Black Sabbath-Heaven & Hell/Mob Rules vs Ozzy-Blizzard Of Ozz/Diary Of A Madman

The next combatants are a lot more listened to and personally way tougher to choose. What makes it tougher is pitting Mob Rules vs Diary Of A Madman but that will be the deciding factor.

Mob Rules is my favorite album of the four followed by Diary, Blizzard and H&H so I went for Sabbath’s One-Two.

This one was easy for me because I can't stand Ozzy's vocals while I love RJD's voice.

Ozzy's have more standout singles, whereas the Sabbath albums are better listens all the way through. I'll go with the latter.

I like Ozzy’s vocals but he’s no Dio that’s for sure. The one time his voice grates on my nerves is on the latter half of The song Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. He sounds like Roseanne Barr singing the National Anthem.

I went with Sabbath - Heaven & Hell is a perfect album IMHO.

This was a tough choice as Blizzard is damn near perfect as well.

Heaven and Hell and Mob Rules are outstanding!

Going with Ozzy because of Diary. I prefer Heaven and Hell to Blizzard, but Diary tips the scales for me.

Tough call but I'm going with Sabbath.

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The one time his voice grates on my nerves is on the latter half of The song Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. He sounds like Roseanne Barr singing the National Anthem.

I won't be able to un-hear that now!

glassprison wrote:

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The one time his voice grates on my nerves is on the latter half of The song Sabbath Bloody Sabbath. He sounds like Roseanne Barr singing the National Anthem.

I won't be able to un-hear that now!

Haha! I’m sorry!!

Very hard choice but went Ozzy because of Randy.

Ozzy, Diary of a Madman is a classic all the way through, not a bad song on it to these ears.

I love those Sabbath records. But to be honest when I first got those Ozzy albums I couldn't stop playing them. So my vote is from my 13 or 14 year old self.

^truth

nevermore wrote:

I love those Sabbath records. But to be honest when I first got those Ozzy albums I couldn't stop playing them. So my vote is from my 13 or 14 year old self.

Same here.

Sabbath

tohostudios wrote:

This one was easy for me because I can't stand Ozzy's vocals while I love RJD's voice.

This is me, though I can tolerate Ozzy if the music is really, really good otherwise.

Heaven & Hell/Mob Rules because it is BLACK SABBATH!

I'm not as big of fan of "Blizzard of Oz" as most; I much prefer "Diary of A Madman", but I love both efforts by Black Sabbath. Black Sabbath for the win!

Nothing really beats the vocals/riffs/drumming/songwriting on "Mob Rules" for me.

The solos on early Ozzy and many of the songs were great, but some of the major key chorus and riffs are quite corny. Plus the production hasn't stood the test of time IMHO.

Lari wrote:

tohostudios wrote:

This one was easy for me because I can't stand Ozzy's vocals while I love RJD's voice.

This is me, though I can tolerate Ozzy if the music is really, really good otherwise.

Yeah I agree.  I probably should have said I don't care for Ozzy's voice but there are some songs he sings on that I really dig.

Wow! Tough call.. You want me to Pick RJD or Randy Rhoads. Two all time greats..

OK, My favorite of all four records is Heaven & Hell, So Sabbath it is.

If you listen to fools....

Very close call, but gotta go w/the Ozz-Man on this one.