Never Say Die!
by Black Sabbath
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Black Sabbath bestography
Never Say Die! is ranked 15th best out of 49 albums by Black Sabbath on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Black Sabbath is Paranoid which is ranked number 47 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 18,351.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Never Say Die! track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 73 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Never Say Die! rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1978 Pt 2 | 22/26 | - |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 31/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  jeremy9 | Top 37 Music Albums of 1978 | 25/37 | 2 |
| 2026 | steve397 | Top 17 Music Albums of 1978 | 14/17 | 1 |
| 2026 | bonnequestion | Best albums from '75 to '84 | 33/100 | - |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1978 | 44/50 | 1 |
| 2026 | Siromynian | Top 40 Music Albums of 1978 | 37/40 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of 1978 | 88/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 55 Music Albums of 1978 | 55/55 | 0 |
| 2026 | adbrack1988 | Top 26 Music Albums of 1978 | 26/26 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 91 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 125 | |||
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Never Say Die! ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago | Artem | 872 | 77/100 |
| ! | 09/05/2026 14:59 |  hoyquarlow | 541 | 76/100 |
| ! | 04/23/2026 09:44 | Pavloss | 488 | 50/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 64.4/100, a mean average of 63.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 64.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.5.
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Never Say Die! forum mentions
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If it wasn't a Black Sabbath album some of the tracks may be considered decent. However when it closes out an era of the band that included those first 6 albums it does not come close to meeting expectations. There is no classic Sabbath song here. It was clearly time for them to part ways with Ozzy as was proven by the new success each had following this release. I would probably only give it a listen while doing a marathon of all the Sabbath albums. Otherwise it is nonessential. (Edited)
I know that this album was always considered by many to be Black Sabbath on the downward slope but personally I don't hear that. I like the slightly less heavy more melodic arrangements and the permanent keyboard addition with some great piano work from Don Airey on 'Air Dance' and I love it when it almost breaks into jazz. I can understand how hardcore Sabbath fans struggled with this but for me it is a definite like. A saxophone even puts In an appearance! (Edited)
poppmusic TOP 100 COMMENTER 03/06/2021 18:28 | #267026 | TOP COMMENT
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Big improvement over Technical Ecstasy, it feels like their interest in making innovative metal music has returned. Of course, in various ways some of the songs fail slightly to majorly (the final track) to make that high standard, but this is still a fun listen because there's a lot to discover. (Edited)
Fischman TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/15/2016 16:37 | #180227 | TOP COMMENT
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You can tell the group was starting to really come apart on this one. Neither the songwriting nor the presentation are up to the standards of the previous seven albums. A good album overall, but not so good by Sabbath standards. (Edited)
Goliath 04/02/2018 14:43 | #212170 | TOP COMMENT
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There are 5 good tracks on this album, the first 4 plus the over-looked Air Dance. (Edited)
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