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{{Infobox album
| name         = Blizzard of Ozz
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Ozzy Osbourne]]
| cover        = blizzard_of_ozz.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = {{start date|1980|df=y|9|12}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bpi.co.uk/brit-certified|title=BRIT Certified|website=Bpi.co.uk|access-date=27 October 2024}}</ref>
| recorded     = 22 March − 19 April 1980
| studio       = [[Ridge Farm Studio]], [[Rusper]], England
| genre        = *[[Heavy metal music|Heavy metal]]
| length       = 39:31
| label        = [[Jet Records|Jet]]
| producer     = *Ozzy Osbourne
*[[Randy Rhoads]]
*[[Bob Daisley]]
*[[Lee Kerslake]]
| prev_title   = 
| prev_year    = 
| next_title   = [[Ozzy Osbourne Live E.P.]]
| next_year    = 1980
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Blizzard of Ozz
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Crazy Train]]
 | single1date = September 1980<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Ozzy+Osbourne&titel=Crazy+Train&cat=s|title=Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train|first=Steffen|last=Hung|website=Hitparade.ch|access-date=27 October 2024}}</ref>
 | single2     = [[Mr. Crowley]]
 | single2date = 1981 (US)
}}
}}

'''''Blizzard of Ozz''''' is the debut studio album by the English heavy metal singer [[Ozzy Osbourne]], released on 12 September 1980 in the UK and on 27 March 1981 in the US. The album was Osbourne's first release following his firing from [[Black Sabbath]] in 1979.<ref name="I Am Ozzy">{{Cite book|last1=Osbourne|first1=Ozzy|author-link1=Ozzy Osbourne|last2=Ayres|first2=Chris|title=I Am Ozzy|date=25 January 2010|publisher=Grand Central Publishing|pages=[https://archive.org/details/iamozzy0000osbo/page/6 6, 84]|isbn=978-0-446-56989-7|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/iamozzy0000osbo/page/6}}</ref> ''Blizzard of Ozz'' is the first of two studio albums Osbourne recorded with guitarist [[Randy Rhoads]] prior to Rhoads' death in 1982. In 2017, it was ranked 9th on ''[[Rolling Stone]]''{{'s}} list of "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time".<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Epstein|first1=Dan|title=100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/the-100-greatest-metal-albums-of-all-time-w486923/anthrax-among-the-living-1987-w486946?|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=22 June 2017|date=21 June 2017}}</ref>

==Composition and recording==
Much of the album was written by guitarist [[Randy Rhoads]], bassist [[Bob Daisley]], and [[Ozzy Osbourne]] while staying at the [[Monnow Valley Studio]] near [[Monmouth]], Wales,<ref name="daisley_holygrail">{{cite web|title=The Blizzard of Ozz and The Holy Grail|url=http://www.bobdaisley.com/content/blizzard-ozz-and-holy-grail|work=bobdaisley.com|date=19 March 2014|access-date=20 March 2014}}</ref> with Osbourne's friend Barry Scrannage temporarily filling in on drums.<ref name="daisley_holygrail" /> As Scrannage was never considered a candidate to be the group's permanent drummer, he was not involved in the songwriting process at all.<ref name="daisley_holygrail" /> The band recorded demos of the songs "I Don't Know" (which became Osbourne's second most-performed song<ref name="MHtracks">{{cite web |last1=Mills |first1=Matt |title=Lawsuits, warfare and "bone movies": The stories behind every song on Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard Of Ozz |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/ozzy-osbourne-blizzard-of-ozz-track-by-track-guide |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |access-date=21 March 2025 |date=8 February 2024}}</ref>), "[[Crazy Train]]" (the most performed one<ref name="MHtracks"/>), "[[Goodbye to Romance (song)|Goodbye to Romance]]", and "You Looking at Me Looking at You" in [[Birmingham]] in early 1980 with ex-[[Lone Star (band)|Lone Star]] drummer Dixie Lee. They had hoped Lee would be a permanent member but "he wasn't the final piece of the puzzle", bassist Daisley recalls.<ref name="daisley_holygrail" /> After auditioning several drummers, ex-[[Uriah Heep (band)|Uriah Heep]] member [[Lee Kerslake]] was hired as the permanent drummer. The completed lineup retreated to [[Clearwell Castle]] in [[Gloucestershire]] for six days to rehearse and give Kerslake an opportunity to learn the new songs.<ref name="daisley_holygrail" /> A week later, they travelled to [[Ridge Farm Studio]] to commence recording.

