Diary of a Madman [Bonus Track] Ozzy Osbourne

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CD - Remastered / Bonus Tracks

  • Release Date: 04/02/2002
  • Original Release: 1981
  • Sales Rank: 11,348
  • Label: SONY
  • UPC: 696998524927

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Diary of a Madman [Bonus Track]

1LISTENOver the Mountain 4:31
2LISTENFlying High Again 4:50
3LISTENYou Can't Kill Rock and Roll 6:59
4LISTENBeliever 5:17
5LISTENLittle Dolls 5:38
6LISTENTonight 5:50
7LISTENS.A.T.O. 4:07
8LISTENDiary of a Madman 6:17
9LISTENI Don't Know Live / Bonus Track 5:38

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Ozzy Osbourne's second solo album, Diary of a Madman, its title drawn from a book by occultist Alistair Crowley, was recorded at the same spring 1980 sessions that produced his first one, Blizzard of Ozz, and also featured his Blizzard of Ozz band, consisting of guitarist Randy Rhoads, bassist Bob Daisley, and drummer Lee Kerslake. It would be fair to say that the best tracks from the sessions were chosen for the first album, since the songs here were much less distinctive. Blizzard of Ozz told a story of despair and redemption in personal terms for Osbourne, but Diary of a Madman, despite allusions here and there to the same sort of subject matter, was far more generic, at least as far as lyrics went. Nevertheless, Rhoads continued to impress with his gothic guitar playing, and the band jelled as well as it had the first time around. This reissue, released just over 20 years after the original LP, has been spiffed up considerably. Osbourne has replaced the bass and drum tracks with overdubs by his later bandmates Robert Trujillo and Mike Bordin, and the whole disc has been remixed and remastered. The bonus track is a live version of "I Don't Know," the lead song from Blizzard of Ozz, which was released originally as the non-LP B-side of the single "Flying High Again" in 1981. Despite the refurbishing, the new Diary of a Madman still isn't as impressive an album as its predecessor (which underwent much the same process for a reissue released on the same day). But fans who love Blizzard of Ozz still will like Diary of a Madman. William Ruhlmann, All Music Guide

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Diary of a Madman [Bonus Track]by Anonymous

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July 13, 2004: I listened to the original recording of this album until it disintigrated! All I have left is an old beat up audio cassette that I cherish like solid gold -- but it is running out of life. Who knew that in this day of remastering technology greed would destroy my hope of hearing some of the best heavy metal music ever recorded in it's original splendor! Mike Bordin's (replacement drums) rendition of Little Dolls is so pathetic that I had to turn it off half way through the song. Also, Mike Bordin's love with his symbol destroys Randy Rhoads' solo in S.A.T.O., which never failed to move me -- until now. What use to be an outstanding interplay between Randy Rhoads (lead guitar), Bob Daisly (bass), and Lee Kerslake (drums) throughout the album is now a discombobulated, unintelligible jumble. This album is the most insulting thing Ozzy could have done to Randy's memory! Hearing Randy's work, out of it's original context, diminishes the real beauty of what he did. The songs "Believer," "Tonight," "Little Dolls," and "S.A.T.O." are the worst casualties of this "remastering." I don't know what "possessed" Ozzy to cheat the artists who saved his career -- which most certainly would have been over if it were not for them. I can only hope that Ozzy will redeem himself and his respectability by releasing a remastered version of the real original! If he does not, this album will stand as an act of infamy for the ages!

Diary of a Madman [Bonus Track]by Anonymous

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February 27, 2003: Well, Ozzy has good lyrics and songs. All these tracks are Ozzy style! "Flying high again", "Over the Mountain" and "Believer" are very well done music. The message from Ozzy is definitely: be crazy. Diary of a Madman is the most craziest track I've Heard.