The Ultimate Sin

The Ultimate Sin
Cover art by Boris Vallejo
Studio album by
Ozzy Osbourne
Released24 January 1986 (US)[1]
10 February 1986 (UK)[2]
Recorded1985
Studio
Genre
Length40:51
LabelCBS Associated (US)
Epic (UK)
ProducerRon Nevison
Ozzy Osbourne chronology
Bark at the Moon
(1983) 		The Ultimate Sin
(1986) 		Tribute
(1987)
Singles from The Ultimate Sin
  1. "Shot in the Dark"
    Released: 20 January 1986 (UK)[7]
  2. "The Ultimate Sin" / "Lightning Strikes"
    Released: 28 July 1986[8]
  3. "Lightning Strikes"
    Released: 1986 (Aus)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Martin Popoff[9]
Rolling Stone(favorable)[10]

The Ultimate Sin is the fourth studio album by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. It was released on 24 January 1986, and was remastered and re-issued on CD on 22 August 1995. It is the second and last of Osbourne's albums to feature lead guitarist Jake E. Lee, the first to feature drummer Randy Castillo, and the only album to feature bassist Phil Soussan, who co-wrote the album's hit single "Shot in the Dark".[11]

The album was awarded Platinum status in May 1986 and was awarded Double Platinum status in October 1994 by the RIAA.[12]

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  5. ^ "Top 50 Glam Metal Albums". Metal Rules. Archived from the original on 26 November 2017. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
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  7. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 18.
  8. ^ "Music Week" (PDF). p. 95.
  9. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  10. ^ Holmes, Tim (24 April 1986). "Ozzy Osbourne: The Ultimate Sin : Music Reviews". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 5 February 2007. Retrieved 4 June 2012.
  11. ^ Saulnier, Jason (2 October 2008). "Phil Soussan Interview Ozzy Osbourne Bassist talks Jake E. Lee". Music Legends.ca. Retrieved 5 November 2015.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference RIAA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).