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Speak of the Devil is a  by   vocalist , released on 27 November 1982 as a . The album consists entirely of renditions of songs originally recorded by Osbourne's previous band . 

In early February 1982, a decision was made by Osbourne’s management and record label to record a live album consisting entirely of songs he had recorded in the 1970s with . Several factors led to this decision. Sabbath’s publishing deal with their previous management had recently expired; by re-recording these songs all the songwriters (including Osbourne) would benefit from the . Additionally,  had cut a distribution deal with  which saw the small label stand to make a sizeable profit. 

Business decisions aside, Sabbath was readying its own  and Osbourne wanted his album in stores first. "We were both going through our own miseries," recalled Sabbath bassist . "We couldn't afford not to release Live Evil and Ozzy was forced into making Speak of the Devil."

The plan to record an album of Sabbath covers was not met with enthusiasm by Osbourne's band. Guitarist  and drummer  refused to participate, feeling that they had established themselves as recording artists and such an album would be a step backwards professionally. They shared their feelings with bassist ; though Sarzo wasn't completely comfortable refusing to participate, he chose to stand with his bandmates and the trio informed manager  of their decision.

Though Sharon took the news reasonably well, Osbourne was furious. He responded by going on what Sarzo described as "the worst drinking binges I had ever witnessed" and his relationship with Rhoads never fully recovered. It was during this tumultuous period that Osbourne was infamously arrested for drunkenly urinating on the Alamo. Several hours before the Alamo incident, he drunkenly fired the entire band (including Rhoads), though later had no memory of doing so. Osbourne frequently confronted Rhoads on the tour bus and taunted him with claims that the likes of  and  were willing to replace him. Osbourne's unstable and confrontational behavior soon convinced Rhoads to leave the band. He grudgingly agreed to perform on the live album but would depart after fulfilling his contractual obligations to Jet Records, which consisted of one more studio album and subsequent tour.