Ozzy Albums

Diary of a Madma, that title track is the best track of his entire career if you ask me...

Technically speaking, Blizzard and Diary are by far his best (i especially am partial to Diary of a Madman)... but i think they are both quite played out, and the album i reach for most often nowadays is actually The Ultimate Sin! So I went ahead and voted for it.

I love the title track, it has one of the best riffs in any ozzy song... heavy! Plus, Shot in the Dark is a great song, maybe my favorite individual Ozzy song next to Diary of a Madman's title track. Killer of Giants is great too, as well as secret loser and most of the other tracks too... a very under-rated album i think.

Jake E Lee was good, i like his style 100 times more than that miserbale Zakk Wylde... what a sh*tty guitarist... i feel no emotion in his playing whatsoever. No Rest for the Wicked is TERRIBLE (Breaking all the Rules is the only decent song, with an almost-heavy main riff). Zakk ruined Ozzy in my opinion..,. he hasn't released a great album since The Ultimate Sin and Jake E Lee's departure.

The Ultimate Sin is a great, great album, sometimes underrated:

Negoba wrote:   I was Jake E. Lee's biggest fanboy and I wouldn't go quite this far. I liked No Rest for the Wicked, and Zakk's tone was huge and still is. I don't think he's as good as Jake and neither were as good as Randy.   Jake went downhill alot. I was listening to some of his later stuff on youtube and it's just not there. He recorded a version of "Surfing with the Alien" that's just pathetic. There are a few live things from Badlands where his chops are still good. He does some ok blues now, but the best example of his playing is the video "The Ultimate Ozzy."   And now for my new fanboyism. In contrast, watch former Megadeth lead guitarist Chris Poland. There are videos of him 1995 when he's so strung out he's about to blow away, but his guitar work is just friggin' amazing. And he's actually still recording guitar music that is up there with virtually any guitarist who ever recorded.   BTW, I still bust out the intro to "Killer of Giants" not too infrequently, at least as often as "Dee." Two formative pieces of music in my guitar education. (along with Crazy Train and Bark at the Moon)

Aye, Killer of Giants' opening guitar part is brilliant... dream-like, trance-inducing, emotional, beautiful, and dark all at the same time.

As for ole Zakk, i guess i'll just never get the appeal. He seems all flash with little substance... his riffs and solos have never moved me in the least. Here and there he has a decent riff, but almost never for an entire song heh... like the evil main riff to 'No More Tears', which is great... but all it's power is diluted by that annoying slide-guitar part and all the dumb pointless "squeals" he pulls off in every freakin' song.

The very best song with Zakk is Thunder Underground from OZZmosis. But i think Geezer Butler actually wrote those riffs, so i stand by my opinion that Zakk is terrible hehe.

Blizzard Of Ozz has the best collection of songs but as others has said is marred by a flat production.

out of curiosity... has anyone bought the infamous Ozzy remasters.  On principal... I wouldn't touch those with a 10' ft pole... talk about a sleazy move.

Jake's tone on that video is as good as I've ever heard. I'm not huge into over-flanging but it really helps his tone. The outro solo is what Jake is all about, and on this version he extends it. I spent so much time in front a VHS tape machine trying to learn that thing back in the day.

I'm 50/50 when it comes to Zakk. Sometimes he sounds like a beast and other times he bores me somewhat. My boys are Randy and Jake, definately.

Just have Blizzard of Ozz... But it's a great metal album, so I'm sure it's his masterpiece

Ozzmosis. Very underrated album.