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Ozzy Osbourne's 1980 solo debut with guitar hero Randy Rhoads: "Crazy Train," "Mr. Crowley," "I Don't Know" and "Goodbye to Romance."
Blizzard of Ozz introduced the world to Randy Rhoads and kicked off Ozzy's solo career in style. "Crazy Train" is one of the most famous riffs in metal, and Rolling Stone ranked the album No. 9 on its 100 Greatest Metal Albums list.
Fired from Black Sabbath in 1979, Ozzy Osbourne could easily have faded away. Instead he signed with Jet Records, found a 23-year-old classically trained guitar whiz from Los Angeles named Randy Rhoads, and put together a band with bassist Bob Daisley and drummer Lee Kerslake. The record they made sounded like a fresh start: tighter, flashier and more melodic than late-period Sabbath, but every bit as heavy.
"Crazy Train" is the anthem, of course, with a riff that still shakes arenas, while "Mr. Crowley" and its organ-drenched intro and soaring Rhoads solos are pure gothic theatre. "Goodbye to Romance" shows Ozzy could sing a ballad, and "I Don't Know" and "Steal Away (The Night)" are full-throttle rockers. It's the album that made Ozzy a solo star and Rhoads a legend.
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Side A
1. I Don't Know
2. Crazy Train
3. Goodbye to Romance
4. Dee
5. Suicide Solution
Side B
1. Mr. Crowley
2. No Bone Movies
3. Revelation (Mother Earth)
4. Steal Away (The Night)
On Epic / Legacy, a reissue of the 1980 album.
Info from Wikipedia.
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