I simply cannot believe the negative reviews of this album by many of my fellow Sabbath "fans"... This album was a landmark in the way of production when it came out and it also blows away "Never Say Die", which I also thought was an excellent album. "Dirty Women" was obviously the standout track...I mean just listen to the end of the song where the guys just ROCK OUT. It moves my soul. I remember going to this concert live and they played "She's Gone" over the P.A. before and

after the concert. "I've been, a long long time...a waitin' for you". Makes my skin crawl even now. What an incredibly beautiful song. Ozzy never got closer to purity than on stuff like this. "Back Street Kids" is good too, but "All Moving Parts Stand Still" is a really good and well thought out track. Definitely not Paranoid or Master of Reality material, but the well-versed Sabbath fan pays homage.

This album was a byproduct of the creative tug-of-war between Ozzy and Tony Iommi, who wanted the band to experiment with more styles. If you saw the "Technical Ecstasy" tour, not a lot of these songs fit into the show--"Dirty Women" and "Gypsy" being the best. The best part of this album is its production quality, which is exceptional and certainly needed no remaster. "All Moving Parts" and "Rock & Roll Doctor" are well-executed, dispensable pop lacking the teeth that Sabbath fans crave.

When Sabbath hit this period, I strayed to bands like Judas Priest that displayed more emotion and energy (at the time). Since then, the band's drug problems and internal strife during the recording of this album have been well-documented. In retrospect, it is amazing this album is as good as it is.

This album was my introduction to BLACK SABBATH and while I

don't recommend it to people as their first SABBATH album, it

did make me appreciate their earlier greater albums even more

when I heard them! This is still a very strong album, even if it

was very experimental and different for them. I really respect

albums like SABOTAGE and TECHNICAL ECSTACY more than most of the

SABBATH albums after 1980 when they decided they had to be dark

and sinister again. I think the first five songs on this are very

strong, but my favorite song here is ALL MOVING PARTS STAND

STILL. I've had this album for years and I STILL can't figure out

what this song is about. I do love the music for it, however and

I really like OZZY's vocal for it. It's a shame they had to put

so many effects on his voice, for he was a terrific singer back

in the 70's. The band still rocks out on this, especially on

GYPSY, another favorite track of mine that has a very cool drum

intro to it; and BACK STREET KIDS and ROCK-N-ROLL DOCTOR.This

last song has been knocked by alot of SABBATH fans, but I like

it a bunch! IT'S ALRIGHT is also an alright tune, featuring a

vocal from BILL WARD, who kind of sounds like BARRY MANILOW!!!

Some of this isn't that great, like DIRTY WOMEN, which is my

least favorite song here. The over-production is what dooms this

album; the synthesizers and keyboards and string arrangements

and effects are a bit too much, but this is still a powerful

album!

I don't know why "technical estacy" gets ripped apart by sabbath fans all of the time,sure,it might not be dark and heavy like "master of reality" "SBS" or "sabotage" were, but thats not the point of TE. if you can get over the fact that this album is not as famous as "paranoid",has some light songs and ignore any retard negative comment, you will discover one of rocks best hidden gems. i originally bought it to complete my sabbath collection and didn't expect much out of it, but i was blown away by it,now i listen to it more then any thing else by sabbath. it is a slicker album then most of black sabbath records but i would say its their most solid effort. "backstreet kids" "it's alright" "gypsy" "rock n roll doctor" "you wont change me" and "dirty women" are my favorites. its been awhile since i first got this (the warner bros version) and now i have found the hard to find castle version of this album and the sound blows my old warner version out the window! i would agree w/ what most people said about this before,it sounds NOTHING like traditional black sabbath and has an almost pop qaulity to it. it failed horribly in the U.S. but has become a cult classic in its own right. its definatly right up your alley if you want to listen to something different. why does everyone not like this? its got the best song writting/playing of all of the ozzy era sabbath albums.

One of the most underrated Sabbath albums as the band moves more into blues. The Guitar Solo on "You cant change me" is Tony Iommi at his best. "Its alright" shows Bill Ward at vocals and makes you wonder why they didnt use him ounce Ozzy left the band. The album is weakened though by a few week songs such as "Rock n Roll doctor" and all moving part stand still.