Japanese Release Containing an Exclusive Bonus Tracks: Walk on Water, and Picture of Matchstick Men.
Product Description
Japanese edition of the retrospective with a limited editionfull color sticker sheet featuring all of his back catalog &a bonus CD featuring all three tracks on the U.S. bonus disc(Peel Session versions of Sabbath's 'Faeries Wears Boots' &'Behind The Wall Of Sleep' and a 1988 interview with Ozzy),plus 'Walk On Water' and a cover of Status Quo's 'PicturesOf Matchstick Men'. Both the sticker sheet & the bonus discare limited to the intitial pressing only! 20 tracks total.1997 Sony release.
This is simply an awesome collection of Ozzy's greatest, from 1980's "Blizzard Of Ozz" to 2010's "Scream". The songs listed are not exactly the same, in the info provided by Amazon, as the songs actually on this collection. Here's the revised song list.
Disc 1 79:57 Let Me Hear You Scream I Don't Wanna Stop Perry Mason I Can't Save You Dreamer Latimer's Mercy Not Going Away Mama, I'm Coming Home I Just Want You No Easy Way Out No More Tears Back On Earth 21st Century Schizoid Man Walk On Water In My Life Ghost Behind My Eyes I Don't Want To Change The World Time After Time
Disc 2 79:58 Diggin' Me Down Nightmare Gets Me Through See You On The Other Side Life Won't Wait Mr. Tinkertrain Shot In The Dark Breaking All The Rules I Don't Know Bark At The Moon Crazy Train Miracle Man Flying High Again Mr. Crowley Crazy Babies Diary Of A Madman
Sure there is a song or two that didn't get on this set, but this collection really rocks! If you are a fan, I strongly recommended this one.
I don't normally buy greatest hits albums, but this one is essential for Ozzy and/or Sabs fans just because it has a previously unreleased take of Black Sabbath and the original version of Warpigs, entitled Warpurgis. The lyrics are completely different from the album version and when i first heard it it blow my mind!
I have purchased several Russian imports including titles by Phil Collins, George Harrison, Paul McCartney. This Ozzy collection has great songs on it, but the quality of the recordings are mostly mediocre. Poor dynamics with very little high range. It's not worth the $19.99 + shipping I paid.