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Ozzy Osbourne - Diary Of A Madman



8.5 | 595 votes |
Release date: 7 November 1981
Style: Heavy metal

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Disc I
01. Over The Mountain
02. Flying High Again
03. You Can't Kill Rock And Roll
04. Believer
05. Little Dolls
06. Tonight
07. S.A.T.O.
08. Diary Of A Madman
09. I Don't Know [live] [2002 remaster bonus]

Disc II [Blizzard Ozz Tour live bonus]
01. Don't Know
02. Crazy Train
03. Believer
04. Mr. Crowley
05. Flying High Again
06. Revelation (Mother Earth)
07. Steal Away (The Night)
08. Suicide Solution
09. Iron Man [Black Sabbath cover]
10. Children Of The Grave [Black Sabbath cover]
11. Paranoid [Black Sabbath cover]

Top 20 albums of 1981: 4

Additional info
Produced by Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads and Max Norman.
Engineered by Max Norman.

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

Guest review by
SeanC
Rating:
7.0
If anyone had cautioned guitarist Randy Rhoads, bassist Bob Daisley and drummer Lee Kerslake about the notoriously difficult second album, they clearly weren't listening. While not as commercially successful as Blizzard Of Ozz or No More Tears in America, Diary Of A Madman is often regarded as the crowning achievement of Ozzy Osbourne's solo career by fans, and it's not hard to see or hear why.

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published 15.09.2019 | Comments (5)

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30.09.2011 - 21:18
musicalkaratekid
Undoubtedly ozzy's best album. The title track just does it for me\m/
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13.12.2011 - 22:19
Cuca Beludo
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Written by musicalkaratekid on 30.09.2011 at 21:18

Undoubtedly ozzy's best album. The title track just does it for me\m/

For me, the second track is the best on the album.
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15.12.2011 - 01:10
musicalkaratekid
Written by [user id=114505] on 13.12.2011 at 22:19

Written by musicalkaratekid on 30.09.2011 at 21:18

Undoubtedly ozzy's best album. The title track just does it for me\m/

For me, the second track is the best on the album.

Yeah, brilliant song is that as well. All eight songs are just so frickin' good in their own way though\m/
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15.12.2011 - 01:14
Cuca Beludo
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Written by musicalkaratekid on 15.12.2011 at 01:10

Written by [user id=114505] on 13.12.2011 at 22:19

Written by musicalkaratekid on 30.09.2011 at 21:18

Undoubtedly ozzy's best album. The title track just does it for me\m/

For me, the second track is the best on the album.

Yeah, brilliant song is that as well. All eight songs are just so frickin' good in their own way though\m/

For me, this is the second best Ozzy's album. I would save the first place for "No More Tears".
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16.12.2011 - 03:12
musicalkaratekid
Written by [user id=114505] on 15.12.2011 at 01:14

Written by musicalkaratekid on 15.12.2011 at 01:10

Written by [user id=114505] on 13.12.2011 at 22:19

Written by musicalkaratekid on 30.09.2011 at 21:18

Undoubtedly ozzy's best album. The title track just does it for me\m/

For me, the second track is the best on the album.

Yeah, brilliant song is that as well. All eight songs are just so frickin' good in their own way though\m/

For me, this is the second best Ozzy's album. I would save the first place for "No More Tears".

Yeah, No more tears is also a great album for me, but i would say this song had slightly better songwriting:P
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16.12.2011 - 05:12
Angelic Storm
Melodious
Not quite a classic album, due to a couple of fillers, but there's certainly a few classic songs on this one. "Believer" and the title track are monsters!
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22.12.2011 - 16:29
Cuca Beludo
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Written by musicalkaratekid on 16.12.2011 at 03:12

Written by [user id=114505] on 15.12.2011 at 01:14

Written by musicalkaratekid on 15.12.2011 at 01:10

Written by [user id=114505] on 13.12.2011 at 22:19

Written by musicalkaratekid on 30.09.2011 at 21:18

Undoubtedly ozzy's best album. The title track just does it for me\m/

For me, the second track is the best on the album.

Yeah, brilliant song is that as well. All eight songs are just so frickin' good in their own way though\m/

For me, this is the second best Ozzy's album. I would save the first place for "No More Tears".

Yeah, No more tears is also a great album for me, but i would say this song had slightly better songwriting:P

Indeed! It's interesting how Ozzy's songs have been changed along his career...
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01.02.2013 - 17:17
megadeath13
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My favourite Ozzy album. One of the best Heavy metal albums of all time
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21.02.2013 - 11:27
Rating: 10
Hordaland
I think "You Can't Kill Rock & Roll" is a filler track, but even with just seven songs this is Ozzy's best effort. Randy was in top form here.
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07.04.2013 - 16:16
Metropolis_Dream
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Blizzard of Ozz was a magnificant debut. But i think this is my favourite Ozzy album. All my favourite Ozzy tracks are here, including "Over. the mountain", "Believer", "Diary of a Madman", and "Flying high again".
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29.07.2013 - 01:00
Rating: 9
CobiWan1993
Secundum Filium
Damn, I forgot how brilliant this album was. Probably the only Ozzy solo album possibly other than Blizzard of Ozz that I love from front to back (though I love various songs here and there from the rest of his catalogue up to Ozzmosis really), this is one hell of a masterpiece.
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18.10.2013 - 15:31
Marcel Hubregtse
Grumpy Old Fuck
Elite
Written by Reality03 on 18.10.2013 at 15:17

Best Ozzy album without doubt..

