Sabotage

从代表英国金属文化Black Sabbath诞生的摇滚大魔头Ozzy Osbourne，他的造型以及现场狂放演出，一再震撼全球摇滚歌坛，光荣音乐史至今仍持续谱写着。单是个人演唱生涯，就缔造出全球七千五百万张专辑销售量，提携新秀更是不遗余力，创办全美一年一度摇滚盛会Ozzfest发掘潜力新人。

发行于1975年的第六张专辑【Sabotage】，空降英国Top7+美国Top28+澳洲Top9席次，英国白金+美国金唱片销售加冕，此张大碟的封面更是首度秀出Black Sabbath全体成员，专业网站AMG给予四星半的肯定，赞誉：「遗留一张令人关注且勇于自我挑战的大作」，滚石杂志则好评推崇：「这不仅是Black Sabbath自Paranoid以来最好的唱片，更有能力成为他们的最佳作品。」

by Greg Prato

Years of constant touring, alcoholism, and drug abuse finally began to affect Black Sabbath around the time of their fifth release, 1975's Sabotage. While it's not a bad album (in fact, it's one of their most underrated), you can sense that the magical chemistry that made such albums as Paranoid and Vol. 4 so special was beginning to disintegrate. But guitarist Tony Iommi again comes equipped with an arsenal of sturdy, ultra-heavy riffs, as evidenced by the raucous album opener, "Hole in the Sky," as well as the drug-induced anthem "Symptom of the Universe" -- both tracks coming as close to garage rock as Sabbath ever got. But the album's biggest surprise is the melodic, synth-laced "Am I Going Insane (Radio)," which is more akin to '70s power pop than to the band's patented doom metal (although the lyrics are what you'd expect -- detailing a person's downward spiral into dementia). Although often overlooked, Sabotage remains an interesting and challenging release.