Blizzard of Ozz
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LP, CD, MC |
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9 |
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39 minutes 19 seconds |
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Blizzard of Ozz (a play on words with Blizzard , The Wonderful Wizard of Oz and Ozzy ) is the debut album by Ozzy Osbourne's solo band , which was released in the UK on September 20, 1980, and in the US on March 27, 1981.
Emergence
After leaving the band Black Sabbath , Osbourne decided in 1979 to start a solo career. In the fall of 1979 he began songwriting with guitarist Randy Rhoads (ex- Quiet Riot ) . In early 1980 Osbourne signed a record deal with Jet Records . After the band was completed with bassist Bob Daisley (ex- Rainbow ) and drummer Lee Kerslake ( Uriah Heep ), the musicians went to Ridge Farm Studio in Dorking , England on March 20, 1980 to record the debut album. It was produced by Max Norman - after Osbourne had dismissed the initially scheduled Chris Tsangarides - Don Airey played the keyboard passages . Musically and lyrically, Osbourne was based on his former band Black Sabbath. He processed occult themes in his lyrics and the music was characterized by heavy guitar riffs and settled in the middle tempo range .
The album was released on September 20, 1980 in the UK and on March 27, 1981 in the USA . As singles , “Mr. Crowley "and" Crazy Train "decoupled.
In 2002 the album was re-released, with the drum and bass tracks of the original being re-recorded by Mike Bordin and Robert Trujillo . (The same thing happened with Diary of a Madman .) This was allegedly due to previous royalty disputes over Daisley, Kerslake, and Osbourne. This new recording was heavily criticized at times. All issues from 2011 onwards revert to the original tracks.
Track list
- page 1
- "I Don't Know" - 5:16
- "Crazy Train" - 4:56
- "Goodbye to Romance" - 5:36
- "Dee" (instrumental) - 0:49
- "Suicide Solution" - 4:20
- Page 2
- " Mr. Crowley " - 4:55
- "No Bone Movies" - 3:53
- "Revelation (Mother Earth)" - 6:09
- "Steal Away (The Night)" - 3:28
Commercial win
The album reached the top ten of the British album charts at number 7 , was represented on the US Billboard 200 for around two years and rose to number 21. In Great Britain the album received silver for more than 60,000 units sold, in the USA in 1997 Quadruple platinum for more than four million units sold.
reception
The album is considered a classic of hard rock and heavy metal. The music magazine Rock Hard selected it in 2007 at number 57 of the 500 strongest records of all time , Andreas Himmelstein particularly emphasizes the unique guitar playing by Randy Rhoads. Steve Huey of Allmusic calls the album a masterpiece that, together with Van Halen's debut album, forms the cornerstones of 1980s heavy metal. Ozzy Osbourne not only shows his flair for melodies, but also for excellent backing bands. Blizzard of Ozz made Osbourne a star and set artistic standards in heavy metal. Ian Christe described the album's music as a combination of the riff-oriented style of Black Sabbath with a melodic, radio-friendly sound. Although this was not the music that previous Black Sabbath fans wanted to hear, the music has opened up a new generation of young and open-minded listeners.
Others
- "Mr. Crowley ”and“ Crazy Train ”are included on Guitar Hero - World Tour.
- "Crazy Train" is the theme song for The Osbournes program .
Individual evidence
- ^ Award History: Blizzard of Oz , RIAA website, accessed August 27, 2010.
- ^ Ian Christe: Sound of the Beast . ItBooks, 2004, ISBN 978-0-380-81127-4 , pp. 52 .
literature
- Bob Gulla: Guitar Gods: The 25 Players Who Made Rock History . ABC-Clio, 2008, ISBN 978-0-313-35806-7 , pp. 165 .
- Andreas Himmelstein: Ozzy Osbourne - Blizzard of Ozz . In: Rock Hard (Ed.): Best of Rock & Metal . Heel Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-89880-517-9 , pp. 201 .
Web links
- Blizzard of Ozz on Allmusic (English)
- Blizzard of Ozz on MusicBrainz