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Heaven and Hell by Black Sabbath
Heaven and Hell is an album by Black Sabbath, released in 1980. 4 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 18 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Heaven and Hell”, on 10 lists with a best position of #77.
Heaven and Hell, Black Sabbath's ninth studio album, arrived in 1980 as the opening shot of a whole new era. Ozzy Osbourne had been fired the year before, and in came former Rainbow singer Ronnie James Dio to stand alongside Tony Iommi and Bill Ward, with Geoff Nicholls on keyboards and Martin Birch producing.
Dio doesn't try to sound like Ozzy; he soars, bringing theatrical, operatic range to the songs, and Iommi's riffs answer with a fresh, galloping urgency. "Neon Knights" charges, "Children of the Sea" and the title track build into slow, doomy epics, and "Lady Evil" struts. The gamble paid off, above all in America, where the album went platinum, and Britain handed it a silver disc by 1982.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Heaven and Hell on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heaven and Hell | 10 | #77 | – | 1982–2024 | |
| 2 | Neon Knights | 6 | #280 | – | 1990–1999 | |
| 3 | Lady Evil | 1 | #364 | – | 1990 | |
| 4 | Children of the Sea | 1 | #916 | – | 1990 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.