What a career this guy has had. Black Sabbath and solo, this guy has
created such a wealth of material. But this is the album that
introduced Randy Rhoads to the world. Randy Rhoads had that special
blend of classical influence and heavy metal/hard rock flash. We
couldn't even begin to calculate the extent to which he has influenced
guitar playing throughout the world. This album features "I Don't
Know", "Crazy Train", "Mr Crowley", "Goodbye to Romance" and "Suicide
Solution". But my all-time favorite track from Ozzy on any of his
albums is "Revelation (Mother Earth)."
Ozzy has never put out a bad
album. He came close with The Ultimate Sin (1986) but there were a few
good songs that were just good enough to save it from being put in
that category. After this album I'd recommend the following albums in
the following order: Diary of a Madman (1981) which features "Flying
High Again" and "Over the Mountain", Bark at the Moon (1983),
Ozzmosis (1995), which features "Perry Mason", and
No More Tears (1991), which
features "Mama I'm Coming Home" and the title track. |
