Ozzy's solo career

[SonOfNun]

I've been listening through Ozzy's solo discography to attempt a ranking, but that will be awhile yet.

What do y'all think about Ozzy's solo work? It's definitely below Ozzy Sabbath for me collectively, though there's some great stuff in it.

Please feel free to give a ranking - here are a few other tasks if you want to participate:

1. Favorite Ozzy album and song.

2. Select your preferred two album set representing Ozzy's 3 primary guitarists: Blizzard/Diary (Rhoads), Bark/Ultimate (Lee), No Rest/No More Tears (Wylde).

3. In a twist on the saying about Sabbath, fill in the blank: "You can only trust yourself and the first _______ Ozzy albums."

 

[Slammed]

I don't think Ozzy's solo stuff is below Sabbath, it's different, but not below.

I listened to Ozzy's solo stuff recently, a ranking wont be that hard but I wouldn't be rating the lie albums (Tribute wins out there anyway) and I wouldn't include Just Say Ozzy Or Under Cover.

As for the third question. I have trust issues so I can't answer that.

 

[CiG]

Hard not to choose Speak of the Devil even though it kinda feels like cheating.

 

[Slammed]

It's easy not to choose it if you don't count it to begin with!

 

[CiG]

But it rules.

 

[Slammed]

But you don't have to choose it.

 

[CiG]

Yeah but...

 

[Slammed]

 

[CiG]

 

[Slammed]

Pfft, at least mine had Ozzy in it.

 

[CiG]

Pfft, at least mine had Ozzy in it.

 

[Slammed]

She might not fucking like it but I'd do it again with her.

 

[CiG]

 

[Slammed]

You're not going to ruin her for me

 

[SonOfNun]

I'm gonna stick to studio albums for my picks and rankings. Speak of the Devil rules, but it's definitely a Sabbath cheat code.

 

[Slammed]

What are you doing talking about Ozzy albums in my Missy thread?

 

[Bloopy]

I don't find many highs or lows among his solo stuff, so it's just impressively consistent in other words. No Rest for the Wicked is my fav as I have mixed feelings about his best-known hits. My fav song of his is I Don't Wanna Stop. I saw him live in 2008 and welled up a bit when he opened with that one - he seemed like an old fart near death and it felt like a one-off chance even then. Imagine all the electrolytes and things they were injecting & pouring into him backstage to reanimate him mid-set during Zakk's 15 minute guitar solo break - I mean, that must've served some purpose, right?

Now that I've heard his last 2 I'll rank them like this:

1. No Rest for the Wicked
2. Blizzard of Ozz
3. Bark at the Moon
4. The Ultimate Sin
5. No More Tears
6. Diary of a Madman
7. Ozzmosis
8. Black Rain
9. Ordinary Man
10. Down to Earth
11. Patient Number 9
12. Scream

 

[SonOfNun]

2. Select your preferred two album set representing Ozzy's 3 primary guitarists: Blizzard/Diary (Rhoads), Bark/Ultimate (Lee), No Rest/No More Tears (Wylde).

I can answer this one for now: the Jake E. Lee albums.

 

[Slammed]

1. No More Tears
2. No Rest For The Wicked
3. Blizzard Of Ozz
4. The Ultimate Sin
5. Diary Of A Madman
6. Bark At The Moon
7. Patient Number 9
8. Black Rain
9. Ozzmosis
10. Down To Earth
11. Scream
12. Ordinary Man

 

[SonOfNun]

Studio albums ranked:

1. Bark at the Moon
2. The Ultimate Sin
3. Diary of a Madman
4. Blizzard of Ozz
5. No Rest for the Wicked
6. No More Tears
7. Ozzmosis
8. Down to Earth
9. Black Rain
10. Patient Number 9
11. Ordinary Man
12. Scream

Favorite Songs:

1. Bark at the Moon
2. Diary of a Madman
3. Shot in the Dark
4. Waiting For Darkness
5. Killer of Giants
6. Fire in the Sky
7. Mr Crowley
8. No More Tears
9. Spiders
10. The Ultimate Sin