The first track written for the album was "Goodbye to Romance". Osbourne has stated that the song was his way of saying goodbye to his former band [[Black Sabbath]], as he had thought his career was over after leaving the band.<ref>''"Thirty Years After the Blizzard" DVD'' interview.</ref> After performing a show in Birmingham, the band hastily returned to Ridge Farm to remix "Goodbye to Romance" for a single. The next morning they were informed that their label [[Jet Records]] instead wanted a brand new song to release as a single.<ref name="daisley_holygrail" /> Rhoads, Daisley, and Kerslake quickly put together the song "You Said It All", with drummer Kerslake performing the guide vocal at soundcheck while a drunken Osbourne slept under the drum riser.<ref name="daisley_holygrail" /> The song was ultimately never recorded, though a live version was released on ''[[Mr Crowley Live EP|Ozzy Osbourne Live EP]]'' in 1980.

The final track written was "No Bone Movies", which was originally intended to be used only as a B-side but was added to the album in order to give Kerslake a writing credit, as all the other material had been written before he joined the band.<ref name="bwbk">{{cite magazine |author=Lambert, Cory |title=Bass Legend Bob Daisley Talks About The Blizzard of Ozz, His Battle With the Osbournes And More Diaries Of A Madman! |url=http://www.bravewords.com/features/1000971 |magazine=[[Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles]] |access-date=25 March 2014 |archive-date=22 February 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140222142638/http://www.bravewords.com/features/1000971 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Its lyrics were written by Daisley to express his dislike for porn films.<ref name="MHtracks"/> Keyboardist [[Don Airey]] claims that parts of "Revelation (Mother Earth)" as well as the intro to "Mr. Crowley" were written by him in the studio, though he chose to forgo writing credit for these contributions as a favor to Osbourne, who was in dire financial straits at the time.
<ref name="airey">{{Cite web|author=Wells, Troy |title=Don Airey The Ballbuster Interview |url=http://www.ballbustermusic.com/hard_talk/03-2004/don_airey.html |publisher=ballbustermusic.com |url-status=dead |access-date=1 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221233550/http://www.ballbustermusic.com/hard_talk/03-2004/don_airey.html |archive-date=21 February 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Don Airey tells the truth about Ozzy's Talent. |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHcG9kFe_vU |website=YouTube |date=15 April 2017 |publisher=Eternal Idols |access-date=27 August 2025}}</ref> "Revelation" discusses [[climate change]], using biblical imagery to criticize humankind's damage towards the planet.<ref name="MHtracks"/> The instrumental "Dee" was written by Rhoads as a tribute to his mother, Delores.<ref name="MHtracks"/> "Steal Away (The Night)" was left as the closing track because, according to Osbourne, "I've always liked the idea of ending the album with an uptempo song, like ending the live set with '[[Paranoid (Black Sabbath song)|Paranoid]]'."<ref name="MHtracks"/>

[[Chris Tsangarides]] was originally hired to produce the album, with [[Max Norman]] to serve as studio engineer. Osbourne and the band were very unhappy with Tsangarides' production and he was fired and replaced with Norman, who stepped in to complete producing and engineering.<ref name="maxnorman">{{cite web | work= knac.com |url= http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=5637 |title= On Yer Bike with Studio Wizard Max Norman |access-date= 4 June 2014}}</ref> Norman's production work on ''Blizzard of Ozz'' is uncredited, though he did go on to produce all of Osbourne's albums prior to 1986's ''[[The Ultimate Sin]]''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Max Norman Interview|date= 25 May 2013|url= http://musiclegends.ca/interviews/max-norman-interview/|publisher=Music Legends|access-date=3 July 2013}}</ref>

