In 1982, when Randy Rhoads died in a terrible plane crash, everyone thought Ozzy had hit another brick wall and this time he wouldn’t be able to recover and make a come-back. After all Randy was Ozzy’s new found secret ingredient, that helped him gain some respect after being sacked from his Sabbath job. After a long drawn hunt for an able replacement , Ozzy would finally stumble upon Jake E. Lee- Another young and buzzing guitarist, a worthy successor to the great late Randy Rhoads. Like Randy, Jake too would only record two studio albums with Ozzy. Here are the greatest songs from Ozzy’s Jake Lee days…

Bark at the Moon

Jake Lee announced his arrival on the world stage of Heavy Metal with this track. The track is both a challenge and a delight to play for covering bands. One of Metaldom’s finest ever.

Centre of Eternity

The song can best be complemented as being the sum of handful of favorite Ozzy tracks. The audio samples used on the track, adds great value to the song just as with the case of ‘Diary of a Madman’.

Now You See It (Now You Don’t)

Now You See It ( Now You Don’t) is fused with Ozzy’s power to suck the listener into a maze. The track in spite of being slow and less heavy compared to other Ozzy numbers, still manages to harness a large number of fans purely based on the right selection of notes arranged in the right sequence.

The Ultimate Sin

The title song from Jake Lee’s last album with Ozzy, marked a new wave in Ozzy’s career. The song would be highly influential in future Ozzy guitarist Zakk Wylde’s sound, baring the closer resemblance to Zakk’s works that any other of Ozzy’s works.

Shot in the Dark

The last song to bear the partnership stamp of Ozzy and Jake Lee. Upon listening to this song one dearly wishes that if only somehow Jake and Ozzy could have patched things up, it would have been so great.

Killer of Giants

The image of death and evil, which Ozzy portrayed early in life, would make many believe that the man would not be able to pull of more sensitive themes. But, Ozzy kept proving all wrong time and again, as he continued to include beautiful softer numbers in his repertoire, without hampering his heavy outcomes.

Secret Loser

The song is most often over looked amongst other more catchy tracks, but that shouldn’t come in the way of appreciating a fine example of how a change in guitarist can influence the sound of even a legend like Ozzy Osbourne considerably.

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Rishi Agarwal is a student of finance and is a multi genre guitarist. He likes playing with his dog, christened Elvis after The King. He lives off the likes of Hendrix and Clapton , and aspires to one day jam with John Mclaughlin of The Mahavishnu Orchestra.