The Essential Ozzy Osbourne

The Essential Ozzy Osbourne
Greatest hits album by
Ozzy Osbourne
Released11 February 2003 (2009: 3 Disc Edition)
Recorded1980–2001 (–2007: 3 Disc Edition)
Genre
Length151:01
LabelEpic/Legacy
ProducerVarious
Ozzy Osbourne chronology
Live at Budokan
(2002) 		The Essential Ozzy Osbourne
(2003) 		Prince of Darkness
(2005)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Rolling Stone[3]

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[4] and No. 21 in the UK.[5] 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,[6] then certified Platinum by the RIAA on 3 March 2016.[7] 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.

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; however, the limited edition bonus disc does include two tracks from said album.

Track listing

Disc 1
No.TitleWriter(s)Originally fromLength
1."Crazy Train"Ozzy Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, Bob DaisleyBlizzard of Ozz (1980)4:50
2."Mr. Crowley"Osbourne, Rhoads, DaisleyBlizzard of Ozz4:55
3."I Don't Know" (live)Osbourne, Rhoads, DaisleyTribute (1987)5:00
4."Suicide Solution"Osbourne, Rhoads, DaisleyBlizzard of Ozz4:16
5."Goodbye to Romance"Osbourne, Rhoads, DaisleyBlizzard of Ozz5:32
6."Over the Mountain"Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, Lee KerslakeDiary of a Madman (1981)4:31
7."Flying High Again"Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, KerslakeDiary of a Madman4:38
8."Diary of a Madman"Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, KerslakeDiary of a Madman6:12
9."Paranoid" (live)Osbourne, Tony Iommi, Geezer Butler, Bill WardTribute2:52
10."Bark at the Moon"Osbourne, Jake E. Lee, DaisleyBark at the Moon (1983)4:15
11."You're No Different"Osbourne, Lee, DaisleyBark at the Moon5:49
12."So Tired"Osbourne, Lee, DaisleyBark at the Moon4:02
13."Rock 'n' Roll Rebel"Osbourne, Lee, DaisleyBark at the Moon5:22
14."Crazy Babies"Osbourne, Zakk Wylde, Daisley, Randy CastilloNo Rest for the Wicked (1988)4:14
15."Miracle Man"Osbourne, Wylde, Daisley, Castillo, John SinclairNo Rest for the Wicked3:44
16."Fire in the Sky"Osbourne, Wylde, Daisley, Castillo, SinclairNo Rest for the Wicked6:24
Total length:76:36
Disc 2
No.TitleWriter(s)Originally fromLength
1."Breakin' All the Rules"Osbourne, Wylde, Daisley, CastilloNo Rest for the Wicked5:13
2."Mama, I'm Coming Home"Osbourne, Wylde, Lemmy KilmisterNo More Tears (1991)4:11
3."Desire"Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo, KilmisterNo More Tears5:45
4."No More Tears"Osbourne, Wylde, Mike Inez, Castillo, John PurdellNo More Tears7:22
5."Time After Time"Osbourne, WyldeNo More Tears4:20
6."Road to Nowhere"Osbourne, Wylde, CastilloNo More Tears5:09
7."I Don't Want to Change the World" (live)Osbourne, Wylde, Castillo, KilmisterLive & Loud (1993)4:05
8."Perry Mason"Osbourne, Wylde, PurdellOzzmosis (1995)5:53
9."I Just Want You"Osbourne, Jim VallanceOzzmosis4:56
10."Thunder Underground"Osbourne, Wylde, CastilloOzzmosis6:28
11."See You on the Other Side"Osbourne, Wylde, KilmisterOzzmosis6:09
12."Gets Me Through"Osbourne, Tim PalmerDown to Earth (2001)5:04
13."Dreamer"Osbourne, Marti Frederiksen, Mick JonesDown to Earth4:44
14."No Easy Way Out"Osbourne, PalmerDown to Earth5:06
Total length:74:25
  • Some pressings of the compilation omit track 12 on the first disc ("So Tired"). On these editions, "Breaking All the Rules" is added to the end of that disc (as the 16th track), and is thus omitted as the first track of the second disc.
Disc 3 (Limited 3.0 Edition)
No.TitleWriter(s)Originally fromLength
1."The Ultimate Sin"Osbourne, Lee, DaisleyThe Ultimate Sin (1986)3:45
2."Lightning Strikes"Osbourne, Lee, DaisleyThe Ultimate Sin5:14
3."That I Never Had" (live)Osbourne, Joe Holmes, Robert Trujillo, FrederiksenLive at Budokan (2002)4:15
4."I Don't Wanna Stop"Osbourne, Wylde, Kevin ChurkoBlack Rain (2007)3:59
5."Black Rain"Osbourne, Wylde, ChurkoBlack Rain4:42
6."Changes" (featuring Kelly Osbourne)Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, WardUnder Cover (2005)4:06
Total length:26:34

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[21] Platinum 70,000‡
Finland (Musiikkituottajat)[22] Gold 16,825[22]
New Zealand (RMNZ)[23] Platinum 15,000^
Norway (IFPI Norway)[24] Platinum 40,000*
Sweden (GLF)[25] Gold 30,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[26] Gold 100,000*
United States (RIAA)[27] 2× Platinum 2,000,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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