Blizzard of Polls - Ozzy Osbourne studio albums

Wow I didn't even know about Black Rain. "Osbourne has stated that this is the first album he has recorded sober."

It's also the only one that hasn't gone platinum...

No More Tears.

I love No More Tears too. So much filler but the high-points are high! (Plus bonus points for Lemmy song-writing credits).

I lean toward The Ultimate Sin - Jake E. Lee is awesome; both "Killer of Giants" & "Shot in the Dark" are solo Ozzy POX material in my view. Tough poll, though.

I think Diary is the obvious answer here with Blizzard being a close runner up.

blizzard by a long way

Rhodes was a much more melodic and interesting player, IMHO. Lee was cool, but Wilde... bleech... dude needs to seriously chill out on the artificial harmonics.

Diary, but i'm in the process of boycotting this idiot.

I'm sure he's very upset about that.

Sharon will hunt you down

Blizzard is (rightly) gonna slaughter all comers in this poll.

Blizzard, but I too love Speak of the Devil, despite its contributions from future Night Ranger guitarist, Brad Gillis.

Diary, but Blizzard is pretty close

course I haven't bothered to listen to like the last 6 in this list

For me it's Diary. That's Rhodes great and final work. The production is better than Blizzard and the songs are just as good.

But I have huge love for Bark at the Moon and No Rest For the Wicked. The latter stands up so much better than you'd expect...

listening to "Flying High Again" right now - what a track, what a smokin band

Yeah that's one of their best tunes. And one of Rhodes' best solos!

Another vote for Blizzard. Diary is close and the Bark at the Moon tour was the first concert I went to so there's some nostalgia there for that album.

Blizzard all the way too. Randy Rhodes still alive, plus Ozzie also wrote some good songs at the time.

Diary of a Pollster
Bark at the Poll
The Ultimate Poll
No Polls for the Wicked
No More Polls
Pollmosis
Poll to Earth
Black Poll

I almost did No More Polls. But I knew the sentiments on here would run toward the early catalog and Blizzard is a cool word...

I went for Ultimate Sin. Title track is great, as are Shot in the Dark and Killer of Giants. It's unfairly overlooked imo. I'd rather hear Randy Rhodes Tribute than any of the earlier studio stuff.

Alright I am giving Ultimate Sin another spin/chance.

Y'all need to do the same with No Rest For the Wicked. Seriously.

I spent much of today thinking about what would be on my Ozzy solo POX, I know we don't really do POX again but man if you made a 10-song mix of your best solo Ozzy that there would be a really kick-ass summer days mix tape I'm tellin you

It's true. A good Ozzy song is pure adrenalin and joy.

I've actually had a theory for 18 years now (proven to myself time and time again) that whenever I'm sick, and I'm done being sick, if I eat a Greek salad and listen to Bark at the Moon, I will be better. This ALWAYS works.

Just listened to Little Dolls. Fuck this song is awesome. Satanism never sounded so fun!

I spent much of today thinking about what would be on my Ozzy solo POX, I know we don't really do POX again but man if you made a 10-song mix of your best solo Ozzy that there would be a really kick-ass summer days mix tape I'm tellin you

― the evil genius of Zaiger Genetics (J0hn D.), Wednesday, August 5, 2009 9:57 PM (15 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

Oh, man. I need to do this.

Yes, but how to choose only 10?!

What the hell:

I Don't Know
Flying High Again
Journey to the Center of Eternity
Goodbye to Romance
Little Dolls
Over the Mountain
Suicide Solution
Bark at the Moon
Revelation (Mother Earth)
Diary of a Madman

I don't know, other than the title track I was severely underwhelmed by Bark at the Moon. Voted No More Tears, just a stunningly great album. Even the filler and b-sides ("Party like an Animal" and "Don't Blame Me") are fun.

I'm starting to regret my knee-jerk Ultimate Sin vote after listening to some of the songs. It was the first Ozzy studio album I'd ever heard (was still just getting into metal in '86) and the video for Shot in the Dark seemed dark and kick ass to me at the time. Oh well, it's not like it will come close to the first two.

I listened to side one of Ultimate Sin today and it's still a dud. His worst album by far until Ozzmosis (which could have been good if the labels weren't forced by lawyers to scrap all the Steve Vai tracks).

xpost - As for Bark at the Moon, give Centre of Eternity and Waiting for Darkness another spin Jeff.

(hmm cd bonus track Spiders in the Night? What is that?)

Ha! Totally weird.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PuYN3NmfIjA

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

De-evolution at its finest.

how did it take me so long to listen to Diary? feel like such a poser.

(obv I knew the singles but just never got around to the album). "S.A.T.O." is great!

and the good thing is I got the non-rerecorded version

That's always nice

No More Tears is the first one I had and I haven't revisited it since high school but I always loved the title track, "Hellraiser", "Mama I'm Coming Home", and a few others.

I'm on Bark at the Moon right now OMFG WHAT IS THIS "SO TIRED" BULLSHIT?

so tired is a great fuckin rock ballad and I will fight you

I like Ultimate Sin a lot more than most #jakeeleesbadlandsfan4lyfe

I like it too. Jake E Lee was no Randy but those were big shoes to fill. He's definitely underrated

"Secret Loser" sounds like every 80s 'teenagers-running-and-hiding-from-zombies' montage

Man, I wish they'd release Trick Or Treat on DVD. They reissued the soundtrack for chrissakes, but not the movie. Ozzy, Gene, backwards messages, and Skippy from fucking Family Ties?? That shit sells itself, man!!

(full disclosure: I haven't actually seen it in like twenty years)

Ultimate Sin is fucking great and upper miss is OTM, Jake E. Lee is the business

on the most recent album, Ozzy sings I'LL MAKE YOU SCREAM/I'LL MAKE YOU DEFECATE

it's pretty good! (not for that reason)

the auto-tune is basically set to 11

The Ultimate Sin is hitting the spot again today.

Thanks Ozzy and Jake E. Lee!!!!

(and Randy Castillo and Phil Soussan the rhythm section is pretty great on this)

such a great album

Yeah, it really is. I remember how thrilled I was when I saw Ozzy in — I wanna say 2010? The first tour with Gus G. on guitar — and he played "Killer of Giants."