Disc 1
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| Song Title | Sample |
| 1. Crazy Train ~ Ozzy Osbourne |  |
| 1. Crazy Train ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 1. Crazy Train ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 2. Mr. Crowley ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 2. Mr. Crowley ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 2. Mr. Crowley ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 2. Mr. Crowley ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 3. I Don't Know - (live, with Randy Rhoads) ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 4. Suicide Solution ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 4. Suicide Solution ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 4. Suicide Solution ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 4. Suicide Solution ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 5. Goodbye To Romance ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 5. Goodbye To Romance ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 5. Goodbye To Romance ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 5. Goodbye To Romance ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 6. Over The Mountain ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 6. Over The Mountain ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 6. Over The Mountain ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 6. Over The Mountain ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 7. Flying High Again ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 7. Flying High Again ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 7. Flying High Again ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 7. Flying High Again ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 8. Diary Of A Madman ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 8. Diary Of A Madman ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 8. Diary Of A Madman ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 8. Diary Of A Madman ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 8. Diary Of A Madman ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 9. Paranoid - (live, with Randy Rhoads) ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 9. Paranoid - (live, with Randy Rhoads) ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 9. Paranoid - (live, with Randy Rhoads) ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 10. Bark At The Moon ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 10. Bark At The Moon ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 10. Bark At The Moon ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 10. Bark At The Moon ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 10. Bark At The Moon ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 11. You're No Different ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 11. You're No Different ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 11. You're No Different ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 12. Rock 'N' Roll Rebel ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 12. Rock 'N' Roll Rebel ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 12. Rock 'N' Roll Rebel ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 12. Rock 'N' Roll Rebel ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 13. Crazy Babies ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 13. Crazy Babies ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 13. Crazy Babies ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 13. Crazy Babies ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 14. Miracle Man ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 14. Miracle Man ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 14. Miracle Man ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 14. Miracle Man ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 14. Miracle Man ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 15. Fire In The Sky ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 15. Fire In The Sky ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 15. Fire In The Sky ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 15. Fire In The Sky ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 16. Breakin' All The Rules ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 16. Breakin' All The Rules ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 16. Breakin' All The Rules ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 16. Breakin' All The Rules ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
| 16. Breakin' All The Rules ~ Ozzy Osbourne | |
(C) (P) 1981, 1983, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2003 Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
| There is only one Ozzy, beloved by millions upon millions of his fans world wide. There is only one Ozzy collection to own, The Essential Ozzy Osbourne — an essential collection of rock classics from the master of metal, that includes all of his best known tracks!
2 CDs — over 2 1/2 hours of music
30 Ozzy classics — digitally remastered!
Special Limited Edition contains new liner notes!
A must have for any Ozzy fan and a primer for the new ones!
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| Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Personnel includes: Ozzy Osbourne (vocals); Randy Rhoads (guitar). | | Producers include: Ozzy Osbourne, Bob Daisley, Lee Kerslake, Randy Rhoads, Max Norman. | | Compilation producers: Sharon Osbourne, Michael Guarracino, Bruce Dickinson. | | Includes liner notes by Eddie Williamson. | | While the parting of ways between a charismatic lead singer and a popular band is always a dicey proposition (David Lee Roth anyone?), many observers undoubtedly thought that when a depressed, drug-addled, Ozzy Osbourne was fired from Black Sabbath in 1979, a particularly dark day was at hand. Incredibly, however, Sabbath soldiered on, and Ozzy became a bigger superstar than even he himself could have imagined. Beginning with 1980's classic BLIZZARD OF OZZ and its equally classic single "Crazy Train," the Godfather Of Metal released a string of uniformly excellent albums the equal of anything in heavy music. Needless to say, along the way he consistently made the papers with his outrageous antics, headlined the biggest-grossing concert tour of all time, became a television star, and depending on who's telling the story, either sold his soul to Satan or became an average family man. | | The two-disc THE ESSENTIAL OZZY OSBOURNE is essentially as advertised: a comprehensive 29-track collection of Ozzy's best-known solo material. Whereas Black Sabbath was all about the biggest monster riffs humanly possible, hammered into the listener's brain until he or she had either a spiritual awakening or a seizure, these discs display a much greater pop sensibility. The Oz-man easily straddles both furious Iron Maiden-style Brit metal and gorgeously melancholy ballads. All of Osbourne's best solo albums are represented (with the notable exception of 1982's essential SPEAK OF THE DEVIL, an album of live Black Sabbath covers), so one might be tempted to consider this the last word on Ozzy's career. Considering his tendency to surprise, however, it might be wiser to consider this set as simply Volume One. |
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| Artist Overview |
| Getting his start with heavy metal monolith Black Sabbath, singer Ozzy Osbourne split from the band in 1979, and forged a highly successful solo career that quickly matched his former outfit. While Osbourne's strange antics sometimes overshadow the music, he helped introduce one of metal's greatest guitarists in Randy Rhoads, creating numerous metal classics in the process. Rhoads died in a plane crash in 1982, ending the first great era of Osbourne's solo career, but Ozzy soldiered on to continued success. In the '90s, the Ozzfest was inaugurated, a heavy-metal package tour that helped introduce some of the biggest nu-metal bands of the late '90s/early '00s. Ironically, Ozzy's greatest stardom came in 2002 with MTV's reality show THE OSBOURNES, focusing on the amusing foibles of Ozzy's family life. |
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| Technical Info |
| Release Date : 02/11/2003 | | Original Release Date : 2003 | | Catalog ID : 86812 | | Label : Legacy Recordings | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00696998681224 |
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| Professional Reviews |
| Uncut (5/03, p.114)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "...This should help reaffirm him as one of metal's finer songsmiths..." |
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