Headless Cross (album)

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All tracks are written by Tony Iommi, Tony Martin, Cozy Powell and Geoff Nicholls, except where noted

Headless Cross
Headless cross alternate cover.jpeg
Studio album by
Black Sabbath
Released17 April 1989 [1]
RecordedAugust–November 1988
Studio
  • The Soundmill, Leeds,
    West Yorkshire, England
  • Woodcray Studios,
    Berkshire, England
  • Amazon Studios, Liverpool, Merseyside, England
Genre Heavy metal
Length40:13
Label I.R.S.
Producer Tony Iommi, Cozy Powell
Black Sabbath chronology
The Eternal Idol
(1987)		Headless Cross
(1989)		 Tyr
(1990)
Singles from Headless Cross
  1. "Headless Cross"
    Released: 3 April 1989 [2]
  2. "Devil and Daughter"
    Released: 26 June 1989 (UK) [3]
  3. "Call of the Wild"
    Released: 1989 (EU)
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Gates of Hell" (instrumental) 1:06
2."Headless Cross"Iommi, Martin, Powell6:28
3."Devil & Daughter" 4:39
4."When Death Calls" 6:56
5."Kill in the Spirit World" 5:09
6."Call of the Wild" 5:18
7."Black Moon" 4:05
8."Nightwing"Iommi, Martin, Powell6:32
Total length:40:13
Picture disc bonus track / 2024 CD and Streaming track
No.TitleLength
9."Cloak and Dagger"4:37
Total length:44:50

Personnel

Black Sabbath
Additional musician
Technical personnel

Charts

Chart (1989)Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [19] 71
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [20] 28
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [21] 18
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [22] 66
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [23] 22
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [24] 23
UK Albums (OCC) [25] 31
US Billboard 200 [26] 115

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