This budget-priced Ozzy compilation from Sony Japan may boast only ten cuts, but at least they're all good.
In fact, Best of Ozz holds up as one of the better collections out there, due in part to its reliance on material from Osbourne's first four albums, Blizzard of Ozz, Diary of a Madman, Bark at the Moon, and The Ultimate Sin.
Songs like "Over the Mountain," "Mr.
Crowley," and "Crazy Train," peppered with the brilliant guitar work of Randy Rhoads, are bona fide Ozzy classics, and "Shot in the Dark," "The Ultimate Sin," and "Bark at the Moon," peppered with the brilliant guitar work of Jake E.
Lee, are mid-period classics.
While by no means a career retrospective, Best of Ozz is a nice little sampler of Osbourne's early post-Sabbath career, before he became a reality TV caricature.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Over the Mountain | Ozzy Osbourne | Play | 04:32 | 10 MB | 32 MB |
| 2 | Secret Loser | Ozzy Osbourne | Play | 04:10 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 3 | Goodbye to Romance | Ozzy Osbourne | Play | 05:35 | 12 MB | 32 MB |
| 4 | Shot in the Dark | Ozzy Osbourne | Play | 04:28 | 10 MB | 31 MB |
| 5 | Mr. Crowley | Ozzy Osbourne | Play | 04:57 | 11 MB | 32 MB |
| 6 | Bark at the Moon | Ozzy Osbourne | Play | 04:16 | 9 MB | 28 MB |
| 7 | Crazy Train | Ozzy Osbourne | Play | 04:51 | 11 MB | 31 MB |
| 8 | Centre of Eternity | Ozzy Osbourne | Play | 05:23 | 12 MB | 35 MB |
| 9 | Diary of a Madman | Ozzy Osbourne | Play | 06:15 | 14 MB | 39 MB |
| 10 | The Ultimate Sin | Ozzy Osbourne | Play | 03:45 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 48 mins | 110 MB | |||||
| 48 mins | 321 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ozzy Osbourne | Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |