Blizzard of Ozz is a heavy metal album by Ozzy Osbourne, recorded in Surrey, UK and released on September 20, 1980 in the UK and on March 27, 1981 in the U.S.. Blizzard of Ozz remains Osbourne's highest-selling album to date, selling over 4 million copies in the U.S. alone.
This is Osbourne's first solo album and one of the two studio albums he recorded before guitarist Randy Rhoads' death in March 1982. The tracks "Crazy Train" and "Mr. Crowley"...
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Blizzard of Ozz is a heavy metal album by Ozzy Osbourne, recorded in Surrey, UK and released on September 20, 1980 in the UK and on March 27, 1981 in the U.S.. Blizzard of Ozz remains Osbourne's highest-selling album to date, selling over 4 million copies in the U.S. alone.
This is Osbourne's first solo album and one of the two studio albums he recorded before guitarist Randy Rhoads' death in March 1982. The tracks "Crazy Train" and "Mr. Crowley" were released as singles. The former peaked at #9 on Billboard's Top Tracks chart and has remained a staple of pop, hard rock and classic rock radio for more than 25 years.
The album reached #21 on the Billboard 200 chart, and is on the list of the top 100 best-selling albums of the 1980s. Although Crazy Train and Mr. Crowley were released as singles, neither was commercially successful. Blizzard of Ozz is one of the very few albums amongst the 100 best selling albums of the 1980's to have acheived multi-platinum status without the benefit of...
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