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The “Seventh Star” album was released in 1986 and it was quite obviously never meant to be Sabbath material.

Iommi had experimented with hard rock and blues, wanting to explore new territory instead of keeping Sabbath’s essence in his solo work.

It’s notable that, at the time of the album’s release, Iommi was the sole remaining original member of Black Sabbath.

Elsewhere in the interview, Hughes stated he feels uncomfortable working with strangers. He prefers creating music with friends and trusted people:

“I don’t particularly want to work with people if they’re acting strange and stuff.

It won’t work for me. I’ve got to be friends with someone to work with them now.

I can’t just walk into a situation cold. It’s not the way I work.”

“But I always figure out if it’s going to be a good thing for me, a learning curve, another challenge, or another moment to play with my friends.

So I choose very carefully who I’m going to work with. I think that’s the way to go.

Tony and I’ve been friends since 1970, and it was gonna happen at some point where we did some playing together. So for me coming in there, it was called the ‘Tony Iommi solo album.'”

“But his manager, Don Arden, Sharon’s father, insisted we call it Black Sabbath, which Tony wasn’t happy about.

And I’m not really writing that kind of lyric, you know.

I enjoyed making the album, regardless of what it was called.