Ozzy Osbourne – Diary of a Madman – 1981 Blizzard of Ozz part 2. this one actually follows the same pattern laid down by Blizzard. Great opener “Over the Mountain”, blistering follow-up “Flying High Again”, power ballad “You Can’t Kill Rock and Roll”. And so on. Instead of “Mr. Crowley”, Continue Reading
Listening Post: Purple Sabbath – Black Sabbath – Mob Rules
Black Sabbath – Mob Rules – 1981 I don’t love Mob Rules the way I do Heaven and Hell but it’s still terrific. It’s as though Iommi was challenging himself in the contest of Sabbath vs Ozzy because he’s in terrific form and Butler raises the stakes over the less Continue Reading
Listening Post: Purple Sabbath – Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard of Ozz
Ozzy Osbourne – Blizzard of Ozz – 1980 “Daddy, I want music, not talk!” my four year old daughter shouted to me as we were on a run to the pharmacy last night. “You got it!” I said and fired up Blizzard of Ozz, which was next on the Listening Continue Reading
Listening Post: Purple Sabbath – Rainbow – Difficult to Cure
Rainbow – Difficult to Cure – 1981 So, while the other major metal relics of the 60s (Sabbath, Ozzy) mine dark and exciting territories, Ritchie Blackmore turned Rainbow into the Greg Kihn Band with a dash of Scorpions. D2C is a toothless record and a weird one. Sel-important and pretentious Continue Reading