Essential Ozzy Osbourne, The - Ozzy Osbourne

The Essential Ozzy Osbourne

Track Listing:

Disc 1.

1. Crazy Train
2. Mr. Crowley
(Taken from ‘Blizzard of Oz’ album)
3. I Don’t Know (Live with Randy Rhodes)
(Taken from ‘Tribute’ album)
4. Suicide Solution
5. Goodbye to Romance
(Taken from ‘Blizzard of Oz’ album)
6. Over the Mountain
7. Flying High Again
8. Dairy of a Madman
...
...(Live with Randy Rhodes)
(Taken from ‘Tribute’ album)
10. Bark at the Moon
11. You’re No Different
12. So Tired
13. Rock n Roll Rebel
(Taken from ‘Bark at the Moon’ album)
14. Crazy Babies
15. Miracle Man
(Taken from ‘No Rest for the Wicked’ album)

Disc 2.

1. Breakin’ all the Rules
(Taken from ‘No Rest for the Wicked’ album)
2. Mama, I’m coming ... more

The Essential Ozzy Osbourne

Track Listing:

Disc 1.

1. Crazy Train
2. Mr. Crowley
(Taken from ‘Blizzard of Oz’ album)
3. I Don’t Know (Live with Randy Rhodes)
(Taken from ‘Tribute’ album)
4. Suicide Solution
5. Goodbye to Romance
(Taken from ‘Blizzard of Oz’ album)
6. Over the Mountain
7. Flying High Again
8. Dairy of a Madman
(Taken from ‘Diary of a Madman’ album)
9. Paranoid (Live with Randy Rhodes)
(Taken from ‘Tribute’ album)
10. Bark at the Moon
11. You’re No Different
12. So Tired
13. Rock n Roll Rebel
(Taken from ‘Bark at the Moon’ album)
14. Crazy Babies
15. Miracle Man
(Taken from ‘No Rest for the Wicked’ album)

Disc 2.

1. Breakin’ all the Rules
(Taken from ‘No Rest for the Wicked’ album)
2. Mama, I’m coming Home
3. Desire
4. No More Tears
5. Time after Time
6. Road to Nowhere
(Taken from ‘No More Tears’ album)
7. I Don’t Want To Change the World (Live)
(Taken from ‘Live and Loud’ album)
8. Perry Mason
9. I Just Want You
10. Thunder Underground
11. See You on the Other Side
(Taken from ‘Ozzmosis’ album)
12. Gets Me Through
13. Dreamer
14. No Easy Way Out
(Taken from ‘Down To Earth’ album)

This compilation album celebrates the 20 plus years of the god of heavy metal keeping me sane in an insane world.

Disc 1

We start with opening of ‘Crazy Train’ which just so totally rocks. (I still get goosebumps when I hear this, especially when you see Ozzy live). Then Mr Crowley, I Don’t Know – Live (this is usually Double O’s set opener and this was recorded when Ozzy was first starting out his solo career with guitarist Randy Rhodes (who tragically died in a plane accident). Jake E Lee was his replacement, but after Randy’s death Ozzy was not the same). Bark at the Moon is just brilliant another Ozzy classic.

I then noticed something odd, on this Best of album….. There were no songs from the ‘Ultimate Sin’ album….why???

Wot no ‘Shot in the Dark’ or ‘Ultimate Sin’??

Only the record label executives will know why they’ve left these 2 off. These songs rock.

There’s a few more songs and then we get to ‘Miracle Man’ (a tribute to American Evengalist Bible-basher Jimmy Swaggart who should have ‘Practiced what he Preached’ but instead got caught with a Prostitute with his pants down!). This song is taken from the album ‘No Rest for the Wicked’ which was recorded in 1988/1989 with new guitarist Zakk Wylde. Ozzy was looking for a guitarist after Jake E Lee left the band. (It’s said that when Ozzy heard Zakk play on a demo tape he liked what he heard from the guitarist. Then a friend said to check this guy out and gave him a photo which turned out to be Zakk).

NOTE

There are 8 songs on the 1st disc that are still played on Ozzy’s live set list. Which to me show the quality and strength of the songs which are 20+ years old.

Disc 2.

Now we’re breaking into the 90’s material

The the brilliant ‘Mama I’m Coming Home’ (a song dedicated to Sharon to say Ozzy’s coming home after being on tour awwwww). Just goes to show that Ozzy can do ballads.

‘No More Tears’ has to most awsome bass riff I’ve ever heard, I just love hearing it.

Then one of my favourite Ozzy songs. Perry Mason, is just so heavy. I love blasting this one out (just to scare the neighbours……only kidding).

Gets Me Through is like a mish-mash of what’s happened to Ozzy over the years # I’m not the kind of person you think I am. I’m not the anti-christ or the Iron Man # and his tribute to Ozzy fans all around the world.

This is a good compilation album for the Ozzy fans. Or just for people who like some of his songs.

I recommend it.
 

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