Back Where I Belong (Tony Martin album)

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Back Where I Belong
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Studio album by
Released1992
Recorded1992 at Revolution Studios, Cheshire, England [1]
Genre Hard rock
Length51:41
Label Polydor
Producer Nick Tauber and Tony Martin [1]
Tony Martin chronology
Back Where I Belong
(1992)
Scream
(2005)
Professional ratings
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Back Where I Belong is the first solo album by English rock and roll singer Tony Martin. It was recorded after Martin was briefly replaced in Black Sabbath by Ronnie James Dio in the early nineties, and was released in 1992. When recording demos for the album, Martin played all the instruments himself; for the finished product, however, a variety of musicians were involved. On this album, the singer covered "Jerusalem", which originally appeared on Tyr , a Black Sabbath album on which Martin sang. [2]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tony Martin unless stated otherwise

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."If It Ain't Worth Fighting For" 4:10
2."It Ain't Good Enough" 4:20
3."If There is a Heaven" 4:58
4."Back Where I Belong" 4:36
5."Ceasefire" 1:30
6."Why Love" 4:03
7."Sweet Elyse" 4:41
8."The Last Living Tree" 4:02
9."Now You've Gone" 4:18
10."India" 4:16
11."Angel in the Bed" 4:39
12."The Road to Galilee" (Instrumental) Nicholls 1:48
13."Jerusalem" Iommi, Martin, Murray, Nicholls, and Powell 4:20

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References

  1. 1 2 "Back Where I Belong – Black Sabbath Online".
  2. 1 2 Prato, Greg. "Tony Martin – Back Where I Belong". AllMusic . Retrieved 5 August 2020.