At the time of the album's recording, the band itself was billed as "The Blizzard of Ozz".<ref name="daisley_holygrail" /> The band members were expecting the album to be credited to the band with Osbourne's name in smaller print, just as it appeared on the "[[Crazy Train]]" single released several days prior. The back cover of the first pressing of the "Crazy Train" single stated that the track came from a forthcoming Jet Records album entitled ''Ozzy Osbourne/ Blizzard of Ozz Vol. 1''.<ref name="landry">{{cite web |last1=Landry |first1=Frank |title=Proof that rock is dead PLUS a Blizzard of Ozz mystery |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DVdwnvFpJW0 |website=YouTube |date=10 December 2021 |publisher=Channel 33 RPM |access-date=11 December 2021}}</ref> In fact, when the band appeared at the [[Reading Festival]] in 1980 they were billed simply as "Ossie Osborne's {{sic}} New Band".<ref>''[[Metal Evolution]]'' – S01E04; Produced by Banger Films – Directed by Sam Dunn and Scot McFayden</ref> According to Daisley, "When the album was released the words 'Ozzy Osbourne' were in bigger print than 'The Blizzard of Ozz' which made it look like an Ozzy Osbourne album called ''The Blizzard of Ozz''. Randy [Rhoads] was never one to rock the boat. He knew he was in a situation which was a good opportunity for him being relatively unknown, so when Lee [Kerslake] and I were ousted, Randy had no allies and the act became 'Ozzy Osbourne' and no longer a band."<ref name="daisley">{{cite web |url=http://www.bobdaisley.com/interview/website |title=Bob Daisley's History With The Osbournes |publisher=Bob Daisley |access-date=22 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130515122125/http://www.bobdaisley.com/interview/website |archive-date=15 May 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Rhoads felt that he and Daisley were contributing the vast majority of the songwriting and arranging, and he had little interest in performing in a backing band for someone he felt wasn't contributing as much.<ref name="bwbk" /> Drummer Kerslake has maintained that Rhoads almost left the band in late 1981, due to this displeasure. "He didn't want to go [on tour with Osbourne]. We told him we were thrown out. He said he was going to leave the band as he did not want to leave us behind. I told him not to be stupid but thanks for the sentiment", the drummer later recalled.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://bravewords.com/news/legendary-ozzy-osbourne-drummer-lee-kerslake-talks-about-blizzard-diary-reissues-randy-rhoads-the-evil-and-nasty-sharon-osbourne |title=Legendary Ozzy Osbourne Drummer Lee Kerslake Talks About Blizzard/Diary Reissues, Randy Rhoads, The "Evil And Nasty" Sharon Osbourne |magazine=[[Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles]] |date=25 July 2011 |access-date=24 October 2015}}</ref> Entertainment attorney [[Steven Machat]], who was involved in the deal Osbourne signed with Jet Records, said in his 2011 book ''Gods, Gangsters and Honour: A Rock 'n' Roll Odyssey'' that Osbourne's soon-to-be manager and wife [[Sharon Osbourne|Sharon Levy]] was not happy with the level of creative input that Rhoads, Daisley, and Kerslake had in the ''Blizzard of Ozz'' album and did not want them to share the credit.<ref>Machat, Steven (2011). ''Gods, Gangsters and Honour: A Rock 'n' Roll Odyssey''. Beautiful Books. {{ISBN|1905636830}}.</ref> Album producer Max Norman concurs that Daisley and Kerslake made considerable songwriting contributions during their time in the band, while also noting that the Osbourne camp "might want to dispute that now."<ref name="maxnorman"/>

Although Sharon has said that the recording of ''Blizzard of Ozz'' was one of the best experiences of her life, she was in Los Angeles during recording and not yet involved with the band. Osbourne's then-wife Thelma was present at Ridge Farms Studios for much of the recording.<ref name="bwbk" />

