>Never Say Die! is the 8th studio album by English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released on Vertigo Records September 29, 1978. It is the last album featuring the original lineup and the end of the Ozzy Osbourne era.
>>124453851ah yes, the regrettable period when they were putting synths on their albums and Iommi started wearing disco clothes
Black Sabbath can Triforce, confirmed
>>124453851I've voluntarily endured every Tony Martin era album but still have never bothered checking this one out
>The group parted ways with Osbourne in summer '79. Iommi said of his departure. "We had an idea of what direction we wanted to go in but [Ozzy] was out of it, he just couldn't wrap his head around the thing."[3]
Title track, although GOAT, sounds like a second rate rip off of Thin Lizzy's The Boys Are back In Town.Johnny Blade is more than worth the price of admission, though.>And Technical Ecstasy is still a better album!
>>124454623It's worth it for Johnny Blade, Junior's Eye, and Swinging the Chain
>>124453851i love their entire discography but this is the only one i don't like>>124456283>Title track, although GOAT, sounds like a second rate rip off of Thin Lizzy's The Boys Are back In Town.i never realized that before. i agree.
The split was a good thing.
>>124453851Hard Road is the purest kino sabbath ever released and i'll die on this hillhttps://youtu.be/cOa5yTmFwG0
SHIT ON THIS ALBUM
>>124454657Considering they all went to make great/decent stuff after splitting, I'd say this was a good decision.
>>124456703Johnny Blade is cool. We're only missing the accompany 70s cartoon to go with it.
its not that bad
>>124453851I love the intro of Air Dance. Rest of the song is mediocre though.
>>124454657in other words they wanted to do NWOBM material and Ozzy was not able to sing that stuff
>>124457466metal mitosis often is
This album rules
Spotify threw on "Never Say Die" after I was listening to "Gypsy" last night. Pretty good song. I've always avoided this album, though.
>>124456703 Over To You to Breakout to Swinging the Chain, yeah i'm thinkin based
>>124460251It's the best song on the album together with the title track. Great great song.
I never understood the acclaim for the title track on this one. It's alright but I usually skip it when I play the album since it's right at the beginning
>>124454623it's a decent hard rock album.
>>124453851Junior's Eyes is the best trackAlso Shock Wave
A Hard Road is so underrated. Very AC/DCish, but still retaining that Sabbath sound. Whole album while a step down from the first 6 is still a solid output worth a listen.
>>124458901It and Technical Ecstasy is the sound of Sabbath dying
>>124454657did Ozzy even have a direction? he ammitedly closed himself in an hotel room to get fucked up and when they pulled him out of there they wrote everything for him >>124470646the only way to go after Sabotage was down
>>124470730>did Ozzy even have a direction? he ammitedly closed himself in an hotel room to get fucked up and when they pulled him out of there they wrote everything for himNo, he was never a writer, never really did anything creatively. He just had a good voice that gelled with sabbath nicely...and good stage presence.But in every band he's been in, he's been carried.
>>124470834I guess it was just Randy's time
>>124470883Hey, I'm not saying it to slight Ozzy. He's one of my all time fav's, but it's pretty well documented. Pretty much every band member he's been with has said the same thing. Ozzy himself has stated he can't write a lyric to save his life, part of it's due to his dyslexia.Randy was great, but the first few albums were the masterpiece of Bob Daisley. He was the creative force in that band.
You're coming home again tomorrowI'm sorry it won't be for longWith all the pain I've watched you live withinI'll try my hardest not to cry when it is time to say goodbye
>>124458291>>124469429Absolutely based
>>124456703Came here to say this. Johnny Blade is awesome>>124456773I’ll take NSD any day over technical ecstasy
>>124470646Even a dying Sabbath is still great though
>>124453877They're oldfags, what did you expect?
>>124472202That song is about his dad.
>>124474842I agree with you on Johnny Blade, but I still think Technical Ecstasy is a better album IMHO.
