Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard Of Ozz
| Release date: | 12 April 1980 |
| Style: | Heavy metal |
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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: 174
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: 174
Guest review
Lyrics 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.
Rating:
9.0
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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. Read more ›› |
20.09.2020
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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"? RaduP's picks | More picks ›› |
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| Boxcar Willy REEEEEEEEEEEEEEE Posts: 9181  |
Cool album i love crazy train and mr.crowley
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| Rockthenightrigh Posts: 2 |
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| JCJen7 Posts: 423  |
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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| neiluria Posts: 119  |
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| Korah Posts: 351  |
Written by neiluria on 01.06.2012 at 02:03 Useful comment
---- Don't cry for my English
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| I_Die_Often Posts: 697  |
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.
---- Old enough to be your Daddy... speaking of which... you look familiar... do I know your mother???
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| Ace Frawley The Spaceman Posts: 1459  |
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.
---- The sun shines over The Fool...
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite 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 
---- 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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| Ace Frawley The Spaceman Posts: 1459 |
On this occasion I have decided to third it. Doesn't make sense, I know, but it's just what I wanted to do.
---- The sun shines over The Fool...
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite 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_Die_Often Posts: 697 |
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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| Bad English Tage Westerlund Posts: 62135  |
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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| Zombie94 Posts: 459  |
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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| nonZero Posts: 1336  |
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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| AndyMetalFreak A Nice Guy Contributor Posts: 5354  |
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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| John doe Posts: 5143  |
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.
---- I thought the two primary purposes for the internet were cat memes and overreactions.
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| Majesty1911 Posts: 194  |
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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| majormalfunction Posts: 1508  |
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.
---- Everything's twice as bright with money in your hands
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