- Never Say Die (3:47)
- Johnny Blade (6:27)
- Junior's Eyes (6:41)
- A Hard Road (6:03)
- Shock Wave (5:13)
- Air Dance (5:15)
- Over To You (5:21)
- Breakout (2:36)
- Swinging the Chain (4:18)
- All songs by Black Sabbath
- Tony Iommi - Lead Guitar
- Geezer Butler - Bass
- Ozzy Osbourne - Vocals
- Bill Ward - Drums
- Don Airey - Keyboards
- John Elstar - Harmonica
- Will Malone - Brass arrangements
- Produced by Black Sabbath
- Engineered by Dave Harris
- Special Assistant - Spock Wall
- Recorded at Sounds Interchange, Toronto Canada
LP Vertigo 9102 751 (UK 1978)
LP Vertigo 9124 101 (NL 1978)
LP Warner Bros BSK 3186 (US 1978)
CD Warner Bros 3186-2 (US 1978?)
LP Vertigo PRICE 9 (1983)
MC Vertigo 723 140-1 (1989?)
CD Karussell 550 131-2 (UK 1993)
CD Essential/Castle ESMCD329 (UK - Feb 1996) - Remastered
- Bill Ward sings lead vocals on Swinging the Chain.
- There are music videos for Never Say Die and A Hard Road. However, they're
just staged live footage with overdubbed music; they're not conceptual. Never Say Die has
footage from "Top of the Pops".
- Ozzy left and came back between this album and the last. During that time, Dave Walker
replaced Ozzy. That version of Black Sabbath played live once, on "Top of the
Pops", and did a version of Junior's Eyes. That version has different lyrics
than this version, but the music is pretty much the same.
This is probably my favourite of the Ozzy Sabbath albums, since the music on here is
very varied. I wish it would get more attention from the fans, and I'd like to see some of
the tracks brought back to the live set. The end guitar bit at the end of Johnny Blade is
kick ass, and I love to shock people with Air Dance, several haven't believed it's Black
Sabbath until I stop the music and pull out the CD. :)