==Release==
{{Music ratings
| rev1      = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r584559|pure_url=yes}}|title=Review Blizzard of Oz|last=Huey|first=Steve|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=23 August 2009}}</ref>
| rev2      = [[BBC Music]]
| rev2Score = (favourable)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/reviews/zmjw |title=Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard of Ozz review |last=Nelson |first=Tim |work=[[BBC Music]] |publisher=[[BBC]] |date=2007 |access-date=25 October 2015}}</ref>
| rev3      = [[MusicRadar]]
| rev3Score = (favourable)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/guns-n-roses-bumblefoot-reviews-ozzy-osbourne-blizzard-of-ozz-diary-of-a-madman-reissues-449536 |title=Guns N' Roses' Bumblefoot reviews Ozzy Osbourne Blizzard Of Ozz/Diary Of A Madman reissues |last=Thal |first=Ron |author-link=Ron "Bumblefoot" Thal |publisher=[[MusicRadar]] |date=20 May 2011 |access-date=25 October 2015}}</ref>
| rev4 =[[Martin Popoff]]
| rev4Score = {{Rating|8|10}}<ref name="martin" >{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = [[Collector's Guide Publishing]] | date = 1 November 2005 | location = [[Burlington, Ontario]], Canada | isbn = 978-1-894959-31-5}}</ref>
| rev5      = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/blizzard-of-ozz-reissue-20110531 |title=Blizzard of Ozz (Reissue) – Ozzy Osbourne |last=Eddy |first=Chuck |author-link=Chuck Eddy |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=31 May 2011 |access-date=24 October 2015}}</ref>
| rev6      = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev6Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite journal|title= Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard of Ozz | journal=[[Uncut magazine|Uncut]]|issue=August 2002|page=112}}</ref>
| noprose   = yes
|rev7 = ''[[Virgin Encyclopedia of Popular Music|Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev7score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite book |last= C. Strong |first= Martin|title= Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year= 2004|publisher= Canongate|isbn= 1841955515}}</ref>
}}

The album tracks "[[Crazy Train]]" and "[[Mr. Crowley]]" were released as singles in 1980. "Crazy Train" made number 49 on the [[UK Singles Chart]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/19970/ozzy-osbourne/ |title=Ozzy Osbourne |website=Officialcharts.com |publisher=The Official UK Charts Company |access-date=8 September 2017}}</ref> and was moderately successful in the United States, reaching number 9 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Top Tracks]] chart and the single peaked at number 6 on the ''Billboard'' [[Bubbling Under the Hot 100]] chart in 1981.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/ozzy-osbourne/chart-history/rtt/|title = Ozzy Osbourne|magazine = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]}}</ref> Though it received little radio airplay upon its initial release, "Crazy Train" has become one of Osbourne's signature songs and a staple of [[classic rock]] radio playlists over the ensuing years.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.aolradioblog.com/2010/02/05/top-sports-songs/ |title= Top 10 Sports Songs |access-date= 5 February 2010 |archive-date= 6 February 2010 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100206224105/http://www.aolradioblog.com/2010/02/05/top-sports-songs/ |url-status= usurped}}</ref> In January 2009, the song achieved a 2× Platinum certification status.<ref name="RIAA"/>

The album was a commercial success, being certified 4× Platinum in the US in 1997, a feat Osbourne would not achieve again until ''[[No More Tears]]'' was certified in 2000.<ref name="RIAA"/> In 2019 it was certified 5× Platinum.<ref name="RIAA"/> In the UK, it was the first of four Osbourne albums to attain Silver certification (60,000 units shipped) by the [[British Phonographic Industry]], achieving this in August 1981.<ref name="BPI1"/> It also ranked 13th on a ''[[Guitar World]]'' readers poll of the "100 Greatest Guitar Albums of All Time".<ref>{{cite journal|journal=Guitar World|date=October 2006|title=100 Greatest Guitar Albums}} A copy can be found at {{cite web |url= http://rateyourmusic.com/list/Boggs1027/guitar_worlds_100_greatest_guitar_albums_of_all_time |title=Guitar World's 100 Greatest Guitar Albums of All Time – Rate Your Music |work=rateyourmusic.com |access-date=12 October 2011}}</ref>{{deprecated source|certain=y|date=November 2024}} In his autobiography, Osbourne readily admitted that at the time the album was being recorded, he felt he was in direct competition with his former band, Black Sabbath.<ref name="IAmOzzy">{{Cite book |author=Osbourne, Ozzy |year=2011 |title=I Am Ozzy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yNzCgAEkW8cC&q=randy |publisher=[[Grand Central Publishing]] |isbn=9780446573139 | page =248 |access-date=24 May 2013}}</ref>

