Technical Ecstasy

Technical Ecstasy
Cover design by Hipgnosis
Studio album by Black Sabbath
Released	22 October 1976[1]
Recorded	June 1976
Studio	Criteria, Miami[2]
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	40:35
Label	Vertigo
Producer	Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath chronology
Sabotage (1975) Technical Ecstasy (1976) Never Say Die! (1978)
Singles from Technical Ecstasy
"It's Alright" Released: November 1976[3] "Gypsy" Released: 1977 (Netherlands)

Technical Ecstasy is the seventh studio album by English rock band Black Sabbath, produced by guitarist Tony Iommi and released in October 1976 by Vertigo Records. The album received mixed reviews from critics but was a commercial success, peaking at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart^[4] and number 51 on the US Billboard 200 Album chart,^[5] later being certified Gold by the RIAA in 1997.^[6]

An attempt by the band to experiment and explore other musical territory, Technical Ecstasy features more varied and complex songs than earlier records, with prominent keyboard parts and effects. One song, the pop ballad "It's Alright", is sung by drummer Bill Ward, becoming the band's first song not sung by frontman Ozzy Osbourne. The album has also been described as a response to punk rock, though this has been disputed.