Rick N. Backer Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I've been on an Ozzy solo/Black Sabbath binge of late. Here's how I rank his solo efforts right now: 1. Blizzard of Ozz. It's really a flawless album. Even No Bone Movies. It noses out Diary only because its high points are just a touch higher.2. Diary of a Madman. No down moments on this one either.3. No More Tears. Until this latest binge I had forgotten how much I love I Don't Want to Change the World. The best of the Zakk Wylde albums IMO.4. Bark at the Moon. Jake E. Lee's debut. A couple of the tunes, So Tired and You're No Different are a little weak, but overall it's a great album.5. No Rest for the Wicked. Zakk's debut with Ozzy brought a little more of a hard edge back to the band after . . .6. The Ultimate Sin. Ozzy in full on hair metal mode at this point.7. Ozzmosis. It's at this point that Ozzy's solo work starts to blend together for me. Still, if you like Ozzy, and I do, you can enjoy it for what it is.8. Down to Earth. Like Ozzmosis, there's nothing on here I hate, but there's nothing on here that I would call great unless I'm listening to it.9 Scream. There's a bit of an industrial vibe to this album. Gus G isn't as interesting as Zakk to me.10. Black Rain. Why is this last? I don't know. It easily could be number 7. And that's sort of the problem for these last 4 albums. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigbobby10 Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 unfortunately I have not listened to much Ozzy compared to Sabbath.. I only listened to Blizzard of Ozz and Diary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 1. Blizzard of Ozz2. Diary of a Madman3. Bark at the Moon4. The Ultimate Sin5. No Rest For the Wicked6. No More Tears The other albums are so far behind I'd need a few pages of blank space in order to include them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J2112YYZ Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 (edited) Blizzard Of OzzDiary Of A MadmanNo More TearsThe Ultimate SinNo Rest For The WickedBark At The MoonDown To EarthOzzmosisBlack RainScream I have no problem with anything from Blizzard through Down To Earth actually. Black Rain and Scream i've only heard once each and I thought my cat could write better albums. Edited April 5, 2018 by J2112YYZ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted April 5, 2018 Author Share Posted April 5, 2018 1. Blizzard of Ozz2. Diary of a Madman3. Bark at the Moon4. The Ultimate Sin5. No Rest For the Wicked6. No More Tears The other albums are so far behind I'd need a few pages of blank space in order to include them. So chronological order. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted April 5, 2018 Author Share Posted April 5, 2018 Blizzard Of OzzDiary Of A MadmanNo More TearsThe Ultimate SinNo Rest For The WickedBark At The MoonDown To EarthOzzmosisBlack RainScream I have no problem with anything from Blizzard through Down To Earth actually. Black Rain and Scream i've only heard once each and I thought my cat could write better albums. I listened to Black Rain today. It's actually better than I remembered. That might be a binge bump though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted April 5, 2018 Author Share Posted April 5, 2018 unfortunately I have not listened to much Ozzy compared to Sabbath.. I only listened to Blizzard of Ozz and Diary You should check the other stuff out. Some good stuff, although not on the same level with Blizzard Diary to be sure. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 1. Blizzard of Ozz2. Diary of a Madman3. Bark at the Moon4. The Ultimate Sin5. No Rest For the Wicked6. No More Tears The other albums are so far behind I'd need a few pages of blank space in order to include them. So chronological order.Yeah I suppose for me Ozzy's albums gradually got weaker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
treeduck Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Mind you Diary sometimes takes top spot from Blizzard. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laughedatbytime Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 There are more than 2? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted April 5, 2018 Author Share Posted April 5, 2018 Mind you Diary sometimes takes top spot from Blizzard. For me also. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Presto-digitation Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 BlizzardDiary BarkTearsOzzmosisUltimate ....nothing else matters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted April 5, 2018 Author Share Posted April 5, 2018 BlizzardDiary BarkTearsOzzmosisUltimate ....nothing else matters. No love for No Rest for the Wicked? It's not as good as No More Tears but I do like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
