Sabotage - Black Sabbath

Although Ozzy Osbourne recorded two more albums before departing Black Sabbath, 1975's 'Sabotage' is the final album of their classic period before band disagreements and a lack of creativity rendered the subsequent releases merely tolerable. Following directly on from the more commercial, hard rock style of its predecessor 'Sabbath Bloody Sabbath,' it's difficult to resist comparing the similar songs from the two albums and indulging in an adolescent debate over which is best. So I won't break with tradition here; 'SBS' was a bit better and more varied, but 'Sabotage' is the more consistent and perhaps even the most mature album the band would record this decade, in a ...  Read the complete review