The band members were expecting the album to be credited to the band with Osbourne's name in smaller print, just as it appeared on the " Crazy Train" single released several days prior. Īt the time of the album's recording, the band itself was billed as "The Blizzard of Ozz". Norman's production work on Blizzard of Ozz is uncredited, though he did go on to produce all of Osbourne's albums prior to 1986's The Ultimate Sin. Osbourne and the band were very unhappy with Tsangarides' production and he was fired and replaced by Norman, who stepped in to complete producing and engineering. Ĭhris Tsangarides was originally hired to produce the album, with Max Norman to serve as studio engineer. Crowley" were written by him in the studio, though he never received writing credit for these contributions. Keyboardist Don Airey claims that parts of "Revelation (Mother Earth)" as well as the intro to "Mr. The final track written was " No Bone Movies", which was originally intended to be used only as a B-side but was added to the album in order to give Kerslake a writing credit, as all the other material had been written before he joined the band. The song was ultimately never recorded, though a live version was released on Ozzy Osbourne Live EP in 1980. Rhoads, Daisley, and Kerslake quickly put together the song "You Said It All", with drummer Kerslake performing the guide vocal at soundcheck while a drunken Osbourne slept under the drum riser. The next morning they were informed that their label Jet Records instead wanted a brand new song to release as a single. After performing a show in Birmingham, the band hastily returned to Ridge Farm to remix "Goodbye to Romance" for a single. Osbourne has stated that the song was his way of saying goodbye to his former band Black Sabbath, as he had thought his career was over after leaving the band. The first track written for the album was "Goodbye to Romance". A week later, they travelled to Ridge Farm Studio to commence recording. The completed lineup retreated to Clearwell Castle in Gloucestershire for six days to rehearse and give Kerslake an opportunity to learn the new songs. After auditioning several drummers, ex- Uriah Heep member Lee Kerslake was hired as the permanent drummer. They had hoped Lee would be a permanent member but "he wasn't the final piece of the puzzle", bassist Daisley recalls. The band recorded demos of the songs "I Don't Know", " Crazy Train", " Goodbye to Romance", and "You Looking at Me Looking at You" in Birmingham in early 1980 with ex- Lone Star drummer Dixie Lee. Screnage was never considered as a candidate to be the group's permanent drummer and was not involved in the songwriting process at all. Much of the album was written by guitarist Randy Rhoads, bassist Bob Daisley, and Ozzy Osbourne in a live-in rehearsal facility in Monmouth, Wales, with a friend of Osbourne's named Barry Screnage performing as the group's drummer. In 2017, it was ranked 9th on Rolling Stone 's list of "100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time". Blizzard of Ozz is the first of two studio albums Osbourne recorded with guitarist Randy Rhoads prior to Rhoads' death in 1982. The album was Osbourne's first release following his firing from Black Sabbath in 1979. Blizzard of Ozz is the debut studio album by English heavy metal vocalist Ozzy Osbourne, released on 12 September 1980 in the UK and on 27 March 1981 in the US.
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