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Ozzmosis777 - AlrightNot their best album by far, but still good. Best tracks are "Never Say Die", "Johnny Blade", and "A Hard Road".
DrVictorVonDoom - Better than you've been toldI avoided this album for years but once I picked it up, I couldn't stop listening!
It's heavy but with a different approach than the previous albums and it's refreshing after listening to paranoid, war pigs ect. over and over again.
JWP BASS - Bad? Not at all...This album has been de-railed....why?
Great album!!!
Reckia6 - Ozzy's last stand.The first half of this is very good and starts off with it's best and most energetic song with the title track. Things then get a little weird with the bizarre synthesizer intro on Johnny Blade. The song improves greatly when the drums and then the guitar make their entrance. Ozzy sounds great on these first two songs, much better than he did on Technical Ecstasy. Indeed, Ozzy's heartfelt and emotional singing elevates even some of the lesser songs on the second half like Air Dance and Over To You. However, the album ends on an awful note with jazzy instrumental Breakout and the horrible Swinging The Chain. Supposedly, that's Bill Ward on vocals (though I think it's actually Dave Walker) and lyrically and vocally sounds nothing like Black Sabbath. And that is not Ozzy on harmonica. Iommi's guitar sounds like crap and Bill Ward's drums are perhaps too loud in the mix, though Ozzy's vocals are also prominent in the mix and deservedly so. It is no wonder he became a star after leaving Sabbath.
Anyway, definitely worth having for side one and Ozzy's singing.
Coach Lonster XVIII - The Opus of a Changing BandI've been a Sabbath fan since '77, but for some reason never owned this album or even heard these songs (except for the title track on the greatest hits album). I always assumed it wasn't the drugs talking or resentment toward his former band when Ozzy said in interviews that NSD sucked. Granted this doesn't sound like a traditional Sabbath album. Iomi is obviously trying to keep the band relevant in an ever changing musical landscape. The lyrical style is far more similar to an Ozzy solo album than any of the first seven Sabbath albums. The title track is upbeat like Thin Lizzy's Boys Are Back in Town and the lyrics are a precursor to Ozzy's first solo song I Don't Know. Johnny Blade features the Blazing guitar solo that would be a standard feature on the Heaven and Hell album. Juniors Eyes and Shock Wave are precursors to the high school parking lot heavy metal common in the '80's and common to Ozzy as a solo artist. Breakout is an increadible jazz fusion track that has no place on a Sabbath album, but I love it anyway. On the closing track the band returns to it's roots as a blues band. Metal fans are very fickle and easily turned off by change. The absence of a dark Children of the Grave type opus left the core fan base feeling betrayed. Furthermore this album suffers from bad production. The songs tend to start out weak, but they all have strong bridges and instrumentals. Never Say Die captures a band stretching it's hand out as far as they can and not quite reaching the big pot of gold in the distant horizon - but that's what makes this album great as it never settles for the mediocrity of Technical Ecstacy. If you give it a chance it will definately grow on you.
Deepstops - Excellent albumIn my opinion, some of the most artistic metal music ever made. Junior’s Eyes and Swinging the Chain are my faves on this album
Corey Cash - RADTIMELESS IN THE TIMES
theBlueFusion - Underated EffortHighly underated....excellent from start to finish...would highly recommended
eion123 - very underrated albumgreat album. the mixing was very nicely put together the sound that they were able to produce in the studio in toronto by tearing up all of the rugs for a "live" sound was simply ingenious. Bill wards drumming sounds great, his drumming on Johnnie blade.....unmatched take a listen to that track and really listen to the drumming and the riff. I'm not really sure why Ozzy didin't like this album but the funny thing is Bill ward thought this album was better than people realized and he was right.
Bax* - Interesting evolutionAlthough I enjoy the album to a certain extent, it’s a far cry from the Sabbath of earlier years.
It’s a good addition to any collection but likely won’t see much play time compared to other Sabbath albums.
There are some interesting sounds that I never envisioned them incorporating (synth) but it feels like they were trying to stay relevant as opposed to doing it for the love of the music.
Darian80 - It really deserves a 2.5 ratingThe only great songs off of this album is the title track, "Junior's Eyes" and "Air Dance", other than these three songs I'm not a big fan of this album, sadly this is the last studio album featuring the original lineup.
Ashley Rad - VERY underratedThis is a criminally underrated album and Ozzy sounds amazing. A lot of the songs are in the key of A which gives the songs a different feel vs. their earlier stuff. Buy it, it's great...
