original demo version) (03:13)
01. E5150 (01:18)
02. Neon Knights (04:37)
03. N.I.B. (05:16)
04. Children of the Sea (06:07)
05. Country Girl (03:53)
06. Black Sabbath (08:24)
07. War Pigs (07:40)
08. Slipping Away (03:18)
09. Iron Man (07:04)
10. The Mob Rules (03:35)
11. Heaven and Hell (14:24)
12. Paranoid (03:21)
13. Voodoo (05:45)
14. Children of the Grave (05:05)
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