I feel like the big, bad wolf for bringing down the 3 previous reviewers 5-star average but at the same time I feel the need to explain a different point of view on this album.  I was happy to hear Geezer return and stay  for a Martin album after the failed reunion with Dio in '92.  I was eagerly  awaiting what Bobby Rondinelli would bring to the grooves.  With all this  anticipation on its side, maybe "Cross Purposes" was not going to  measure up no matter what, in my eyes.  I feel that the main problem with  the spin is not that it doesn't rock, but that the complexity and song  arrangements are never challenging.  I would say that  "Psychophobia" is the closest thing to audio excitement acheived  here.  And I heard that Eddie Van Halen was on board to co-write "Evil  Eye,"  but apparently to no avail... sounds just like the rest  (granted, with a nice Sab stomper of an opening riff).  Funny side note:  I  set my CD player to wake me up and forgot to take this disc out (normally  waking up to something pretty mellow) and instead was greeted by the  opening chords of "I Witness," which startled me so much that I  whacked my head on the bed headboard... so I guess that says something  about Iommi's playing.