Ozzy Osbourne Album Ranking from Worst to Best #1: Diary Of A Madman (1981) Whenever I listen to this album, aside from my immense enjoyment of it, I find myself always getting a bit sad. Because you can HEAR the evolution happening with this band. The progression of the music from the debut to this is EVIDENT. The songs were getting a little longer. The songwriting was becoming more ambitious and Rhoads’ guitar playing was becoming more dynamic as well. So it PAINS me that we’ll NEVER hear what this band could’ve done after this. But as it stands…this is the PINNACLE of Ozzy Osbourne and his bands, in my opinion. Whenever I think of Ozzy, I think of this album. The cover, the aesthetic, the songs, EVERYTHING! This album is the PERFECT marriage of Ozzy’s image, with Rhoads and Daisley’s song writing. Making KICK ASS and slightly unhinged Heavy Metal with Ozzy’s BEST vocals ever! ‘Over The Mountian’ (spoiler alert😂) is my favorite Ozzy song OF ALL TIME! Rhoads BEST riff! The HEAVIEST of this era of the band, and Ozzy’s iconic vocals! And them going from that to ‘Flying High Again’ is just PERFECT! ‘You Can’t Kill Rock and Roll’ is RIGHT THERE with ‘Goodbye to Romance’ for my favorite Ozzy ballad! I LOVE the dark and DIRGEY aesthetic of ‘Believer’! Maybe the darkest guitar playing ever from Rhoads. But that’s also rivaled by ‘Little Dolls’😂 Both those songs have CRAZY good riffs under the verses that usually go unnoticed among Rhoads best riffs ever! ‘Tonight’ might be the only good, not great, song on the album but it’s STILL got great vocals from Ozzy. And the title track is just legendary! The culmination of the ambitious songwriting and storytelling that this band was capable of! This album is Ozzy at his finest, Randy Rhoads at his ABSOLUTE finest, and the band just firing on ALL CYLINDERS! This is one of those albums that gets BETTER AND BETTER the more times you listen to it! Finding different things that Rhoads does with the guitar. That’s why it’s number one for me. It’s got the MOST replay value which helped push this album to the top of the mountain of this ranking (and not over it😂)