Technical Ecstasy is the seventh studio album by the English heavy metal band Black Sabbath, produced by guitarist Tony Iommi and released in October 1976 by Warner Bros. Records in the United States and Canada and Vertigo Records elsewhere. The album received mixed reviews from critics but was a commercial success, peaking at number 13 on the UK Albums Chart[4] and number 51 on the US Billboard 200 Album chart,[5] later being certified Gold by the RIAA in 1997.[6] An attempt by the band to experiment and explore other musical territory, Technical Ecstasy features more varied and complex songs than earlier records, with prominent keyboard parts and effects. One song, the pop ballad "It's Alright", is sung by drummer Bill Ward, becoming the band's first song not sung by frontman Ozzy Osbourne.