This album has no less than 5 GREAT tracks that will be on my rotation indefinitely.

Though the album average is a 7.8, that's about on-par with any given Ozzy solo album including the RR offerings.

This album improves on the work done on "Ordinary Man" and I hope we get more from this team before the inevitable.

I was just 13 years old when I first heard Black Sabbath in 1985 on the back of the bus to Jr. High.

Nobody liked Black Sabbath, then, they were gone, passe, washed up, making shitty albums (according to most) with no-names and has-beens, their stars moving on to rock radio friendly solo careers.

But I held on and shouted from the rooftops to anyone who would listen and it's amazing to me that now, in 2022...Ozzy and Sabbath are venerated and appreciated the way they always should've been.

Ozzy does not tarnish his legacy here. He expands it, it grows, and whether it's fake or not...I love it and keep doing it.

And next time, give Geezer and Bill a call, okay?


I give the album a Masterful 8.9