The Ozzman Cometh
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| The Ozzman Cometh: Greatest Hits | ||
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| Compilation album by Ozzy Osbourne | ||
| Released | November 11, 1997 | |
| Recorded | 1981-1997 | |
| Genre | Heavy Metal | |
| Length | 77.00 | |
| Label | Epic | |
| Producer(s) | Roy Thomas Baker Duane Baron Michael Beinhorn Ron Nevison Max Norman Keith Olsen Ozzy Osbourne John Purdell Randy Rhoads |
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| Professional reviews | ||
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| Ozzy Osbourne chronology | ||
| Ozzmosis (1995) |
The Ozzman Cometh: Greatest Hits (1997) |
Down to Earth (2001) |
The Ozzman Cometh is an album by Ozzy Osbourne released in 1997. It is his first Greatest Hits collection and it contains five previously unreleased songs. Versions released in 2002 and later copies of this compilation have only one disc, and "Shot in the Dark" is replaced by "Miracle Man". This was due to a legal action brought about by the former song's co-writer, Phil Soussan, for unpaid royalties.
Note on versions post-2002: The album tracks are from the 2002 remasters, for which Blizzard of Ozz and Diary of a Madman were partially re-recorded. The original drum and bass tracks were replaced with recordings by Ozzy's current lineup, as a management response to legal action by original bassist Bob Daisley and drummer Lee Kerslake for unpaid royalty fees. Note also the deliberate mis-spelling of Daisley's and Soussan's names in this CD's sleeve notes: 'Bob Daisy', 'Phil Susan' The tracks from Bark at the Moon are the original recordings, though with some remixing changes that are of questionable integrity.
[edit] Track listing
- "Black Sabbath" (Previously Unreleased. A newer version than this can be found on Black Sabbath)
- "Walpurgis" (Previously Unreleased. Early version of War Pigs with different lyrics. A newer version than this can be found on Paranoid)
- "Goodbye To Romance" (From Blizzard of Ozz)
- "Crazy Train" (From Blizzard of Ozz)
- "Mr. Crowley" (From Blizzard of Ozz)
- "Over the Mountain" (From Diary of a Madman)
- "Paranoid" [Live] (From Tribute)
- "Bark at the Moon" (From Bark at the Moon)
- "Shot in the Dark" (From The Ultimate Sin)
- "Crazy Babies" (From No Rest for the Wicked)
- "No More Tears" [Video Edit] (From No More Tears)
- "Mama, I'm Coming Home" (From No More Tears)
- "I Don't Want To Change The World" [Live] (From Live and Loud)
- "I Just Want You" (From Ozzmosis)
- "Back on Earth" (unreleased track from Ozzmosis sessions)
[edit] Bonus Disc
- "Fairies Wear Boots" (A newer version than this can be found on Paranoid)
- "Behind the Wall of Sleep" (Previously Unreleased. A newer version than this can be found on Black Sabbath)
- 1988 Interview with Ozzy
The interview found on this disc is from 1988 where Ozzy is interviewed about his latest album at the time (No Rest For The Wicked) and some other topics about his new guitarist, Zakk Wylde and his past days on Black Sabbath.
The tracks "Black Sabbath", "War Pigs", "Fairies Wear Boots", and "Behind The Wall Of Sleep" are taken from a session for the BBC's John Peel Sunday Show dated 4.26.70. "Fairies Wear Boots" and "War Pigs" are early versions of tracks that would finally be recorded on the "Paranoid" album and thus have different lyrics.
