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'''''Iommi''''' is the debut solo album by [[W:Black Sabbath|Black Sabbath]] guitarist [[W:Tony Iommi|Tony Iommi]]. It features "[[Black Oblivion]]" which was co-written and sung by [[Billy Corgan]]. Corgan also played bass on the track and provided additional guitar, while former [[Smashing Pumpkins]] touring member [[Kenny Aronoff]] provided drums. | '''''Iommi''''' is the debut solo album by [[W:Black Sabbath|Black Sabbath]] guitarist [[W:Tony Iommi|Tony Iommi]]. It features "[[Black Oblivion]]" which was co-written and sung by [[Billy Corgan]]. Corgan also played bass on the track and provided additional guitar, while former [[Smashing Pumpkins]] touring member [[Kenny Aronoff]] provided drums. | ||
Each song on the album features an all-star guest vocalist who co-wrote the song with Iommi, with "Black Oblivion" being the sole exception of not being also being co-written by producer [[w:Bob Marlette|Bob Marlette]]. | Each song on the album features an all-star guest vocalist who co-wrote the song with Iommi,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/iommi-mw0000094300|title=Iommi – AllMusic review|first=Bret|last=Adams|website=[[w:AllMusic|AllMusic]]|access-date=October 19, 2023}}</ref> with "Black Oblivion" being the sole exception of not being also being co-written by producer [[w:Bob Marlette|Bob Marlette]]. There was at least one additional song written with Corgan, but as it was essentially for a Black Sabbath tribute album with guest artists, only one song per guest artist was used.<ref>{{cite web|last=Johnson|first=DJ|title=TONY IOMMI (of Black Sabbath)|url=http://www.cosmik.com/aa-june01/cosmik_conversations_6.html|work=A 6th Year of Cosmik Conversations|publisher=Cosmik Conversations|accessdate=22 April 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708193425/http://cosmik.com/aa-june01/cosmik_conversations_6.html|archivedate=8 July 2011}}</ref> | ||
Other artists featured on ''Iommi'' include [[w:Dave Grohl|Dave Grohl]] ([[w:Foo Fighters|Foo Fighters]] and [[w:Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]), [[w:Henry Rollins|Henry Rollins]] ([[w:Black Flag (band)|Black Flag]] and [[w:Rollins Band|Rollins Band]]), [[Matt Cameron]] ([[w:Soundgarden|Soundgarden]], [[w:Pearl Jam|Pearl Jam]], and The Smashing Pumpkins' song "[[For Martha]]"), and notably former Black Sabbath bandmates [[w:Ozzy Osbourne|Ozzy Osbourne]] and [[w:Bill Ward (musician)|Bill Ward]]. | |||
''Iommi'' peaked at number 129 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and at number 43 in Germany. | ''Iommi'' peaked at number 129 on the ''Billboard'' 200 and at number 43 in Germany. | ||
{{Cquote|Tony Iommi from Black Sabbath, he's my hero, and Tony wrote those riffs that, when you hear him, it's like a movie. In my mind, I always call it ‘Cosmic Sabbath’. When I would listen to Sabbath, I felt like I was peering into the universe. That's the way it made me feel, even as a little kid. So for me a great riff has to kind of make you feel something bigger.|author=Billy Corgan|source=2022 interview with Kerrang!<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/billy-corgan-smashing-pumpkins-atum-mellon-collie-sequel|title=Billy Corgan on new album ATUM: “It goes in a million different directions… It doesn’t feel like there’s too much of any one thing”|website=[[w:Kerrang!|Kerrang!]]|date=September 20, 2022}}</ref>}} | |||
== Tracks of interest == | == Tracks of interest == | ||