{"product_id":"black-sabbath-technical-ecstasy-clear-green-black-splatter","title":"Black Sabbath - Technical Ecstasy [Clear, Green \u0026 Black Splatter]","description":"\u003cp\u003eBlack Sabbath's Technical Ecstasy lands on clear vinyl splashed with green and black, a fitting look for the band's most restless and colourful seventies record.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBy 1976, Sabbath had spent years defining heavy music and were itching to stretch. Their seventh studio album was recorded in Miami at Criteria Studios, with Tony Iommi largely steering production himself, and it shows a band trying on new shapes. Keyboards from guest player Gerald Woodroffe add sheen and space, and the Hipgnosis cover, with two robots meeting on passing escalators, signalled that this was not going to be another trip to the graveyard.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack Street Kids opens at full charge, a reminder that the riffs never went anywhere. Gypsy shifts gears more than once over its five minutes, while Dirty Women closes the album with a long, swaggering groove and an extended Iommi solo that fans still single out. The real curveball is It's Alright, a gentle ballad sung by drummer Bill Ward, the first Sabbath track without Ozzy Osbourne on lead vocals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLong treated as the divisive one in the catalogue, it has plenty of passionate defenders for exactly that reason. Heavy and adventurous in equal measure, it rewards anyone curious about the band beyond the obvious.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Alliance Entertainment","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67762480480546,"sku":"081227804701","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1020\/2080\/8994\/files\/Black_Sabbath-Technical_Ecstasy_Clear_Green_Black_Splatter.jpg?v=1794315233","url":"https:\/\/soulfulvinyl.com\/products\/black-sabbath-technical-ecstasy-clear-green-black-splatter","provider":"Soulful Vinyl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}