Ozzy Osbourne

Diary of a Madman

Not the original recording!

Review Score:

(2/10)
Warning: these are not the original recordings! I have never been so disappointed. Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman used to be solid five-star albums. Now, without Bob Daisley's incredible flowing bass lines and tight harmony vocals and Lee Kerslake's incredible drum, percussion and gong tracks, these expanded editions do not even sound close to the original releases. The new tracks put down by Robert Trujilio and Mike Bordin sound unproduced and completely out of place in the mix. Even if they were produced and mixed well, nobody could ever reproduce what was originally done on these albums. Even the Blizzard bonus track "You, Looking at Me Looking at You" was re-recorded and sounds nothing like the original. The Diary bonus track "I Don't Know" (live) is not the original B-side version, as advertised. Instead, it's the heavily remixed version that ended up on Tribute. It's also quite a shame that 2 other bonus tracks, "You Said It All" and the original non-album version of "No Bone Movies" were dropped at the last minute. It's the ultimate sin for Ozzy and Epic Records to advertise Blizzard and Diary as "digitally remastered from the original master tapes for the ultimate sound." Actually, it's false advertising. Randy Rhoads...RIP

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