[[File:Ozzy Osbourne Cardiff 1980.jpg|thumb|Osbourne performing in support of ''Blizzard of Ozz'' in Cardiff, Wales, 9 October 1980]]
''Blizzard of Ozz'' was controversially re-released in 2002 with the original bass and drum tracks replaced by newly recorded parts from bassist [[Robert Trujillo]] and drummer [[Mike Bordin]]; however, the original bass and drum tracks were reinstated for the 2011 release due to public outcry. The 2011 release was certified Silver by BPI in 2013.<ref name="BPI2"/> A box set featuring both re-issued albums, the ''Blizzard of Ozz/Diary of a Madman 30th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set'', was released, featuring both CD re-issues, 180-gram LP Vinyl versions of both albums (original album only), the "Thirty Years After the Blizzard" DVD Documentary, over 70 minutes of additional rare live performances and interviews, a replica of Ozzy's cross, and a 2 sided poster.<ref name="playdirect">{{cite web |work= myplaydirect.com |url= http://www.myplaydirect.com/ozzy-osbourne/details/5779242?current_country=US |title= Diary of a Madman/Blizzard of Ozz 30th Anniversary Deluxe Box Set |access-date= 23 March 2011 |url-status= dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120308201108/http://www.myplaydirect.com/ozzy-osbourne/details/5779242?current_country=US |archive-date= 8 March 2012 |df= dmy-all}}</ref>

On September 18, 2020, Osbourne released an expanded edition of ''Blizzard of Ozz'' including the bonus tracks and outtakes included on previous reissues (i.e. the 2002 reissue and the 2011 expanded edition) as well as seven live recordings from the Blizzard of Ozz tour and one additional live track.

== Controversies ==

==="Suicide Solution"===
The song "[[Suicide Solution]]" has met with its share of controversy, most notably the October 1984 suicide of 19-year-old John McCollum who shot himself in the head. McCollum's parents alleged that their son had listened to the song immediately prior to killing himself, and they sued Osbourne along with [[Columbia Records|CBS Records]] for "encouraging self-destructive behavior" in young people who were "especially susceptible" to dangerous influences (''McCollum et al. v. CBS, Inc., et al.''). In his defence, Osbourne stated in court that when the song was being written the words "Wine is fine but whiskey's quicker" came to him suddenly and were a reflection not on the merits of suicide but rather on the death of [[AC/DC]] vocalist [[Bon Scott]], a friend of Osbourne's who had recently died of alcohol-related misadventure. Bob Daisley, who claims to have written the majority of the song's lyrics,<ref name="daisley" /> has stated that he had Osbourne's own substance abuse issues in mind when he composed the song.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005285/bio|title=Ozzy Osbourne|website=[[IMDb]]}}</ref> The McCollums' complaint was dismissed on the grounds that the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]] protected Osbourne's right to free artistic expression.

=== 2002 reissue ===
In 1986, Daisley and Kerslake sued Osbourne for unpaid royalties, eventually winning songwriting credits on ''Blizzard of Ozz'' and ''[[Diary of a Madman (album)|Diary of a Madman]]''. Subsequently, a 2002 reissue was made of these albums which replaced Daisley and Kerslake's original bass and drum parts with new parts recorded by Osbourne's then-current drummer [[Mike Bordin]] and bassist [[Robert Trujillo]]. The 2002 reissue also included new backing vocals from singers [[Venice (band)|Mark Lennon]] and [[John Shanks]].

Osbourne's wife and manager, [[Sharon Osbourne|Sharon]], claimed at the time that it was Ozzy, not she, who was responsible for the decision to re-record the parts, stating "because of Daisley and Kerslake's abusive and unjust behaviour, Ozzy wanted to remove them from these recordings. We turned a negative into a positive by adding a fresh sound to the original albums."<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.popmatters.com/review/osbourneozzy-blizzard/ |title=Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard of Ozz / Diary of a Madman |last=Begrand |first=Adrien |magazine=[[PopMatters]] |date=25 June 2002 |access-date=24 October 2015}}</ref> However, Osbourne contradicted this claim in his 2009 autobiography ''[[I Am Ozzy]]'', stating that the decision to re-record the original bass and drum parts was Sharon's decision, and that he "didn't have anything to do with" it.<ref name="osbourneautobiography">{{Cite book |author=Osbourne, Ozzy |year=2011 |title=I Am Ozzy |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yNzCgAEkW8cC&q=randy |publisher=[[Grand Central Publishing]] |isbn=9780446573139 | page =287 |access-date=24 May 2013}}</ref> He said his wife "just snapped" and had it done without his knowledge.<ref name="osbourneautobiography" /> He also stated that "a sticker was put on the covers telling everyone about it",<ref name="osbourneautobiography" /> although the sticker was not initially placed on the re-issue and was only placed on the covers at a later date due to fan outcry over the altered recordings.

