Cross Purposes (studio album)
by Black Sabbath
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Black Sabbath bestography
Cross Purposes is ranked 21st best out of 47 albums by Black Sabbath on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Black Sabbath is Paranoid which is ranked number 50 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 18,729.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Cross Purposes track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/17/2025 10:17 | platus | 5,779 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/31/2025 13:40 |  Tamthebam | 22,857 | 69/100 |
| ! | 07/22/2025 18:51 | LosWochos | 46,643 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/19/2025 04:44 | SeventhOne | 162 | 67/100 |
| ! | 04/15/2025 12:44 |  doombringer | 2,155 | 76/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 62.8/100, a mean average of 61.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 61.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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doombringer 04/15/2025 12:44 | #308516
If i should rank all the regular Black Sabbath albums ( 21 or so ?!? ) ''Cross Purposes'' would land in the lower third of that table . Sad to say but it's a mediocre release , despite some glimpses of good vocal - work and one or two great solos.
llibnanoon 05/27/2020 15:19 | #252324
Not good. They should have never carried on as Black Sabbath without Ozzy.
Goliath 10/30/2018 09:03 | #223573
Not a bad metal album, if it is not compared with the first 10 Sabbath albums. Certainly should be a lot higher than 587th in 1994. Great guitar work from Iommi in for example, Immaculate Deception. If this didn't have the Black Sabbath name attached, would it be ranked higher? I think so, a lot higher.
Underrated. By far the best Sabbath album out of the Tony Martin era.
Fischman 12/15/2016 16:57 | #180236
Easily the most underrated album in the Sabbath catalog! This is Tony Martin at his best, delivering the strongest songs during his tenure as the Sabbath frontman. Iommi's riffs are fine and the sound mix is excellent. Classic cuts include 'Cross of Thorns,' 'Back to Eden,' and 'The Hand that Rocks the Cradle.'
nitomano 08/10/2016 04:39 | #172678
Favoritas: I Witness, Virtual Death, Evil Eye
nitomano 08/10/2016 04:02 | #172675
Un estilo algo alejado a Black Sabbath a mi parecer, es más bien una fusión de estilos que en cierta forma me recuerdan a Iron Maiden y Metallica
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