Ozzy Osbourne

Blizzard of Ozz

A shame....

Review Score:

(2/10)
It's been over a year since I bought this travesty, and time hasn't diminished my outrage over the sonic butchering this once-great record has received. Not only is the bass mixed in way too heavily and the drums too flat and out of time, but Randy Rhoads' guitar work too suffers from the bad remixing job performed on the original tracks. In the process of mixing out the original (and superior) bass tracks, many of Randy's guitar fills (parts dubbed under the lead guitar track, especially during solos and other parts to round out the sound), are either missing or abruptly cut off. Open chords, like those found near the start of "Crazy Train", come to abrupt stops, where before they would fade into the harmony between the bass line and the lead guitar line. As such, there is no sonic connection between the guitar and bass, resulting in a spare sound where the two instruments seem to compete instead of compliment. So much for preserving Randy Rhoads' legacy. The difference between this "remastering" and the original recording is like night and day to anyone who isn't tone-deaf to begin with. Avoid this release at all costs, and find youself a good used copy of the 1995 reissue, which preserved the craftsmanship of the talented artists who created this classic album.

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