Ozzy Osbourne - Randy Rhoads Tribute (1987)

Tribute is a live album by Ozzy Osbourne. It was released on March 19, 1987, five years after the death of guitarist Randy Rhoads.

The album was released in memory of Rhoads, guitarist for Osbourne's band between 1979 and 1982 who died in a plane crash while on tour in Florida in 1982. It showcases Rhoads' outstanding technical ability on lead guitar. Particularly notable is the song "Suicide Solution", which features an unaccompanied guitar solo by Rhoads. The album also includes studio outtakes of Rhoads recording the classical-influenced acoustic guitar piece, "Dee", which Rhoads wrote for his mother Delores, and which was originally included on Osbourne's debut solo album "Blizzard of Ozz". These outtakes include Rhoads talking.

Track listing

01.  I Don't Know  (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley)  - 5:40

02.  Crazy Train  (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley)  - 5:19

03.  Believer  (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley)  - 5:08

04.  Mr. Crowley  (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley)  - 5:37

05.  Flying High Again  (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, Kerslake)  - 4:17

06.  Revelation (Mother Earth)  (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley)  - 5:58

07.  Steal Away (The Night) [with Drum Solo]  (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley)  - 8:04

08.  Suicide Solution [with Guitar Solo]  (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley)  - 7:46

09.  Iron Man  (Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward)  - 2:50

10.  Children of the Grave  (Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward)  - 5:57

11.  Paranoid  (Osbourne, Iommi, Butler, Ward)  - 2:59

12.  Goodbye to Romance  (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley)  - 5:33

13.  No Bone Movies  (Osbourne, Rhoads, Daisley, Kerslake)  - 4:02

14.  Dee [Randy Rhoads studio out-takes]  (Rhoads)  - 4:22

Released:  March 19, 1987

Recorded:  1980/1981

Genre:  Heavy metal

Length:  70:28

Label:  Epic

Producer:  Max Norman, Ozzy Osbourne

Personnel

Ozzy Osbourne - vocals

Randy Rhoads - guitar

Rudy Sarzo - bass

Bob Daisley - bass

Tommy Aldridge - drums

Lee Kerslake - drums

Don Airey - keyboards