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Blizzard of Ozz

Blizzard of Ozz
Studio album by
Ozzy Osbourne
Released12 September 1980 (1980-09-12)[1]
Recorded22 March − 19 April 1980
StudioRidge Farm Studio, Rusper, England
GenreHeavy metal
Length39:31
LabelJet
Producer
Ozzy Osbourne chronology
Blizzard of Ozz
(1980) 		Ozzy Osbourne Live E.P.
(1980)
Singles from Blizzard of Ozz
  1. "Crazy Train"
    Released: 29 August 1980[2]
  2. "Mr. Crowley"
    Released: 1981 (US)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
BBC Music(favourable)[4]
MusicRadar(favourable)[5]
Martin Popoff[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Uncut[8]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music[9]

Blizzard of Ozz is the debut studio album by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne, released on 12 September 1980 in the UK and on 27 March 1981 in the US. The album was Osbourne's first release following his firing from Black Sabbath in 1979.[10] Blizzard of Ozz is the first of two studio albums Osbourne recorded with guitarist Randy Rhoads prior to Rhoads' death in 1982. In 2017, it was ranked 9th on Rolling Stone's list of "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time".[11]

  1. ^ "Brit certifications".
  2. ^ "Ozzy Osbourne singles".
  3. ^ Huey, Steve. "Review Blizzard of Oz". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 August 2009.
  4. ^ Nelson, Tim (2007). "Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard of Ozz review". BBC Music. BBC. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  5. ^ Thal, Ron (20 May 2011). "Guns N' Roses' Bumblefoot reviews Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard Of Ozz/Diary Of A Madman reissues". MusicRadar. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
  6. ^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5.
  7. ^ Eddy, Chuck (31 May 2011). "Blizzard of Ozz (Reissue) – Ozzy Osbourne". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  8. ^ "Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard of Ozz". Uncut (August 2002): 112.
  9. ^ C. Strong, Martin (2004). Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Canongate. ISBN 1841955515.
  10. ^ Osbourne, Ozzy; Ayres, Chris (25 January 2010). I Am Ozzy. Grand Central Publishing. pp. 6, 84. ISBN 978-0-446-56989-7.
  11. ^ Epstein, Dan (21 June 2017). "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 22 June 2017.

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