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Technical Ecstasy (Album) by Black Sabbath

Artist Biography For Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath Was An English Heavy Metal Band Formed In Birmingham Warwickshire In 1968 By Guitarist Tony Iommi Drummer Bill Ward Bassist Geezer Butler And Vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. They Are Often Cited As Pioneers Of Heavy Metal Music. The Band Helped Define The Genre With Releases Such As Black Sabbath 1970 Paranoid 1970 And Master Of Reality 1971 . The Band Had Multiple Line-Up Changes Following Osbourne's Departure In 1979 And Iommi Is The Only Constant Member Throughout Their History. After Previous Iterations Of The Group – The Polka Tulk Blues Band And Earth – The Band Settled On The Name Black Sabbath In 1969. They Distinguished Themselves Through Occult Themes With Horror-Inspired Lyrics And Down-Tuned Guitars. Signing To Philips Records In November 1969 They Released Their First Single "Evil Woman" In January 1970 And Their Debut Album Black Sabbath Was Released The Following Month. Though It Received A Negative Critical Response The Album Was A Commercial Success Leading To A Follow-Up Record Paranoid Later That Year. The Band's Popularity Grew And By 1973's Sabbath Bloody Sabbath Critics Were Starting To Respond Favourably. Osbourne's Excessive Substance Abuse Led To His Firing In 1979. He Was Replaced By Former Rainbow Vocalist Ronnie James Dio. Following Two Albums With Dio Black Sabbath Endured Many Personnel Changes In The 1980s And 1990s That Included Vocalists Ian Gillan Glenn Hughes Ray Gillen And Tony Martin As Well As Several Drummers And Bassists. Martin Who Replaced Gillan In 1987 Was The Second-Longest Serving Vocalist And Recorded Three Albums With Black Sabbath Before His Dismissal In 1991. That Same Year Iommi And Butler Were Rejoined By Dio And Drummer Vinny Appice To Record Dehumanizer 1992 . After Two More Studio Albums With Martin Who Replaced Dio In 1993 The Band's Original Line-Up Reunited In 1997 And Released A Live Album Reunion The Following Year They Continued To Tour Occasionally Until 2005. Other Than Various Back Catalogue Reissues And Compilation Albums As Well As The Mob Rules-Era Line-Up Reunited As Heaven & Hell There Was No Further Activity Under The Black Sabbath Until 2011 With The Release Of Their Final Studio Album And 19th Overall 13 In 2013 Which Features All Of The Original Members Except Ward. During Their Farewell Tour The Band Played Their Final Concert In Their Home City Of Birmingham On 4 February 2017. Occasional Partial Reunions Have Happened Since Most Recently When Osbourne And Iommi Performed Together At The Closing Ceremony Of The 2022 Commonwealth Games In Birmingham. Black Sabbath Have Sold Over 70 Million Records Worldwide As Of 2013 Making Them One Of The Most Commercially Successful Heavy Metal Bands. Black Sabbath Together With Deep Purple And Led Zeppelin Have Been Referred To As The "unholy Trinity Of British Hard Rock And Heavy Metal In The Early To Mid-Seventies". They Were Ranked By MTV As The "Greatest Metal Band Of All Time" And Placed Second On VH1's "100 Greatest Artists Of Hard Rock" List. Rolling Stone Magazine Ranked Them Number 85 On Their "100 Greatest Artists Of All Time". Black Sabbath Were Inducted Into The UK Music Hall Of Fame In 2005 And The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame In 2006. They Have Also Won Two Grammy Awards For Best Metal Performance And In 2019 The Band Were Presented A Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. Full Wikipedia Article Https //en.Wikipedia.Org/wiki/Black_Sabbath Studio Albums
Black Sabbath 1970 Paranoid 1970 Master Of Reality 1971 Vol. 4 1972 Sabbath Bloody Sabbath 1973 Sabotage 1975 Technical Ecstasy 1976 Never Say Die! 1978 Heaven And Hell 1980 Mob Rules 1981 Born Again 1983 Seventh Star 1986 The Eternal Idol 1987 Headless Cross 1989 Tyr 1990 Dehumanizer 1992 Cross Purposes 1994 Forbidden 1995 13 2013

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Technical Ecstasy Continued Black Sabbath's Separation From Its Signature Doom And Darkness That Had Been Such A Trademark Of The Band's Early Career. While The Album's Lyrics Dealt With Topics Such As Drug Dealers Prostitution And Transvestites The Music Itself Was Seldom Dark And Tracks Like "Rock 'n' Roll Doctor" And "It's Alright" The Latter Sung By Drummer Bill Ward—a Decision Supported By Ozzy Osbourne Were Very Different From Black Sabbath's Earlier Recordings. Also The Band Continued Experimenting With Keyboards And Synthesizers More So Than Previous Albums. The Track "She's Gone" Features Orchestrations.
Osbourne Left The Band Briefly Following The Release Of The Album. He Would Eventually Rejoin For The Follow-Up Album Never Say Die!.
The Cover Art Is Designed By Hipgnosis And Is Meant To Represent Two Robots Having Sex. Osbourne Once Described It As "two Robots Screwing On An Escalator."
The UK Release Had A Two-Sided Lyric/credit-Insert.
"Gypsy" "Dirty Women" "Rock 'n' Roll Doctor" And Briefly "All Moving Parts Stand Still " Were Played Live On The Supporting Tour.
"It's Alright" Was Often Covered Live By Guns N' Roses And Included In Their Live Era '87–'93 Album. The Song Was Also Featured In The 2010 Film "It's Kind Of A Funny Story."
It Was Certified Gold On 19 June 1997 And Peaked At Number 51 On The Billboard Pop Album Chart. Track Listing All Songs Written By Tony Iommi Geezer Butler Bill Ward And Ozzy Osbourne.
Side One
"Back Street Kids" – 3 47
"You Won't Change Me" – 6 42
"It's Alright" – 4 04
"Gypsy" – 5 14
Side Two
"All Moving Parts Stand Still " – 5 07
"Rock 'n' Roll Doctor" – 3 30
"She's Gone" – 4 58
"Dirty Women" – 7 13
The Cassette Version Reverses The Two Sides Personnel Ozzy Osbourne – Vocals
Tony Iommi – Guitar
Geezer Butler – Bass Guitar
Bill Ward – Drums Lead Vocals On "It's Alright"
Gerald Woodruffe – Keyboards