BLACK SABBATH—Technical Ecstasy (Warner Bros.):: When a band's been around as long as this one, it's time to talk about packages. Ergo: Nice Led Zeppelinesque title. Provocative, Magritte-like cover art. Hmm. Seems to me that the Rascals seized on surreal covers during their musical decline, too. Who can forget the total Functionality of the Master of Reality package? R.R.

GATO BARBIERI—Caliente! (A&M)::Barbieri's definitive recordings of his neo-Latin music can be found on the Impulse Chapter albums recorded a few years agorBefore that he was involved in the jazz avant-garde, "Screaming," he once said, "for different reasons than Pharoah Sanders screams." And now he's stuck in this pop instrumentalist album which doesn't move or say much or even hold the interest for long. Apparently this is what Gato wants to play for now, but he is so possessed by energy that it's doubtful that he'll stay in this flat groove. v R.C.W.