Lonely Is The Word (track)
by Black Sabbath
Year: 1980
From the album Heaven And Hell (track #8)
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Lonely Is The Word appears on the following album(s) by Black Sabbath:
- Heaven And Hell (track #8) (this album) (1980)
- Under Wheels Of Confusion 1970-1987 (track #39) (compilation) (1996)
- Black Sabbath: The Dio Years (track #5) (compilation) (2007)
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| ! | 08/18/2026 19:55 |  Repo | 6,056 | 84/100 |
| ! | 08/04/2026 08:30 | steve397 | 5,599 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/15/2026 18:30 | Siromynian | 18,266 | 71/100 |
| ! | 06/16/2026 20:01 |  DommeDamian | 77,237 | 51/100 |
| ! | 04/23/2026 09:40 | Pavloss | 2,378 | 60/100 |
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Tony Iommi's guitar parts are very good, but the final sounds too much like "Stairway to Heaven" for my taste. (Edited)
Goliath 07/10/2021 17:47 | #271504
Some of Iommi's best guitar work on this one.
VictorVale 12/16/2018 16:01 | #227281
Uma volta aos raízes do blues!
Fischman 01/20/2017 18:05 | #183545
Dio proves he can do other than fast and heavy with this long, moody lament.
Jasonconfused 12/12/2012 03:15 | #57626
Really interesting track. The middle section reminds me a lot of those blues guitarists like Eric Clapton and Rory Gallagher.
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