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"Planet Caravan" is a ballad by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath. It was released in 1970 as the third track on the band's second album Paranoid.
About[]
Geezer Butler has said that the song is about floating in space with your loved one. Ozzy sang through a Leslie speaker to achieve the vibrato and treble in his voice.
The piano portion of the track was played by audio engineer Tom Allom.
Live[]
Planet Caravan has never been performed live by Black Sabbath or by any of its former members in their solo concerts.
Trivia[]
TBA
Lyrics[]
We sail through endless skies
Stars shine like eyes, the black night sighs
The moon in silver dreams
Pours down in beams, light of the night
The earth, a purple blaze
Of sapphire haze in orbit always
While down below the trees
Bathed in cool breeze, silver starlight
Breaks dawn from night
And so we pass on by
The crimson eye of great god Mars
As we travel, the universe
Pantera cover[]
"Planet Caravan" was covered by American heavy metal band Pantera for the Black Sabbath tribute album Nativity in Black, but rejected due to political reasons between record labels.[1] It was given a second chance as the twelfth and final track on their seventh studio album Far Beyond Driven.
It was released as the follow-up single to hit song "I'm Broken" in 1994 on East West Records as a 12" single.[2] It became Pantera's highest-charting single, peaking on the UK Singles Chart at number 26.[3]
An animated music video was directed by Michael Boydstun. "Planet Caravan" was rereleased in 2003 as the ninth track on the compilation album The Best of Pantera: Far Beyond the Great Southern Cowboys' Vulgar Hits!
Track listing[]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Planet Caravan" (Album Version) | Black Sabbath | 4:03 |
| 2. | "Cowboys from Hell" (Live) | Pantera | 5:08 |
| 3. | "Primal Concrete Sledge" (Live) | Pantera | 3:57 |
| 4. | "By Demons Be Driven" (Biomechanical Mix) | Pantera | 4:16 |
Total length: |
17:24 | ||
See Also[]
- Planet Caravan on the Pantera Wiki
References[]
| Paranoid | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| War Pigs • Paranoid • Planet Caravan • Iron Man • Electric Funeral • Hand of Doom • Rat Salad • Fairies Wear Boots | |||