goose Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 Mind you Diary sometimes takes top spot from Blizzard.Diary now reigns just from over-exposure to Diary, which probably means that Diary deserves the spot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HemiBeers Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 1. Randy2. Zakk3. Everything else 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted April 6, 2018 Author Share Posted April 6, 2018 1. Randy2. Zakk3. Everything else All of Zakk’s stuff over Bark at the Moon and The Ultimate Sin? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 tributespeak of the devilblizzarddiary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 black rain is hilarious I don't like zakk's guitar tone in any of the music he's involved with 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeddyLeeRoth Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 1. Blizzard of Ozz2. Diary of A Madman3. Ultimate Sin4. No Rest For The Wicked5. Bark At The Moon 6. No More Tears7. Ozzmosis8. Down To Earth 9. Scream (I haven't heard it, but it has to be better than Black Rain)10. Black Turd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Entre_Perpetuo Posted April 10, 2018 Share Posted April 10, 2018 I've only heard Blizzard and Diary, but I'll vouch for Diary at the top spot. Seems more consistent, and with more flow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick N. Backer Posted April 10, 2018 Author Share Posted April 10, 2018 tributespeak of the devilblizzarddiary What are you, 50? :D I can't fit all my music on my iPod, so I have to pare it down to accommodate whatever I'm binging on. These 4 are the constant Ozzy albums, though. Plus the live disc of the Diary deluxe edition. At this moment all of Ozzy's studio albums are on there. In a few days it will be back to these 4. SotD is so much more vibrant than Live Evil (which I also love). Ozzy really stuck it to Sabbath with that one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bathory Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 tributespeak of the devilblizzarddiary What are you, 50? :D I can't fit all my music on my iPod, so I have to pare it down to accommodate whatever I'm binging on. These 4 are the constant Ozzy albums, though. Plus the live disc of the Diary deluxe edition. At this moment all of Ozzy's studio albums are on there. In a few days it will be back to these 4. SotD is so much more vibrant than Live Evil (which I also love). Ozzy really stuck it to Sabbath with that one. I might be. I own them all on cassette, no shit! I've never even seen a cd copy of speak of the devil live evil's killer but there's something about the production that bothers me. there are better documents of that era of sabbath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tangy Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 (edited) 1. Blizzard of Ozz2. Diary of a Madman3. Bark at the Moon4. The Ultimate Sin5. No Rest For the Wicked6. No More Tears The other albums are so far behind I'd need a few pages of blank space in order to include them. So chronological order. Haha. Blizzard killed it. Afterwards... Edited April 11, 2018 by tangy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexMike Posted April 11, 2018 Share Posted April 11, 2018 (edited) tributespeak of the devilblizzarddiary What are you, 50? :D I can't fit all my music on my iPod, so I have to pare it down to accommodate whatever I'm binging on. These 4 are the constant Ozzy albums, though. Plus the live disc of the Diary deluxe edition. At this moment all of Ozzy's studio albums are on there. In a few days it will be back to these 4. SotD is so much more vibrant than Live Evil (which I also love). Ozzy really stuck it to Sabbath with that one. Ha! I still remember picking up the SotD record from the rack when it was brand new (back in the days when there was no web and you often didn't know in advance what albums were coming out), looking it over and thinking "WTF"! Ozzy's puking up jelly or something? What the hell kind of cover shot is that? And what the hell are all these songs? Where's "Mr. Crowley"??? I was actually disappointed, but bought it anyway. Yeah, I started out as an Ozzy solo fan and only knew the few Sabbath tunes that he was playing in his solo set. So SotD was my introduction to a whole other musical world, and of course it led to seeking out all the original recordings. And what a freakin revelation that was. To this day, the original Sabbath/Ozzy run of albums is still my all-time favorite era by any band (and Tony Iommi my all-time favorite guitarist). I agree SotD sounds more lively than LE, but the obviously overdubbed Ozzy vocals hold it back a bit for me. His band sounds great on it though, especially Aldridge on drums (total powerhouse rendition of SotU). Musically, LE is superior, but whoever decided to almost completely fade out the audience is an idiot. Sounds like they are down the block watching a different show. Ah, the glory days of hard rock and metal! Good times, good memories. :) Edited April 11, 2018 by TexMike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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