Cataloguing My Metal Collection Pt. 99

ARTIST:  Ozzy Osbourne
ORIGIN:  Birmingham, England
TITLE:  Blizzard of Ozz
LABEL:  Jet Records
YEAR:  1980
GENRE:  Heavy Metal
FAVORITE SONG:  "Mr. Crowley"
NOTES:  Ozzy's debut album after being kicked out of Black Sabbath.  I do not know whether he would have been able to do as well or become as popular had it not been for the stunning guitar work of Randy Rhoads.  His classically-based solo work really steals the show on this album.

Cataloguing My Metal Collection Pt. 42

ARTIST:  Ozzy Osbourne
ORIGIN:  Birmingham, England
TITLE:  Diary of a Madman
LABEL:  Jet Records
YEAR:  1981
GENRE:  Heavy Metal
FAVORITE SONG:  "S.A.T.O."
NOTES:  To this day, this is my favorite Ozzy Osbourne album.  The problem that I have with a lot of Ozzy's albums is the filler tracks, and this is one of the few with no real filler tracks.  There are also some really great tracks on this with the title track, "S.A.T.O." and "Over the Mountain" being the most noteworthy songs.  Ozzy sounds great on it as well, as does Randy Rhoads.