Never Say Die!

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Template:Album infobox Never Say Die! is an album by heavy metal band Black Sabbath. Never Say Die!, the band's eighth album, was released in October 1978 (see 1978 in music). This was the last Black Sabbath album with Ozzy Osbourne.

This album was even less dark in musical approach than its predecessor, and it was particularly adventurous for the group. Songs like "Air Dance" and "Breakout" utilized musical arrangements previously unseen from the legendary metal act. On "Swinging the Chain," drummer Bill Ward handles vocals.

Before this album was recorded, Ozzy Osbourne quit the band and was to be replaced by former Savoy Brown and Fleetwood Mac member Dave Walker. Some songs were written with Walker but, after deciding not to leave the band, Osbourne refused to do any of the songs and rewrote several of them, including "Junior's Eyes" (rewritten to be about the then-recent death of Ozzy's father). It is rumored that "Breakout" and "Swinging The Chain" were written when Walker was in the band, which is why Ozzy sings on neither of them (the former is an instrumental track and the latter is sung by drummer Bill Ward).

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