Solitude

Album: Master of Reality (1971)
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Songfacts®:

  • Tony Iommi comments that this "might be the first love song we ever recorded." Having been inspired by his very brief gig with Jethro Tull, Tony Iommi played flute on this track.

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  • Luna Loud from Royal Woods, MichiganDamn, this song is so beautiful and sad. I love it when Sabbath does ballads. When I was not too much younger (I'm only 16), I would put headphones on and listen to songs like this and "Changes" and just chill and think about life. My short, short life.

    By the way, about "Changes", why isn't it on this site? It's way more renowned than this song (even though this song is just as good). I know a lot of facts about that song, I can help you guys with contributing them if that's okay, but I don't know how to post songs/facts on this site.
    [Here ya go: https://www.songfacts.com/user-suggest
    -editor]
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