Music Review: Memoirs of a Madman

Album: Memoirs of a Madman
Music: Ozzy Osbourne, Sony Music
Rating: 3.5
Hard Rock: Be it for his work in the seminal group Black Sabbath as well as for his solo career, Ozzy Osbourne is a living legend. And this collection is aimed at someone who wants to get into his music but doesn’t know where to begin. While fans would have already heard all the songs in here, this collection encompasses Ozzy’s post-Black Sabbath years.The entire package includes two DVDs and this CD.
While the DVDs feature various music videos and concert footage, the CD has an apparently randomly-chosen playlist of tracks, all of which though, are popular. Surprisingly, Shot In The Dark is left out but that is made up for with two rarities — The Ultimate Sin and Miracle Man. The sound quality is topnotch. Crazy Train, Flying High Again, Bark At The Moon and Mama I’m Coming Home will make you want to get down and groove to what can best be described as melodic metal. Black Rain and Scream are from his last two albums. Three are a few downsides though. For some reason, the fantastic song No More Tears has been obviously edited and that is as blasphemous as editing a Hey Jude or a Stairway To Heaven. The beautiful and Beatlesque Dreamer is also omitted.