A karkashin matsin lamba daga lakabin rikodin su, ƙungiyar ta fito da kundin faifai na goma sha bakwai, Cross Purposes, a ranar 8 ga Fabrairun 1994, a ƙarƙashin sunan Black Sabbath. Kundin ya sami bita iri-iri, tare da Blender yana ba wa kundin taurari biyu, yana kiran kundin Soundgarden na 1994 Superunknown "kundin Asabar mafi kyau fiye da wannan ta hanyar-lambobin potboiler". Bradley Torreano na AllMusic ya kira Cross Purposes "kundin farko tun lokacin da aka sake haifuwa wanda a zahiri yana kama da rikodin Asabar na gaske". Kundin ya rasa Top 40 a Burtaniya yana kaiwa lamba 41, kuma ya kai 122 a kan Billboard 200 a Amurka.
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