1612 - Ozzy Osbourne Flying High Again 1981

Diary of a Madman is the final album recorded with late guitarist Randy Rhoads. It also represents drummer Lee Kerslake's final appearance with Osbourne. Although bassist Rudy Sarzo and drummer Tommy Aldridge are credited in the liner notes and pictured on the inner sleeve, it was bassist Bob Daisley and drummer Kerslake who performed all bass and drum parts on the original release.
During the album's recording, Kerslake says the band members were given no money to live on, prompting them to approach management. Shortly after, both Kerslake and Daisley were fired. "Everything was working fine. It was only when Sharon came in that we had a problem. When she started managing—taking over—she wasn't the manager until Diary of a Madman".
BBC referred to the album as "a classic rock record in every way", "lifted out of the ordinary by the legendary rock axe god, Randy Rhoads".
Though widely thought to be about drug use, Osbourne has stated that "Flying High again" was actually inspired by his successful re-emergence as a solo artist after being fired from the band Black Sabbath and subsequently believing his career was over.

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.

1296 - Ozzy Osbourne Suicide Solution 1980

After Black Sabbath’s implosion, Ozzy’s reclusive and addictive lifestyle did not bode well, and it took Sharon Arden, daughter of his former manager, to pull him out of depression and get him back in the studio, where, in creative partnership with guitarist Randy Rhoads (ex-Quiet Riot), drummer Lee Kerslake (ex-Uriah Heep) and bassist / lyricist Bob Kerslake (ex-Rainbow), he reinvented his musical persona, presenting a set of lyrical caricatures over ferocious rock riffing through which blow Rhoads’ virtuoso guitar runs. "Suicide Solutions" is a warning of how alcoholism can ruin your life, and can even be a method of suicide. There is a part that people have claimed as subliminal, where it sounds as if he's saying "shoot" or "do it," but it was ruled out of court as a combination of sounds that formed to make those sounds.

1273 - Ozzy Osbourne - I Don't Wanna Stop 2006

"Black Rain" is the title of Ozzy Osbourne's ninth studio album. It is also the last album to feature Zakk Wylde and Mike Bordin on drums. Officially his longest contributor, Wylde brings a lot of what he has been doing with Black Label Society into this record. That means big Sabbathy riffs and real guitar solos. Ozzy, singing in a voice a little lower than on past albums, wails, "All my life I've been over the top. I don't know what I'm doing all I know is, I don't wanna stop. All fired up, I'm gonna go till I drop. You're either in or in the way don't make me, I don't wanna stop".

1057 - Ozzy Osbourne Diary of a Madman 1981

"Diary of a Madman" is a heavy metal song by Ozzy Osbourne released in 1981 on his "Diary of a Madman" album. Guitarist Randy Rhoads was taking classical guitar lessons while on the "Blizzard of Ozz" tour, and came up with the opening acoustic riff by using a variation of Cuban composer Leo Brouwer's Etude #6. The song was written by Ozzy, Randy Rhoads, bassist Bob Daisley and drummer Lee Kerslake with the latter two writing the lyrics and vocal melodies, respectively. Supposedly, Ozzy had a hard time coping with the unusual time signature in this song, which was composed by Randy Rhoads and bassist Bob Daisley. According to Daisley, Ozzy's comment was: "Who the fuck do you think I am? Frank Zappa?".

601 - Ozzy Osbourne No More Tears 1991

"No More Tears" is the fifth song on the 1991 Ozzy Osbourne album "No More Tears". With a running time of 7:22, it is the longest song that Osbourne has ever recorded on a studio album. In the 2002 remaster booklet for the album Ozzy stated it was about a serial killer. It should be noted that the bass guitar (Bob Daisley) notably plays a major sounding lick while the guitars (Zakk Wylde) plays a very minor/angry sounding the entire song.

565 - Ozzy Osbourne Rock 'N' Roll Rebel 1983

"Bark at the Moon" is a heavy metal album by Ozzy Osbourne, released in December 10, 1983. This album features former Ratt and Rough Cutt guitarist Jake E. Lee. This was one of the first metal albums to incorporate synthesisers extensively. The opening track, "Rock 'N' Roll Rebel", is one of the best tracks Ozzy has written.