I think I slightly prefer the debut over this one, but am not sure
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23.07.2015 - 21:16
Rating: 7
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Tage Westerlund
All album is decent all songs and combination, make sit perfect
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04.04.2018 - 02:30
VIG
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Nah, this is fo shizzle Ozzy's best (solo) work
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13.02.2019 - 04:43
Maco
Pvt Funderground
Don't really care a lot about this album, except for the final song which is a masterpiece.
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03.09.2020 - 09:04
Rating: 9
Lord Slothrop
Title track is one of my favorite songs of all time. Over the Mountain, Believer, You Can't Kill Rock and Roll, and SATO are amazing as well.
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03.09.2020 - 09:59
Rating: 8
RaduP
CertifiedHipster
Staff
Definitely his best album.
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18.10.2020 - 20:54
Troy Killjoy
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22.05.2022 - 19:04
Rating: 8
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor
Another quality album by Ozzy, I'm not quite as impressed by it than their debut though. This was also one of Randy's finest displays of guitar soloing.
"Over The Mountain", "Flaying High Again" and "Diary Of A Madman" are the three main stand out tracks for me, the rest of the album was still pretty decent.
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28.05.2024 - 09:50
Rating: 7
Majesty1911
Randy Rhoads is a Rock legend and make huge impact on guitar world in very short time, no doubt about it. Despite all of this, his last studio work always felt quite disappointing to me. There is good songs here, like: "Over The Mountain" and "S.A.T.O", title track and "Believer" is interesting too. "Flying High Again" is okay... Other stuff is just fillers. Performance is solid, production is average. 6/10 +1 for historical significance.
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28.05.2024 - 13:34
A Real Mönkey
Written by Majesty1911 on 28.05.2024 at 09:50

Randy Rhoads is a Rock legend and make huge impact on guitar world in very short time, no doubt about it. Despite all of this, his last studio work always felt quite disappointing to me. There is good songs here, like: "Over The Mountain" and "S.A.T.O", title track and "Believer" is interesting too. "Flying High Again" is okay... Other stuff is just fillers. Performance is solid, production is average. 6/10 +1 for historical significance.

Lol no. No filler on here. This is definitely Ozzy’s best album, way better than the previous.
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28.05.2024 - 15:53
Rating: 7
Majesty1911
Written by A Real Mönkey on 28.05.2024 at 13:34

Lol no. No filler on here. This is definitely Ozzy’s best album, way better than the previous.

How exactly better than Blizzard Of Ozz? I'm really wont to know. About fillers - it's a matter of taste, if you really like "Little Dolls" and "Tonight" - good for you!
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28.05.2024 - 16:50
A Real Mönkey
Written by Majesty1911 on 28.05.2024 at 15:53

How exactly better than Blizzard Of Ozz? I'm really wont to know. About fillers - it's a matter of taste, if you really like "Little Dolls" and "Tonight" - good for you!

The album is carried by Crazy Train and Mr. Crowley. The other songs are fine but nothing to write home about. Couldn’t even pick one that stands out among them.

And yes I love Little Dolls. Favorite song on the album alongside the title track. Even the worst song SATO is better than most of the songs on Blizzard.
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28.05.2024 - 17:31
Rating: 7
Majesty1911
Written by A Real Mönkey on 28.05.2024 at 16:50

The album is carried by Crazy Train and Mr. Crowley. The other songs are fine but nothing to write home about. Couldn’t even pick one that stands out among them.

And yes I love Little Dolls. Favorite song on the album alongside the title track. Even the worst song SATO is better than most of the songs on Blizzard.

First album is carried by three biggest hits and live fan favorites of Ozzy's career (you skipped amazing "I Don't Know") and how many songs of this magnitude we have here?

"Suicide Solution" and "Revelation" is nothing to write home about? Really? Okay...

"S.A.T.O." it's a great song! My second favorite here after "Over The Mountain" with cool riff, memorable verse and great solo.
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29.05.2024 - 01:20
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Written by Majesty1911 on 28.05.2024 at 17:31

Written by A Real Mönkey on 28.05.2024 at 16:50

The album is carried by Crazy Train and Mr. Crowley. The other songs are fine but nothing to write home about. Couldn’t even pick one that stands out among them.

And yes I love Little Dolls. Favorite song on the album alongside the title track. Even the worst song SATO is better than most of the songs on Blizzard.

First album is carried by three biggest hits and live fan favorites of Ozzy's career (you skipped amazing "I Don't Know") and how many songs of this magnitude we have here?

"Suicide Solution" and "Revelation" is nothing to write home about? Really? Okay...

All fine songs, just unremarkable in comparison to stuff on here. I Don't Know is particular is radio-saturated for whenever the station wants to throw in a "deep cut" but still choose the more popular songs, it's mid honestly. I usually just skip it when playing the album and go right for Crazy Train.

I've hear songs from this album on the radio a lot more, the first three songs alone are played a lot on Sirius.
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25.06.2024 - 05:28
Rating: 8
majormalfunction
On par with the debut, maybe slightly weaker but it's marginal. Over the Mountain and Diary of a Madman are both stunning.. Believer is also worth mentioning.
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