Album
The Essential Ozzy Osbourne
2003Metal · Music · Rock · Hair Metal · Hard Rock · Arena Rock
Legendary sinister metal and anthemic power ballads.
Tracks
- 14:52
- 25:03
- 35:40
- 44:18
- 55:36
- 64:31
- 74:44
- 86:16
- 93:00
- 104:15
- 115:02
- 125:26
- 134:14
- 143:45
- 156:24
- 165:13
- 174:11
- 185:46
- 197:24
- 204:20
- 215:10
- 224:06
- 235:53
- 244:55
- 256:30
- 266:10
- 275:04
- 284:44
- 295:05
About this album
This hefty anthology charts the sinister evolution of heavy metal’s dark prince between 1980 and 2003. Osbourne comes storming out of the gates with early-career classics that speak to his innovations as a solo artist. Guitarist Randy Rhoads’ straight-razor precision on “Crazy Train” laid the foundation for the neoclassical metal movement, while the atmospheric spine-chiller “Mr. Crowley” kick-started a new wave of graphic occult metal. The icon’s legacy as a power balladeer is also represented with the disarmingly vulnerable “Mama, I’m Coming Home”.