Ozzy Osbourne

Blizzard of Ozz

FIND AN OLDER ORIGINAL VERSION - don't buy this desecration.

Review Score:

(2/10)
The Ozzy camp has removed the original bass player and drummer from this classic album and re-recorded the parts with bogus replacements. The end result...garbage.

When compared to the orignal, this new version is unlistenable. The new rhythm section performances are sloppy at times, and generally thin sounding. The mix is way over-compressed, and the "grab you by the balls" magic this recording once possessed is long gone.

To attempt to understand why this was done, one has to know both sides of this story. There is plenty of information on the web, so I won't go into all the details here. A good place to start would be bobdaisley.com/interviews

Hopefully, this rotten situation will be resolved, and Blizzard & Diary will be released as they were originally intended. Until then, find a used copy of the 1995 remastered version and if you have a pen handy, on the credits page, write "lyrics by Bob Daisley".

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