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1997 compilation album by Ozzy Osbourne
The Ozzman Cometh
Compilation album by
Ozzy Osbourne
Released
11 November 1997
Recorded
1970, 1980-1997
Genre
Heavy metal[1]
hard rock[1]
Length
77:00
Label
Epic
Producer
Roy Thomas Baker Duane Baron Michael Beinhorn Ron Nevison Max Norman Keith Olsen Ozzy Osbourne John Purdell Randy Rhoads
Ozzy Osbourne chronology
Ozzmosis (1995)
The Ozzman Cometh (1997)
Down to Earth (2001)
Singles from The Ozzman Cometh
"Back on Earth" Released: 1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source
Rating
AllMusic
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The Ozzman Cometh is a compilation album by British heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne released in 1997. It is his third greatest hits collection. Its initial, limited-edition 2-CD pressing contained five previously unreleased songs. Versions released in 2002 later have only one disc, and the song "Shot in the Dark" is replaced by "Miracle Man". This was due to a legal action brought about by the song's co-writer, Phil Soussan, for unpaid royalties.
The CD Version is Digitally Labeled as The Ozzman Cometh: Greatest Hits. The tracks "Black Sabbath", "War Pigs", "Fairies Wear Boots", and "Behind the Wall of Sleep" are performed by Osbourne's previous band Black Sabbath during a 26 April 1970 performance on the BBC Radio 1 show "The John Peel Sessions", conducted by British DJ John Peel. "Fairies Wear Boots" and "War Pigs" are early versions of tracks that would be recorded and released on the band's second album Paranoid with new lyrics.
^ abAllmusic: The Ozzman Cometh
^Weber, Barry. "Ozzy Osbourne - The Ozzman Cometh: Greatest Hits review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
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