Best of Ozz
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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.
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.<ref name="allmusic">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Amongst the tracks included are six singles, including "Crazy Train", "Over the Mountain" and "Bark at the Moon".<ref name="allmusic"/>
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.<ref name="allmusic"/> 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".<ref name="allmusic"/>
Track listing
- Notes
- Tracks 1 and 9 were originally featured on Diary of a Madman.
- Tracks 2, 4 and 10 were originally featured on The Ultimate Sin.
- Tracks 3, 5 and 7 were originally featured on Blizzard of Ozz.
- Tracks 6 and 8 were originally featured on Bark at the Moon.
Personnel
- Ozzy Osbourne – vocals (all tracks), production (tracks 1, 3 and 5–9)
- Randy Rhoads – guitars and production (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9)
- Bob Daisley – bass and backing vocals (tracks 1, 3 and 5–9), production (tracks 3 and 5–8)
- Lee Kerslake – drums and percussion (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9), production (tracks 3, 5 and 7)
- Jake E. Lee – guitars and backing vocals (tracks 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10)
- Phil Soussan – bass (tracks 2, 4 and 10)
- Randy Castillo – drums (tracks 2, 4 and 10)
- Don Airey – keyboards (tracks 3 and 5–8)
- Mike Moran – keyboards (tracks 2, 4 and 10)
- Max Norman – engineering (tracks 1, 3 and 5–9), production (tracks 1, 6, 8 and 9)
- Ron Nevison – production and engineering (tracks 2, 4 and 10)
- Tony Bongiovi – mixing (tracks 6 and 8)
- Tim Young – mastering (tracks 1, 3, 5, 7 and 9)
- Howie Weinberg – mastering (tracks 6 and 8)