Label: Sanctuary Records (Europe), 2752460
Style: Hard Rock, Heavy Metal
Country: Birmingham, England
Time: 50:13, 41:41
Format: Flac Tracks 16/44,1 kHz
Size: 349, 284 Mb
The album sleeve erroneusly credits Dave Spitz as bass player: the bass was actually played by Bob Daisley. Eric Singer played the drums, with the percussion credit for Bev Bevan being for a few cymbal overdubs on "Scarlet Pimpernel".
The album was originally to be recorded with Spitz and vocalist Ray Gillen. The former was replaced by bassist/lyricist Bob Daisley during initial sessions on Montserrat with producer Jeff Glixman. According to Daisley, Gillen had struggled with the lyrics, and management was not paying him or the rest of the band. Gillen quit shortly after their return to England. Daisley worked on the album as a session player, turning down an offer to join the band as he was already commited to working with Gary Moore. Gillen and Eric Singer (who left the band right after he finished his drum parts to join Daisley in Gary Moore's touring band) later joined the band Badlands.
Tony Martin was hired and reconstructed the vocals under the guidance of Chris Tsangarides at Battery Studios shortly before production ended. Most tracks were written by Tony Iommi and Bob Daisley (the vinyl version states that all songs were written by Iommi) although some lyrics were modified by Geoff Nicholls. Martin said he "only sang on, and had no part in writing" The Eternal Idol, but nonetheless "thought [it] was one of the better albums of the band."
The song "Nightmare" was initially written for the 1987 film A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors.
After Daisley's and Singer's departure, bassist Dave Spitz returned and drummer Bev Bevan, who had previously been a member of Black Sabbath during mid 1983-early 1984, was hired for a 1987 tour in support of the album; however, soon Bevan backed out on learning that Sabbath had booked dates in South Africa during the apartheid crisis.
Bevan was replaced by former Clash drummer Terry Chimes, who appears in the music video for "The Shining". Spitz played bass for a few shows before Jo Burt (formerly of Virginia Wolf) was hired as the new bass player. The video for "The Shining" was filmed in-between Spitz's departure and Burt's arrival. In 1993, Martin recalled, "The bass player in the 'Shining' video was some guy that we dragged off the street. I can't remember his name but he looked the part. He said that he was a guitarist. I remember he was always talking about how he was a Red Indian, thus all the turquoise he wore! We never saw him again."
(en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Eternal_Idol)
01. The Shining (05:59)
02. Ancient Warrior (05:34)
03. Hard Life To Love (04:59)
04. Glory Ride (04:49)
05. Born To Lose (03:43)
06. Nightmare (05:21)
07. Scarlet Pimpernel (02:07)
08. Lost Forever (04:05)
09. Eternal Idol (06:36)
10. Black Moon ['The Shining' Single B-Side] (03:39)
11. Some Kind Of Woman ['The Shining' Single B-Side] (03:15)
01. Glory Ride (05:21)
02. Born To Lose (03:41)
03. Lost Forever (04:17)
04. Eternal Idol (06:48)
05. The Shining (06:30)
06. Hard Life To Love (05:19)
07. Nightmare (04:49)
08. Ancient Warrior (04:54)
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