420 - Ozzy Osbourne Bark At The Moon 1983

The 1982 death of Randy Rhoads was a crushing blow for Ozzy Osbourne, not only did he lose one of the very best rock guitarists of all time, but he lost a dear friend.
Ozzy finally found a replacement guitar player in Jake E Lee and brought together „Bark At The Moon“ to prove to his fans that the death of Randy Rhoads wasn’t going to be the end of Ozzy as we knew him. In Jake E Lee Ozzy found a straight ahead rocker with his own chops and charisma on and off the stage.
The album opening title track has become a fan favorite and concert staple over the years, and remains one of Ozzy's most furious rockers.

283 - Ozzy Osbourne Shot in the Dark 1986

Jake E. Lee, formerly of Ratt and Rough Cutt, was a more successful recruit than Torme, recording 1983's "Bark at the Moon"(with Daisley, Aldridge, and keyboard player Don Airey) and 1986's "The Ultimate Sin"(with bassist Phil Soussan and drummer Randy Castillo) and touring behind both albums. After “Bark At The Moon” Ozzy and the guys had to come up with something really fast to appease the masses and they surely did with this album. “The Ultimate Sin” was definitely the best work that Ozzy has shown us in a long time. It was filled full of catchy anthems like "Shot in the dark".

222 - Ozzy Osbourne Killer of Giants 1986

After “Bark At The Moon” Ozzy and the guys had to come up with something really fast to appease the masses and they surely did with this album. “The Ultimate Sin” was definitely the best work that Ozzy has shown us in a long time. It also features former Ratt and Rough Cutt guitarist Jake E. Lee. The bassist was Phil Soussan, who also wrote the album's U.S. hit single "Shot in the Dark." This was the first Ozzy Osbourne album to feature drummer Randy Castillo, who has since died due to cancer. Lyrics were largely written by long-time Osbourne bass player Bob Daisley who was also present during the initial writing sessions. Daisley left after having a disagreement with Osbourne which lead to the hiring of Soussan.

110 - Ozzy Osbourne Over the Mountain 1981

Ozzy Osbourne’s second solo album, Diary of a Madman, is a classic rock record in every way – monster guitars, Ozzy’s eerie, wailing vocals, riffs so massive they slap you round the facce, and underpinning it all, pounding drum beats.
Released in 1982, the album has since been re-released twice, most recently in 2002 when the original bass and drum parts of Bob Daisley and Lee Kerslake were re-recorded by Robert Trujillo and Mike Bordin, part of the fall-out from a messy legal dispute between Daisley, Kerslake and Osbourne. Fans of the original loudly objected to the change, but those coming to the album for the first time will hear a band that sounds tight and on the money.
The songs on this album are in the classic rock mold, but they are lifted out of the ordinary by the legendary rock axe God, Randy Rhoads. Diary Of A Madman was the last record he played on before his death while on tour with Osbourne, and his huge guitar sound is all over the record with power riffs and extended guitar solos crammed in at every opportunity. "Over the Mountain" sets the tone for the fast-paced, straight-forward rock on this album.

62 - Ozzy Osbourne Mr Crowley 1980

After being dismissed from Black Sabbath in 1979, Ozzy continued to spiral out of control until ex-Uriah Heep drummer Lee Kerslake, ex-Rainbow and Uriah Heep bass player Bob Daisley and a then-22 year old guitar virtuoso Randy Rhoads from California came into his life and helped his launch a solo career that would be legendary.Mr. Crowley is a classic metal tale about the legendary satanist Aleister Crowley and became a radio staple in later years and a favorite album track. From Don Airey's awesome opening organ-style synthesizer solo right down to Randy Rhoads' guitar solos at the end, this song rocks.

30 - Ozzy Osbourne Crazy Train 1980

'I’m going off the rails', sings Ozzy on the riff-tastic rock-radio staple “Crazy Train”, and, as a description of his life leading up to this, his first solo album, it’s apt enough, but the real surprise for long-term Black Sabbath fans was Ozzy’s career resurrection following Blizzard of Ozz’s 1980 release. Ozzy Osbourne’s life, as we all know by now, is an interesting for the off-stage drama as it is for the musical tracks, but this album was, and is, a triumphant affirmation of the bat-biter’s diabolical musical vision. After Black Sabbath’s implosion, Ozzy’s reclusive and addictive lifestyle did not bode well, and it took Sharon Arden, daughter of his former manager, to pull him out of depression and get him back in the studio, where, in creative partnership with guitarist Randy Rhoads (ex-Quiet Riot), drummer Lee Kerslake (ex-Uriah Heep) and bassist / lyricist Bob Kerslake (ex-Rainbow), he reinvented his musical persona, presenting a set of lyrical caricatures over ferocious rock riffing through which blow Rhoads’ virtuoso guitar runs.