The Essential Ozzy Osbourne
The Essential Ozzy Osbourne is a compilation album by British heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne, released in 2003. It reached No. 81 on US charts[3] and No. 21 in the UK.[4] Tracks featured here from the first two albums are the re-recorded versions from recent reissues (see Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman) as well as the remixed Bark at the Moon tracks. The album was certified Gold by the RIAA on 5 February 2005 with an excess of 500,000 copies sold,[5] then certified Platinum by the RIAA on 3 March 2016.[6] This compilation was re-released in 2009 as a Limited Edition 3.0 package with an additional disc of bonus songs that were not on the original release.
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| Released | 11 February 2003 (2009: 3 Disc Edition) | |||
| Recorded | 1980-2001 (-2007: 3 Disc Edition) | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, hard rock | |||
| Length | 151:01 | |||
| Label | Epic/Legacy | |||
| Producer | Various | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Rolling Stone | [2] |
The album tracks from Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman are from the 2002 remasters, for which they were partially re-recorded. The original drum and bass tracks were replaced with recordings by Osbourne's then-current bassist Robert Trujillo and drummer Mike Bordin, as a management response to legal action by original bassist Bob Daisley and drummer Lee Kerslake for unpaid royalty fees.
It does not feature any material from 1986's The Ultimate Sin.
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Originally from | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Crazy Train" | Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Bob Daisley | Blizzard of Ozz (1980) | 4:50 |
| 2. | "Mr. Crowley" | Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley | Blizzard of Ozz | 4:55 |
| 3. | "I Don't Know" (live) | Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley | Tribute (1987) | 5:00 |
| 4. | "Suicide Solution" | Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley | Blizzard of Ozz | 4:16 |
| 5. | "Goodbye to Romance" | Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley | Blizzard of Ozz | 5:32 |
| 6. | "Over the Mountain" | Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, Lee Kerslake | Diary of a Madman (1981) | 4:31 |
| 7. | "Flying High Again" | Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, Kerslake | Diary of a Madman | 4:38 |
| 8. | "Diary of a Madman" | Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, Kerslake | Diary of a Madman | 6:12 |
| 9. | "Paranoid" (live) | Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill Ward | Tribute | 2:52 |
| 10. | "Bark at the Moon" | Osbourne, Jake E. Lee, Daisley | Bark at the Moon (1983) | 4:15 |
| 11. | "You're No Different" | Osbourne, Lee, Daisley | Bark at the Moon | 5:49 |
| 12. | "So Tired" | Osbourne, Lee, Daisley | Bark at the Moon | 4:02 |
| 13. | "Rock 'n' Roll Rebel" | Osbourne, Lee, Daisley | Bark at the Moon | 5:22 |
| 14. | "Crazy Babies" | Osbourne, Zakk Wylde, Daisley, Randy Castillo | No Rest for the Wicked (1988) | 4:14 |
| 15. | "Miracle Man" | Osbourne, Wylde, Daisley, Castillo, John Sinclair | No Rest for the Wicked | 3:44 |
| 16. | "Fire in the Sky" | Osbourne, Wylde, Daisley, Castillo, Sinclair | No Rest for the Wicked | 6:24 |
| Total length: | 76:36 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Originally from | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Breakin' All the Rules" | Osbourne, Wylde, Daisley, Castillo | No Rest for the Wicked | 5:13 |
| 2. | "Mama, I'm Coming Home" | Osbourne, Wylde, Lemmy Kilmister | No More Tears (1991) | 4:11 |
| 3. | "Desire" | Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo, Kilmister | No More Tears | 5:45 |
| 4. | "No More Tears" | Osbourne, Wylde, Mike Inez, Castillo, John Purdell | No More Tears | 7:22 |
| 5. | "Time After Time" | Osbourne, Wylde | No More Tears | 4:20 |
| 6. | "Road to Nowhere" | Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo | No More Tears | 5:09 |
| 7. | "I Don't Want to Change the World" (live) | Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo, Kilmister | Live & Loud (1993) | 4:05 |
| 8. | "Perry Mason" | Osbourne, Wylde, Purdell | Ozzmosis (1995) | 5:53 |
| 9. | "I Just Want You" | Osbourne, Jim Vallance | Ozzmosis | 4:56 |
| 10. | "Thunder Underground" | Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo | Ozzmosis | 6:28 |
| 11. | "See You on the Other Side" | Osbourne, Wylde, Kilmister | Ozzmosis | 6:09 |
| 12. | "Gets Me Through" | Osbourne, Tim Palmer | Down to Earth (2001) | 5:04 |
| 13. | "Dreamer" | Osbourne, Marti Frederiksen, Mick Jones | Down to Earth | 4:44 |
| 14. | "No Easy Way Out"" | Osbourne, Palmer | Down to Earth | 5:06 |
| Total length: | 74:25 | |||
- Some pressings omit track 12 on the first disc ("So Tired"). On these editions, "Breaking All the Rules" is added to end of that disc (as the 16th track), and is thus omitted as the first track of the second disc.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Originally from | Length |
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| 1. | "The Ultimate Sin" | Osbourne, Lee, Daisley | The Ultimate Sin (1986) | 3:45 |
| 2. | "Lightning Strikes" | Osbourne, Lee, Daisley | The Ultimate Sin | 5:14 |
| 3. | "That I Never Had" (live) | Osbourne, Joe Holmes, Robert Trujillo, Frederiksen | Live at Budokan (2002) | 4:15 |
| 4. | "I Don't Wanna Stop" | Osbourne, Wylde, Kevin Churko | Black Rain (2007) | 3:59 |
| 5. | "Black Rain" | Osbourne, Wylde, Churko | Black Rain | 4:42 |
| 6. | "Changes" (with Kelly Osbourne) | Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward | Under Cover (2005) | 4:06 |
| Total length: | 26:34 | |||
Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[7] | Gold | 16,825[7] |
| New Zealand (RMNZ)[8] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
| Norway (IFPI Norway)[9] | Platinum | 40,000* |
| Sweden (GLF)[10] | Gold | 30,000^ |
| United Kingdom (BPI)[11] | Gold | 100,000^ |
| United States (RIAA)[12] | Platinum | 1,000,000 |
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* Sales figures based on certification alone. | ||
References
- Ruhlmann, William. "Ozzy Osbourne - The Essential Ozzy Osbourne review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- Caramanica, Jon (20 February 2003). "Ozzy Osbourne - Essential Ozzy Osbourne". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 28 August 2006. Retrieved 2 December 2015.
- "Billboard album chart history-Ozzy Osbourne". Retrieved 17 February 2009.
- "Ozzy Osbourne Official Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- "RIAA Gold & Platinum database". Retrieved 17 February 2009.
- "RIAA Gold & Platinum Awards March 2016" (PDF). RIAA. Retrieved 20 April 2016.
- "Ozzy Osbourne" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
- "Latest Gold / Platinum Albums". Radioscope. 17 July 2011. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011.
- "IFPI Norsk platebransje Trofeer 1993–2011" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway.
- "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2003" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Retrieved 12 June 2020.
- "British album certifications – Ozzy Osbourne – The Essential". British Phonographic Industry. Select albums in the Format field. Select Gold in the Certification field. Type The Essential in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
- "American album certifications – Ozzy Osbourne – The Essential". Recording Industry Association of America. If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.
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