RiffRawker - It's still Sabbath broHave seen negative reviews before, dont get it... this is a great album, does it sound like Master of Reality? no.... every band evolves, even though the Reality, SBS era is my favorite sound, do you really want another album or recycled riffs?? If you cant dig A Hard Road, for instance, then just turn in your rawker card at the pansy desk and move on.. real Sabbath fans dont want you , peace
Sound Chaser9 - ExcellentIt inexactly what trueSabbath fans want. Trust me. Try it.
LordOfTheElements - Do I need to say much?Come on it is Black Sabbath! There is no reason to give it below five stars!
Kunye vest - Lots of diversityDifferent but good, not their best. This album may have been criticized by critics and the band itself but it explores a new side of sabbath that we will never see again. There's interesting variety and some rocking tunes, definitely has an old school vibe to it aged. Some will "get" this album, some won't.
RockNRollStaaaa - Love this albumIt’s certainly lighter and less serious than the classic first five or six Sabbath albums, but I still enjoy it a lot.
Creeder133 - Ouch!Thin production and the best song is a rip-off of Thin Lizzy's "Boys are Back." Save your money.
madmandiary1 - Most diverse Sabbath albumThis is truly an under appreciated album. Ozzy himself said it was their worst album after he left Sabbath, but Tony Iommi went pass the usual metal barriers that Sabbath fans were comfortable with. Every song on hear goes into a different direction with Tony guiding it all.
Ksmack4u - Classic Sabbath yet the endThis album is a good to Great Album! Is it like their other previous Material NO! But the band is all there. The album grows on you after time. However you can tell Sabbath was coming to an end with Ozzy. And the group was starting to go into a different direction musically! Buy this though you won't Regret it! Love sabbath 😉👍🎸🎶
chicago1969 - Underrated SabbathIf you like Sabbath you'll like this album, it's weak for the band but still better than 99% of music out there.
thespark - A Great and Exciting RecordI completely understand the hedging that fans engage in when they talk about this album. It's hard, when you love an artist so much, to say anything negative about them. And then they throw something at you like this, a total curve ball really. And it can really feel like a betrayal.
But I take the opposite view of this album, then and still now. This is Sabbath proving they were not just one-trick ponies. They proved that they had broad aspirations and diverse musical sensibilities and could easily rise to the challenge those aspirations present. I love it and I cheer for any band that can pull this off. Sure, if you're looking for another Paranoid, this is not that album. And you may just not care for what it is they are doing here, that's OK too. But I love this album and am thrilled to finally have it in this form.
Sticta - Very UnderratedWhen I purchased this back in the mid eighties I gave it a listen and thought it was weak for a Sabbath album. But the reason it sounded weak was because I had been listening to all the early Sabbath albums and the Dio and Ian Gillian era albums (Born Again is another highly underrated abum IMHO). Once my musical appreciation began to mature I gave the album another listen with fresh ears and all I can say is it's a MUST for anyone who calls themselves a Sabbath fan. A fine piece of work if I say so myself!!!
RobertoV05 - I don't know why this album gets a bad rapNot an epic like the first album or Paranoid, but still a great album.
Deathmachine360 - Best in sabbath to me!What a great album from sabbath if you ask this guy!
clasicrockfan - As good as anything else they put outI’ve always been baffled why critics are so negative. Some of Black Sabbath’s most creative music was on this album (both lyrically and musically).
Handome B. Wonderful - One Of Their BestI honestly have no idea why people collectively hate this album. Not a bad song. Perfect swan song. My only thought is bitterness over Ozzy leaving. If you like early 80's Ozzy and Sabbath Bloody Sabbath you will love this album.
novemberland1 - I still love it...I grew up listening to Black Sabbath. I never understood the negative reviews written about this record. To my ears it still sounds like a natural and very mature progression from the previous, and in my opinion weaker LP, "Technical Ecstacy". Both "Shockwave" and "Airdance" are as good as anything in the Sabbath catalog.
Each Sabbath record by the original band has it's own charm and aesthetic. "Never Say Die" has a progressive edge to it both in terms of the arrangements and the production. The greatest strength of the material is found in the intricate arrangements. There are some truly gorgeous textures on the recording.
While the mix is very bright and lacks some of the low end punch typically found on previous Sabbath records it does not lack power.
The year it was released I, for some reason, bought this record on 8-track and loved it! Along with other extraordinary hard rock releases of that year by Rainbow ("Long Live Rock 'n' Roll"), UFO ("Obsession") and Van Halen (their scorching debut), this was one of the best rock records of 1978.
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