1503 - Ozzy Osbourne Revelations (Mother Earth) 1980

Ozzy Osbourne, after his departure from the metal gods Black Sabbath, wandered for a year looking for exceptional musicians to work with and make a solo album. Ozzy had met the then unknown Randy Rhoads, a local guitarist that was in the band Quiet Riot, who had released a few albums in Japan, and were rather popular there. Ozzy had chosen him only after tuning up and playing some riffs and scales. From then, metal history was made. Blizzard of Ozz is Ozzy Osbourne's debut solo album, and remains a favorite of the metal community to this day, spawning songs like "Revelation (Mother Earth)", which dramatizes the conflict between mankind and Mother Earth. Don Airey´s piano work is supple and tender, backed by elegant chords by Randy Rhoads. Those chords become serious and staining when he picks up the pace and fires off his best work on the album.