“The Ultimate Sin” by Ozzy Osbourne

"The Ultimate Sin" gave Ozzy Osbourne's fourth studio album its title in 1986, with Ron Nevison producing and engineering. The music behind the record came with a backstory: when Osbourne got back from treatment at the Betty Ford Center in 1985, guitarist Jake E. Lee had a stack of new material waiting, and Lee, who says he was short-changed on the songwriting and publishing for Bark at the Moon, would not hand any of it over until a contract guaranteed his credit. His name sits on this one beside Osbourne's and Bob Daisley's.

The lineup was in flux: this was Lee's second and last album with Osbourne, Randy Castillo's first on drums and Phil Soussan's only one on bass, with Mike Moran adding keyboards.

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