OZZY OSBOURNE — The Ultimate Sin (review)

OZZY OSBOURNE — The Ultimate Sin album cover Album · 1986 · Heavy Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
Negoba
Moving Toward Mainstream

After the tour for Bark at the Moon, Ozzy went into alcohol rehab, leaving the band to wonder what was next. Guitarist Jake E. Lee wrote a large amount of music, and much of this became the album The Ultimate Sin. The album moves into a little bit more user-friendly territory, which is not surprising as the band had gotten a taste of mainstream success on the previous album. Sin contains one of Ozzy's biggest "hits" up to that point, "Shot in the Dark." It also contains the lazy "Lightning Strikes," with an obvious Crazy Train derivative riff and mindless lyrics. It also contains some interesting Cold War imagery, the best of which is "Killer of Giants." This also contains an interesting arpeggiated intro and suspended chording, one of Jake's best songs.

A lot of these songs are pretty average, really. The energy is pretty good, the production is the best on any Ozzy album to that point. Certainly this is still essential for Jake E. Lee fans.

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