heavy metal, hard rock, album rock, metal 40 min 9 tracks Jet Records
Blizzard of Ozz is the debut studio album by the 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. Blizzard of Ozz is the first of two studio albums Osbourne recorded with guitarist Randy Rhoads prior to Rhoads' death in 1982.
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Character
Classical in form, grave, earnest and spare.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- sparerichly built
- unpretentiousprestige
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Martin Popoff8/10 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Uncut3.5/5 ★
- Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music3/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1I Don’t Know5:17
- 2Crazy Train4:56
- 3Goodbye to Romance5:36
- 4Dee0:50
- 5Suicide Solution4:20
- 6Mr. Crowley4:57
- 7No Bone Movies3:58
- 8Revelation (Mother Earth)6:09
- 9Steal Away (The Night)3:30
9 tracks, 40 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Ozzy Osbourne
- Label
- Jet Records
- Released
- 1980
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- JP
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