In 2003, Daisley and Kerslake's lawsuit was dismissed by the United States District Court in Los Angeles. This dismissal was upheld by the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=2558 |title=News – Federal Appeals Court: Ozzy Do |publisher=[[KNAC|Knac.Com]] |access-date=20 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140724062427/http://knac.com/article.asp?ArticleID=2558 |archive-date=24 July 2014}}</ref> With regard to the reissue, Ozzy stated to The Pulse of Radio, reiterating a conversation with Sharon,<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/ozzy-id-never-have-removed-daisley-and-kerslake-from-albums/ |title=Ozzy: I'd Never Have Removed Daisley And Kerslake From Albums |magazine=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] |access-date=7 July 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100709052719/http://www.classicrockmagazine.com/news/ozzy-id-never-have-removed-daisley-and-kerslake-from-albums/ |archive-date=9 July 2010}}</ref> "You know what, whatever the circumstances were, I want the original thing back." The 30th Anniversary release of ''Blizzard of Ozz'' and ''Diary of a Madman'' contains the original recordings, not the 2002 remixes.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=148317/|title=Ozzy Osbourne Discusses 30th Anniversary Of 'Blizzard Of Ozz' Album On 'In The Studio'|work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|access-date=26 October 2010}}{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>

==Track listing==
All songs written by [[Ozzy Osbourne]], [[Randy Rhoads]] and [[Bob Daisley]], except where noted.

{{Track listing
| headline = Side one
| title1          = I Don't Know
| length1         = 5:16
| title2          = [[Crazy Train]]
| length2         = 4:52
| title3          = [[Goodbye to Romance (song)|Goodbye to Romance]]
| length3         = 5:36
| title4          = Dee
| writer4         = Rhoads
| length4         = 0:50
| note4           = Instrumental
| title5          = [[Suicide Solution]]
| length5         = 4:20
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = Side two
| title6          = [[Mr. Crowley]]
| length6         = 4:57
| title7          = No Bone Movies
| writer7         = Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, [[Lee Kerslake]]
| length7         = 3:58
| title8          = Revelation (Mother Earth)
| length8         = 6:09
| title9          = Steal Away (The Night)
| length9         = 3:28
| total_length    = 39:31<!--All track times sourced from CD release "ZK 36812".-->
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = 2002 reissue bonus track
| title10         = You Lookin' at Me Lookin' at You
| length10        = 4:20
| total_length    = 43:33
}}
{{Track listing
| headline      = 2011 expanded edition bonus tracks
| title10       = You Looking at Me, Looking at You
| length10      = 4:15
| note10        = Non-LP B-side
| title11       = Goodbye to Romance
| length11      = 5:42
| note11        = 2010 guitar & vocal [[Audio mixing (recorded music)|mix]]
| title12       = RR
| note12        = Outtake from "Blizzard of Ozz" sessions
| length12      = 1:13
| writer12      = Rhoads
| total_length  = 50:23
}}

== Personnel ==
* [[Ozzy Osbourne]]{{nbsp}}– lead vocals, harmony vocals
* [[Randy Rhoads]]{{nbsp}}– guitars
* [[Bob Daisley]]{{nbsp}}– bass guitar, harmony vocals, [[gong]], lyrics
* [[Lee Kerslake]]{{nbsp}}– drums,  [[tubular bells]], [[timpani]], [[vibraslap]]
* [[Don Airey]]{{nbsp}}– keyboards

