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Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz



8.7 | 828 votes |
Release date: 12 April 1980
Style: Heavy metal

Owners:

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1 trades it


01. I Don't Know
02. Crazy Train
03. Goodbye To Romance
04. Dee
05. Suicide Solution
06. Mr. Crowley
07. No Bone Movies
08. Revelation (Mother Earth)
09. Steal Away (The Night)
10. You Lookin' At Me Lookin' At You [2002 remaster bonus]
11. Goodbye To Romance [2010 remix] [2011 reissue bonus]
12. RR

Top 20 albums of 1980: 4
Top 200 albums of all time: 166

Additional info
Prodcued by Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Bob Daisley, and Lee Kerslake.
Engineered by Max Norman.
Photography by Fin Costello.

Remastered in 2002 under Epic Records with drums and bass re-recorded by Mike Bordin and Robert Trujillo.

Guest review by
Ace Frawley
Rating:
9.0
Blizzard Of Ozz is a significant album in the history of heavy metal. Released in 1980, this was the first solo album for Ozzy Osbourne, who had previously been the lead singer of Black Sabbath, the band often credited with creating the distinctive sound of heavy metal music in the early 1970s. The high regard for this album is obvious by its rating on this site - at the time of writing this review it ranks as #147 on the Top 200 albums of all time and #4 on the Top 20 albums of 1980 - surprising then that this is the first review for this landmark release.

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published 13.06.2012 | Comments (4)

20.09.2020
I wouldn't want to crowd the main page with three anniversary staff picks, but Lee Kerslake's passing just one day shy of this album's 40th anniversary led me to realize how much Ozzy Osbourne struck gold with the lineup of this album. Kickstarting a career that would lead him from metal pioneer to Prince Of Darkness, Blizzard Of Ozz not only has some of the best songs of his career (but some questionable ones too), but also some of the best musicians: Randy Rhoads just a few years before his untimely passing, Don Airey, Bob Daisley, and, though his Uriah Heep career might be the more interesting of the bunch, there's no denying how much Lee Kerslake's drumming elevates this album as well.

That said, what the hell is a "bone movie"?

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26.01.2010 - 02:47
Rating: 8
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
Cool album i love crazy train and mr.crowley
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I do your mum

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26.01.2010 - 14:44
Reza
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Written by Boxcar Willy on 26.01.2010 at 02:47

Cool album i love crazy train and mr.crowley

Yes, it's the best Ozzy Osbourne album IMO.
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20.05.2011 - 23:36
Rating: 10
Rockthenightrigh

Ozzy's first two albums blow away the rest of his solo work.
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Hard rock I must hear.
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06.07.2011 - 02:34
JCJen7

Insanely overrated in my opinion. Goodbye to Romance is embarassingly bad, the only solid part of this album is the opening riff to Suicide Solution. Other than that, blah.
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13.09.2011 - 01:11
musicalkaratekid

Classic debut....couldn't have been better in any way:)
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01.06.2012 - 02:03
neiluria

MR CROOWLLEYY.
GOOD
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12.06.2012 - 00:33
Rating: 9
Korah

Written by neiluria on 01.06.2012 at 02:03

MR CROOWLLEYY.
GOOD

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12.06.2012 - 03:35
Rating: 9
I_Die_Often

I agree with the "Ozzy's first two albums blow away the rest of his solo work" comment.
The rest just don't compare to this/these.
Besides the songs played heavily on the radio back then, I love Steal Away.
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Old enough to be your Daddy... speaking of which... you look familiar... do I know your mother???
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12.06.2012 - 12:50
Rating: 9
Ace Frawley
The Spaceman
Written by I_Die_Often on 12.06.2012 at 03:35

I agree with the "Ozzy's first two albums blow away the rest of his solo work" comment.
The rest just don't compare to this/these.
Besides the songs played heavily on the radio back then, I love Steal Away.


I'll third that remark. First two solo albums are the business. The others are good but not exceptional like the first two.
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12.06.2012 - 12:51
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by Ace Frawley on 12.06.2012 at 12:50

Written by I_Die_Often on 12.06.2012 at 03:35

I agree with the "Ozzy's first two albums blow away the rest of his solo work" comment.
The rest just don't compare to this/these.
Besides the songs played heavily on the radio back then, I love Steal Away.


I'll third that remark. First two solo albums are the business. The others are good but not exceptional like the first two.


How can you third a remark? oh wait, you can't you second it as well
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12.06.2012 - 13:01
Rating: 9
Ace Frawley
The Spaceman
On this occasion I have decided to third it. Doesn't make sense, I know, but it's just what I wanted to do.
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12.06.2012 - 13:05
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Written by Ace Frawley on 12.06.2012 at 13:01

On this occasion I have decided to third it. Doesn't make sense, I know, but it's just what I wanted to do.


so I fourtht it? Wonder who's gonna fifth it
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Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight
Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.)
05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996

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13.06.2012 - 06:00
Rating: 9
I_Die_Often

I could go for a fifth!!!!
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17.10.2012 - 05:01
Lit.
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I'm going for a fifth and a half. I slightly agree that these two are infinitely better than the rest of his solo career, but I'll always have a love for No More Tears.
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04.11.2012 - 22:21
megadeath13
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I cant think of a better debut than Blizzard. I still listen to this album frequently and i never get bored.
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04.06.2015 - 22:12
Rating: 7
Bad English
Tage Westerlund
Some album what I know from teenage days, what I can pit on and I don't need listen it one more or even more times, I have overplaid this ... good after dayw hen you can sleep on coach and simply don't care much about anything, just beer and music. (wife go make me some food)
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I better die, because I never will learn speek english, so I choose dieing
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18.11.2017 - 16:45
Rating: 8
Zombie94

His solo work never compared to the early Sabbath albums but this is still a classic nonetheless. Brilliant guitar playing from Rhoads with some face melting solos. Very simple songs with nice melodies and catchy riffs; what's not to like. I'd rate it higher if it was just a littttlle heavier sounding.
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22.02.2019 - 05:50
Rating: 10
Ozzy"fucking"Osbourne \m/
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18.02.2022 - 16:59
Rating: 9
nonZero

I like this album.
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22.05.2022 - 16:22
Rating: 8
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
This is a great debut, Ozzy has shown us over the years, that he is one of the greatest songwriters in metal and rock history, and this album is his best solo work imho. It's full of fantastic riffs, and amazing solo's by the legendary guitarist , Randy Rhodes, the drumming is also great, and it also has some of the best bass work I've ever heard in metal.

There are a few top quality tracks like "Crazy Train", "Suicide Solution", "Don't Know", and "Mr Crowley", but there are a few tracks I never cared much for,
which unfortunately let It down for me a wee bit.
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22.05.2022 - 17:48
JoHn Doe

Written by AndyMetalFreak on 22.05.2022 at 16:22

This is a great debut, Ozzy has shown us over the years, that he is one of the greatest songwriters in metal and rock history.


Ozzy a great songwriter? Hardly. He's always surrounded himself with great musicians. Daisley wrote a lot of the lyrics when he was with Ozzy. His guitarists were the main creators.
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