Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz
Tracklist
01. I Don't Know02. 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
Line-up
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne - vocals
Randall William "Randy" Rhoads - guitars
Lee Kerslake - drums
Bob Daisley - bass
Guest musicians
Donald "Don" Airey - keyboards
John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne - vocals
Randall William "Randy" Rhoads - guitars
Lee Kerslake - drums
Bob Daisley - bass
Guest musicians
Donald "Don" Airey - keyboards
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.
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9.0
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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. Read more ›› |
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RaduP
Heavy Metal
Sep 20, 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"?
That said, what the hell is a "bone movie"?
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Cool album i love crazy train and mr.crowley
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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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Posts: 352 Written by neiluria on 01.06.2012 at 02:03 Useful comment
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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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Posts: 1465 Written by I_Die_Often on 12.06.2012 at 03:35 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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Posts: 40071 Written by Ace Frawley on 12.06.2012 at 12:50 How can you third a remark?   oh wait, you can't you second it as well 
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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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Posts: 40071 Written by Ace Frawley on 12.06.2012 at 13:01  so I fourtht it? Wonder who's gonna fifth it
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal 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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I could go for a fifth!!!! 
---- Old enough to be your Daddy... speaking of which... you look familiar... do I know your mother???
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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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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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I like this album.
---- Top 500 Albums (ordered & rated) Top 200 Overlooked Albums (with genres) So I Heard You Like Wintersun... (Time II find new bands)
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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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Posts: 5657 Written by AndyMetalFreak on 22.05.2022 at 16:22 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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An extremely important album for the Heavy Metal genre, which provides biggest hits of Ozzy's solo career and continuing to influence generations of guitar players, myself included!
---- Glory to the Nation!
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Some truly outstanding songs here and Randy Rhoades was something special, the line-up overall is iconic when thinking about it.. it's a bit of a hit and miss at times but it's most likely the strongest Ozzy record.
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This is Ozzy's first solo album after leaving Black Sabbath, and it is also his most classic and best-reviewed album. Perhaps it is the psychological gap brought to me by the musical level of Black Sabbath that I have never really liked all his works after he went solo.
---- I regret nothing.
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Only Ozzy solo album I own. Crazy Train and Mr. Crowley are classics but other songs have never hit the same way. It's quite usual for older albums to have 1-2 hits and other stuff is more or less fillers. Still pretty good album. RIP
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Posts: 76 Written by Anghellic67 on 21.08.2025 at 13:37 Yes, those two are classic, good (not great) songs. "I dont know" and "Suicide nation" are ok. But the rest is...not good at all..IMO. I really like the bonus track "You looking at me, looking at you" though, very catchy 👍
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Oh yes this was very important for the genre! A lot of good songs on this. But also some fillers to get a 10/10 from me. Faves: I Don't Know, Crazy Train (best on record), Mr. Crowley and Steal Away (The Night)
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