Technical Ecstasy
| Black Sabbath
Technical Ecstasy
Technical Ecstasy is the seventh studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath, produced by guitarist Tony Iommi and released in September 1976. The album was certified Gold on 19 June 1997[and peaked at number 51 on the Billboard 200 Album chart.-"Wikipedia"
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Metal Archives
Technical Ecstasy; however, is near objectively nowhere near as ahead of its time by comparison, instead their sixth album is a picture perfect example of the old Japanese proverb, "the nail that sticks up gets hammered in". In other words, you can choose to be as nonconforming as you wish to be, it will only be a matter of time before you will have to bite the bullet and kowtow to the society that dictates whether you get to stay on that path for much longer.
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All Music
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.
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Metal Storm
Perhaps it is not fair that Technical Ecstasy is so easily dismissed, shunted to the back of Black Sabbath's catalogue alongside Never Say Die. After all, minus a couple of lame tracks, it is a solid album.
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Metal Forces Magazine
this eight-track opus, recorded in Miami, is still consistent enough to suggest that the mighty Sabs were in no hurry to vacate their lofty perch. a dense sounding rocker that suggests this album is going to be travelling on a more direct route to the ears instead of spending much of its time frolicking in those strange voids.
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Sleaze Roxx
Gone is the wicked warmness audio of the first six albums replaced by a more kind of sterile studio sound on Technical Ecstasy. Everything — even the songs are a different kind of Black Sabbath. Technical Ecstasy by all accounts is a pretty good album.
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Head Heritage
Sabbath attempted something different, dropping the “evil” content matter, going for more everyday topics, toning down the metal, and generally just attempting to appeal to a wider audience. This is much like what they attempted on Sabbath Bloody Sabbath and Sabotage, but the thing is, both those albums at least still SOUNDED like Black Sabbath. Technical Ecstasy sounds more like KISS.
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