Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Passage: Black Sabbath ya fara aiki a kan sabon abu a watan Oktoba 1986 a Air Studios a Montserrat tare da furodusa Jeff Glixman. Rikodi ya kasance cike da matsaloli tun daga farko, kamar yadda Glixman ya bar bayan zaman farko don maye gurbinsa da furodusa Vic Coppersmith-Heaven. Bassist Dave Spitz ya bar "al'amuran sirri", kuma tsohon Rainbow da Ozzy Osbourne bassist Bob Daisley an kawo shi. Daisley ya sake yin rikodin dukkan waƙoƙin bass, kuma ya rubuta kalmomin kundin, amma kafin a kammala kundin, ya tafi ya shiga ƙungiyar goyon bayan Gary Moore, tare da ɗaukan drummer Eric Singer tare da shi. Bayan matsaloli tare da mai samarwa na biyu Coppersmith-Heaven, ƙungiyar ta koma Morgan Studios a Ingila a watan Janairun 1987 don yin aiki tare da sabon mai samarwa Chris Tsangarides. Yayinda yake aiki a Burtaniya, sabon mawaƙin Ray Gillen ya bar Black Sabbath ba zato ba tsammani don kafa Blue Murder tare da mawaƙin guitar John Sykes (tsohon Tigers na Pan Tang, Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake). The band enlisted nauyi karfe vocalist Tony Martin to sake rikodin Gillen ta waƙoƙi, da kuma tsohon Electric Light Orchestra drummer Bev Bevan don kammala 'yan percussion overdubs. Kafin fitowar sabon kundin Black Sabbath ya yarda da tayin yin wasanni shida a Sun City, Afirka ta Kudu a lokacin mulkin wariyar launin fata. Kungiyar ta jawo suka daga masu fafutuka da masu zane-zane da ke da alaƙa da Artists United Against Apartheid, waɗanda ke kauracewa Afirka ta Kudu tun 1985. Drummer Bev Bevan ya ƙi yin wasan kwaikwayon, kuma Terry Chimes ya maye gurbinsa, tsohon Clash. Bayan kusan shekara guda a cikin samarwa, An saki The Idol Idol a ranar 8 ga Disamba 1987 kuma masu bita na zamani sun yi watsi da shi. Binciken kan layi na zamanin intanet ya haɗu. AllMusic ya ce "muryar Martin mai ƙarfi ta ƙara sabon wuta" ga ƙungiyar, kuma kundin yana ƙunshe da "wasu daga cikin riffs mafi nauyi na Iommi a cikin shekaru". Blender ya ba wa kundin taurari biyu, yana da'awar cewa kundin "Black Sabbath ne kawai". Kundin zai tsaya a lamba ta 66 a Burtaniya, yayin da ya kai 168 a Amurka. Kungiyar ta yi yawon shakatawa don tallafawa Idol na Har abada a Jamus, Italiya da kuma na farko...  Tambaya: Jeff Glixman ya san cewa ya yi aiki tare da wane rukuni a 1986?
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