The Ultimate Sin

by Ozzy Osbourne

The Ultimate Sin cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 22 February 1986
  • Label: Epic
  • Country: United Kingdom
  • Length: 41:01
  • Community rating: 3.62/5 from 7 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Embracing the highly polished, hair-metal aesthetics of the era, 'The Ultimate Sin' features incredibly sleek production and prominently synthesized hard rock arrangements. Jake E. Lee's flashy, melodic guitar work anchors a collection of massive, arena-ready anthems focused on cold war paranoia and rebellion. It is a highly energetic, commercially triumphant, and definitively 80s heavy metal record.

Genres

Descriptors: melodic, war, arena rock, shredding, soaring-vocals

Tracklist

  1. The Ultimate Sin (3:43)
  2. Secret Loser (4:08)
  3. Never Know Why (4:26)
  4. Thank God for the Bomb (3:52)
  5. Never (4:20)
  6. Lightning Strikes (5:13)
  7. Killer of Giants (5:41)
  8. Fool Like You (5:19)
  9. Shot in the Dark (4:16)

Credits

  • Ozzy Osbourne - primary artist, vocals, written-by
  • Ria Lewerke - art direction
  • Boris Vallejo - artwork
  • Phil Soussan - bass guitar, written-by
  • Randy Castillo - drums
  • Ron Nevison - engineer, producer
  • Martin White - engineer [assistant]
  • Richard Moakes - engineer [assistant]
  • Jake E. Lee - guitar, written-by
  • Mike Moran - keyboards
  • Mark Weiss - photography by

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