Recorded 1980–1985 Artist Ozzy Osbourne Genre Heavy metal | Length 48:15 Release date 1 March 1989 | |
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Released 1 March 1989 (1989-03-01) Studio Ridge Farm Studio (Rusper, West Sussex)
Townhouse Studios (London)
AIR Studios (London)
Studio Davout (Paris, France) Producer Ozzy Osbourne
Randy Rhoads
Bob Daisley
Lee Kerslake
Max Norman
Ron Nevison Best of Ozz
(1989) Ten Commandments
(1990) Label Sony Music Entertainment (Japan) Inc. Similar Ozzy Osbourne albums, Heavy metal albums | ||
Best of Ozz is a compilation album by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. Released on 1 March 1989 by CBS/Sony in Japan only, it features songs from Osbourne's first four studio albums, ranging from 1980's Blizzard of Ozz to 1986's The Ultimate Sin.
Contents
Background
Best of Ozz is a ten-track compilation featuring three tracks from Blizzard of Ozz, two tracks from Diary of a Madman, two tracks from Bark at the Moon and three tracks from The Ultimate Sin. Amongst the tracks included are six singles, including "Crazy Train", "Over the Mountain" and "Bark at the Moon".
Reception
Music website AllMusic awarded Best of Ozz three out of five stars; reviewer James Christopher Monger praised the album as "one of the better collections out there" due to the high quality of the original albums from which the songs are taken. Noting that the release only features ten tracks, Monger concluded by describing Best of Ozz as "a nice little sampler of Osbourne's early post-Sabbath career".
Track listing
Songs
1Over the Mountain4:32
2Secret Loser4:11
3Goodbye to Romance5:35