- see also Solitude (disambiguation)
| "Solitude" | |||||
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| Song by Black Sabbath | |||||
| Album | Master of Reality | ||||
| Released | July 21 1971 | ||||
| Recorded | Record Plant, Los Angeles, California | ||||
| Genre | Heavy Metal | ||||
| Length | 4:39 | ||||
| Label | Vertigo (UK) Warner Bros. Records (US) |
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| Writer | Ozzy Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward | ||||
| Producer | Rodger Bain | ||||
| Master of Reality track listing | |||||
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"Solitude" is a song by Black Sabbath, released in 1971 on their album, Master of Reality. The song showcases Tony Iommi's multi-instrumental talents, featuring him playing the guitar, flute and piano. This song is considered similar to other Sabbath songs "Planet Caravan" and "Changes," as it is a ballad which does not have heavy metal connotations. Although many people think Bill Ward performed the vocals on this song, it was in fact Ozzy Osbourne. The song was featured as the leitmotif for main character, Zombie, in the 1991 motion picture Zombie ja Kummitusjuna (Zombie and The Ghost Train) by Finnish director Mika Kaurismäki. The song was covered by UK metal band Cathedral on the 1994 Black Sabbath tribute album Nativity in Black, and later by Ulver on their 2007 album Shadows of the Sun.