'''2002 reissue'''
* Ozzy Osbourne{{nbsp}}– lead vocals, harmony vocals
* Randy Rhoads{{nbsp}}– guitars, classical guitar
* [[Robert Trujillo]]{{nbsp}}– bass
* [[Mike Bordin]]{{nbsp}}– drums, percussion, timpani, gong
* [[Danny Saber]]{{nbsp}}– tubular bells
* Mark Lennon{{nbsp}}– backing vocals
* [[John Shanks]]{{nbsp}}– backing vocals on "Steal Away (The Night)"

'''Production'''
* Produced by Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Bob Daisley, and Lee Kerslake
* [[Max Norman]]{{nbsp}}– [[Audio engineering|engineer]]
* Chris Athens{{nbsp}}– mastering at [[Sterling Sound]], New York
* [[Thom Panunzio]], Germán Villacorta{{nbsp}}– reissue engineers
* [[Stephen Marcussen]]{{nbsp}}– reissue remastering

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col"| Chart (1980–1981)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Canada|8|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|album=Blizzard of Ozz |chartid=0355|rowheader=true|access-date=20 June 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|7|date=19800914|rowheader=true|access-date=20 June 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|21|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|rowheader=true|access-date=20 June 2024}}
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col"| Chart (1986–1987)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|47|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|album=Blizzard of Ozz|rowheader=true|access-date=20 June 2024}}
|-
!scope="row"|Spanish Albums ([[Productores de Música de España|AFYVE]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Salaverri|first=Fernando|title=Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002|edition=1st|date=September 2005|publisher=Fundación Autor-SGAE|location=Spain|isbn=84-8048-639-2}}</ref>
| align="center"|34
|-
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col"| Chart (2021)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Scotland|76|date=20210402|rowheader=true|access-date=20 June 2024}}
|-
{{album chart|UKRock|18|date=20210402|rowheader=true|access-date=20 June 2024}}
|}

{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
! scope="col"| Chart (2025)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|170|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|album=Blizzard of Ozz|rowheader=true|access-date=3 August 2025}}
|-
{{album chart|Finland|50|artist=Ozzy-Osbourne|album=Blizzard of Ozz|rowheader=true|access-date=2 August 2025}}
|-
! scope="row"| Hungarian Physical Albums ([[Association of Hungarian Record Companies|MAHASZ]])<ref>{{cite web |title=Album Top 40 slágerlista (fizikai hanghordozók) – 2025. 37. hét |url=https://slagerlistak.hu/album-top-40-slagerlista-fizikai-hanghordozok/2025/37 |publisher=[[Association of Hungarian Record Companies|MAHASZ]] |access-date=17 September 2025}}</ref>
| 36
|-
! scope="row"| Norwegian Albums ([[IFPI Norge]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://topplista.no/charts/albums/2025-w31/|title=Album topp 100 − Uke 31, 2025|publisher=[[IFPI Norge]]|language=no|access-date=2 August 2025}}</ref>
| 30
|-
{{album chart|Poland2|19|date=01.08.2025–07.08.2025|rowheader=true|access-date=14 August 2025}}
|-
! scope="row"| Swedish Albums ([[Sverigetopplistan]])<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sverigetopplistan.se/chart/54/?dspy=2025&dspp=31|title=Veckolista Album, vecka 31|publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]|language=sv|access-date=14 August 2025}}</ref>
| 34
|-
{{album chart|Switzerland|94|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|album=Blizzard of Ozz|rowheader=true|access-date=28 July 2025}}
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|title=Blizzard of Ozz|award=Gold|relyear=2011|certyear=2021|access-date=30 April 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|type=album|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|title=Blizzard of Oz|award=Platinum|relyear=1981|certyear=1981|access-date=30 April 2021}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|title=Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard Of Oz|award=Silver|relyear=1980|certyear=1981|access-date=30 April 2021|refname=BPI1|id=4973-3418-2}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|title=Blizzard of Oz|award=Gold|relyear=2011|certyear=2025|access-date=11 April 2025|refname=BPI2|id=20956-1252-2|note=2011 Release}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|artist=Ozzy Osbourne|title=Blizzard of Oz|award=Platinum|number=5|relyear=1981|certyear=2019|access-date=30 April 2021|refname=RIAA}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true|streaming=true}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Discogs master|type=album|41155|name=Blizzard of Ozz}}

{{Ozzy Osbourne}}

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