Throughout the decades, Black Sabbath has sealed themselves as one of the most iconic bands in rock history as they already released countless of songs and more than a dozen albums.
However, despite having an impressive chart history and millions of streams from fans, Geezer Butler believes that there is one album that he deemed the "worst." What could this be?
The musician recently spoke to Metal Edge where he spoke about his favorite and least favorite records from the band's music catalog.
The bassist openly expressed his disappointment over their 1978 album "Never Say Die!," saying it was the worst album the group did.
Geezer Butler Believes 'Never Say Die!' Was Black Sabbath's 'Worst Album'
"I will say that 'Never Say Die!' is easily the worst album we did. The reason for that is we tried to manage ourselves and produce the record ourselves. We wanted to do it on our own, but in truth, not one of us had a single clue about what to do," he revealed.
Butler added that members of the band were spending more time with lawyers in court instead of being in a recording studio to continue writing more songs.
At the time, the musician believes there was "too much pressure" on them to the point that their writing suffered.
Black Sabbath Faced Struggles Amid Album's Release
Elsewhere in the conversation, as reported by Loudwire, Butler revealed that Black Sabbath struggled with their finances at the time because even though they sold records and went to perform in concerts, their accounts were "averaging down" and not reflecting the hard work they had been doing
The group later asked their managers as to why their finances were like that, but they never got a straight answer.
"There was a lot of money that we just weren't seeing, and then paying taxes became a whole other issue stemming from those money issues," he added.
At that point, things started heading the wrong way, not just financially, but also in terms of creative direction with Ozzy Osbourne.
The Black Sabbath member wanted to retain their old sound, but Butler and Tony Iommi wanted to expand musically.
"Never Say Die!" became their last album of the 20th century and the follow-up record "13" was released decades ago later in 2013.
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