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| Released | 1 March 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1980–1985 | |||
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| Length | 48:15 | |||
| Label | CBS/Sony | |||
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Best of Ozz is a compilation album by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. Released on 1 March 1989 by CBS/Sony in Japan only, it features songs from Osbourne's first four studio albums, ranging from 1980's Blizzard of Ozz to 1986's The Ultimate Sin .
Best of Ozz is a ten-track compilation featuring three tracks from Blizzard of Ozz , two tracks from Diary of a Madman , two tracks from Bark at the Moon and three tracks from The Ultimate Sin . [1] Amongst the tracks included are six singles, including "Crazy Train", "Over the Mountain" and "Bark at the Moon". [1]
Music website AllMusic awarded Best of Ozz three out of five stars; reviewer James Christopher Monger praised the album as "one of the better collections out there" due to the high quality of the original albums from which the songs are taken. [1] Noting that the release only features ten tracks, Monger concluded by describing Best of Ozz as "a nice little sampler of Osbourne's early post-Sabbath career". [1]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Over the Mountain" | 4:32 | |
| 2. | "Secret Loser" |
| 4:11 |
| 3. | "Goodbye to Romance" |
| 5:35 |
| 4. | "Shot in the Dark" |
| 4:28 |
| 5. | "Mr. Crowley" |
| 4:59 |
| 6. | "Bark at the Moon" | Osbourne | 4:16 |
| 7. | "Crazy Train" |
| 4:51 |
| 8. | "Centre of Eternity" | Osbourne | 5:23 |
| 9. | "Diary of a Madman" |
| 6:15 |
| 10. | "The Ultimate Sin" |
| 3:45 |
| Total length: | 48:15 | ||
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