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Black Sabbath
Technical Ecstasy
Release Date: 1976 10 zz
Running Time: 39:58
Label: Castle

Black Sabbath was unraveling at an alarming rate around the time of their second to last album with original singer Ozzy Osbourne, 1976's Technical Ecstasy. The band was getting further and further from their original musical path, as they began experimenting with their trademark sludge-metal sound. While it was not as off-the-mark as their final album with Osbourne, 1978's Never Say Die, it was not on par with Sabbath's exceptional first five releases. The most popular song remains the album closer, "Dirty Women," which was revived during the band's highly successful reunion tour of the late '90s. Other standouts include the funky "All Moving Parts (Stand Still)" and the raging opener, "Back Street Kids." The melodic "It's Alright" turns out to be the album's biggest surprise -- it's one of drummer Bill Ward's few lead vocal spots with the band (Guns N' Roses covered the unlikely track on their 1999 live set, Live Era 1987-1993). Greg Prato, All Music Guide

Tracks:

	Title	Composer	Time
1	Back Street Kids	Osbourne, Butler, Iommi, Ward	3:46
2	You Won't Change Me	Black Sabbath	6:34
3	It's Alright	Black Sabbath	3:58
4	Gypsy	Black Sabbath	5:10
5	All Moving Parts (Stand Still)	Black Sabbath	4:59
6	Rock 'N' Roll Doctor	Osbourne, Butler, Iommi, Ward	3:25
7	She's Gone	Osbourne, Butler, Iommi, Ward	4:51
8	Dirty Women	Osbourne, Butler, Iommi, Ward	7:15

Releases:

Year	Type	Label
1996	CD	Castle
2000	CD	Sanctuary
2004	CD	Sanctuary
2007	CD	Sanctuary
2009	CD	Universal
1988	CD	Warner Bros.
1988	CS	Warner Bros.
2004	LP	Earmark
2005	LP	Earmark
2007	LP	Earmark
2001	LP	Gestrichen
1976	LP	Warner Bros.