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Mob Rules by Black Sabbath
Mob Rules is an album by Black Sabbath, released in 1981. 1 song from it has charted on rock radio countdowns, with 4 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “The Mob Rules”, on 4 lists with a best position of #237.
Mob Rules, Black Sabbath's tenth studio album, landed on Vertigo on 4 November 1981, and it's the second round of the band's Ronnie James Dio era, following Heaven and Hell. Vinny Appice replaces Bill Ward on drums here, his first Sabbath album, while Tony Iommi's riffs are as heavy as ever and Geoff Nicholls' keyboards lurk in the background. Martin Birch produced and engineered.
Dio, the former Rainbow singer, brings his mighty bellow and operatic reach, and Iommi answers with some of the thickest, most menacing guitar tones of the decade. The title track hits like a hammer. It would be the last time Dio and Appice made a Sabbath studio album until Dehumanizer in 1992. It has been reissued twice since, as a remastered Deluxe Edition in 2010 and in a bigger, expanded version in 2021.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Mob Rules on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Mob Rules | 4 | #237 | – | 1990–1998 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.