- heavy metal, hard rock, metal, blues rock
- 46 min
- 9 tracks
- Warner Bros. Records
Never Say Die! is the eighth studio album by the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, released on 29 September 1978. It was the last studio album with the band's original line-up and the last studio album to feature original vocalist Ozzy Osbourne until the 2013 album 13.
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Classical in form, spare, grave and earnest.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- unpretentiousprestige
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- AllMusic1.5/5 ★
- Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
- The Great Rock Discography5/10
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide3/5 ★
- Spin Alternative Record Guide7/10
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Tracks
- 1Never Say Die3:50
- 2Johnny Blade6:29
- 3Junior’s Eyes6:43
- 4A Hard Road6:06
- 5Shock Wave5:16
- 6Air Dance5:18
- 7Over to You5:25
- 8Breakout2:35
- 9Swinging the Chain4:07
9 tracks, 46 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Black Sabbath
- Label
- Warner Bros. Records
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- US
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